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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
FINANCIAL RECORD
HERE And ABROAD
Abnormally Quiet Session
Prices firm-Bank
Surplus Lower.

The securities market yesterday was
unusually quiet even for a session be-
tween a holiday and Sunday. Only a
little more than $4,000 shares changed
hands, the smallest total recorded.
There was little selling either for for
eign OF domestic account, and pur-
chases in so thin a market caused
rather abrupt fluctuations. Prices
were firm, though on short covering
rather than investment buying. A
number of issues that closed at their
minimums on Thursday improved, but
Steel was unchanged at AZ throughout
the day. Dealings in Reading, Steel,
Copper, Beet Sugar and Union Pacific
made up about one-half of the days
small business.
Early trading was particularly dull
in an abnormally narrow list, but
toward the end of the first hour prices
hardened. Though this brief activity
died away, most of the Improvement
was maintained TO the close. Cams
of a substantial fraction up 10 a point
York Central. Union Pacific, New
Haven, Beet Sugar and Central Leath-
er. Pennsylvania and Reading closed
below their best, but up a fraction on
the day. Copper made a small gain.
Lehigh Valley was exceptionally strong.
Canadian Pacific and Norfolk & West
err each lost fraction on one or two
transactions. Steel. despite its lack
of price movement, accounted for
around one-tenth of the days business.
Steel bonds were steady at par. Wa
bash refunding As made up practically
all their loss of earlier in the week.
There was little doing in the foreign
exchange market. Demand sterling
ended the day about 4 of a cent in the
pound lower. at 1855, nearly a cent
under the close of the previous week.
[ Cables, now the only means for re-
mittance before the first of the year,
were unchanged from Thursdays rate.
Clearing House institutions at the
end of the week reported reserve in
vaults and in the Regional Bank some
81 900 600 lower. Loans were expanded
less than 81 100000, but demand de-
posts were up more than S400O,OOO.
Surplus accordingly shTunk SS,0O0,OO9
TO around $4,000, 600, about where 1t
stood two weeks before. circulation
during the week was reduced some So
100000 There has been retired here
more than S142.OO0.000 in emergency
currency, about 100000 being can
celled yesterday. As there has been
some retirement in this city for out
of-town banks there is still outstand-
ing from 100000 to $7,0OO,O00 Of
Aldrich-Vreeland notes taken out by
local institutions. The lowered rate
of the Federal Reserve Bank Of this
district has failed to stimulate redis-
counting by member institutions. The
total of discounts at the close Of bust
ness Thursday was only little more
than 100000, against nearly $4,000
the week before.
Reports over the holiday that Aus
tria was seeking peace met vigorous
denial. Uprisings i'm Albania seemed
to threaten to drag Italy into the num-
Der of belhgerents. News that the
Dutch government might have to make
an obligatory loan was received with
interest. as Dutch investors arc cred
tied with some liquidation in this mar
kct.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
First Cotton Application.

The first application TO the SlS5,000,-
600 cotton loan fund was received at
the committees headquarters in the
Chase National Bank yesterday. As
the entire Sl00,000,0O0 of signed Class
A subscriptions have not been received
the committee was unable 10 act upon
the subscription, but hopes to do 20
early this week.
Subscriptions to the Glass A certii-
Gates were received yesterday from
Kansas City and Baltimore, totalliIE
approximately S4,500,000, making the
total received TO date S95.000,00o The
committee has been advised that signed
subscriptions for approximately ST.
100000 are in transit from San Fran
CISCO MinncaDOli and Richmond.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
TRADING in THE
CURB SECURITIES
Little Movement in Prices-Oil
Stocks Dull and Indus
trials Irregular.

Trading in curb securities yesterday
was dull and featureless, although the
general tone of the market was firm
Price changes in the oil group were
small. Standard of New Jersey ad-
vanced 2 points and Ohio Oil l, while
Anglo-American Oil, which was the
most active, closed unchanged.
A fair amount of business was trans,
acted in Riker & Hegeman and United
Profit Sharing old, with an advance OF
a and q OF a point, respectively.
World Film was weak, declining a OF
a point. The mining shares were gen
orally higher, but the gains were OF
small proportions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
ON THE CONSOLIDATED.

AT first trading in stocks on the
Consolidated Exchange yesterday VAS
on limited scale. The turnover, how
ever, improved in the later dealings.
Business in all stocks for the two
hours totaled 4,110 shares, with Read
ing accounting for 1920 shares. There
was an odd lot transaction in lnteE-
borough preferred at so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Movement of Specie.

The imports of specie at the Port
of New York for the week ended De-
cember % were: Gold, s134,67O, and
silver. S257,Sl4, making total OF
1892, 4s4, against a total of S4SO,93S IN
the preceding week and S336,622 in the
corresponding week last year. Since
January {, the imports Of specie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
STOCK EXCHANGE FOR THE WEEK

table giving the number oil shares oil all STOCKS
highest lowest and final prices OF the
week. and the high and low prices oil e year
whit the high andlo prices of the 1913
Total sales for the week. 5297 against $4,000 week and lSsi
4i5slOO against s6OsSOO in 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
DIVIDEND NOTICES.
THE PEOPLES BANK OF THE CITY OF
NIM YORK.

IUUUWUUT 10 IHI1
ONEHVNDRED AND TWENTY SEVENTH
CONSECUTIVE SEMl-ANNCAL
DIVIDEND.
The Board Of Directors have this day de-
clsred q somi-annual dividend Of FIVE
PER CENT. payable on and after Janu-
sry End, 1915, 10 stockholders OF record
December 21st. 1914
The transfer books TO close December
2fEt, 1914. and reopen January End, 1915
WILLIAM MILNE. Cashier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
,MERIcAN LocoMorIyE coMPANY.

80 Church 81. New lork. Dec. 10. l3ll.
A quarterly dividend o. one and three quarters
Der cent upon the preferred capital stock has been
decisrcd. PAYABLE Jan. "a. 1915 90 the preferred
siockholders al We close Of business on Jan B.
leik Cheeks viii be- mailed
me transfer books % HE preferred stock viii
lsi5 g. A. DENNY. Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Monthly Railroad Earnings.

The following railroad reports for
November were made public yesterday:
Canadian Nor,hern-Gross tl.s7o.2oo. decrease
81 .O03 100; net S54T. 100. decrease HlTTeo
Central Of Georga-Gross 81 .0o2.oll. decrease
sslj I79: ne, 1851 .779. decrease tllSt6l. -
Buralo Rochester 4 Pittsburgh-tsross S5eS.3e3.
decrease 1929. sl9; net after taxes Sl2S.l99. de-
crease Sl09930.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
me nANK nr AMERICA.

New York December lbth, fslA
The Board OF Directors have to-day de-
clsred a seInl-annual dividend OF fourteen
14) per cent free Of tax payable January
md, 1915, 70 stockholders Of record OF this
date The transfer books viii remain closed
until January 9Th. 1916.
". A. BENNETT Cashier
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
amounted to s2o.57O. 98e. against s8s..

amounted to $2O,57O,9Se, against $780,
535,569 last year.
The exports of specie we're: Silver,
Si,S29,376, against a total of 1867 Ala
silver last week and S730,s95 gold and
silver in the corresponding week last
year. Since January /, the exports of
gold amounted to Sl2S,343, POI, and sill
yer, S43,7ls,3S2, against $50, 1858 500
gold, and S3s,0l9,595 silver, in 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
INACTIVE STOCKS.

The following table gives the clos
ing bid and asked prices for stocks
which are listed but which were not
dealt in on the stock Exchange Satur-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
BOND SALES ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 2S, 1914.

Exchange Saturday
ooo AGAINST 100000 week and Os7a
@ % For the wear to aggregated si555siO
10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
TOBACCO STOCKS.

Quotations furnished by I. L. Winkelman &
Co., A Broad ST.
Rid. Ask. Bid. Ask
Havana Tob IA 8 Tob Prod pr. 81 az
do or 80. 10 u Gig s. new 9ls ~
Reynolds rs go do old ..... 80 g
To5 Prod. 100 l55 do pr ..,...l07 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS.
MINING.
BONDS.

Chic I'll 5s.. % IS NYC IS las3 ~ ssis
= Z. Nv,n 81 1864 1855 NYC as. 1854 % Us
SYCp.s' 1850 Is 9SisI Pierce OH 6s 80 ~
.Fz dividend. unlisted. tseIl cents per
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER &c, 1911.

Saturday $4,000 agan" 10000 Thursday
January 1914 to date a''o
agans in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
PUBLIC UTILITY NOTES
General News and Earnings Of
Various Corporations.

The comparative earnings statement
Of the Illinois Traction Company gives
a decrease of 3.34 per cent in gross
operating revenue for November and
loss Of 7.75 per cent in net income
after expenses and taxes. Earnings
derived from interurban lines showed
the heaviest decline, decreasing from
S265,359 to $242,779 or more than 8
per cent. The total gross revenue
amounted to S706,342, decrease Of
S23,60l from November in 1918. For
the eleven months ended November 30
the company earned S7,479,121, an in
crease Of more than 4 per cent over
the corresponding period Of last year,
but an increase in operating expenses
ard taxes, which totalled S4545,92S,
brought net earnings Sl2,560 below
those Of 1913, or loss Of AZ per
cent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
PITTSBURGH STOCKS.
CHICAGO STOCKS.
SHORT TERN NOTES.
Appr

FURNISHED by swartwout & ADpenzellar. q
Pine ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

The Standard Gas and Electric Com
pany announces that it will use S52,-
81 in its sinking fund for the retire
mont Of sinking fund per cent bonds
maturing December 1, 1926. Tenders
will be received through the Philadel-
phia Trust, Safe Deposit and Insurance
Company until January 5.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

Daily imports and exports Of genneIs
merchandise ri the Port of New io''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Southern California Edison.

Returns Of the Southern California
Edison Company for November are
well in advance Of those for the same
month of 1918, gross operating revenue
increasing from 1891 1872 to S4O0,086,
while net earnings after expenses were
S216,717, a gain of S34,197. The bal
ance after interest charges and depre-
citation increased 1926 to S72,987,
equal to a gain of nearly n per cent.
Gross operating revenue for the first
eleven months Of the current year
totalled S4,359,317, an increase of $685.
ga. and net revenue was S2.245,O59,
or S92,261 greater than for the same
period in the year preceding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
DAILY IMPORTS AND EXP0Rrs

tCoupon. 'interchangeablc Registered
Coupon. 3Registered. sOptonal 1890.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
INACTIVE YESTERDAY.

unlisted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
NEW YORK CITY BONDS.

FURNISHED by w. n. coler & Co. a. cs-i'
Evening star., 1914-07-18

than most: but I am quite sure that I
speak at least for a large minority. II
is the fiatness of the fat, its very con-
densed and restricted coziness. it's very
lack of upstairs and downstairs. which
prevents il from ever attaining COM
pletely the atmosphere of a home. The
feet which cross the floor above my
head are those of another family: the
sounds which reach me from below are
the noises of strangers. the life hori-
zontal of the fiat serves its convenient
use. but only emphasizes the independ-
ence and self-respect of the life ver-
tical. master of the floor above. master
likewise of the basement. l feel more
human. less like some ingeniously con-
structed doll. when ] can take my can.
die in hand and go upstairs to sleep.
want no bungalow. There is something
fine in going to sleep even one fiigh:
of stairs nearer the stars-and away
from the dining room.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Small Pay and Stealing.

From the Ohio State Journal.
Very often we hear these days of
thefts and defalcations being caused by
small pay for services rendered. We
should be careful lest the impression gets
out that it is an excuse for stealing. 1t
Is nothing of the kind. A man ought to
live on the salary he gets. or throw up
the Job. OF course, that is easily said.
There are not Jobs and good salaries
picked up any day. So a man must be
content with what he can honestly get.
and If he honestly goes about it to make
it do, he will get along. The great trouble
is he wants to initiate others in better
circumstances; he wants to get into so
ciety; he wants to do things he cannot
afford to do. He wants fashionable
clothes, autos. parties. summer outings.
which soon eat up ones salary.
The fact Is. any man can live a great
deal more cheaply than he is doing. For
the real necessities of life 1t doesn' I
cost much. One cannot make show on
small pay. but he can live well and de-
vote his leisure to better things than to
society. clubs. autos and style. He can
make the necessity of doing without these
things a fortune to himself. He can turn
from the glamour of life to its reality and
make himself unhappy if there is any true
manhood il, him.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Tossing the Pancake.
From the Boston Transcript.


The ancient ceremony of tossing the
pancake. or pancake greece" as it is
called, was duly observed Shrove Tues
day at Westminster School in London,
the winner being A. M. Bennett, a mod
ern side boy who is up Rigaud's." A
large number of relatives and old boys
assembled for the ceremony, the 800
members of the school being marshaled
at one end of school" The cook. in
white cap and apron and holding the
pan which contained the pancake. en-
tered the hall, preceded by the deans
verger carrying his wand of Office.
form selecting its sturdiest champion.
The word for the throw was given by
the head master, and the cook. TAX
ing careful aim. hurled the pancake.
which was smaller and thicker than
the usual type. several feet over the
bar. Bennett pounced upon it while
1t was still rolling across the floor.
and second later was thrown fiat and
lost to sight underneath a surging
til the struggle was over was he seen
again. When DR.. Cow called time"
after the regulation two minutes the
seventeen competitors slowly united
themselves. leaving Bennett lying upon
the floor covered with dust and show
ing more than one bruise and Craze,
but still triumphantly grasping with
both hands not merely the biggest por-
tion of the pancake, but the whole of
procession between the deans verger
and the cook the winner was then es-
corted to the dean to receive the prize
of guinea.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Women and War.
e upson Clark. In Leslie'f

Kate upson Clark. In Leslie's.
One of the great arguments of the
anti-suffragists is that women cannot
fight in case of war. This is not con-
vincing, because many women have
shown that they can shoulder a musket
and face a cannon and endure long
marches as we'll as their men. In
foreign lands and among our own In
dians women often do the heaviest
sort of work, until their skins are like
leather and their muscles are as hard
But there are many things to con-
slider in war besides fighting. What is
a war for? Generally it is intended to
but whatever it is for specifically. men
want their children to grow up and
their homes to be preserved; and the
women stay by the stuff" and guard
the altars and the fires" In the civil
war, when our women were only just
beginning to find themselves. who can
compute the tons of lint that they
scraped and bandages that they rolled!
Thousands of them went to the front
tiful of the war-songs, "the Battle
Hymn was written by woman, and
the greatest novel of the period was
Uncle Toms Cabin" also the work of
woman. One of the most famous
of the orators of the war was Anna
Dickinson, who was thought by some
to have done more to stamp out -'cop-
perheadism" than any other influence.
So women can write and talk and help
in those ways They can also serve
as contractors and inspectors of sup
plies
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Good Work in Guayaquil.

From the Providence Journal.
Circumstantial evidence that the Ecua-
dorean health authorities are proceeding
in good faith and with great industry to
clean up the port of Guayaquil is af-
forded by the report of famine in wire
screening material down there. Until the
government at Washington, under the au-
thority conferred upon 1t by the Monroe
doctrine, or otherwise appealing to the
good sense of the people. demanded that
Guayaquil be reclaimed. mosquito screens
were unfamiliar except to the aristocracy.
The sanitary officials preaching the new
gospel are popularizing their use and the
merchants are cabling to the foreign
screenmakers for fresh supplies to sat
isfy the demand.
The cleaning-up problem in Guayaquil
should present no great difficulty The
authorities have the advantage of the ex-
haustive experiments which have proved
so successful in the Canal Zone and in
the cities of Colon and Panama, and
there are no local obstacles of a peculiar
kind to be combated The climate two
degrees south of the equator cannot be
moderated, but the population can be
taught the simple principles Of SANTA
tion.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
How They Were Named.

THE names Of many things of
human use may be traced back
to persons who in some way were
associated with those things There.
as an example. is the matter of ''groe."
This rum and water mixture. a classic
drink on men-o'-war is named in
memory of Admiral Vernon of the
British navy. and the connection is
this: Admiral Vernon won the admi-
ration of the men of his fleet. by an
order issued in 1745. which substituted
the issue of tots" of rum On ship
board instead of beer. which had for
many years before that date been the
fluid served to the sailors. They had
miral believed in rum and in his men.
Hence. the order.
Admiral Vernon was known to all
his men as "Old Grog," from the fact
that in foul weather he always wore
an ana old I'D. cloak a.t, Of "srogan:" a coarse
only in name. The nickname of "Old
Grog" was in part transferred to the
potion which was served out under
his order. That is how rum today came
to spo,na be Ca called d,,s BY all the sailormen
Cocktail has classic etymology,
coming from the Aztec maiden or god
dess Xochitl (cocktD. who prepared a
wonderful drink combining sweets. bit
ters and intoxication. 1t is word
that has long been known in this coun-
try and. On the authority of Wash,ng-
ton Irving. the early Dutch of New
York claimed it's invention. but this
proves no more than that cocktail
as a drink was known to Washington
Irving.
hickey and Bismarck are clearly
personally named drinks.
In the line of more substantial
things there was the Earl of Sand
wich who gave his name to the slice
of meat between two pieces of bread
In Germany they came to call the
familiar herring Bismarck, and
in England were eaten and still are
eaten Nelson" cakes and Golden
cakes. while "Garibaldi" biscuits had
a great vogue and are well remem-
bered. Then there are Wellington
boots and Bluchers. Gladstone bags
and Mackintoshes. Derbys and Prince
Alberts.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
The Bumblebee.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
It's great thing for the biggest of
scientists to get out where the bumble-
bees buzz and the swoodpeckers peck. and
the tumblebugs tumble around" Thomas
\. Edison has been watching a humble
been expected form John Burroughs but.
possibly. with more of profit. He has fol-
loked up his observations by resolving
the bumblebee into his non-interchange-
that the body weighs 1000 times as
much as the wings. Whereupon Edison
breaks into rhyme on his reflections:
The greatest thing
For the smallest wing;
All, that's the thing.
1t is, 1t is, it is. The bumblebee's wings
beat the air at the rate of 300 times a
second. If the bluebird and phoebe are
smarter than I'VE be-" as Darius Green
regretfully and recentfully suggested, the
bumblebee is smarter than the birds.
and aviation should have taken him into
account years ago. Each wing is mar
rover than the body and only a little
over half as long. All Of which ought to
bring the sting of wasted opportunity
to every eXperimenter on heavier-than-
air flying machines.
Mr.. Edison finds that the bee moves
on sound waves, much like an l. w. W.
demonstrator. The next step Is up to the
inventor Not even the center hung
tongue Of the socialist beats the air at
40 strokes second. If science can con-
struct mechanical bumblebee all the
old problems are solved. No stabilizer
is needed. Holes in the air will do no
harm. And each of us will fly, to busi-
ness with a celerity Stimulating alacrity
which will do much to dissipate the ad-
verse psychology OF which our states
men are SO much afraid. That Is mani
fest even to the least intelligent oo-
server.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Gen. Sherman's Secret.

Gen. WILLL.-4 T. SHERMAN, whose
~ march from Atlanta to the sea will
go down in our history along with Bum
ker Hill and Gettysburg. was very loath
to talk about his feat of arms
II knew Sherman intimately for many
years after the civil war" said a WASH
ington veteran of the old army, yet I
never heard him speak of his personal
experiences on his wonderful march on
more than two or three occasions and
those were all at times when We were
gathered in the intimacy of some old
comrades family. He always told of
the same experience. too; 1 think be-
cause it threw such a bright sidelight on
conditions in that day. This was his
story:
"One day I halted with my staff at a
plantation and asked the gray-haired
planter. who sat smoking on his front
porch. for a drink of water. He called
some slaves and ordered them to bring
a bucket Of water from the well and a
gourd.
"As We sat on our horses. drinking, the
old fellow eyed me inquisitively. He
knew. of course. from the Difference
paid me. and also from my straps, that
rank he did not know. At length, hear
ing one Of my officers address me as
general he turned quickly and asked:
Are you a general?
Yes sir l replied.
Whats your name?' he then asked
Sherman l answered.
What, Sherman" he echoed, in sur
prise. You Gen. Sherman
"'Yes. I suppose I am. was my reply
-" How many men you got. general?'
"a million
Now. I'd just like to ask you one
more question.
"'Well, sir. what is it?'
'Where're you going from here?'
We'll, now, that's considerable of a
request from an entire stranger and I'M
der the circumstances
:" But I'll promise to keep it a secret,
general.
"'Are you sure you can keep it a secret
If tell your
Certainly. sir, certainly: on my honor
as a gentleman!
But It's terrible risk. you know
! What If I told you and my intentions
should become known to the enemy?'
".I'll promise, general. that I'll not tell
your secret to a single living human
| being. You can trust me implicitly
"'You are quite sure that l can trust
you with it?' This with doubtful hesita-
| ton.
Absolutely. sir: most certainly. with
the utmost safety!' This with expectation
and eagerness.
well then sir. I'll tell you I'm
| going-just where I darn please! Good
dayr And we galloped away. leaving the
worthy planter speechless!"
Evening star., 1914-07-18

Concerning Stairs.
From the Atlantic.
perhaps have more feeling for them