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LLWi | There are few securities and end and that ii for this depend- '] | to discount te | seem to be in store, Hav, able market review | | fixed in th being makers INVESTOR & TRADER ae EP} business future, fp ean PELETS Atlantic | Fruit This week's issue containt [SCHUM ge hei Baldwin Loco spectal articles on | Copper shares displayed new life and} tal: & Onio | strength due to the underlying im- | Balt & Odio pe United Prof. Shar. provement in metal situation, | Bes! Stoel Beth Steel se Producers & Refs. Copper metal prices have advanced U.S. Light & Heat from 11 1-2 to 12 1-4 cents a pound, | tow Fisheries A. B.C. Metals i] | surpius stocks ng ducers claim that the supply in the gradually be and other stocks Market and By Conditions he st BROAD STREET 42nd STREET 505 Fifth Ave. Tel. Mur. Hill 7120 |The entire list by the ineres idends had be ranging from For the benefit of chowe interewtaxl incom: 42 New Street, New York Factory 67—7th Av. 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BANKING AND FINANCIAL. people whose opinions | V0 ire worth while who do not believe! that the readjustment period in market has begun better times that opinion, men noted as of markets @ month or so back profess extremely doubtful of the i of the metal are | Bin Rap Tran reduced, and pr hands of consumers is negligible. ! group had ah tone, and gains of a point or more ‘Ask for FE W-488 were common | strong, and “the What stocks interest you? | and food shares | vances ranging fractions to more than 2 points. Equipments were motor, oll, rubber | Gero de Paso from good sized Chew & One continued to give a good account of itself in the second | Giino Copper hour Bears seemed to be deterred | Coca from making attacks on specialties ased absorptive power of the general list The market's ability to shed unfavor- | Coreol Gas able news was instanced in the « of United Drug. announced after market yesterday that common div- | ~ a al n deferred, the stock, ting was comps speculative formed pools and | turned strong, cent ru Bonds were decidedly firm. (nie offices, being sturmumned” with «nh : Fitri) of “trades tation, informa . TT0?. : or eististles tay Be E.D.DIER&CO. Stecha c@sndacGrain ground as the showed, advances, the volatile Mexican] ings was up from 11 to 40 i Petroleum registering the largest| with late options Am Awe ¢ Aw Am ¢ Am Car & Fils JAm car we Fds Am ‘Cotton Oi \ day's Josses were egained Ad Aw Dag sgt, 10 TO 1, vances running trom one to more] Am Wie Laatioe than two points were the rule, and | Ag fom ; eae Lops UNL trading was so broad in character) Am te U ” i“ Se turn cue ndicated |) thar all gre of stocks parti: | Am tite the setback in prices yester- | R ta Mm ldteead Ol ‘ s ve to nothing more than | uh cE RU he ak Am lime OW ot & Pabst kN Bl ne ne jr © was Litt the way of nuws| +Am tocomoive §. 00% 0p LAL a daghald al MM shy hs ment Nevertheless, a consider. | Am satety fraternity. In the ‘first hour! aii, dogres of optimiam was in eye [AM Shin & iusiness(ocday mow oh yertute| gree of optimist we | ser Smelt ae dence in strongest financial circles. | Am samt & Ref pf Swit Ais sitel Pouna Se siaur pf Sum ‘Tov Tel both n business is at Jam ‘Tesacco ote B ng become | yn Wool Am Zane Avaconda who even | \inwon fy Atohinm Hy AN Gulf & Wo At) Guilt & WoL pt are now Beth Steel 1 onm Bros Batte Cop & Zinc althy under- Conia! Leather 9) all ruled at ad- [Chandler Motors chi Ma & St Paul Ch Mil & St P ot oh) tL & Par A Gt Weet Olu Gr Weal pf chi & NW Ry Chile Copper ola Col Friel & Iron. Col Gas & Phe Columbia Gray Conml Cigar Con Textile ae mm Int-Cal Minti Although it was |cont Gan the close of the | Cont Candy th Co | the year, rose more than two points, | baker advanced 2 points ont e mer ctrical, leather and miscellane-| win 2 points, ‘These were the four ous industrials were notably. firm, most active stocks on the list. 12 TO 1. 2 TO 3. portant exceptions ares trading and closed checked by fresh | of the day buying for the ac-| Railroad stocks were the real leaders of the market in final dealings with the higher priced dividend payers showing advances of nearly 2 points. Aside from disappearing fears of further important dividend reduc- tions, the railroad list doubtedly helped by that the financial difficulties of the 8 soon will be materially re- nner, but the tea- carrie! lieved. at 51-2 per cent. reign exchange 41 YEARS’ INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE SAFEGUARDS OUR CLIENTS’ INTERESTS D, TUESDAY, CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS Law Huber & Tire Miami Copper Middie States Onl. Nat Oloak & Suit. Northern Pacific ain, touching’ 1181-2 the low price of | points net. Crucible and Owene Bottling ‘an-Am Pot B..... ma Sea Steel. atively dull) phe entire list with very during the noon hour, but the entire list maintained a notably firm tone. In the leading: ery fractional lier highs wa | and aggressive kelman & Co.) oe ey 62 Broad Street, New York ||) supposediy “inside ‘Telephone Bread ti70 The cotton market continued to flue- Dreseh Offices la Leading Citice tuate in a wild r Direct Wires 10 Various Mariots dency was upward and net gain twenty-five to more than fifty points were shown. Whe with the September | option registering a gain of move | a bushe! Morey hold a strong tone during the late] Pmtivs Petroleum sion from the | narrow fractions of the high points Pittaoungh Coal Pitty & W Va pf Pranged Stool Car Rail Steel Springs. indications Rewingion Type Rep Iron & Stoo! Iron & St pf rate for call money to 5 per cent. in the final half hour. was lowered StL & San Fran. St le & Southwest StL & South of Sama Cee Sugar. | steady with the exception of sterling The market advanced into new high| which at $8.71 1 n progressed,| of two cents compared with yester- Membem | eo, Han of Trade and during the latter part of the| day's Gnal @gure. December wheat ; speculative leaders| closed with an advance of from 2 to 4| Cents a bushel, Cotton in late deal- showed a reaction Seneca Ofpper bein firm Stand Oi N J.. jStand Oi NJ pt Stewart -Wamor BANKING AND FINANCIAL. eee ON CRED ‘Assorune: ‘Guarantesd, at, (All Goode Guarante 21-23 Maiden Lane it SUITS, OVE! 20. COATS, ET! Fe TO, Das Tailors, tandt St Eater PRESEWTATIVE CALLS AND BOILER REPAIRS. D STOVE REPAIRS —Re ay make of Stove, Range, D BL WEEKLY; Na Addr: 30 to 11:30 562 Fifth Ave., Cor. 46th Se., New York City Chicago, Ill. Columbus,Oblo Devenport.lowa Grand Rapids, Mich. 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Bryant 9600 should partiol; Candidates |dem., .130) | Bweden kr, dem, 2160; cables, 2165, All. good citizen: for Mayor and other city and count to be nominated, re of Assembly. webbie 13, 1921, THE CURB" Sh vse Packie 0 AN od Parking Am ‘Tob tee Am Tob coup cal cr er at eR, DaARG D&G pr Alden twyn Picturss 100 Havana Tobaew pe 6 Herden Gem WO Holvrook HF O1 Unter Rubber 000 Lascomubi Te 100 National Leather 1400 Peerless Motors 100 Perfection ‘Tite 700 Philliy Mortis 200 Kedio vf 200 Southern Coal & Iron 150 Tobacey Ir 20U Sa 2100 US Sioa 4200 US Ship Cor 1700 United Profit Sharing 0 United tee Candy 1z00 West Rad Chet 100 Willys p ist 200 AN Lobos 20 South Penn Oi! 1100 $ Oi! of Ind INDEPENDENT OILS 100 Allen Oi 5000 Allied Out 100 Arkansas Nat Gas 1900 Rowton Wyoming 1100 Carib Syma 1000 Cushing Por 1400 Kk Basin 00 Federal 01 1100 Glenrwek OWL 8000 Hudson Ou 1 0 Del 2500 In 100 Kans & Gut 100 Midwest Oil 200. N Marie. Land Noble O11 000 Ohio Ranger 200 Omar Oi! : 1600 Proxtucer d& Met 200 Salt Creek Brod 100 Simms Pet 00 SI ou S100 Texon O & 1. 1000 Western States MINING 2000 Alan Br Col 260) Big Ledge 3200 Bost Ely 14060 Bost & Mont 120 Canada Cop 1000 Candelaria M 200 Carson River. 500 Cons Cop M 1400 Cortez Silver 200 Cresson Gold SK 0 Devide Ex 9010 Kl Salvador 12000 Eureka Croesus 3000 Goldfield Florence 110 Gold Zon 2000 Marmeil D 100 Mecla Mining 1200 Hun Cop 40.0 Knox Divide 2000 MeNamara 1000 McNamara Crescent YO Molntyre 220 Magma Cop 200 Motherlode : fonal Tin... .+ ada Ophir 500 New SH Horn 900 Nipissing 0 Portland Canal 2200 Ray Hh 100 So Am P&G 700 Tono Divide 20) US Continental 4000 United Eastern 1000 West End 6 Allied Parker 6s 15 Aled Packer ott 7 Am Tel Ox #2... « 2 Am ‘Vi 11 Anaconda 7s 2 2 Anglo-Am O41 12 Armour & Co 7s 20 Brazil 1. & T fis 4 Beaver Board &s 2 Beth Steel 7s 22 3 Beth Steel 16 Beth Stee! 2 Can Nat Ry ¥q Ts 4Chi Un sta 35 Chi & Fi 5 Col Grapho 8s | Copper Exp 8 24. 2 Copper Kap $s 23...8 20 Fisk Rubber 8s 41. 5 Fleischman 88... 1 Galena 8 O 7s 4Grand Trunk 6%s 8 Gul Ol Ts 11 Meinz Co 7 ; Humble Oil 15 Inter ROT 76. 8 Inter RT he repte. 1 Kennecott © Ta. 1 Ubby MaN & L Te. 12 Liggett Myers 6a. 2 Nat Cloak & Sait 8s. 17 Nat Leather 8s WWNYNH &H ts 11 R J Reynolds 6s. 1 Sears Roebuck Ts 21 1 Sears Rocburk 1s 23. 1 Solvay ot Cle 8s 6 Southern Ry 66..... 18 Southwest Bell 79. SONY 7s 25. « LIBERTY RONDS. "| Liberty 2 1-28 openod 87.86, oft 03; % list 4 1-48, 88; 2d 4 1-46, 88.02, up .06; | 344 1-40, 92.10, up .00; 4th 4 1-49, 88.16, | 4 | up .08; Victory 4 8-48, 99.04, off .02 * FORRIGN EXCHANGE, 4 | At 2.45 o'clook—Storling, {3.71 1-3, cables, 8.73, off 2 | Franc, demand, .0720; “lott 0001, J.ire, demand, .042 0428, up 00011-2, Bel#tan Irano, de mand, .0708; cable | Marks, demand and cables, .0092 1-2, | oft 0000 1-4, Awiss fr, dem, 1728; cabfes, off 0008; Greek draotima, dem., cables, 0565, up 0008 $146; cable cables, unchanged; Norwa cables, 1910, up. 0008; dom, 1770; cables, 1775, off .0010. INDUSTIIA! Vealf, Here, you are simpiy an o: {nary citizen behaving in | an's underbod |ken to be delivered to you by this | surprise | words see | paral |underdgg in the fight {an iv | hous BONDS, | th \tory caste. Given a chance to @ jwho have S148, off | 1800, Denmark kr., {TERRI OOOH EHH HR ROO CLR ER OO RS By Loui SCH W a eC eae HH SHRI IGE HII I Francis 1 f n be uy Daly's Th Crateusine teh at he will Cub On actin tn tre Died by *y article an" ester. ‘The follow eon aviation and hi Ista give tin more titormetion for hie article id Steinga.l, Forbes hes Feat, 10, Comeral tue fact that Fortes PAB AMM wives other luforta tion esuined “sito As the a Uny carved skull wich, morulng on OWS ab Harttord, ‘omitting stake found, ‘Thesdon hat him th siuent he ts ac ibe District Avtomnes’s cffice, At Bis CHAPTER YL 6 why adopt s destine method?” Forbes's face, usii classic in outline, assumed and his firm chin ta ha clan- ly so a@ certain rigidity grew markedly aggressive, "1 don’t answer questions put in that way," he said Hl Claney jaughed sardonically “You meet with a greater respect | n Wall 1 have no doubt,” he snapped. “There you stand on a pe- desta, with one hand flourishing a checkbook and (he other resting | gracefully on the neck of a golden 1 suspicious | manner. 1f the patrolman in the next block knew what L know of your re- cent movements he would arrest you without ceremony and charge you with béing concerned in the murder of Mrs, Lester. Between you and Mr. Theydon, the work of my depart ment has been hin d most scan- | dalously, Don't glare at thac! [don't care a rap for your| me like millions and your social position What 1 do care about is the horrib k you afd each member of your r family gre incurring. You know w and while you ure still alive, | mean “¢ you to speak, Tell me, 100, | |why the same hand which thrust a little ivory skull into the dead wom- caused a similar to- morning’ ma Ah, that touches you, does jt not? Now, my worthy financier and philanthropist, step down from your pedestal and behav. like a being of flesh and blood!" “Forbes positively wilted under that | extraordinary attack. His white face | grew wan and his eyes dilated with | and terror. The detective’s | ned to have the effect of a ¢ shock, Thenceforth he was “How do you know that I received ry skull this morning? gasped. “Have you been to house? Did my daughter tell you Claney chuckled. “You're ready to listen, eh?” Well, 1 don’t mind telling you that I've not stirred out of this flat since 7 o'clock this morning, and [ question if your letters were’ delivered in Madison Avenue at that hour. “[ give in,” said Forbes curtly “Nearly seven years ago,” he went on, “I made a very large sum of} money by amalgamating certain shipping interests at a favorable mo- inent, ‘Thus, as it happened, I had at command practically unlimited re~ ources when | was asked to finance the cause of reform in China. The wretched lot of the Chinese nation | had always appealed to my sympa- 8, Some hundreds of millions of he most industrious and peace-lov~ ing people in the world have been exploited for centuries by a preda- pand, freed from the shackles of the Manchus, the Chinese, in my opinion, contain the elements’ which go. to form a great race, But the Manchus | held them in bondage, body and soul, | and so powerful is self-interest that there has never. been an Emperor or statesman who Strove to elevate the masses who was not mercilessly aS- sassinated as soon as he allowed his ent to become known. inthe “only. path to. freedom lay! through revolution, and I had reason to believe that the ruling faction) could be overthrown by a, well or- nized and properly financed move- | soe without the az; ailing bloodshed | which often accompanies such dynas- tie changes. At any rate, I entered | the conspiracy, heart and soul, But I met with two difficulties at the out- set. I could not exercise efficient fi- | Ranctal control from New York, and I could neither go and live in the Far Fast nor transact my business | through ordinary banking channels. So I had to find a substitute, and my | choice fell on @ rising young lawyer | named Arthur Lester, whom I had) known since he was a boy, and who had married the daughter of an old vend, ieee had a taste for adventure, | and was alive to the magnificent reer which lay before ono w helped materially In. the rebtrth of China, In a word, he went to Shang, a8 ‘agent, and the outcome of} ih) Work there ia the present Chinoss constitution, Of course, as holds good of all human affairs, events did not follow the precise track mapped out for them, But on the whole, he and 1 were satiafied, China ja awake at Inst, The giant has aetirred, and if his firat uncortain steps have devi- ated from the open road of reform, he will never again eink Into the tor- | por of tho past centuries, Manohu | arrogance and domination, at any} } | rate, are shadows of the past, polly, the conquerors n #O offectually thrust aside have now embarked on a secret | ‘But, Jeampaign of vengeance and reaction, | domand, |A iad y which calla Itself the ‘Young Manchus’ ja inaptred by one | principle, and one only, and that ie Death to (be reformers,’ I don't sup. pose you gentlemen follow olosel; the | trend. of affairs in China, but you must have read of the assiasinations Of prominent men reported occasion- in the newspapers, “Until thig morning I was ean- vinced that Mrs. Lester's death pe- moved the one person in America who knew of my connection with the revoluuon in China, To revert to the Young Manohus—they have secured far more victims than the world at Jarge is aware of. I am sure that they poisoned Arthur Lester, and his wife heid the same view. They aim “NUMBER 17” day Thesdou fulfil ay eogagen Gon decides to notify Forbes that he woment ©, MY# Bea Tieadon, nonpluseed, calle Forbes on the nibs apiwars and They H Mis Leste! explains thar a key to 0 eat Bt eae s Tracy 7° A Mystery Story of New York, Filled With Surptisas ‘Copyright, 1919, vy Edwant J. Clode), RO 3 32 CE De RR HS SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALMEN he wears @ distinguished man stably f mome Dut will xo to tue Uulon te ‘They dol bs h James Creighton Forbes, fae station he is amet by Mrs J tn No. In the Timousipe, sos. the ® a to let hi 6 Therplicable Teason Re promises to do ty. and vet, ‘Aaesdon describes he, taxi and ite pin a to tell (hey Detec stra. Lister's unt siial ‘aitaite ne tiatae cf tae. BRS ig Ro. request Mrs. Bh at noting less than the extinction of the democratic cause by murder of every prominent man connected with it. “But they have never vet been able to obtain a full and authentic list of he reform leaders, ‘They suspectea poor Lester of complicity in the » movement cond killed him. It w through Mrs, Lester that I first be me aware of (heir existence as aa active organization, and I hoped thas hen she baa retivced to Amerigg and was living quietiy in New Yorn. she would be lost sizlit of -ignored! in fa Nevertheless, both she andut thought it prudent (hat our acquaini,: nce Should cease until the turmod in Chine has subsided. i never visited her peorat the growth of friendship between b ind my wile and daugiter. a trendy ship whica, in condition would have be nd evi table. a “Bul ow were woolully mMistahoih An Orenta, vendetia neither sidge ens nor d By some tr ns who lunknown to me tie Young Manéuas must have aiscovered, or guessed hat in leaving Lester's widow vat their reckoung they had lost a p ising clue, Be that as it may, th followed her to New York, and by a Singular fatality 1 was the first tu og know of i Last Mot mn Wa Looking idly ou ¢ passe crowd, 1 saw a Chinaman in European clothes. He was waiting mad, So 1 was able wes CLLLY, and OWENS to cross the ratinize t to a scar on t of his fa recognized hit. His name is ‘Wo 1) Fu, a Manchu of the ManeWua? @ rin of almost imperial ligeagts Some years ago 1 tache at tie Chinese Km Washington Suddenly, wh y to my house, [ reco! n members of th ary Committee had of th very man as being one of the able and most unscrupuious adherents of the Manchy faction \n Pekin Ome how, his presence in New York. was disconcerting and menacing. ” Whe more likely than he, | argued, th be a Me s leading rit among the Yount Manch In any event, New York was ngt big enough to hold both Mrs. Lester end him, and I decided to visit her that very might, tell her I had séen Wong Li Fu and advise her to go away into the country, leaving no record of her whereabouts. T hap- peneg to be taking my daughter tc Daly’s Theatre, and contrived to slip away on some pretext after the per formance T found Mrs. Lester alone in her flat, and she fell in with my views at once, because sae, too, had heard of this very man, and the, mere sound of his name terrified her... | was half inclined to urge that she should go to a hotel for. the ‘night. but the lateness of the hour, and the seeming fact that if danger threatened she was safe at least till the morrow prevented me. Ah, me! I obeyed thr one intuition. Why was I deaf to its « logical successor Claney sitting on the edge af. a chair, his head bent forward, his Piercing biack eyes intent as those of a hawk, a hand resting on each knee his attitude curiously suggestive of a readiness to spring forward at an) instant, now leaned over and tappe! the millionaire decisively on. th shoulder. “You couldn't have saved her, Ni Forbes,” he said. “She was marheo down as the first warning. Dién't the letter you received this morning jtell you something of the sort? Agitation gave place to utter as tonishment in Forbes’ face “In Heaven's name, how do >For know anything of any letter??* he cried. “Tl tell you later, But am T not right >” “Yes, you are. 4 "Where is itt May [see ith Forbes took a creased and folde document from a small, flat ear.” bonrd box which he carried In _ th breast pocket of his coat, But firat he withdrew from the box a fe round object, and placed it on the table. Tt was an tvory skull, and the very presence of such 9 ainister tokan drought same hint of the charne! house Into a cozy and sunlit reom. Clancy, a creature oddly constituted either of all nerves or of no nerves. disregarded the skull, He had eyes only for the fow words typed on a single sheet of note-paper. = hey rant James Creighton Forben: If yon are willing to come ty terma, announce the fact by ad vertisoment in Thursday's Times Addresa your reply to Y, My and sign It J. 0, KO Yield, and you will hear further, Refuse, and no other warning will be given. a CHAPTER VII, LANG@Y apparently made hia mind with reference the oantents of the somewhs enigmatic message after on, quick, unerring perusal . “The man who wrete that took #. Breat many things for granted,” said “He assumed, first, that. you knew of Mra, Lester's death and up- , derstood j@ pignifieance; secandisy that you are aware ef the natureseé the ‘terma’ he will offer; thirdly, that you may hesitate between eompltaney and threatened jeath. M,! course, ean be rot as “Young ' ehus! Even ther e writer exhibits artistia reticence A ar he Frankly, Mr. Forbes, | wish you hats eome straight to the bureau on Mon? = day evening instead of wasting those precious hours at Daly's Theatre.” Read To-Morrow's Interesting instalment,