Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1926, Page 30

FINANCIAL. 'WHEAT GOES HIGHER 'IRAI]INW "IN DEALINGS TODAY 30 * FENANCIAL. o FRIDAY, JUN THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. ITRADING INBONDS | (o~ v sors BONDS o excnence Received by Private’ Wire Direct to The Star Office. BUYWT}[}UN“NU[S 1‘ NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office Open. Hish 74% T4% 110% 110% N STOCK MARKET .....—.. | Adams Exp (6) { Adv. Rumley 13 18 . | Mitnien i3 P sl Ahumada s 3 Steel Encounters Offerings | Am mada (1) S Past 139—General Motors Forges Ahead. | Afax Rubher.... 9% 10% | Al'ted Chem (4). 124% 125% | Allfance Rity(2) 47 | Ats Chalm (). 87% 8% { Amerada (1.60). 28% 28% | Am Agricul Chm 19% 21% Am AgriChpf.. 67% 67% Am Bank N. 1.60 40% 40% Am Bosch 21% 224 BY STUART P. WE 12l Dispateh to The Sta NEW YORK, June 18 & the ater part of the session s active than that of 1 Wednesday, but there the buyving move- | ading |y pr Rov BI(2) i3 Am Br Bopf (1) 96 96 Am Can (2)..... 52% 54 Am Car&Fdy (6) 100% 101% Am Chain A'(2). W 25% Am Drug % % Am Express ().. 119% 119% Am & For Pow.. 22% 224 Am & Fo P pf(7) 91 91 Am Ho P (2.40). 25% Am Tee (+10)... been | Am Tnternati.. jated with United States [AmLaFr(1)... vecent market, continued ! Am Linseed . There was a lot of | Am Locomot (8) 10 ound 146 then the | Am Laco pf (7). 117% 1174% » gO \ | Am Metats (4).. 63 63 Slocks of companies which have a { Am Po&Lt (g1). BR B5RYG wide distribution of sitandard food { Am Radiator (4) 110 110 products were in demand, among them { Am Safery R (3) 494 49% California Packing. Postum Cereal, | Am Ship & Com: 4 National Biscuit and Ward Baking { Am Sm & Ref (7) 180% 130 B 'he fobacco companies are | Am S & Rpf (7) 1181 118% affected by the same general condi- | Am StlFdys (3). 421 42% ions which influenced the business Am Sugar (5)... 71 71 big distributing concerns. | Am Sumatra 5% 16% therefore the tobacco stocks are apt { Am Sumat A e 27 {0 move with the food stocks, and they [ Am Tel & Tel(9) 140 120% 1id so today. United Cigar Stores | A Tel& Telezrts 64 6% over 2 points. Am Tabaceo (8). 117% 11T% ¢ Line was the leader | Am Tobac B (8). 116% 116% It was up 10 points [ Am Tohae pf (6) 110% 110% . it was selling at the out-| Am Wa Woc1.20 56 57% The special buying ac-{ Am Woolen. .. .. 24 sy in Reading | Am Wool of (7). 2% stock made another | Am Writ Papt.. 3 vear it drew | Am Zine Ry seross 92. Reading, which is earning | Am Zine pf 25 by itself more than twice its $4 divi-| Anaconda (3). 474 dend, and has all the possibilities| Ann Arbor 441 esides involved in its holding of Jer-| ArmourDel nf(7} 95% ey Central, naturally responds easily | Armour of TII(A) 14% 10 any sort of movement in | Armour of T11(R) 7% the rails Armour 11 pf(7) 84% Active buying Artloom (3).... 52 time in Wabash common, carrying | AssoDry G(2%) i the stock up more than a point. St.| Asso Ol (+2.40). 5 531 Louis and San Francisco and New | Atchison (7).... 136% 136% were fractionally up. The big | Atchison pf (5). 100 100 owever, occurred in some of the | At] Birm & At. . % o ¢ equipment res, especially | A1 C Line(t913) 2165 224% Baldwin Locomotive. This stock was' AtIGuIf & WI... 42% 42% celling more than 13 points above its! Atlantic Refinz.. 117% 119 ) ¢ last week. indicating severe! Ailan Ref pf (7). 1181 118% v the short interests! AtlasTack.... 91 9y Austin-Nichols.. 16 16 for the better, ly regarding the llve-] em”;m,,,, com- | Baldwin L (7).. 114% 117 American Car and Foundry fialro&omms\ 97 96% stro American Locomo-; Balto & Oh pf(4) 70« 714 = Barnsdall A (2). 26% 26% | E 1k Cigar 4015 40% ained its advance, and so n. Gener: way 5 Sene | Beech-Nut (13). 60 62% { 31% 814 up more than two points - 8 iivi.| Belding Bros(3) E serican Brake Shoe, ex-divi, g nd American g 100 100% . | Bethlehem Steel dend, was up more than a point. | Reth Stlpf (7).. . 116% 11614 28% | Beth Stl pf (8) sherfes. 5 | Bloominzdale Booth F Briggs Mfg (3).. 27 ! Bkin Edison (8). 143 143% BKIn-Mn Tr (4). 64% €5 1S () -—The | Bk-Man T pf(6). 84% 841 lar. The pressure | BkInUnG(t11). 814 81% weighed heavily | Brown Shoe (2). 31% 31% Wpon the market in the late trading, | Brunswick Balk. 26 26 reing a namber of sharp recessions | Brunswick Ter.. 10 10 from the early high levels. U.S. Steel ! Burns Bro (10)..139 1391 . voints below last night'siBurnsBrB (2). 36% 37 brice and General Motors for- | Bur Add Ma (3). 93y 94 \oint gain. Wool- | Bush Terminal.. 81 31 General Electric, | Bush Ter de (7). 92% 925 other industrials | Butte Cop (500). 4% 5 \ew highs | Butte&Super(2). 10% 10% Total sales | Butterick 80% 31 Byer & Co. 39% 41% Callf Packinz(8) 138% 141 | Calif Petrol(2). 32% 32% Calumet& Ar(6). €11 64 Calume&H(1%). 14% 14% Can Pacifi¢ (10). 162% 162% Case Threshing. 1027 104 Case Thr pf (7). 107% 107% Cent Leather 10 10 B8 SR | . 290 290 - | Century L 134 13% jCerreDe P (4).. 664 66% | Certain-Teed(4) 41% 4 | Chana-Cleve 14 14 { Chand.Cle pf(4). 33% 343 Corn weak; disappointing Ches & Oh (+12). 1325 138% and. Cattle steady. Hogs Chi&Altonnf.. 81 8 | chi& 33% 33% | Chi Great west. s 8% | ChiGr Westpt.. 22% 221 ChiMII&StP.. 11% 11% [ ChiMil&StPpf 18% 187 ss|CMil&StPetfs 11% 11% 13 U no let-up States Steel appeared to be lot of stock whenever | 39 and it drew close tu Motors, which. has loseiy forge profi 34%, 843, n the head began ount the previous continued, The ew high for the buyi continued for a CLOSING IRREGULAR. Sales rket YORK closing was irre of realizing sale: Weigh Heavily on 28% in Afternoon. June s early Kresge W YORK (& ! checks ea cks irregular: v advance of firm; German | higher. Foreign | French francs weak Southern s ban buying. buying. xed Coffee higher; European CHICAGO.—Wheat higher; export busine cash hig EARNINGS INCREASE. N YORK, June 18 (&) —Gr earni National Public Service | Chi& Nwa (4).. 3% 5 Corporation for the vear ended March | Ch{ R1& Pac... 51% 51% 31 amounted 3 8,621, an in-{CRI&Ppf(6). 86' 64 crease r the preceding | CRI& P pf (7). 98% 98% ined $1,384,008 | Chiids £$2.40)... | Chile Cop (2%) Christie B (1.20) 48 Chrysler Corp(3) 35% | Chrysler pfA(8). 101 | Coca-Cola (7). .. 162 “ollins & Alkmn. 38% vear to $9,746,698 DRY GOODS QUIET. cial Dispatch to The Star. W YORK, June 18.—The cotton | Col Fuel & Iron, market continued quiet today | Gol Gas & El (5) 83% #3% with print cloth quotations unchanged | Col G & E pf (7) 113% 114 at 7% cel for 64x60s and 83 for | Col Carbon (4).. 63% 63% BR: : " raw silk market con-|{ com Cred (2). 28% 28% tinued firm { ComSolvA (4). 164 164 { Com Solv B 161 166 Congoleum- 19% 19% Congress Cgr(3) 4ln 41% BALTIMORE, June 18 (Special).— | Consol Clgar.... 61% 61% Last week's receipts of oil, which has | Consol Distribut 4 4 heen lated, were 474,817 bar- | Consol Gas (5).. 97 974 vels of the crude product. Seven tank- | Consol Textlle.. 1% 1% ers brought the cargoes from Los | ContCan (16)... 79% 179% Angeles, Housten, Baton Rouge, San | Cont Mot (80c).. 10% 11 Pedro and Tampico. The American | Corn Prod (2)... 46% 47% steamer Archer brought a cargo of | Coty Inc (4).... 51% 51% sugar from Philippine ports, totaling | Crucible Stl (5). 74% 74% 122,697 bags, consigned to the Ameri- | Cuba Cane Sugar 9% 9% can Sugar Ref Co. Cuba Cane Supf. 38 38 CubaCo (4)..... 51 Bl { Cuban-Am S (2). 26% 25% Cuban-Dom Sug. 19% 19% Cushmar's (8).. 97% 97% | Cuyamel Fr (4). 47 47 101 2006 ne - OIL RECEIPTS. WARD T0 EXPAND. \EW_YORK. June 18 (#).—The Ward Baking Corporation will build new bakeries at Philadelphia and Ral- | Davison Chem.. 40% 40% timore g $1 )0 and additions | Deere&Co pf (1) 107 107% to present plants at Pittshurgh, Pa..| Del& Hud (9).. 162% 161% and Columbus, Ohio, increasing the | Del L & Wn (17) 140% 141% valuation of these plants by about | Detroit Ed (8).. 134% 134% $1.000,800. Dodge Bros CIA 27% 28% Dodge pf (7).... 85% 86 Dome Mines (2). .13% 14 | Douglas Pec (1). 20 20 | Dupont (119)... 241% 244% stman (18)... 110% 110% Eaton Axle (2).. 287 20% Eisenlohr & Bro. 13% 14 Auto Lt(16%. 69 69 ctric Boat. .. 7 The Elec Power & Lt 19% 20 P&LDL 40%(7) 103 103 lec P& L DI(T) 94% 95 c Refrig(f2). 6% 17% c Sto Bat(16) 79% B8l Emmerson Brnt. 1% 1% ladles, 324 | Grmerson Bp?. 6% 7 prints, } grie R R. 34% | Erfe 1st pf. 39% Erie 2d pt 87% Eureka Vac (4). 48 484 - RUBBER IS I:[IGHER. | Fairbanks (3)... 61 B1% DAIRY PRODUCTS. BALTIMORE, June 18 (Special) pound, 3 hens, 31a3; old_ roosters, 2 18a23; guinea fowl each; 7 : old, 40a50; pigeons, pair, | 302490, | Eggs—Receipts, cases: native | offered at % en, creamery, | ked, 29 butter. e 404 38 Low 74 110% 12% 51 8l 115% 9% 122 47 87% 27% 19% 66% 40% 21 4 a6 51% 11 117% 109 40 [ 128% 1181 424 70 15% 24% 139% 6 17 116 110% 28% | 234% 110% 28% 13% €9 6% 195 103 94% 5% T9% 1% 6% 34% 39% 374 48 50% Close. 74 | Gen Gas A(e114) Open 40% 110% | Gen Motors (116) 147% 12% | Gen Mot pf (7).. 118% 51 8% 115% 98, 122 8T% 28 20 €619 40% { Am Brake Sh(6) 127% 127% 124% 124! 21% 91 251 183% 26 12 EYII 4 1077 1014 101% 1nmn; 7% 1095 % | 41 | 16 841 80'% 315, | 25% 10 | 1384 36% 94 31 92y 5 | Gen Outdr Ad(2) | Gen Outdr A (4) | Gen Petrm (3).. Gen Ry Sig t4% | Gimbel Bros. | Glidden (2) | Gold Dust. .. .. | Goodrich Ru (4 Goodrich pf (7). Goodyear pf (7). Gothm S H (214) | Gotham pf (7)., Granby Consol. . | Grt North pf (5) Gt Nor Ore (1%) Grt Wstn Su (¥) reen Canan. ... ulf Mo & Nor. . M & N pf (6) | Guit States § (2) | Hanna tst pf | Hartman (215) Mayes Wh(t31) | Homestake (17). | Househd (+315) | Honston o11. Howe Sound | mudsonMan(2ig: fudson Mo(314) Hupp Mot (1), Tlinots Cen (7). ' Cent pf (6) | Indep O11 (1). Indian Motor (2 | Indian Refining. Indian Refzetfs. | Tnd Ref pf (7) { Ingersoll R (t4) Inland St (215). | Inspiration (2) Interurb Rap Tr. Intconti Rub(1). | Internat Agri | Int Bus Ma (3) ‘ Int Cement (4). . Int Com Enz (2) nt Harvstr(8). | Intafteh pe(a.20) Int Mer Marine. Tnt Mer Mar pf. Int Nickel (2). Inter Nick pf (§) Int Paper Int Paper pf (7). Int Ry Cant Am Int Tel & Tel (8) Int T&Teleg rts. Tones Bros Tea | Tordon Mot (3).. Kan City South. | Kan € So pf (4). | Kavser 7 (3).., | Kelly-Spring. Kelly. ng pf. Kelly ng 1st Kelsey Whi (8). 9% | KKennecott (4).. | KevstonaT & R. Kinney G R (4) Kresge SS(120) | Kresge Dept 8., Laclede Gas (8) Lago O! & Tran. Lambert (3%).. Lee Tire & Rub Leh&i™ink stf(3) Lehich Val(3%k) Life Sav (1.60) Tigeett & M (14) LIZ& M B (H4). Lz & M pf (7) na Toco (4).. *s Tnc (2).. Loose Wiles Toosa W 24 (7) Lorillard(3). ... Lorillard pf (7) Loulsiana Of! TLoulsGasA (1 Lou&Nash (6 Ludlum Stee M'CroryB( MelIntvre P (1) 10% 31 | a0 | 139% 824 | 63% | 144 | 161% | 10z | 107% | Mack Trucks (6) Mackay of (4).. Macy HR & Co Magzma Cop (3). Mallison & Co Man E1 Sun(474) Man El etd (45) Man-FElev otd. . Man Ma Market St nrior Mazrland Of (4). Marlin Rock (2) Martin-Pary(2). Mathteson (4). . | May Dept St (5) Co (2).. Mevican Seabd. . { ¥tami Cop (1).. 8% | "iA-Continent. . | 119416 States Mid States Oli ot 21idland pf(+10) ! Miller R ctfs(2) 18% | 11% 3% 50% | 864 | 98 | b3 33 48 33% 101 158 3% 41% | 8154 | 114 63 28% | 164 165% 19% 1% 60% 4 96% 1% TT% | 10% | 46% 651% 74 9% 3Th | 50% | 25 | 19% | 97 Ve, | w | 28 | 86 | 13% | 20 | 235 110% | 28% | 14 €9 Ll 19% Minn & St Lonfs. Min St P & SSM Mis Kan & Ten Mo K & T pf ( Missour! Pacifie. Missonri Pac pf. | Montana Pow(5) Montgom Ward. Moon Mot (3)... Mothr Lode(75¢) Mo Plcture(1%) Motor Met(3.60) Motor Wh (2).. Munsingwr (3) Murray Body. .. Nash Motors. . | Nat Biscuit t4% Nat Cash Reg(3) Nat Cloak & Suit Nat Dairy (3)... Nat Dnt Stores. . Nat D St 1st (7) Nat Enamel & S. Nat Lead (8)... Nat Po& Lt(40e) Nat Ry Mex 2d.. Nat Tea (4).. Nevada Cop (1). NY Air Brake(2) NY Canners(c2) NY Central (7). NY Chi&StL(11) NYC&StL pf (8) NY NH & Hart. . NY On & West. . NY Rys part efs | NY State Rys Niae F pf (1%). Norfk & Wn (18) North A (B3.40). North Am pf(3) NthAm Ed pf(7) North Pac (5) Norwalk (1.60). 0il Well Sup (2) Omnibns. . . Onyx Hoslery .. Oppenhelm (3) Orpheum Cir(2) Orphenm pt (8) Otis Bievator (8] Otis Elev pf (8). Otis Steel....... Owens Rot (14). | Pacific Gas (8).. 345 40 38 | 48% | 51% | Pac Of1 (3) Packard Mot (2) Paige Mot(1.80) Pan-Am (6).... Pan-Am B (6) Pan.AmWnB(2) | Panhandle. .. ... Panhandle pf. .. Park Utah (80¢) Pathe Ex (c3) 28t 531 8414 78% (1) 17% 478% 5214 97 105 41 106% 2074 764 22 36k 157 36 104 5% 45 344 5¢ 421, 624 B4 34 | 1 | | i | | A3 | 92 26% 123% e | however | Liberty fand 7s | Pullman Co (8). PROCEEDS QIELY | Buying of Libertys Reported From All Over the Country. - BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, June 18 went on_quietly again tod: hond marketyactivity suffer the competition on stocks was firm, notably so in the United States Government list, and to a less degree In the hizh-.grade rai and utilitie: Dealers repored that buying of the wasg coming from i er the country. The two issues in great est demand today were the first 4%s and the Treasury 4s. The Treasury 3% s made another new high for the vear, which was also the record since the issue was first offered rrading in the =z under he tone, First Mortgage Rails. “The improvement in the firs ils was not large nor w uniform. The best that could be said was that the signs of wavering which had appeared in this part of the mar ket earlier in the week were no longer in evidence. A feature vas the good demand for bonds of the independent steel com panies, including Bethlehem Steel 515 and 68, Youngstown Sheet and Tube 6s and Central Steel Ss. Ol bonds were a shade hig The Sin clalr issues, which had moved jnce ainly on the day be hardened. As matter of fact, calling of a block of the 6s. which are now selling at mort price measured by the stock warrant | purchase privilege, would strengthen the investment position of the 61;s which are secured under the same mortgage. BAR SILVER PRICE V YORK, June 18 (P).—Bar sil 74: Mexican dollars, 50% 84 84 87 100% 177 281y 43% 34 854 Producrs & R pf. Pub Ser N J (5). Pub SE&G pf(6) a4 87% 108% 1754 Pure Ofl (1).... Radto Corpof A. Radfo C pf (3%) RS I Cefs (4). Ray Cons Cop (1 Reading (4) Reading rts. ... Reading 1st (2). Reading 24 (2).. | Reld Ice Cm (3) { Remington Type Replogle Steel. . Rep Iron & Steal Rey Tobac B(5). Royal D(a1.339) Robt Rels & Co.. Rutland pf | Safdty Cable (4) St Jaseph L(t3). St & SanFr (7) St L Southwest. Savage Arms (4) Schulte (§8) eaboard Afr L. eahd Air L pf. . Seagrave(e1.20). Sears-Rn (2%). Seneca Copper) . hattuek F G(2) | Shell Un (1.40).. hell Un pf (6) % | Shubert Theatre ! [ 1 mons (12.25). imms Pet (1) Sinclalr Oil. ... nclair pf (8). Skelly OI112) . loss Sheft (6) ou Cal Edison. . outh Port S (6) ou Dairfes A(4) Sou Dairles B. South Pac (8) . Southern Ry (7 South Ry pf (5). Spicer Mfg. ... Std Gas&El (g4) | Std G & EI p£(4) Std Mill (5). . Std Oll Cal (2) Std-OIl N J (1) Std Oi1 NJ pf(7). | Std Plate Glass Sterling Pro (5). Stewart War (6) Stromberg (). Studebaker (5). Sun Ofl (f1). | superior O11. Tenn Copper (1) Texas Co (3)... Tex Gulf § (10). Tex & Pacific. .. Tex & Pac C & O Thompson(3.60) Tide Water(14%) Timken (14). ‘Tobac Prod (7). Tob Prod A (7). Transcont Oil. ... Underwood (4). Un Bag & Paper. Un Carbide (5) Unofl (2)... Un Pacific (10). Un Tank Car (5). Un Tk Car pf(7) Utd Alloy (2)... Utd Cgr St (E2). Utd Drug (8). .. United Fruit (4) d Ry Invest. . S CIP&F(10) Distributing Hoffman t3% 1nd Alcohol. Ind Al pf(7) Realty (4).. Rubber. . Rub 1st (3). Smelt (3%). Smpf (3%). S Steel (7). U S Steel pf (7). Universal Pipe. . Univ Pipe pf (7) Utl P&Lt A(E2) Vanadium (3)... Va-Caro Ch(n).. Va-CarCh 6% pf Va-Car Ch pf(7) Vivaudou..... Viva pf new (7). Wabash........ ‘Wabash pf A(5). Wabash pf B Waldorf (1%) Walworth (1)... Ward Baking B. Warner Bros. . Warren Bros (4) Weber (4)... S S s 8 s s El s s U U u U U U U U U u U v | West P FLpf(7). | West Maryland. West Md 2d pf West Pacific. . West Pac pf (6). West Unlon (8). West A Br(1612) 1001 | 1 { | i | | { | | 1 | | i | czecho 8s 1951 | G ! Haitt 6s | Hun | UNITED STATES. ! (Sales are in $1.000.) Sales. High. Low Close. Lib3%s... 2:2 101 §5 101 13 101 13 | LibIst 4%s 22 102 23 102 20 102 23 Lib2d 41s. 30 100 20 100 20 Tibad 4%s. 2 101 13 101 13 Lib 4th 4%s 1032 1033 US3%s.... 210129 10129 10129 US 45 1944. 350 104 13 104 10 104 13 US4%s52. 18 10840 1086 1083 FOREIGN. i Sales. High. Low. Close. | B9 894 89% 991 984 99% 9915 98% 8 994 5 9944 . 8 101% 99% 101% 97% 100% 838 90 94 Argentine fs. ..., Arzentine s Ju 59 Argentine fs Oct 59 Arzentine 6s A. Argentine 6s B. Argentine 7s Australian fg. Austriaf?s........ 3 Bank of Chile 6145, Bank of Japan 6s. . Relgium 6s Belgfum 614, Relgium 7s. . Pelgtum 715 Relglum 8s doltvia 8 nelatr Ofl 6s Sinclair Of1 6% inclair Ol 7s in Crude Oil 65 Sin Pipe Line 5s kelly Oil 6%s. ith Bell 0 Por Rico Sug 7 outhwest Bell 58. Tenn Elec Pow 6. . Toledo Edn 1st 73 United Drug 6s. .. US Rub 1st rf 5s. . 2ub T%s US Steel s f 5s.. Utah Vow & Lt 53 Va-Car Chem 7s Vertientes Sug 7 Warner Sug 7s 41 | west “ | Westn Westinghoyse 7s | Willys Ov 61 Wilson & Co 1st 3. | Winchester A 7145 | Younzstn S & T 6s. ales. High 11 34 RAILROAD. | Atentson gen 4s Atlantic C Lel 4= | Atlantic C L 1st 4s. Canada 551931 . C4nada b= 1982 ada § e 7s 104 ile 831 inese Con Pow Copenha Czecho 851952 ct. . Danish Munic 8s A Danish Munic $s B Denn DE Duteh Duteh Finland 7s Framerican Tles French 7s Franch 718 rench R8s 2 German BI P 6139 German7s..... Gor Awr Bank 78 Sec 7 9% 10214 934 1047 997 100 884 ary 71 Ttaly 7s Tananese 4s Tapanese 615 Terzens U M 6s 47 | Mexico 45 04 asntd. | Mexico 4510 asnta | Xe | Sweden 5355 ct. | Utd King | Am Agri Chem 7%s | Am Smit& R 1st 55 lamTeTs Mexico Monte 49 1024 104'% 108% 8C% a7% 1014 | 101 1014 sented idio 7s erlands 6s 54 134 1% 16 34 v 65 1944 Orient Dev deb 6s. . Peru 85 Poland 6s 40.. Queensland 7s Rio de Jan ¥s 1946. Rio de Jan 8s 47 Rio Gr Do Sul 8s. .. o Palo 85 1936. . » Panlo 1950. ... axon (PW) 7s.. e 7842 e Serbs Crot Slo 8s. . 2074 104 % 104 104% 115 W 73% 4 118% 104% 1081: Sweden 6 ; Swiss 5145 1946 Swiss Confed 8s. . Tokio 5% Utd Kingm 5 y 8s MISCELLANEOUS. Ajax Rubber 8s.... 2 103' 1033 Am Agr Chem 5s 103% 103% 104 104 102 101% 100 100%, 107: 1034 98% % m Chain Am Smit & R 6s Am Sugar ref 6s AmT&Tecl tr4 AmT &Y c'%(r 5 5s | Am T & T deb 5145 { Anaconda 1st 6s. .. Am Water Wks 5s. Am Writing Pap 63 1 59 naconda cv db 7s. 2§ Andes Cop 7s rets. 121 | Armour&Co 4t%srf 6 | Atlantic Refin 5s. . | Barnsaall 6s otrs. . i | Bell Tel Pa 53 C Armour Del 5 19 2 Bell Tel Pa 58 B... Beth Steel pm 6s. Beth Steel rf 55 | Beth: Steel 51853, Beth Steel 6s...... Brier H St 1st 5%s Bkiyn Ed gen 5s.. Bklyn Union 5%s. Bush T Bidg 55 60. | Cen Leath 6s 45 cfs Chile Copper 6s 32. 1 Gas & K1 58. mmonwlth P 6s. Con Coal Md 1st 5s {ConGas N Y 5%s.. | Cuba Cane cv 8= Consumers Pow 5s. Cuba Cane ev 7s | Cuban Am Sug 8s Denver Gas 5s Dery (D G) 7s Det Edison 5s 40. ! Det Edison ref 6s ! Dodge w16s. .. i | | Goodyear & Donner Steel 7s. ... Duq L & P 5% 49. Duquesne Light 6s. Est Cuba Sug 7%8s. Empire G & F 7%s. Goodrich 6%s. . Good year 8s 1931 1941 Hershey 51 Humble O & R5%s | Tlinois Bell 1st 58 i (It T&T5% | Laclede G 5%s52.. 6 | Loulsv G & B 58562 11 | Midvale Steel 58 | New Eng Tel 5s. .. ! NYGELH&P 5s. Ililnois Steel 4%s Indiana Steel 58 Int Mer Marine 6s. Int Paper bs 47. Int Paper 6s. 21 L B Kan CP&L 65 A 52. 12 Kan G & Ei 6552... 12 105 | % i 103% | 5 100% | 100 | 9714 | 1044 | 96% 1014 | 8614 102% 104% 17% 105% | 9844 | Lorillard (P) 6s. . Manati Sugar sf 7% 6 Mid-Con 6%%s 40 67 Montana Pow 5s. Mor's & Co 1st 4%s N Y Edison 53 44.. N Y Edison 6%s. NY Tel 4%8..c0.e N Y Tel 6s 41. N Y Tel 6s49.... North Am Ed 65 North Am Ed 6% 110% | 104 | 105% | | Del & Hud cv § | Hu Atantic CL7s.... At & Dan 2d 45 48. R & O zold 4s R& Ocv4les B & O ref 55 P& O 1st 5sct B&OGs...... R & Orf imp 63 B& O PLEWV 4s. . b & O SwDiv 55 cfs B & O Toledo 4s. .. Bkiyn Manhat 6s. . Buff R & Pitt 4%s. n Nat 4155 20 Nat 4155 54 ad North 6%s. . Canad North 7 Canad Pac deb 4 Car Clinch & 0 6 Central Pacific 4= nt Pac 1st 55 90, o Ca ca |Ches& Ocvay Ches & O gn 4% es & ov 2 Chi & Alton 214w 15 19 50 22 ChiB&Qgnis5s. CB& Q-1 div 4s Cht& ETgn s Chi Great West 43 Chi & W In CEWIS Clev Term 53 Cieve Term 5 CCO& St L4t cCC & ¢ | cuba R R3s Cuba N R 65 66. Del & Hud 1st rf 48 35. Del & Hud §%s. ... Den & Rio G en 4s.. D Rio G West 5s. Det United 414« ie 1st cons ie gen 4s North 534s. | Gr North gen s Green B & W db B. Havana ERL&P 50 & Man ref 5s. . Hud & Man aj 5 111 Central 5% | 1-C-C StL& Int Rap Tran 5s. Int Rap Tr 5s stpd. Int Rap Tran 6s. Int Rap Tran 7s. Int & G Nor 1st 6s. | Int & G Nor ad 63.. Towa Cent 1st 55 Kan City Ft S 4s Kan City S 5s | Kan City Term 4s.. Lake Shore 45 28 .. . Lehigh Val 5s 2003 M&StL1 MStP. MK&T4sB.. | M K & T adj 5s.. | MK& T prinbss | Mo Pacific zen 4s Mo Pac 53 1965. Mo Pac 6s 49 D. . Mo Pac 6s 55 B. ... Mont Trm ref 5= 41 Nassan E Ry 4s § New Or Tdrm 4s N O Tex & M 5s B. INoT&MS N Y Cent 45 98 N Y Cent deb 4s NYCrfim4ts1 N Y Centri5s NYC & StL db 4s | NYChI&SIL 51 sA. NYChI&StL 5% sB. New Hav d 4s 57. 27 1 1 15 146 20 33 i 31 New Havenc d6s.. 9 N Y Ont W ist 4s N Y Rys 6s 65. . NY W & Bos 43s. | Nor & S.gen 55 54.. Norfolk & W cn 4s. Northern Pac 3s. rthern Pac 4¢s. Northern Pac 58 D. Northern Pacr1 6s Ore Short L rfs 4s. Ore Wash 1st rf 4s, Pennsyl gen 4%s | Pennsyl gen §s.. Pennsy] 53 64 Pennsyl 6% Pennsyl gol Peoria & E inc 4s Pere Mar 1st 4s 56. Pere Marq 1st 5s. .. Reading gen 4%s. . Rio G Westcl 4s. .. RIATk& L4%s... St L IM&S 4s 29. St L IM&S R&G 43, StL&SFpl4sA.. StL &S F prnbs. StL&SF 5%s D, St L & S F adj 6s. | St L& S F tnc 8s. StL&SFplésC.. StL S W con 4s 32, St P & KCShL 4%. St P Un Dep 5s. . San A& Arn P 4s Seab A Liref 4s Seab A L adj 5s.... Seab A L con 6s Seab All Fla 6s. . .37 14 24 4 15 11 12 1 5 13 10 47 24 1 22 4 108y | Seaboard A L 4s sta . 1 108 47 95% 15 Low. Close. 9314 93% 98 984 101% 10i% 914 1364 102% | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 18.—Fear of a wet | harvest and a delay to the movement | of new wheat caused overnight short |covering and higher wheat prices |here at the opening today. Wheat started unchanged to lic higher, | scored slight further gains all around {and then reacted somewhat. Corn nd oats were weak, with an absence buying power. After opening %c wer to e higher corn held cloze to | the initial figures. Provisions were | firm Bullishly inclined traders attempted o force prices upward shortly after | the start, but the market ran into ome zood commission house selling, which readily filied the demands. The | trade appears 1o be losing confidence in the bull side of the market owing |to lack of outside demand to develop. Heavy rains over parts of Okla- Kansas and . where the | harvest is under way, n some sec- tions where it is just completed, failed buying, and was a traders who have 105 4 108% 107% 931y 1065 s 101% 24 24 * hom: 1% ! a6 9516 104 103 107% 1% 101 81 97% 91 99% 95% 1s | 115% LI 108% 91% 1014 2% 24 167% Th 14 86% 104% 19 86% 105 105% *|are mapped out 3% i 105% | 20% 751 5 97 1054 2% 60 924 SR | 4| Fear of Wet Harvest and Delay to New Grain Movement Boosts Values. |10 attract outside | disappointment to looked for higher | wHEAT— | $8btember CORN. July Litermner Detmmer | September December | MERGER RUMORED. Mobile rectors Meet Today. YORK, June 18 () —Vari reports invelving the Northern Railroad ed in Wall Street today is the directors met to discuss a survey of the road n ie by the en gineering firm of Coverdale & Col- | pitts. No features of the engineers { report were made public, but officials ! of the company said consideration | was being given 1o tentative p for an expansion of service The merger rumors involved both | the possibility of the Gulf road's | acquisition by ‘a larger system and the question of its obtaining an in | terest in_two small lines—the New | Ovleans Great Northern'and the Jack Easter: arge systems have heen men- possible bidders for and_Northern in consolidation program These are the I Burlington and the Atlatic | Gulf, and Northern NEW ous merger Gulf, Mobile and Four tioned as Gulf, Mol | event that | nois Central, the | Southern Railway 71 Coast Line. | GRAIN AND PRODUCE. { BALTIMORE, e 18 | Potatoes, white, new potatoe gus, dozen 00a6.00 beans aspa bushel . 3.00a cucum . crate, lettuce, ; ‘corn, | bers, crate 3.0026.00; kale. bushel, 0a1.00: Sprin peas, hamper, crate, 1 3.50 | bushel 1.00: radishes, 3.00; rhubarb, 100, 2.00a3.00 basket, 1.25a1.75 Apples, barrel. 2.00a4.5 1.25; blackberries, quart, 10a ries, quart, 8al8: strawherries Eastern Shore nearby ntaloupes, crate. 1.00a3 | apples. crate, 3.75a4.25; peach a3.25; watermelons, 100 Selling Prices at Noon. | Wheat—No. 2 red Winter, domestic, spot. no quotations: No. 2 red Winter, garlicky Cor 40a50 onio oes quart, 10220 pine- crate, .00, | domestic, No. 2 vellow, No. 2 export, i rel 79 per bushel in carload lot spot, export, 72; No. 3. spot, 511 per bushel; No. 3 hel. earby, 75a80 per bushel; export, spot, no quotations. ay—Receipts, 55 tons. What de- and prevails for hay, is centered on the better descriptions of timothy, ! light clover mixed and timothy No. 1 and clover hay. Of these types there is no oversupply on the market, but poor hay of all sorts is dull and over- | looked Quotations timothy, ton today: No. 2 00: No. 3 timot 1 light clover mixed 2 light clover mixed, No. 1 clover mixed. 23.50a clover, 24.00a24.50; No 2 0.00221.00. Straw—No. 1 wheat, . 1 oat, 13.50a14.00. per 0a14.00. | CHICAGO LIVE STO(;K MARKET CHICAGO, June 18 (United States ! Department of Agriculture).—Hogs— | Recelpts, 14,000 head: slow: strong to 10 higher: shipping demand moderate big packers inactive: early bulk 240 to 325 pound butchers, 14.15a14.60: de. sirable 210 pounds down, largely | 14.70a14.20; top, 15.00: packing sows mostly 12.80a13.10; sorted killing piss, 14.75a15.00; heavy weight. 13.90a14:60; medium weight, 14.35a14.90; lizht .00: packing slaughter pigs, 14 Cattle—Receipts steers and yearlings steady: quality plain: best light steers, 10.00 bulk of all representative weights, 29.50; heavies scarce, best around 9.75: she’ stock uneven; mostly a clean- up trade, with grassy cows and heif ! ers predominating: market easy with extreme decline of 25 to 50; bulls, firm: bolognas, 6.50: vealer | 9.00210.00; a few at 11.00 to outsiders. Sheep—Receipts, 8,000 head: fat | lambs steady, 25 lower: bulk of as- sorted natives, 15.00: few at 5.2 culls mostly 10.50a11.00; fat steads at 6.50; Idaho feeders average at 56 | to?59 pounds late yesterday at 14.50. 00. 3,000 head: fat PARIS PRICES IRREGULAR. irregularly on the Bourse | centimes. | francs 45 centimes. loan, 51 francs 15 centimes. lar was quoted at 36 franc: MAY REVISE DUTY LAW. the (Special).— pounds. 2.00a4.00; Killing sheej : Dl of owes, 4.75a6.00; faw plans erection of a §5,000,000 plant at PARIS, June 18 (P).—Prices moved | Receipts, new today. | Three per cent rentes, 45 francs, 40| United States Exchange on London, 175 | Five per cent The dol- - ONEXCHANGE HERE North American Co. Power Output for Week of June 10 Sets Record. Trading picked u Washington Stock Exchan contrast to th day yesterda flected, howes of ihe regular tending the District of Springs pital $1,000 transaction ma BE Y out on one transactions were record at 104%, and the shad al Tract hands in two i Mergenth n - stoek hington ferred Unlisted Department ollowin the bid & 1. 4 North American Output Output of the North Amer tem. embracing subsidi Wiscons; Misso @ 2,808,454 k largesi weekly output s of the comp e week ended June 3 the the in the week end 366 weeks represer than 15 per ce the sar nance Refunding on of Vir Industrial Fi for funding dividends on its ¢ and refund be done | Industrial The cent 1 for pre the 6 per € stock forsach ser cent stock. The perity of the g the ies has operat over 100 ¢ the } oposed ex cised 1 intil J Moody's Review. barom ise pre 1 1903 a trade business r produc gins « terminate opport tion profit ‘ nvestorie untrary o genera belief. are ovee-expanding somewhat vepresentative industrial com ent rate of expansion nt, annualiy. Indi this expansion may the balance of the panies. is ahout 18 pe cations are that continue throt vear. Dividend. rs of the quarterly ared the re Wilkins Co. The hoard of dir H. Wilkins Co. at t ing held June 16 d semi-annual dividend of 4 per on the outstanding preferred and a dividend of $1.50 per share o the outs common stock. pay able Ju to all shareholders of record as of Ju MceCrea local Frigidaire ger. is taking part today groundbreaking ceremonies for = ),000,000 idaire expansion project at Dayton, Ohio. The branch managers and distributors of the com pany have a leading part the exercises The new Frigidaire plant will be, one mile long and is expected to be in full operation early ir 19 It wil have a capacity of 600,000 electric refrigerator units a year, approximate Iv four a minute. Three thousand workmen will be required to complete it within the scheduled time. Th building program represents the initial outlay in a hundred millior dollar investment General Motors wil | make; if nec: v. for the future de. velopment of this industry. Jdt will give the Delco-Light Co., makers of Frigidaire, 68 2 of floor space Tubize Artificial Silk Co. of America John cen in new € in Hopewell, Va. POTATO MARKET STRONG. CHICAGO, June 18 (). —Potatoes : old, 507 shipments, new, rs; old stock, mai onsin sacked round | whites, 90a3.00: ldaho sacked Rus | sets, 3.20a3.40; Washington sacked Russets, 3.00. New stock market very strong cked Triumphs: | 4.50a4. 3 r's, a on track, new cars; old, 1 ket strong; W orth Carolina bbl. Cobblers, 7.00- . Westinghse (4). Weston Elec. . Wheel & L Iirie. Wheel & L E pf. White Eagle (2) White Mot (4)... White Rock (2). Pac T & T 5552. .. Wickwire ctfs. . Pan-Amer Pete 64, Willys-Overland pan-Amer Pete 7s. Wilson & Co new Peoples Gas 58. Wilson A (new). | Phila Co 5% 38 Wilson pf new Phila Corf 6s A... WoolwthFW (15) 164 173% Phila & Rd C & I 58 Worthn Pump... 33 83 Pierce-Arrow 8s. .. Wright Aero (1) 38% 36 Producers & Rf 8s. Yel T&C(76¢)... 25 25% Public Service 6s. . Youngstown (4) 7% 7% Pub Serv Elec 65. OTTAWA, Ontario, June 18 (#).— 4.40 Revision of the Canadian customs reg- | a7.2 ulation under which American auto-| mobiles imported temporarily for com. | mercial purposes can only be used | | after payment of duty is to be consid- | i ered after the present session of Par- ? = liament. Minister of Customs Boivin | Refining Co. has pought 105% | Third Ave ref 4s. stated vesterday he had received rep- | lons of cylinder Stock lubr 1034 | Third Ave adj 5s... 4 Tesentation that the regulation worked | from Independent Oil & Gas Co.. 100% | Tol Tr L&P %530 11 an injustice. | 1y for export. 104% | Union Pac 1st rf 4s 11 | 100% | Union Pac 48 27.... 3 100 }‘1“1;%‘ Union Pacev 6s... 14 102% GOES INTO RECEIVERSHIP. | | Virginia Ry 1st 5s. 10 103 UTON, Pa. June 18 UM.—| NEW YORK, June 18 (#).—Prices 4| VaRy &P 1 99% Thsecgfilr\kTgr?é Sver Tobacco Gon | of heavy melting steel scrap have 2 193¢ | Wabash 1st s 18 108 Ine., one of the oldest manufacturing | been advanced 50 cents a ton in the ¢ A—Paid this year—no regular rate. ESGIUGasTiess e 104% | wabash 2d 55 4 101% coneerns of chewing and smoking | Youngstown district, quotations rans 10% in common stocl. parable 316 % ausr. | P Serv Gas 5148 64. '3 j04% | wabash 535 75 S 104 tobacco in Pennsylvania, went into ing from $16 to $16.50. Lo, earnod. "EC Payabio in cash or stock, | Punta Alegrets... 4 107 | West Maryland 4s. 5 recelvership vesterday. Creditors' FPlis 1% %" 1o " G—Plus " 1-50 | Remingtn Arms 8s. 4 90 90 | Western Pacific 5. 19 100 oo Meresating $110.000 have In stock H_-Flus $1 & share in we- | Rep Iron & SteeM5s 13 100 100 | West Shore 1st 45.. 1 86% SeerVoreasnted. The assets will pro- | 88l } ‘stock Rog Brown Tron Tay g 51% Bl | wWhel& LErf4%s § a8y tect the creditors, company officials said. Partly extr 1 mme . tPlus 4% _in 12% otk b B o farierly. ” 4E1us 3% | Saks & Co st 7 110% Wilkes & E 18t 8., 1 11 | Penick & Ford.. | Penn C & Coke. . | Pennsy RR (3). | Penn-Seab Steel. | Peoples Gas (8). Pere Marq (18) . Pere Mara pf (5) Phila Co (4) . Phila Co pf (3). Phila& RC&T. Philip Morris. .. Phillips Pet (3). Phoenix Hoslery Pierce-Arrow. .. Plerce-Ar pf (8) Pierce Oil.. Piedce Oil pf. Pitts Coal. . Pitts Term Coal. Pitts & W Va(§) Postum (4.40). .. Pressed Steel (n) Pr Stl Car pf (7) Prod & Refiners. 94% 98s4 1% 85'% 107% 113% 118% 106 63% PSR 0NN W@ —w ‘or Ohio T & L 6s. Jor States Pow §s. Otis Steel 8s. Pac Gas & EI 5s. Pac T & T 1st 58 123% 124 5% 5% 121 121% 30% 30% 86 86 70 70 34 34y% 191 91 18% 19 80 80 46% 46% 103% 103% 69 €9 3214 324 32u 33 ™ % 46% 46% 69 69 110% 110% 52% 53 3381 838% 84% 84N Wl% 1% = e N | Famous Pi (10). 123% 126% Speerat Dispatch to The Star | Famous Pi rts. 5% 5% EW YORK. June 18—Crude rub- | Famous pf (8).. 121 121% her,” smoked ribbed sheets gained 1) FedLight(®1.40) 30% 31 cent when it was quoted at 45 cents ed L&T pf2(6). 86 86 at noon today. This compares with ed Min & Smelt 72 72 4715 cents a month ago and 73 cents | First Nat S(1%) 34% 34% a year ago. | Fisher Body (5). 97% 98% | Fisk Rubber.... 18% 20 | FiskR 1st pf s(7. 80% 80% Fleischmn(t21) 47 47 Foundation (8). 103% 107 = ] Fox Film A (4).. €9% 69% BOSTON. June 18.—Medium fleeces | Freeport-Texas. 82% 327 and territory wools were reported | .. % firmer today on somewhat better ae,ig;‘,’;;‘,';;:,:g}; ol ,30.,3 Sou Pac 45 29.. 9 South Carolina, 6.75a6.85. 107% | Sou racinc rer as.. 26 Southern Ry gen 4s 58 100% | Sou Ry con 55 94... 19 102 | Sou Ry 6s 56. 16 1024 Southern Ry 6%s.. 3 ! Texas & Pacific 1st 11 18 BIG OIL PURCHASE. NEW YORK, June 18 (®).—Sinclair 0,000 gal ting oil chief- 108 = wHwea WOOL MARKET FIRMER. Epecial Dispatch to The Star STEEL SCRAP ADVANCES. 101 % 16 31 43 110 94% 4% 2 3 3 2 4 15 mand. It is rumored that 10,000 to £ 3 12.000 bales of foreign wool are be- g::fi;"‘,;fu“l‘{‘f‘”' Pt g ing exported this week but there is | Gen Asph pt (5). 110% 111 no confirmation. Roston dealers have | Gen Cigars (4).. 53 53% secured considerable wool in Texas at | Gen Else (¢8). .. 347% 350 t 86 cents a pound. One clip sold | Gen Elec (h3)... 84 87% in Mlerton. Tex., at 35% cents, equal- | Gon Eies sp(60¢) 210w 211% *a high mayk for the State, Tea w ‘Women in India now are eligibi~ oo vote and also hecome membersy of the vartous isla