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New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
PROBE BUTTER AND EGGS
Charge of Monopoly Taken Up IN
Magistrates Court.

Edwin F Martin, president of the New
York Mercantile Exchange. the oreaniza-
ton ~ which is under investigation before
Magistrate Murphy. testified Yesterday in
the Essex Market court ~ the inquiry INTO
the reasons for the high price Of butter
and eggs The inquiry is on an information
sworn 10 by William A. De Ford, Assistant
District Attorney who alleges that the
exchange Is a conspiracy in restraint cf
trade and that II has monopoly or the
butter and egg business in New York.
MIR. Martin said that the butter and egg
quotations now made by =. -. Urner and
William G. Tabor, members of the ex-
change and of the Trner- Barry Publishing
COMPANY. now controlled the market so
far as the standard and superior grades Of
butter and eggs were concerned, just as
the former official quotations made by
the butter and eggs quotation commit
tees" had controlled the market before the
committees were abolished. The commit
tees were abandoned in the summer of
1909. after the report of the Hughes com
nnittee had been construed threatening
to take away the charter Of the exchange
as a price-fXing combination unless the
committees were done away with.
Mr. Martin said that the prices fixed IN
the morning were those followed during The
day in the trading. Under persistent ques-
tioning by Mr.. De Ford he practically ad-
nitted that the quotations. published as
they were at As o'clock in the morning.
did not represent actual values based an
sales II would he impossible for them Z"
represent actual values based on sales, fS
said. for by that hour in the morning com
paratiyelv few Gales had been made.
In his opinion. Mr.. Martin said. the
quotations made by +. g. Timer and W. g.
tabor. who succeeded the butter nd egg
"pr'ce quotation committees" were made
after they had inquired Of various mem
bers If the exchange at what price they
would be willing to sell their produce that
day.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
EXCHANGES LAWS GOVERN
Appellate Division Reverses Yer
dict in Suit Over Hooking Stock.

The Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court decided yesterday that certain trans
actions I'm Hooking stock at the time OF the
COLLAPSE Of the pool in January, 1910, must
he governed by the rules OF the New York
stock Exchange and not by the laws OF
the state of New York.
The case before the court was the suit OF
lanes w. Escher against the brokerage
firm OF De coppet & Doremus. Escher
was one of the customers Of the firm Of
I.athrop. Hsskins &Co.. which failed. fol-
lowing the smashing Of the Hooking pool
He ordered Lathrop, Haskins G. Co. to sell
sor,4 Of his stock one hour before the firm
suspended De Coppet & Doremus bought
the stock at s32s. The next day the de-
PENDANTS refused to accept the stock be-
cause under the rules of the exchange the
transaction was void. Then the price
dropped TO about ~.
Fischer sued and obtained judgment In
the Supreme Court The Appellate d.
vision reversed this verdict, holding the
transaction was rescinded by the rules OF
the Stock Exchange. which must hold in
the case
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
ERIE MAKES NEW RECORD
Common Particularly in Demand
$4,000 Shares Change Hands.

buying movement I'm Erie Railroad
shares that sent the common stock up ("
q new high record for the year and mad"
it, next To Union Pacific. the most active
stock on the list, developed yesterday AZ a
result of n crop of hullish rumors regard
ing the property. These ranged from re
ports that either the i'm or the Canadian
Pacific interests had secured control of the
road to gossip that dividends would soon
ha resumed on the first and second pre-
ferred stocks.
As regards this latter rumor a high or
fetal of the Erie said that there was no
foundation for It, that tho directors fully
intended IN continue for the next two or
three years the policy Of putting surplus
earnings back into the property. He. as
well as interests closely identified with the
Hil roads and the Canadian Pacific, also
said that there was no truth in the reports
that the Erie was 10 be taken over by
these or any other companies.
Banking interests identified with the Erie
also said that they knew Of no reason Tor
the sudden activity and strength In It's
stocks. other than that the confidence OF
those who know the situation of the road
was improving.
Whatever the source OF the buying the
market for the Erie shares was very broad
the common particularly being I'm demand
The stock was bought up in blocks ranging
from 100 10 more than 5000 shares. and
transactions I'm from 1909 TO 900 shares
were common.
The stock opened at's613. up !, point from
the preceding days close, and except Tor
, occasional slight reactions due to proht
taking. advanced steadily until 1t touched
! 2s a gain Of "a. points over Thursday
Nnal a1otaiion and it's highest point since
| last July. The close was at 31is, net gain
Of "a point for the days transactions whlch
totaled $500 shares.
| The first and second preferred stocks
while considerably less active than tht
common, were also in good demand yes
terday. and both showed gains OF more
| than / point from their closing price on
| Thursday at one time during the day.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
STANDARD WARNS PUBLIC.
DepreCates Attacks on Methods
of Former Subsidiaries.

The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
issued a statement yesterday deprccating
articles published in certain newspapers
recently attacking the manner of making
dividend declarations. increasing capital
and so on by the various companies once
component parts Of the New Jersey cor
poratioa
1T would be well to warn the public
against taking these articles seriously" the
statement says, and adds:
The articles profess to have for motive
desire 20 furnish safer basis for specula-
ton In the securities of these companies
ana are accompanied by disagreeable hints,
lnnuendoes and even positive charges that
those they term the insiders are taking
advantage of advance knowledge and
making millions by manipulation ana
share trading
When the companies were segregated It
was believed in brokerage circles. that the
result would he a great business in Stand
ard OIL subsidiary shares. SO far as vol
ume and value Is concerned this has proved
a delusiOn In the great GiStrloutlon OF
shares, however many fractional amounts
OF shares were necessarily Issued, ana "A
limited quantity OF these fractions have
been found to furnish the bulk Of whatever
business has been done. Naturally the
brokerage world would like 10 see this mar
ket hrOadened and active and would not he
dVcrSe 10 any course which would stlmu-
late buying and selling, and each or the
thlrty-four companies once subsldldiy 10
Standard oil offers field for ingenuity ana
enterprise. However that may pe' man NJ
founded statements Of condition ana pros
poets have been printed.
Vt seems the part of wisdom 10 point
out that the segregation or the companies:
as distinctly laid down by the decree OF
the Supreme Court, involves many prop.
lens that will require AT least year "l
independent operation for thelr soluloi'
r.. f1IA and nTE1lCfNnE
as 20 business or earnings must meanWAlle
be mere EUesswOrk and not emitted 10
belief The Standard oil Company OF New
JerseF can only answer Tor hSet. irsNiis fn,.
the other companies to do likewise lor
themselves With the New Jersey company
II may be said that the ohceis ma the
greatest need Of attending 10 the Worhlns
problems Of the hour and cannot supply
information merely 10 promote sH"I" '''
ing and manipulation. ,..
II Is hardly to be expected that the larger
shareholders will rscklessly make thelr
holdings the football or speculauoh n. q
course against Standard or prsc'lce ana
tradition
Comp1aint has recently tosn made hv
sono or the curb traders who deal in the
stocks OF the former STANDARD OIL suosid-
iaries that tho directors 81 Some of these
companies in making dividend declarations
have not given due notice Of their action
10 the stockholders. but have made the
time between the date on which the diVi-
Send Is declared and the fixing Of the dets
Of record Of stockholders altogether too
short AS a result, they say, in many IN
stances. purchasers cf the stock on the
dav the dividend would be declared would
be unable 10 have II transferred ~ their
names In time n he entitled 10 the divi-
dand
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
PEOPLES THRIFT INCREASES
Savings and Loan Associations
Prosper Amid Reaction.

Albany. March 15-According TO the re-
port of Superintendent George c. Van Tuyl,
Jr., Of the State Banking Department,
which went 10 the Legislature to-day, the
condition OF the A5 savings and loan asso-
cations operating in the state clearly indi-
Gates that they are experiencing uniform
prosperity. In only one county has there
been a decrease in reported assets during
the year, and that decrease was due to eX-
ceptional causes According to the state
ment issued. "the total net increase Of
A,l7L2l7 in a year Of reaction and moderate
business depression is all the more remark
able when We consider that such associa-
tions appeal principally to the smaller
wage earners and others who, while thrifty.
are comparatively poor"
On December 81, 1911. the savings and
loan associations had 1922 memeers, on
increase during the year of 3.754. The dues
and dividends credited to members includ-
ing matured stock amounted TO $52,o92, ,9S5,
making the average holding of each mem
Der S36S 10. During the year they issued
S70,o1 shares, while 249,S54 shares were
withdrawn. The value of the shares with
drawn was Sl2,s35,o9l, OF which amount the
national associations paid S3,l74,id and the
local associations 1866 $40
During the year there was gratifying
decrease in the amount Of real estate
owned. The total real estate owned by the
local associations amounted only To SS7''H2o'
or only 113 per cent of theiy total assets.
Superintendent Van Tuyl expresses the
opinion that the revision Of the banking.
law provisions relative 10 savings and loan
associations, which went into erect ON
January l, 1911, was exceedingly well done
and that the new law will ultimately fulfl
the expectations Of those responsible Tor
its enactment Very few amendments
seem necessary at the present time, and GER
tain of these amendments are rendered nee
essary only IN order TO smeliorate the in
evitable results Of past conditions and prac-
tees rather than from any defects IN the
law itself" he declares.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
LIVESTOCK MARKET.
New YORK. March Is. 1912

New York, March 10. lbl-
HFFyEs-Receipts. 153 cars, or 2.59f head
IA cars On sale. Trade active and prices hrh
TO shade higher. with good clearance
ordinsry TO good steers sold at S6g 81 90 per
100 ID: bulls 81 % SO 25; cows 81 f0a 81 o.
pressed beef slow st 9Gl2isc per III for native
sides No later cables. Exports tomorrow IoV
cattle in the Michigan 20 Antwerp.
Sales--J Shamberg e. Son 81 Ohio steers,
,1S9 III ryerage' 81 so per 100 ID; TO- 1852 ID,
81: g. 1lI2 ID. so 60 ,.,-,.,. ...r. ,o,a
ID. So 25; heiters' 1852 10 20 90 cow 'OV
H. Si 80: l. 1000 ID, 80 %. o...,...,,. .....
Mcph,rson & Co: Q Pennsyivania steers,
1000 IN. 81 30: 16 1884 ID, 81 y; bulls, 400
W S6 25:l 1880 10. 81 rs; l. llso 10, 50 -; 2
400 10, So G5 ?. 1900 lb 50 IL; 9. l6! 10,
Sfo5. / i1eo Id. 81 30: 10 cows. 1912 ID. 81 65;
I. az ioso To- 81 60; :, 1915 Ii. 81 35 10,
zoos ib 81 25; l. 1910 10, 81 20; 2 80 To- sS 80
o6e In az 30: T. 06i ID. So 20: 2, I75 ID. 50 p
z, 9ii ID, 81 65; 20. sos h. SEQ l. $50 H.
go Sanders: 10 Pennsylvania steers 1898 ID.
s735. IL, i33 To- 81 IS: bull, 1850 n, 80 30; j.
foio III 81 90 I, TAO lb. 81 70: /, $40 10, 81 35
beifsr 700 ID 81 so. cows, 1925 ib, 50 10;
I0iT III. s5: 10. 0s5 10. s4: $. a25 ID. IS s5: O.
sIs IN az T5; 6, SIS 10, So; 5, 700 lb. 81 30.
Kerns Commission Company: Pennsylyania
.,sers s2s h. s6 10; 2 bulls. 1855 ID. 50 10: !
s,ockcr. $40 ID. s4 /. 500 ID. So %; eows. 7oo
h, 81 T5 en- ~ .o1x --s
H. 90 IS. 8. 1888 lb. 81 so: 2. $50 lb. 81
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
MARKETMEN AS WITNESSES
Blame Truckmen and Transpor
tation Lines for high Prices.

Tho state food investigating committee
which Is endeavoring 10 find ont WHY t"e
consumer has 10 pay so much more l"f
foodstufs than the producer gets for them'
heard the testimony Of half dozen men
Yesterday. representing as many markets III
Manhattan and Brooklyn. The hearing was
conducted at the committees headquarters,
M es2 Franklin street, and Chairman VIII
lam Church Osborne presided
The testimony of the marketmcn, instead
of offering explanations for high prices
tended to throw the responsibility back upon
the trucking and transportation com
panies Many OF the commission men ana
tobbers they said, were not making respect
able livings, and II prices to the consumer
were 10 be Iessened the public would nave
10 look 10 the producer and the truckmen
railroads and ferry concerns for an ex-
PLANTATION.
The markets represented at yesterday
hearing were Richard Webber co, OF
Harlem; Hugo Heyman & Co. OF Brooklyh'
and the Gansevoort, Wallabout, Fulton anu
| Jefferson markets.
George Dressler, president OF the Nailh-
bout Market Association, was the iirst 10
! direct the line of testimony against the
| truckmen who were examined at Prev
Gus hearing. He saln Ildt supphcS w ''~
| market were brought by lighters barS's'
cars and trucks, and that 80 TO sl3 a car
load might be saved on trucking by having
the foodsuffs shipped directly TO the ,mar-
ket, although this was not wholly the fau't
| az the transportation companies. because
much OF the added expense was brought
about through the double hauls necessary
when the produce came through the whoie-
salers He suggested that considerable
reduction could be brought about in the
cost OF vegetables by having them hsu'e'
10 central points on the north or south
| chores of Long Island and then lightered 10
Manhattan and Brooklyn.
George H. Filter, OF the Wallabout Mar
ket. and Joseph 3. corwin, meat dealer
At Fulton Market. testified concerning pre-
vailing prices, and the latter called atten-
,ion 10 the had condition OF Fulton Market.
IIA said that owing to the dilapidation and
Iack of care o. the place his trade had
| ,auan off 10 per cent in the last year. His
| ram'srks were taken up by w r. Patterson.
| Assistant Commissioner OF Public WORKS.
~.bo said that the commission was now
| SaTring on the amount OF work needed 10
repair the marker. ., ..-,,,,.... ...,.,,
ire a date Cor the next meeting.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
lOFFEF,--Sales were 69JOO bags and pr
pROyIsIONs-Opened steady. IN symr

ppnSIsIONs--Opsned stoa1N, IN sympathy
- - 1r,,,sr hog markets and owing 10 smaller
r.c.,nts i'm the West. where the movement was
,n,nrfered with by the storm. Late in the day.
hnyrevrr prices were easier in sympathy win
npoir PORK-Firm; mess, S1I oOn 81 -.
samiiv SIS 5Od SIp 80, short 1lear. SlI a$ls.
iiPEFLL steady. mess. sl3q SlY5o, family: SO
nnEsiI 20, packet S1S 80 q S14: extra india
y $r' .. Sol 4 S2l 50 BEEF HAMs-Dull: $2I a
5S'' .5n MESSED HOGS-unsettled. bacons.
- 0oi.c. pigs. eac. CUT MEATs-Pic kled
us Juil. o., r. pickled hams steady. l0a u
- TAILOW-Special. 8i9c; city &c; coun-
~ "A 46L,c LARD--Middle West. a.204
Soct city s7.c refined barely steady. South
o,r,1srica. 10 SIC. Continent 96oc; Brazil kegs.
its5r, compound steady. So &c. sTEAR-
iEE-olen DC: CITY lard. loc.
i'sfETAI -COPPER--Standard steady; spot,
Nsrch and April 1i22 = q l43! nc MAY, June
snd JuIv. I425dli4oc. London quiet; spot,
anH snS IS Cd: futuref f65 l5s. Ar yals. 445
os. 10 EXPORTS II 6aO tons 80 far this month.
iaTe copper 1.i4 dt4&c; electroytic. lilk n
Lac iasiiSSi ,s'h Si2.5c Marc6 aes7S aSs5e
Spril. i2H4? 25c. May, ~ !oQ t2c; June,
Al III. alI Gese; July; 41l0Ga SOC London
qpouiet: ;a4ioc New York; 30S a89Iis East
Tns1: eao I.loc New York s;sogIc East ST
Gookson's. - Csc IRON-Cleveland warrants.
sIs a. in London. Locally firm and higher:
No / foundry Northern, No ] Southern and
,oft Si5ds15 80. No ?. sli 5odfli
COTTONsEED OTL-Steady early but late
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
TRUSTEE CAN'T TAKE ASSETS
Court Rules That Nellie Bly, Com
nor;es Are Separate Concerns.

The IroncIad Manufacturing Company
,a ,,o American steel Barrel Company arc
snnarote concerns. and tho trustee in bank
rnn,cv Of the Ironclad Company has no
r,gbt 10 the assets of the Steel Barrel Com
psny. according TO decision OF Junge
rbomas /. Chatfeld, MADE IN the United
states District Court. BrooKiyn' yes,eroay'
Mrs Elizabeth c. seaman pe''eI Nno"
su,s THE decision did not determine
~, MIS- seaman owed money 20 ihe
r.s,,o,sa c,onpsny or the Ironclad Com
.anw oyvsd money 10 her. The Steel Barrel
|mH cnnnsny clairned that the Ironclad Com
oemY Was heavily indebted to it, and the
rrsJ creo,,ors asserted that the lronclad Com
pany had invested a large sum in the
st.e, st barrel COMPANY The decision said
Tho steel Barrel COMPANY would nave 10
s.t,l. these points In proving Its claim.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
OTHER LIVESTOCK MARKETS.

Chicago. March Is 5--cATTLE--R Receipts 700;
market steady beeyes. sass ~; Texas stesrs'
S 7SssS 77SsssSS y S HoGs@Reosipts. 10000; sgs2o 2.
sshsr sssT2 gst sS stas e S sSeS rough S s sGa
50 eOGS6 so; bulk OF sales, Sc s5aS7 %. SHEEP
Receipts, 5000 strong native. sS s9gss s 90: o.
MTserP s. SSqss g qs2 60 So westsfn s. sa
Pittsburgh. March l5.-CATTLB-ste ady; sup
ply light choice s. 1Gq$S prime; e;r 81 lSsss ,Sys 90
S. 25as5 so; culls and common; s2ass' iamss'
s4a$T 60 VEAL CALvEs-ssa$a p. HOGS -
high receipts, 10 double decks; prime hsaVes icss
81 Is; light Workers. SIS s59s7 rs; pigs. see
So So ro1gbs. s6ase 40. ~
SIC sinstanf steas3 stssrs 25ss7 iS sefer, $
So 25 COVE 81 75as5 25: calves slow and zonsoc
lower sass HoGSRscsipts 81 roSsI. SoSe aes sTs
s. '2 25 81 stays 81 25Ss5 80 common sows. s. SOC
So 4O pigs and lights, 81 25qS6 IS. SHEEP
Receipts. 223 strong 81 25aSi; lsmos' e. 'ov
East Buffalo. March N-cATTLE-R Receipts
ESQ: fairly active and steady. NEALs-Re.-
slow slow s5Ssic: good, No2S HOGS Receipts:
s2oo active an5 ISS Io"se ea ,o ps. sna
IS SO; dairies. IS 75asT 40. SHEEP and LAMBS
Receipts, $500. active sheep steady; lambs.
Zoe lower: lambs, s5as7 rs: yearlinEs. sease H.
Kansas city, March l5--cATTLp Receipts.
800: no southerns steady: dressed oset ans ss o
western. s5 75dSI so. stockers and feeders.
81 25Tss d southern IS eoGs7 35 Southern
COWS SO 25ds5 10; native. So iods6; heiters.
81 5OdsT: bulls s46s5 so; calves, Sass. HOGS
Receipts 0C0; 56i0c higher. bulk OF sales.
Sc 656S8 s5: heavy. So s59fS6 90: packers and
butchers, SO T0dss 90: lights So 5ods6 SO: pig.
sass 10 SHEEP--Receipts. 1000. lonl5o
higher: lambs s5 9osfs7 Is; yearlnes, fS9Ss II;
wethers, 81 50ds5 rs. ewes. SO 1885 2c; stock
ers and feeders, S39si
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.1
ST Louis March i5-CATTLE-Receipts efT;
sunpIv small quality medium. demand fair az
steadv prices. steers, 81 25dSs 25 heifers. S4p
81; cows SO ioaS6; Southern steers. 81 30dsI y
uO3s-ReceiptE. A. $50. fairly active, at ioc ad
vance: choice medium to heavy. S7ds7 is. bulk
of sales Sc 75dST o5. packers, SO 4ods7: best
lights go 40Ts6 *. fair. Sedss IS. best pigs.
Receipts 57S. demand exceeds supply: prices
firm: lambs. IS 75aS7 40: yearlinss. s5 1886 ~:
mutton sheep 81 10aS4 60. common. s3ds4.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
o.: l bull, $40 lb. 81 2S: : cows.

s. Judd g. Co.: / bull $40 lb. 81 25; cows.
SAC 10. So 40
CALVEs~Receipts. 875 head; 1os on sale.
Steady. with fair demand. Common to prime
Indiana fed calves. 81 5og IS so; Bsrnyard
and Western calves nominal city dressed
veals in fair demand at l2l. q 18c per ID;
country dressed easier at 10Hl2c.
Sales-Kerns Commission company: 2os
yeals, I26 ID average. $40 per 100 ID; Q. 1913 10.
81; 10 Indiana, i6l lb s. 75 3. 1877 ID. s. 80;
3. 273 lb, 81: 3 234 ID. SO J0 TO- 165 ID, SO; 10
Indiana calves. 296 10. s. so: >. 2l6 10, ~ !o'
q. $40 ID. 81 so: barnyard calf. 30 10 ~ oo.
s Sanders: 10 veals. 1874 lb. 50 30; .. III ~
So; . loj lb. IS; g. 12e ID, SO; cuils' W ID
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Recelpts. 23 cars, or
52OS head: Z cars on sale. sheep and prime
lambs firm; medium lambs steady. About all
prise lambs: 50 80 for culls; SO so for year
lings: $4@s4 so for common sheep ssgs3 80
for culls. Dressed mutton steady at s17 4loo
per lb: dressed lambs slow at i0h q i2c; hog
dressed at l3d 49, lac; country dressed hothouse
lambs unchanged at S4Uss per carcass
Sales-Tobin & Shannon: 81 state lambs IS
III average, 81 IS per 100 ID; 475 Western. ~
sheep. IS 10, 81,
Kerns Commission Company: 1874 state
20 10. 81 so; II Pennsylvania, II ID. SO so; 90
Indiana, 10 h. SO so: 8 Michigan yearlings. So
)b. SO so; 3 Pennsylvania sheep, 12S 10, ~ 90;
II Michigan. 81 10. s4 9 Indiana, III TO- Sfi
20, So ID, SO so; I goats. "a h. SO.
HOGS--Receipts' 24If cars, or 400 head; =
car on sale Feeling weak on Bunalo advices.
Good light to medium weight hogs sold az :!
a 81 % per 100 III; pigs. 81. Country dressed
hogs steady at 6i5 q &c per 10. 80,
Pennsylvania hogs, 1s5 10 average, s! - per
100 10: 25 $50 ID. 81 . pigs 10 ID, 50 rs:
rough, 2S0 ID. $6.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
WESTERN UNION REPLIES
o'ss Postal Company Has No Right to
Its Facilities.

,. ~hlnston, March 1.-THE Western
Ou Telegraph Company to-day flied an
., "sNT TO the proceeding brought against
Vtefe the Interstate Commerce Commis-
~. ~" ~ the Postal Telegraph and Cable
honpsny' denying that the Postal company
;. any night. either in equity or In Law.
:. psinsnd the use Of the larger facilities Of
western Union
ss rostal. as a common carrier. urged
t should receive fair division OF
W W. on messages turned over by II 10 the
ses'eth Union for transmission 10 places
Asre The Postal maintained no offices. II
uFo instances of>alleged unfsirness OF the
'ern Union In exacting full local rates
~, such messages. in addition TO charges
a.. eAue words indicating that the mes
Tn,.ss nad been transferred TO the Western
ainnHe. Wsstern Union maintains that IL
.,sa4o o Dc an unjust burden 10 place i's
nosst Facilities al thn practical business dis
'osal OF its competitor.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
The following petitions in bankruptc
we're filed yesterday:

The following petitions in bankruptcy
we're filed yesterday:
ROBERT c. FISHER. president OF the
Robert G. Fisher Company. Of Nos lSe and
40 S2d street and East River. marble works
contractor: involuntary. Creditors: Rich
ard Foelsch. $500, Tcmpkins Kie Marble
Company, $3.50. Chatham PheniX National
Bank. $1,000 Assets, $3.50, ,01D
West 47th street. individually and as sur
viving partner In the firm OF Augusta &,
Co. formerly at No 80 West 3Sth street
voluntary. Liabilities, nS,5l7; assets. sl.o75.
inc NJ. Schulz. $1,000: William J. Spain,
a.ll2..and 3. Altman & Co, $500
MILTON II. FREDENH dealer
in mems furnishing goods No. ass Fifth
avenue: involuntary. Creditors Konig &
stols, $50: Robert Refs g. Co.. s2oS; Brown
& Newman. t2s Assets, 5000;
OSCAR H. MAYER, clerk, No. l4s East
5ist street, voluntary. Liabilities, te6O, no
assets.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-16
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

Boston March 15.-"The Commercial Bulle-
TIM will say Of the wool market tomorrow
''Tba Boston market has passed through an
inactive week, only moderate sized lots ruling
i'm the transactions, which involved little ~
domestic and a little OF foreign wool. Prices,
however were steady and without change.
in the Western field there has been some
contra citing during the week, but II has been
thor scattered and prices have been on about
prey ious levels. The foreign markets rule UNI
formly firm and tend upward, particularly at
tho Liverpool auctions.
The shipments Of wool from Boston from
January 1 to March j.. inclusive were o..
237.4l9 pounds. against 4s,5i3.3s2 for the same
i TO March II, inclusive we're 1880. 81
pounds against 4o,5eO,4 Al for the same period
las wear"