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New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
CONDITION OF TRADE.
"Bradstreet's" says:


Trade is steady as whole. and in many
lines the volume Of business is In excess OF
that done at this time last year. Still. more
or less irregularty has developed, and
activity witnessed In recently preceding
weeks. This trend is due In part to the
fact that near future spring requirements
have been covered, while far future buying;
save in special lines Of textiles. Is rendered
conservative by uncertain crop prospects
and actual serious damage to winter
wheat Wheat crop conditions are unpro-
pitious,, retail trade, has been greatly ham, ham
OF rain. snow or low temperatures, while
foods In the South have not only restricted
trade in the areas affected. but have
time the great sea disaster OF Monday
last. with It's heavy death toll Of proml-
nent personages. has exerted a repressivs
influence in stock market operations and
the public In general However. the un-
dertone OF affairs Is strong. and IL ts felt
that an upward movement OF business VIII
seasonable weather. when retail trade
should expand and when farm work Will
be allowed 10 make progress.
"Dun's Review" says:
Reports from tho leading trade centres
indicate that the recent progress toward
increased business confidence and activity
however howe ere disturbing seems to check the i'm,
provement: The growth OF more opt-
inistic business sentiment is especially con,
spicuous in the West and Southwest and
this is all the moro significant because or
the reports OF damage to winter wheat.
that were responsible for a rapid advance
in prices which was partially lost. The
fearful disaster to the steamship Titanic
has had n more or less depressing erect
upon the markets and is matter OF
special concern in shipping and insurance
circles. The reported progress made In the
coal trade IN the direction Of industrial
peace has had a good effect growing
demand for investment securities Is one Of
the good signs OF the situation. and the
city OF New York has taken this opportu-
nifty to offer a new s65.0o0,o0 bond Issue.
The Improvement In iron and steel contin-
ues and further advances In prices are an
nounced. with large orders from railroads,
agricultural interests and building trades
for new supplies. In the drygoods trade,
barring the effect of crop damage upon the
situation in the Middle West. there is a
progressive increase In activity In cotton
and woollen goods. while there is no.
ticeabe expansion in the demand for silks.
Higher prices have been established In
print cloths and other lines. Millinery Is
fairly active.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

THE MONEY MARKET.-NIoney ON call
opened AZ 2$4 per cent; highest per cent: /:
lowest, ~ per cent; closing, 234 per cent
ruling rate, 2A per cent. Time money was
offered quite literally, but this fact did not
done being of moderate size. Rates, 31aq31
per cent for sixty and ninety days; 3A per
cent for four. five and six months. Mercan-
tile paper was bought moderately here and
elsewhere. Some attractive names were
seen. Rates, 4Q4l2 per cent for sixty and
ninety days Endorsements; 4Q41s per cent
for choice four and six months single
names; per cent for others.
FOREIGN EXCIANGE.-Th foreign 'eX-
change market was quiet at the opening,
but the tone was a shade steadier The
market closed dull and a shade easier in
tone. Final quotations were: Demand
sterling, 4.S7S0: cables, 4S7S0; sixty day bills.
4.S425: short francs, 5.1Sis plus S-64 short
reichsmarks, s. 3-l6 less 1-64.
Bankers posted rates follow:
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
To all Holders Of
Convertible -Four Per Cent. t4T)
Redeemable Gold Bonds Of
n. Uesfern Union IeIexraph Comnary r.

Notice is hereby given TO all holders OF the
gold bonds OF The Western Union Telegraph
Company. issued under and pursuant to and
secured by the trust agreement made by said
Tho Western Union Telegraph Company. vita
the Bowling Green Trust Company as Trustee.
dated November 28th. 1905 that The Westera
Union Telegraph Company. by action duly had
by its board OF directors, has declared its In
tenton TO and will pay OF, cancel and redeem
the whole amount Of the bonds issved under
and secured by said trust agreement, pursuant
10 the power and authority so to DO contained
therein: that the date fixed for said payment
and cancellation and redemption Is May nrN
UsD. 1912. upon prior to which datS ln.
Western Union Telegraph Company wiz
posit with the Equitable Trust Company
New York. New York city, as successor
tee 10 the Bowling Green Trust Compe",,
named as trustee In said trust agreement
sum sufficient to pay the principal OF all OF
bonds, five per cent go premium tne'st s..t
GsD. 1912: that said Equii able Trust ,rs So
pany OF New Yorl., on said date aho vi ~
after IS presented, VIII pay the princlpat -
said bond. ave per cent. $50 premiio,.s
thereon, and the accrued interest 20 SAID Jaw
to the holders OF said bonds respectively
That said bonds VIII cease 10 bear lnterrrs
after May first Cs;), 1912 and that ~ ~ ~
Intention u -hs Western Union Ieiesrsp
COMPANY upcn making such deposit and stIss
said date TO have said trust agreement dateS
Novemhcr 26th 1905. cancelled and dlschas s'~
by said trustee.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
by Theo n. Vail. 4
New York January 90. 1912.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

Brooklyn Rapid Transit sold on the Con-
solidated Exchange at &i. and Wabash pre-
ferred at 2lh. the only transactions IN me
two stocks reported In Wall Street In the
day Heaviness developed In the market
IN the early trading. but prices rallied sub
sequently The depressing influence OF the
Titanic disaster appeared TO be slowly
disposed once more TO accord attention 10
factors which for several days have been
little thought OF. including crop. labor ana
political uncertainties and the Mexican SIT
nation Business was on a fairly acuVe
scale Commission houses handled GOOD
volume OF odd lot orders I'm Erie common,
American Can New York Central. missouri
Pacific, Virginia Carolina Chemical and the
Interborough shares Detailed operations
SoIIoW
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
NO PREFERRED DIVIDEND
ew York Dock Company
Earnings Decrease.

The directors of the New York Docp
Company have decided TO pass the semi.
annual dividend on the preferred stock q,
which 2iz per cent was paid last year ana
per cent In 1910 and 1909. The surplv.
for the six months ended December n
1911, after dedpcting taxes and all charge,
was only si2,9s9.
The less In earnings was due alrnost en-
tirely. President Landstreet says in a or.
cular to the stockholders, to the continual
depression in the storage business, which
vas referred to In the last annual repor,
together with an increase Of about ,l,an
in taxes. Z
Since the issuing Of the annual repor,
shipping conditions have improved and IN.
revenue from pier rentals has shown an
increase.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE sc
premium; Chicago, 35c premium; New Or
leans, commercial 25c discount, bank 81 pre-
MUM asked st. Louis. 30c premium bid,
S5c premium asked; Minneapolis. soc pre-
MUM; Charleston, buying par. selling 1-l0
per cent premium; San Francisco, sight 1c,
telegraph &c.
BANK CLEARINGS. - New York, eX-
changes $685. 80. .375, balances sl0,4S5,S07; Bal
timore, exchanges $j,656, no. balances $685.
3S2 Chicago, exchanges $7.045 326. balances
S7l0. 400; Philadelphia, exchanges $25, ,37S,
balances 81. .545, ,393
SILVER MARKET.-Commerci bar sill
yer, 59s.c; Mexican silver dollars, 47c Bar
silver In London closed at 27ssd.
MEXICAN observation-disclosures ex-
change on New York is quoted at 2Ol1R.
SUB-TREASURY.-T Sub Treasury was
O creditor at the Clearing House for s4oSS7.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20

The following bankruptcy petitions We're
filed YESTERDAY In the United States Court:
THE HOWARD LAUNDRY COMPANY.
of No 2O4 Third avenue; involuntary. AS
sets estimated at $4,000. Judge Mayer ap-
pointed Leon Lauterstein receiver
foundation construction, OF No. 1l6 West
3sth street; involuntary. Judge Mayer ap-
pointed Frederick C. Tanner receiver. AS
sets estimated at $500. osr>-
HENRY STERN AND ADOLF n,.;N noSEN
BERG doing business as the ENceislor ENa,
Raincoat Company, at No. "a East "'n
street: involuntary. ~ G..
MELVIN l.. MORRIS. living a. No so4
West 1S0th street: voluntary. iAepii'ies'
g. $751; and assets. $50.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

Interest in the market for outside securi
ties again centred in the wireless telegraph
stocks, although elsewhere In the list falr
activity was shown at times, with gen
orally firm tone Marconi OF America ,oldl
which closed on Thursday at 2to advanced
10 800 The new stock opened at ID, ad-
vanced to 1874. broke TO ia. but later on
heavy purchases recovered. United Cigar
stores was up points. The oil stocks were
almost entirely neglected. The copper
shares were quiet, with small fractional
changes. Silver issues were ABOUT steady
Bonds were quiet and unchanged. Detailed
ope ~ tions follow.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
U. S. TREASURY FINANCES.

Washington, April ls.-At the beginning
OF business to-day the condition OF the
United States Treasury was:
Working balance in Treasury offices, @4,-
Ss697.
In banks and Philippine Treasury, 3d.
644,390
The total balance In general fund was
sia5. 5.02l, ,7S4.
Ordinary receipts yesterday were 81, ,l3.6N,
with ordinary disbursements OF N.S4, s9
THE deficit 10 date this fiscal year is N4,-
81 e5S. as against deficit OF 81. .ss6 at this
time last year.
These figures exclude Panama Canal and
public debt transactions.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
FINANCIAL MEETINGS:
Office Of >,ra
THE NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND 81. LooAs
RAILROAD COMPANY. .

Cleveland. o.. April ist. iel. =.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that ,ne conss
nual Meeting OF the Stockholders OF TINS .vp 'hS
pany for the election of Directors anu a 70, ~
brourht before the meeting will be held ., ~ "a
principal once Of the company IN s,rs Sisvthe the
ist T.Sp of NAY. 1912 at o'clock a. m -
Poll will continue open for one hour thefes'''"
Nv order Of the Board Of Directors
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
BANK STOCKS ON STOCK EXCHANGE.
INACTIVE STOCKS.

The following were the last actual sales
and the closing quotations for stocks IN
which there were no transactions yesterday
on the New York Stock Exchange:
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
IMPORTS OF DRYGOODS.

The imports and marketings OF drygoods
at the port OF New York last week were as
follows:
Last wk Prev. wk Last yr.
Innports ..... So 3l2 9T9 50. .565 37s 81 49, 62o
Narketinss ..... .. 534 ll9 q 4aS, ,62s 2,6io,SS0
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
UNITED STATES EXPRESS co;

I55th Dividend.
Semi-annual Dividend OF Three Do,S
per share has been declared payable nsx
18th, 1912 Transfer Books will be cioseo ""'
c. d. MARTIN, TREASURE.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
DIVIDEND NOTICES.
rur rbr>roN POTTERIEs co.

THE TRENTON POTTERIEs co.
Trenton. y. j., April IL, lelE'
DIVIDEND NO. 40. -.
At meeting OF the Board OF DlreS,9rs' NV NV
this day a dividend OF ONE PER Gen !, ,Lsk
was declared on the Non-CunIulative pretrHs@ oS
stock OF the Company. payable on APT, -.
io1o TO stockholders OF record at ociocS
p NJ April is 1912 Also a dividend or
FIVE PER CENT (5so) was declared on tns
C.umulative Preferred Stock OF the company
payable on April 25, 1912. to stockholders os
record at 3 o'clock +. NJ, April ls' iol%
Transfer Books do not close
C. f. LAwTON, Secretary and treasurer.
AMAiGAMATED COPPER COMPANSlns,
At a meeting OF the Directors OF the Afnais
gamated Copper Company dividend OF ons
per Cent Ucs) was declared. payable MAY "a
1912 TO stockholders Of record on the books p
the Company as OF ~ o'clock noon. April s's
1912 A. II. MELlN. SecIoke-L--s
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
MINI NG.
BONDS.

SIT 900 Insp Cons cyt Is. l05i. 1867. i05 l05
go 600 y Y { AS i.10l ,0l 1908 1903
sell, cents per share tEx dividend. odd lots.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
BALTIMORE STOCKS.

touoted by Boyer, Grlswold & Co, No. AZ Broad.
way, New York. and No. 2O9 East German
street RaltlmoTe)
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
NEW YORK CITY BONDS.
FURNISHED by w. n. Coler & Co.. No 43 Ceda
street)
(Accrued interest TO be added)
STANDARD OIL SUBSIDIARIES.

'Coupons interchangeable. tReglstered. sCou-
pons SRegistered anc coupon.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
STOCKS IN OTHER CITIES.
CHICAGO STOCKS.
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.

FURNISHED by Charles D. Barney Co; no; SnrtS ~
Broad street, New york and NO L. "'u'''
Ath street Philadelpha.)
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
eIIsINESs TROUBLES.

sex dividend Standard oil OF Indiana
Vacuum rights.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
SHORT TERM NOTES.

.Ex dividend. TEX 80 per cent dividend
New-York tribune., 1912-04-20

Bankers posted rates follow
The evening world., 1912-10-07
SlUat Milligan's Sleuths
Expose Deep Plot Against
Larry Doyle of Giants
Hole in Local Captains Shoe
Leads to Discovery Of Plan
to Work Old Feather Trick
During the Worlds Series.
BY SWAT MILLIGAN,
The Peerless Hitter Of tho Poison

Notc-This story by the famous Mr.. MI
Hodr. aud TO rhich Tho EreninD
World has exclusive yt1hts. 70 printed
just as he pcnned IT, He ptU not
stand for anybody Uritin0 his slug.
The evening world., 1912-10-07

ana Wiitss are the only old worid's
champions Of that club.
-Four prominent pitchers IN the Ma.
tional League and one twirlcr In the
American League have given their opin.
IONS ~ 10 who they think will win the
coming ssries. Jimmy Lavender, Of the
Chicago club; Marty oToole and How.
ard CAmnitz, both OF the Pirates, an
George suGgs Of the Cincinnati club
pick the Giants to win, while Jean
Dubuc. Of the Detroit team, says II ID
. tose-up Lavender. o'Toole, Camnits
and SuRgs seem to think that the
Giants pitchers will win for them.
The Imperial Hotel will be the head
quarters Of the Baseball Writers Asso-
citation during tho games that are played
In this cdty. John n. Easter, the rep.
resentauvs Of the orEanisa ton In New
York. has notified all the writer's TO be
at the hotel AZ II A. NJ. to-day, where
he viii furnish them with their tick cts
for the ssrisa
In Q letter TO his friends In his homs
town. Erkhart. Ills, Jake Stahl, man axer
Of the Boston Red sox. says that hs
svrerts his team To hcat nut the Giant.
The evening world., 1912-10-07
Manager Jake StahI, Only Red
Sox Player VINO Was With
Boston Club When II Won
Worlds Championship, Back
In 1903.

TAKE srAHL. manager Of the Rel
sox, 10 the only member Of the
Boston Worlds Champions Of 10
who 10 stiii playing IN the big league.
In that series between the Bostons and
PiusburShs. 0tahi he'd 10 chance b
play, - he vas only . snort time OUT
Of college and was used ~ . utility
backstop. the regular oatchers being
Lou Cr!ssr and Duke Farrell. who took
turns at catching In the ssriea The
r,ostons and the Giants won the cham
p,onshap Of their respective league in
1904, but hte Giants refused 10 play the
Bsantown aggregsnon In . world ssrtss
As for the Giants Mathewson, Ames
The evening world., 1912-10-07

.
Ell iliiNp ~ SCI anu reaay 'oi
the Dig sh'Ails' ana there am
much 10 DC said I'LL inc H1sser
10 pulled for the first shot Tomorrow
With Cap'n Larry Doyle right at our
sides. me and McGraw has gone over
every angle OF the comm Fight. My
.ecre, serv,c, mon T.. an m. iob. and
a, ,o,ht-, 1t, ~, ,at,. 80 10 .or,c-
-, -,
thih 10 write ABOUT 'o-'hor'o" n's"'
hatn make you git out your specs,
seen Mr.. Foster this morn!n' ana ne
fixed me up with good seat at an
angle OF ffty-six degrees from the line
of the r!sht-handed curve balls, and
tbers aIn.t much CHANGE of me mlssln.
on,,kt,u ,ao,, ,.i. ioh n, ,,r,,Jr,
The evening world., 1912-10-07
Reds After Frank Chance.

CHICAGO, Oct THAT an offer has
been made to Frank Chance. manager
Of the Chicago Cubs. 10 lead tho en-
cnnati Reds next season became known
to-day. Garry Hartmann made him an
offer last week after consultation with
President Murphy OF the Cubs. but none
OF the parties concerned In a deal would
talk to-day. Chance said he was bound
by . promise made whom he sold his
tenth interest In the Cubs 20 return to
Ais od tsAm mem yeae o6 ~ = wanted
The evening world., 1912-10-07
ALL THE LATEST NEWS OF
The Worlds Series

ana Wiitss are the only old worid's
champions of that club,
The evening world., 1912-10-07
BILL sTusss TIcKLEo ON THE
FOOT.

| looked at him In surprise. That was
enough for me. but as you folks are not
up to tricks. guess III have to 60 on
and explain. You see, as | said before,
the players all run barefooted and the
scheme was to touch the button and
make the feather tickle them ON the
foot.
1t was in the second inning that the
thing was worked and II beat us out O.
| eighty-seven runs.
BIZ Stubbs. our second baseman, had
jes hit the ball into tho creek outside
the park and was tearln' around them
| bases like mad. On his second lap
! somethn' tickled Bill on the foot and
he was seen to jump. Nobody thought
nothin' about II until Bin had made
eighty-elght runs and his tongue was
, hangin' out Then the Cap'n of the
| other team motioned to the umpire and
he called Bill out!
What for?" we all yelled as we
jumped from the bench.
| Because" said the umpire when that
feather tckled Bill In the foot ne
jumpedover second and drnt touch the
bag. As he had made one run before
the ticklin' come OF that counts all
right. but he loses the other eighty
seven!
Later In the game managed to sit
wallop In for sl3 runs and the game
was saved. but We never forgot that
feather trick.
That's Just what was goin' TO be
worked on .Cap'n Doyle II my secret
service men hadn't found that wire and
the hole In the bottom OF Larry's shoe.
| We are goin' up there again tonight
to make another Inspection and I'll
keep the fans tipped on to what we
nnd. I'm goln' to see that this series
| IL played on the level.
The evening world., 1912-10-07

Nsusaai Lsssus ends ss.en the s<asnr
cioees aAd that he v 81 uberty 70 %
- he plsases ff
The Chicago White sox Of the Amsri-
can Leasue and the Chicago Gus Of ss~
National League will begin +, series Of
eeven Games a Chica. to-fnor row.
The evening world., 1912-10-07
ROUND HOLE FOUND IN poYLE's
SHOE.

gust what ! thought" said my old
slsuth. He then showed US the shoe
aaA In the bottom OF It was a round
tAis abou, the size Of q dollar. II
0As covered over with thin leather
ehat would come of the minute the
shse was put on ard leave the hole as
be as was wanted.
SWell, what about itr' asked McGraw.
sur prised like
bowed for tho secret service man
10 70 ahead though ! knowed already
what had happened.
when we went on the held out there.
explained the sleuth. I'VE found small
wire sticking out OF the ground Ave
feat from second base. We dug down
and sure enough there was the feather,
They was goln' to work the old trick
tried by the Garish Greya" What
old trick?" asked McGraw.
Now I guess IT'S up 10 me to explain
and III tell you just az did McGraw
In them days you know the players
didn't wear no shoes but run the bases
bnrefooted. WAL. VIC was scheduled TO
olay them Garfish Greys and they
Trained up on me. I had Just got my
famous home-run bat and they knowed
I'd made up my mind to hit that ball
into a coal train that was to come by
AZ as. In them days the rule was
an vogue that q man could keep scorin'
iii the ball was recovered and ! wa
6Gsria' on S,tuA' 4 msss Of thaussnd
The evening world., 1912-10-07

Despite me order given BY President
Thomas Lynch Of the National League
10 Mai Eason. the National League
umpire. that he could not umpire the
series between the Phillies and Athletics
which begins In Phiiadeiphia to-day,
Jim Johnstone another National League
umpire has disresardsd Lynch's order
and win ofnciats In the samss. John.
stone says that his contract with the
The evening world., 1912-10-07

ID TIE eon1no ssrisa Ne oiaims seas
ne team 70 the tsst aggregation Of ball.
players ever gotten together. and
furthermore that the Giants will have
TO play harder even than they have Gone
THIS year to take the strsamsr from
his club.
The evening world., 1912-10-07

runs for that one game. They never
would have worked II on me but the
men in the plot forgot and pulled It or
our second baseman. That's how they
got away with II.
The scheme OF these crooks was
mighty simple but II worked so we'll
that IT helped them win a pennant I'LL
We got started. They rugged up an
electric wire that would come out of
the ground i've feet from second base.
In the end OF this wire was a feather.
II was SO fixed up that a man under the
grarh stand could press a button and
the feather on the other end would
w!gslc.
Il don't get you yet" said McGraw
10 me,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-12
AcruARIEs PREPARE
INTERESTING TABLES OF FIG.
UREs.
WORTH OF PENSIONS
IN INSURANCE TERMS
Annual lnersass At Different Ages and
Present Cash Value Of Increase
shown-6assd on american Exper-
isnes" Mortality Tables = General
News.

Rock Island. ILL.,, June IAN inter-
esting estimate Of the present or cash
value in terms Of life Insurance. Of the
increase Of pensions accorded to vet
Grams Of the civil war by the new act
Of congress effective May II, was made
public here by actuaries Of the Modern
Woodmen Of America. It is explained
that this compilation disregards what
ever benefits Of the legislation may ac-
crue hereafter to the widows or de-
pendents of the pensioned soldiers now
living. Present value means the
amount OF cash which. improved at 4
per cent compound interest. will yield
the sum necessary to pay the increase
Of pension as often as 1t will fall due.
according to the American Expert
ence" mortality table.
The figures in the following para
graphs show successfully the age OF
the pensioner, annual increase of his
pension and present cash value OF the
;pcreaSe