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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
RUSSIAN CREDIT
PUZZLES BANKERS
ACceptanceS Likely, However,
To BE RediSCOuntable at
Federal Reserve Bank.

Some doubt has arisen I'm the minds
Of New York bankers as TO whether the
Rcceptarces created from the recent
credit Of S25,00O,000 granted the Rus
sian government by q syndicate headed
by !. i. Morgan & Co. will be redis-
Countable az the Federal Reserve Bank
\ Joker seems 20 rest in the provision
OF the reserve act which states that
acceptance that may be rediscounted
by member banks must be drawn by a
corporation. firm or individual.
There are some who hold the ;iew
that n COVE rnment should not be con-
s,dcred as a corporation. but tho con
sensus Of opinion is that the Federal
Reserve Board will rule that the &C
cepted Russian drafts come under the
general intent of the law. However,
The decision Of the Washington author
tiles on this point is awaited with in
tercst.
In regard TO opposition on the part
Of some upstate bankers 70 the pro-
jectod plan for check collections in
this district. II was stated yesterday
that il is optional with the banks
whether they shall relinquish their
present practice Of making collection
charges. II they do not do this, the
plan, bankers said. Will not permit
them 70 deposit checks with the reserve
bank AZ par As a matter Of fact. many
Of the country banks have already
given up the custom Of making Gus
tomers pay for caShinc out-of-town
checks because Of the competition in
seeking deposits
The recent ruling OF the Federal Re.
serve Board comforting upon national
banks authority 10 act as trustees. exc
cutors, etc, provided the same is not
in contravention Of state laws, will not
affect the business Of the national
banks OF this state 10 any appreciate
degree. Under Section 223 Of the
state law, as revised last year, onl y
state incorporated institutions may do
q real trust company business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
PRICES STEADY IN
LONDON TRADING
American Shares, Howevr,
Close Uncertain - Fair Bust.
ness in Investment Issues.

London, Feb. 19.-Trsding was qus
on the Stock Exchange to-day. rAm
was a fair business in oil shares, var
loan issues and Russian and celcuiil
bonds. at steady prices. German {, NJ
cent bonds were dealt in at Gh 10
54k. Home rails were inclined 10 %
lower, owing to labor uncertainty.
American securities were dull with
Canadian Pacific the only active stock.
Prices we're shaded in the Afternoon
and the market closed uncertain.
Consols closed unchanged a,sSs.
Money and discount rates were easy.
Money loaned at / per cent; diseoss!
rates for short and three months bllls
were Ia per cent. The Bank Of E,s-
land to-day bought 5000 in bar s'e.
Gold premium at Madrid was 2ai
al Lisbon 80.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
WILL DIVIDE SURPLUS
American Hosiery Company 70
Pay Out S1,500,0OO,
London y. Y.
ny Telegraph TO The Tribune

New Britain, Conn. Feb. 10. Aa'''
ity stockholders of the AnsFio,
Hosiery Company carried the sn's'1
meeting and succeeded in obtsinlns "
consent of the directors to d,,. VS.. .
Of the $500 900 surplus in the tr ~, .
was wa the dissolution of relations ~ y, : :
James Talcott. Of New York. WAC . ! /.
been the selling agent ana !: -.
control 40 per cent Of the 'toes AZ
this stock was not represents, .sr
minority carried the day, Had nss y
been a contest. Francis R, CooIsy !.
Hartford, was prepared to lead ne I
tack on the majority. He VIZ ~.
charge OF the insurgent group .n..M
ceeded in effecting liquidsV''" "
surplus. - .-.,,ssr,s
A third victory for the :nsunl
was the election OF Mr.. Cooley
director.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
BANKERS TRUST M0DtL
Will Be Shown at the Panan''
Pacific Exposition.

An exhibit Of unusual interest y
Panama Pacific International DAr
ton will lie a model OF the fOr''''I =.
pyramid crowned steel MD O..
building Of the Bankers rus y,s.
pany. at the corner Of Wall sn' sbov,
sau streets. The model Stahas n.
forty feet high, and IS an eA - he
production Of the exterior "
building. tor,v Sc.
The model, divided into iorW tse
tions, is now being hurried aerO s yts
continent by express freign' l.V ~
York to San Francisco, %hetss ssxJ
be assembled and erected III u ,;.se
Economy Building Of the eAposhsib;, Is
a feature of an educstionsi eN"
banking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
Biscuit Earnings Drop.

The annual report Of III. Loose. Niles BIS
cult Company, issued yesterday showed a
surplus after dividends OF Sl3 sol. compared
with Sli.as earned in 1918 Net earnings
decrease OF Ni.i5 Because OF the unfavora-
bic business conditions resulting from the
conflict abroad the report said the directors
We're considering the matter OF disseminating
the payment OF dividends on the second pre-
ferred stock. The dividends on this Issue arc
cumulative
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
Deere & Go. Report.

The annual report Of Deere a Co. for the
year ended October 81. 1914. showed a net
income Of S2,0S5.0'S compared with 81. IOt. -
the previous year. After allowing for pre-
ferred dividends amounting to sa.si1. sS5 there
plus account at the close. Of the last fiscal
year stood at s5.3stoos. as against IS, s:s. 995
the previous year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
ON THE CONSOLIDATED.

Lo~ss. prices fos ysstsrdav vsfs
generally touched on The Consolidated
Stock Exchange In the closing dealings.
The mar&et had early displayed ten
dsncy to harden, but the tone changed
in the afternoon. Reading touched .
hish Of iISx and thsn declined to
l1S. Union Pscihc's low Vas 1ls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
U. S. Treasury Finances,

Washington Feb. l9-The condition Of he United
states Treasury 81 the close q business to-day va,
Nct balance iH general fund. Si505t.E3. ioial re-
ccipis 81 sts9 total syments. s. 3Nq.Ts0. The
dsAcii this fiscal year l. ss2s20. 500. against
dercit Of So e0Io i last year exclusive Of Ptalns
Canal and pJlnc DEBT GAlSsci.9.4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
CAPITAL
100000
SURPLUS
100000.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
BonDKNs coSDENsED ma con.

Preferred Stock Dividend M n
A regular quarterly dividSsd Il ixs
has BEEN declared on the PrsfsFrH ~
Of this Company. payable March ia
iisi:' to ..oekholes,' e. record f..sh Z
500 P. NJ. and open March len, III
At 1000 A. ". Checks mailed
r. D. SHOVE. Trssezrx
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
INACTIVE STOCKS.

The following table gives the closing
bid and asked prices for stocks which
are listed but which were not dealt IN
on the Stock Exchange Friday:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
PUBLIC UTILITY NOTES
General News and Earnings of
Various Corporations.

inc annual report OF inc taTOll ma
Power and Light Company. giving
financial and physical data IS Of De
ccmber 81, 1911. was issued Yesterday.
A comparison Of earnings with the pre-
Ceding year shows an increase in gross
revenue. which amounted 10 S6lS,6S9,
Of $93.4T6, and net earnings after OPP
Grating expenses and taxes increased
from Sl9O,655 in 1913 TO S205.S55.
Other income was $4,000. making a
total income Of S256,3Jj. The balance
after interest charges on outstanding
bonds. etc. was S99.362, against Sl05,-
ol9 In the previous year.
United Gas and Electric.
Drcxcl & Co, of Philadelphia, have
purchased S5.500,OOO thrce-year per
cent notes Of the United Gas and Flee
trio Corporation, 100000 Of which is
to be paid on or before July /, 1916,
and a like amount each six months
after that date until $1,000 600 shall
have been paid, leaving S3,500,000 to
mature April !, 1915 These notes arc
secured by s7,650.000 thirty-year col
lateral trust 6 per cent bonds. beng
part OF present issue Of $4,000. 600.
IL is understood that holders Of the
three-year D per cent notes maturing
April / next, will be permitted % cx-
change the old notes for the new.
The remaining S2,350000 Of the thirty
year collateral trust per cent bonds of
the United Gas and Electric Corpora
tion have been sold TO Bcrtron. Girls
com & Co. and Reilly. Brock & Co.. Of
Philadelphia. Proceeds from the sales
Of these securities will be used 10 pay
the threc-ycar notes Of the company
maturing April J.
Utah Power and Light.
An issue Of $1,000 600 first mortgage
3 per cent bonds. dated February ..
1914. Of the Utah Power and Light
Company has been purchased by lIar-
ris. Forbes & Co, and is being offered
al 90 and interest. The company's out
standing capitalization az present con-
sists OF S30,0O0.000 common stock, 49,
600 900 preferred and 1881 600 second
preferred. together with $ll,o00,O0O
first mortgage per cent bonds. in
Guiding the present issue. Gross earn
ings, rs officially reported for the year
ended January 81, 1915, were S2,l1S,3l6,
and net income after expenses was
Sl,i17, 692. After annual interest DIS
bursemcnts on the outstanding hrst
mortgage 6s. amounting TO S5oO,VOO'
there remained a balance OF 1867 ,692.
Massachusetts, Electric.
Stockholders OF the Massachusetts
Electric Companies, at special meet
ing. authorized an issue Of S3,5OO,OOO
notes. the proceeds to be used IN such
n way as approved by the trustees for
payment of an issue Of similar notes.
Iuc MAJ / neNt. and the balance for
corporatcd financing. Authority was
also given the trustees to dispose OF
any OF all Of the Bay State Street Rail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20

way Company's first preferred stock
which may be acquired during the cur
rent year upon such terms as the board
NAV approve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
Henry GIews&Co.

MEMBERS y. y. sTOCk EXCHANGE
Stocks and Bonds bought and sold
on commission. Also carried on con-
seryatiye terms. Deposi. Accounts
received subject TO check At sight.
Interest paid on daily balances.
BRANCH OFFICES
200 Flfth Ave $50 Third Ave
1929 broadway 80 warren -
30 Union Square Js Court ST.. DAE n.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
BOND SALES ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE
yRrpAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1915.

amounted
.ratnst holiday week and 0ooo
v.,r ,ro Total from January sss76o against s12iooo In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1918.

Total sales Of stock Friday against SAsoo hut.aay n
.sL 400 and Xxx ,oo wear ago TO date S1' 'k'"
in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
RQNDS.

i.5 oco NYC deb 90 " ilOl. iol. 1913. lol..
s zee \ S { 4, IisHS irc.': los lo, ros.
400 Western rae 5s s. s. 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
INACTIVE YESTERDAY.
JNDCSTRIALS.
MINING.
BONDS.

Fra Cop s. lI3 ~ Ar GIT S. CaD.1o02, zoos,
CP G.. ntes. l03is ioHz Ar ct 6s D.10ois 1908,
chic Elcy IS % % Ar Syt IS ocl.io0's 1904
AK dividend. tUnl',ed. ;sell5 cents per share
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
NEW YORK CITY BONDS.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

interchangeable. registered or coupon
tCoupOn. tRegistercd. New.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
DAILY IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Daily imports and exports of general
merchandise at the Port of New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
STATE.

Salestn
81, 900. High. Low. C!ose.
my Canal Ans. 1904 10eh 1921
bVa dtesBr Brs eff 81 81 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
RAILROADS
MISCELLANEOUS
g. 90 Mass Gas a.. 81 rs 20 % %
: 0nn y s lei Es ls5s. l0lta lol,, l0li. l0li

BOSTON CI.RR CLOSING.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-12
CHARGES AGAINST INSECTS.

The Investigations of recent years
have disclosed the relations of in
sects to malaria, yellow fever, bu-
bonic plague and sleeping sickness.
The striking results already demon
strated in respect to the activity of
mosquitoes, fleas. bedbugs and house
flies, inevitably raises the question as
to the possible significance of other
species of insects which may be less
abundant but whose contact with man
may be occasional or confined to re-
stricted localities. This group includes
cockroaches, ants and bees. Their
role IS as yet purely conjectural; but
it is of interest to consider the posi-
bilities as they present themselves to
one trained to observe the versatile
habits of insects and to recognize the
opportunities for infection to which
the sanitation must give heed That
an insect which will devour any suf-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-12
Jayhawker Jots

Overheard at the ball game by the
Sedgewick photographic: Charley,
how many balls make a bat?"
One thing about the drive right
proposition, observes the Clay Center
Times, is that it makes the jay walk
ers who cut across corners dodge
pretty lively to keep out of the way of
vehicles.
AS the whitewater Independent
POLITICALLY pats itself on the back:
You may smile at us; we'd rather
you'd grin than scowl; but as you
know we're winning out, you'd better
laugh than howl.
Reported by the Sabetha Herald:
An elegant gentleman in knee
breeches, satin coat and lace ruffles,
a picture show and everyone in the
audience commenced sneezing.
A woman gets up a good meal for a
preacher, says the Sedgwick Panta-
graph, but she eclipses all efforts
when her husband brings former
lover home to dine, in order that she
may show him what he missed.
The story is told of an Anthony
man who was offered one day last
winter $3.50 for all of his $4,000
bushels of wheat. He had never been
offered such "A large price before. He
thought surely it would go to So per
bushe1. When he hauled it to town
in the rain this spring he got $1-12 Il
for part of 1t and 81 nat Tor the rest
He lost a coy $1,000. There are
number of other farmers who can tell
a story something like this one.-An-
thony Republican.
An apology for any oversights, from
the Elbing correspondent of the Pea
body Herald: You may have been
lucky enough to have the money and
a girl on the Fourth, for its mighty
hard locker that can't get a girl for
the Fourth, and you may not see
notice of your exhibition In this
column, but then you didn't come this
way and you failed to give us the
news. Then besides we are not alto
gether responsible for the news fol-
lowing a celebration for merry go
rounds and Fourth of-July speeches
have a mighty circulating effect on
fellows thinking tank.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-12

All morning long the bees hummed
back and forth around the garden.
Every time Tommy Tittle-mouse
stuck his head out of his home. he
heard that faint hum, hum!" now
| loud, showing that they were near,
now soft and faint in the distance.
But he would take no chances-not
he. He was afraid to leave his nest
for a minute for fear the bees would
enter it while he was gone. You see,
| he liked his home so we'll himself that
he couldn't but think the bees must
be wanting it. too-you know how
that feeling goes yourself!
| So he stayed tight in the back cor
ner of his home all morning and he
kept his little mate close beside him
for company and for protection. And
that was why he knew nothing of
what happened in the garden. Knew
nothing. till late in the afternoon,
when Mr.. Garden Toad hoped up to
the door of his home, called him out,
and told him all the events of the
day.
Tommy was so interested, He and
Mrs. Tommy sat there in the dim
ming afternoon light and blinked and
blirked--and were SO relieved! You
would have been, too, if you had been
so frightened as they were by Bluey
ana then had heard all that Mr.. Car
den Toad had to say. Listen. This
is what he told them:
after the bees had been turned
out of their nice new home by Ned's
upsetting the box. they chased him
round and round the house"
But didn't they bite him - asked
Tommy, interrupting; seems to me 1
have heard that bees bite"
Not bite" corrected Mr.. Garden
Toad with dignity, bees sting. Yes,
they did sting him. but you must
not stop the story. They stung him
because he bothered them-and that
does not concern US Tommy felt
so rebuked he just sat still the rest
of the time and said not another
word. So Mr.. Garden Toad contin-
ued:
''They chased him round and round
the house till he was ready to
promise never. never to touch a bees
home again Ghough to tell the truth
he didn't know there was a bees
nest in the box and l think they
might have been a little kinder to
him. but of course that's none of my
business): then they started to hunt
for a new home. Bluey Blackbird
heard them and suggested your log.
Billy Robin knew how well you liked
your home, so he told them not to go
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-12

tie dining room with you and Uncle
Ben
Really" she returned. "You seem
to have what our old teacher used to
call the gregarious instinct rather
largely developed"
I'm lonely" he confessed, land I'm
fond of cherry pie
st see,' said Linda. contritely.
''Uncle Ben and Aunt Hannah and L
usually take our meals in the little
dining room when there are boarders
in the house. Perhaps you will join
US tonight?''
Thank you, if may" he said hum
bly,.
After supper, as they sat on the
veranda, wainwright spoke again of the
pie.
I'm afraid, Miss Barnard" he said,
that it will be a hard job for me to
convince you of my respectability
after that pie-eating episode"
Linda flushed charmingly..
1t was not until a year or so after
her marriage that Mrs. Linda Vain
right confessed to her husband that
she had put that fateful cherry pie in
the window of the farm house pantry
with the hope that the new summer
boarder would help himself to it.
Copyright. 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-12
Eu ening Chat
On Making Friends.
BY RUTH CAMERON


The ability to make friends easily
and quickly is held by those who do
not possess it, as gift. In some peo-
| pie it unquestionably is, lnasmuch az
it springs from a spontanelty OF man man
ner that they themselves are scarcely
aware of. They simply know that
people respond to them quickly and
without conscious effort on their
part.
Less fortunate acquaintance say
of such a person, "Oh he makes
friends anywhere" And though they
may sigh a bit, because they don't
make friends as easily as all that, they
never stop to analyze the gift
Now as a matter fact the people
for whom we really care the most,
whose society we are always glad of,
are people who, we say, understand
us. They combine cordially, sympathy
and interest to degree that warns
us. We are at ease in their company.
We expand and are conscious that we
are at our best.
All of us crave self expression be-
fore an appreciative audience And
when we find the opportunity, we
open as readily and as fully as a flow
err basking in the sun.
If you yourself find someone who
takes this interest in you, whose very
first glance seems to say to you, Here
is someone that viii like you can
not help but warm to him. That is
the way of human nature. And that
person if his attituCe towards you is
his habitual attitude toward new &C
quaintances, will have that same eff
feet on them. In short he will have
the gift of making friends. To him
you will open. You will give the best
there is in you. You simpl can't help
it.
There is no more secret to the art of
making friends than that. The next
time you are introduced to a new ac-
quaintance try it. Instead of simply
saying, with formal reserve, Il am
glad to know you" look glad, be glad
The new acquaintance may not look
worth the effort. He may have, for
instance, the same expression of dead
ness that you yourself commonly wear
at such moments. tempered, of course,
with a merely muscular smile.
The surest way to find whether he
is worth cultivating is that outlined.
Give him a bit of human sunshine;
let the warmth of your manner kindle
the chill in his. Nine times out of
ten the result will surprise you. For
he is just such another human as
yourself-a fellow man who Graves
sympathy and cordially as much as
you do, but who feels that he hasn't
the gift of making friends.
If you will but adopt this simple
formula, if you will only let people
know that you are willing and eager
to like them, they will feel towards
you just as you feel towards the per-
son who has the gift of making
friends.
You give him the best there is in
you. You show to the best advantage
before people like him. And that will
be your reward-other people will give
you the best there is in them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-12

ficiently soft substance, from human
foods to glue, grease and water colors,
and which will live by preference in
the cracks of the floors and walls of
houses. bakeries, restaurants, sugar
refineries and tanneries, where their
bodies come into contact with the filth
and refuse that necessarily accumu-
late in such places, should carry
host of germs about, on and in their
bodies and be able to infect our foods,
is certainly not surprising Yet this
in the habit of life of the omnivorous
ceckroach. Reaches probably also
feed on tuberculosis sputum and dis
seminate the bacilli as readily as the
house fly. Ants, which are often
abundant in houses and are readily
disseminated by commerce, some
times become a pest to the housewife,
particularly when they get into the
stores of food. They have not escaped
suspicion as disseminators of patho-
genie micro w e ! e +
points out that it thus becomes pos
sible for ants to spread disease in diff
ferent ways. Finally the bees, lauded
for centuries by poet and prose writer
alike, have not escaped the accusation
of suspicion, says the journal or
American MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. w iieeA-
err has observed the stingless bees visit
collections of garbage in the canal
zone, presumably gathering foreign
substances which they knead into the
cerumen cells in which they store
honey eagerly collected for food by
the natives in many parts of tropical
America. According to Wheeler, there
are records of intestinal disorders or
even death following the eating of
such honey. The suggestion of possible
contamination with disease germs col
lected by filthy insects is plain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-12
A PURE DEMOCRACY.

The Serbs of independent Serbia of
fer to the student of political philoso-
ply one of the rare examples of a
purely democratic society, writes
George NJ. Trevelyan, in the July At
lantic. Serbia is far more democratic
than either America or England. In
our countries wealth is very unequally
divided; we can only redress these
social inequalities in our politics. In
Serbia no one talks about democracy,
because they are all democrats. 1t
is no more necessary to emphasize the
fact of democracy in Serbia than it
is for the human body to emphasize
the function of breathing. There is
emily one important class-the peasant
proprietors, who number Sc per cent
OF the population There is practical
~ only one kind of wealth-land-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-12
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE

The only fish some men like is beer.
Link Preston says his sons income
is about 1 a. m.
A chaperon can only attain popu-
larity by neglecting her work.
Some men devore their religion
largely to asking for forgiveness.
A woman feels she can afford it If
it is availa BILE on the instal1ment plan.
1t may be said for the jurors that
they rarely take a bloodhounds word
for it.
Take care of yourself, that your life
work be not largely devoted to seek
ing a cure.
So often it is said of a sick man that
one time he was the strongest man in
the town.
Speaking about overcoming habit, it
is the easiest thing in summer to get
out of the habit of going to church.
Where one man wants to work his
way to the top. there are dozen who
hope to talk themselves in that gen.
eral direction.
Some of these days some one will
stand up and ask what has become of
the old fashioned man who was proud
of our civilization.