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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
MASONIC GRAND LODGE
ELECTS OFFICERS

Jacksonville, Jan. 22.-All of the
elected grand officers of the Grand
Lodge of Florida, Free and Accepted
Masons, were reelected yestrday to
serve for the year 1915. Once more
the destinies of this Grand Masonic
order will be presided over by Most
'Worshipful Grand Master Cephas
l.. Wilson, of Mariana.
The other elective officers are: NJ.
w, Cephas l.. Wilson. grand mas :.
ter. Marienna. r. w, James f.
Crane. deputy grand master, Tampa.
ar. W., A. S. York. senior grand
warden, Live Oak. r. W., T. Pic
ton Warlow. junior grand warden,
Orlando. r. W., Henry Robinson,
grand treasurer, Jacksonville. r j..
r., w. b. p. Wilkie, d. D., grand
chaplain, Dunedin
The passage of a resolution levy
ing a tax of 50 cents per member on
| all members of the Masonic lodges
lin the State of Florida for the bene-
fit of the Masonic Home and Orphan
age committee. is meeting with some
little criticism, especially from th'
members and representatives from
the smaller country lodges.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
FLYING SQUADRON IN BUFFALO

Buffalo, ~ T., Jan - The
group of travelling temperance agi-
tators known as the Flying Squad
ron of America who have been
touring the country in the interest
of nation wide temperance cam
paign began three day session here
today Among the speakers who will
be present are DR.. Charles Sheldon,
OF Topeka, Kan; DR.. Ira Iandrith,
president of the Ward Belmont COL
lego; Dr. Carolyn f. Geisel; ex
Gov J Frank Hanley, Olive w.
Der of Massachusetts.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
TUBERCULOSIS MEETING

Annapolis, Md, Jan. 22.-Pur-
suant to call by the governor
tuberculosis conference was called
here today for two days session.
Public officials, health officers, physl-
clans, nurses, teachers, county COM
missioners, school commissioners,
mayors, and other officers Of cities
and towns are present. The health
reports of the State show 5000
cases, 900 Of which were reported
in 1914. During last year 2.018
men, women and children died In
this state from the dread scourge.
Ways will be devised for stamping
the plague from the State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
BIG FORWARD STEP FOR
FLA. VEGETABLE GROWERS

Jacksonville, Jan. 22.-An-
nouncement was mailed out yester :
day to the effect that the Florida
Marketing Bureau, which is com .
posed of growers Of vegetables In
many sections of the State, is now
open in room 437 st. James build :
ing, Jacksonville. The Office will be
in charge of T. j. Epps. The work
of the bureau really started yester
day and the Office was fully equipped,
but the formal announcement OF the
same was held over until today.
The objects of the bureau are to gen.
orally benefit the man who grows
the crops by placing him in more di !.
rect touch with the market. 1t is
composed of over 800 growers in
Florida and the body has a full
corps of officers. w. A. Riddle of
Jacksonville is president; J. l.. Ed :
wards of Ocala, treasurer; II. s.
Kealhofer, Jacksonville, secretary;
j. d. Rooney Of Ocala, chairman of
the organization committee; j NJ.
Merffert, Ocala, chairman Of the
board of directors; l.. S. Light,
Breddick, and. ". J. Thompson.
Frostproof, vice presidents. The
organizing of the bureau was ac-
complished at a meeting held in
Ocala last September and later in
this city. 1t is the belief Of those
who have worked to build up the
membership that the bureau will be
| great factor in lettering condi :
! tions of the farmer. DR.. R. T..
| Weaver of Ocala is the State orga
nizer for the bureau. The bureau
means to have the best authorities
in the big markets of the North and
East look out and keep them in
touch with the channels of trade
Shipments will be made in some
cases direct to the consumer, such a!
hotels and restaurants. Also dis
tributing shipments so as to no
al glut the market in any one pla,
rs'will be an object of the bureau.
ell
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
bvernOr Trammell States Reasons
WHY Managers Of Marianna
f@Schoo1 Were Not Removed

perience in the handling and educa
tion of boys. and who would take a
personal and intimate interest in the
work That he had succeeded in
very large measure. was shown by
the fact that immediate improve
ment was shown by the inmates,
which wa further cvinccd by the in
creased numbers that We're sent to
the institution because commttihI
magistrates had come to believe that
the school was GOOD place for err
ing boys, and commitments largely
increa ed. This, in turn, had its eff
feet in making the work of the
school harder, for the appropriation
made by the legislature had to be
spread over a larger number of boys,
in fact double the number that were
being cared for when the governor
took his office II is now necessary
to care for. clothe, feed and educate
boy at the institution for some :.
thing less than one hundred dollars
year to keep within the appropria {.
tion.
Finding that the board OF man
apers had done as well as anybody
could and. in the opinion Of the GOV
ernor. even better, the governor niu
not and does not feel justified in re
moving those officers. II he did, so
ba stated. he would not know wnei'
n look for men who could well tH'>"
their places.
Summing it mp, in brief way 'h' 'h'
Governor i. convinced that the acci Z
aon+ was unavoidable; that every 81 :
fort was made 10 save the boys VINO
were lost by the eight or ten at
tanaants present; that il was the
,,orest accident that prevented the
.ari,a of all Of them, and that those
in immediate charge were not neg
loctful Of their duties
The Herald gives this Stat"meh, y
), so;r,nss to the governor whom u
aa,,ns others has criticised for nov
lin tbe state into his confidence
a.,rc tho managers ,ide o.
the question that has asita,ea ~
oor,o for more than three months
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
FURNISHED by the Security Abstract
and Title Co.. Barlow, Fla.
Jan. 20. 1915

Amelia w. Penn, ct al, to VIM.
A. IIatchell.
A. ]. Dcnison and wife to p. F.
Surrency.
B. F. Surrency and wife to Percy
l.. Atkinson
w. NJ. Burkott and wife 10 j. j.
Allbritton & Co.
Thomas Sims and wife to Isaac
Cohen.
Board of Education to Enoch W.
Acnew ct al.
James VI Sparkling and wife to S.
NJ stephens.
Edith P. Bryson and husband to
Maggie F. Bryson.
VIM. A. Hatcheli and wife to
Adolph Ruemelin.
VIM. A. Hatchell and wife to
Adolph Ruemelin.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
|SSIANS IN 20 MILES
OF GERMAN FRONTIER
{By Associated Press.)

ondon, Jan. %. .-DisDatches to
state that north of the Nistula
Russian advance guard, are
hin twenty miles of the German
,tier. If they continue their for
ID movement it will give them an
|roken front dangerously near
man territory. According to
lish observers, the battle of Sois ;
\ still ranks as the one great con .
in many weeks. In the west
ke has been fighting at many
Its, each side gaining a trench
and there.
| he Turks claim to have arrested
Russian advance in the eau
$, but give no details. Suffering
Belgium is for the moment in the
ground compared with the des
lion of non combatants in Pal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
HAD TWO MATCHES LEFT
AND SHUFFLED OFF

Jacksonville. Jan. 22.-Because
his wife loved another and but two
matches represented the savings of
a lifetime, are reasons cited in a note
found in bottle at the head of
Pottsburg creek for the suicide of
a man who signs himself as c. F.
Long, of Mandarin. The small bot :
tie containing the note scrawled on
a tobacco wrapper and two pathetic
looking matches was found today by
John Holden, who lives in the vi
cinity of the creek and brought to
the police as requested by the man
who declared suicidal intent The
note follows:
THE one who finds this note must
take it to the police station. have
drowned myself on account of my
wife loving another fellow.
&C. F. LONG, Mandarin, Fla
The two matches are all I am
worth &C. +. l..
As far as can be learned today the
man has not been reported missing
to Sheriff Bowling, although a man
, by that name Is known in the vici
! ity of Mandarin. The sheriff is in
;vestigating the case in an attempt
I m cIaor nm fhp a fair Inst how lon @
the bottle had been lying on the
shore of Pottsburg creek cannot be
estimated. The bottle was tightly
sealed and it is believed that it had
been there for considerable period
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
Which
Raided Eng. Were
Late Type ZeppelinS

Copenhagen. Jan. -. Messages
from Berlin state that the airships
which raided England Wednesday
night We're the latest type of Yep
plins. They went from secret
base on the German frontier. carry
ine full complement OF men, heavy
guns and ammunition
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
TAFT TO ADDRESS
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

Buffalo, jan 30 FIX President
Taft will be the principal speaker at
the annual meeting of the State Bar
Association in this city this even
ing. lie will speak on estate Con-
stitutiOns The other speakers
will include Morgan j. OBrien, on
"The Making of the Constitution
Alton b. Parker is president of the
associati ion At the association din
ner addresses will be delivered by
John Hudson Finley, state commits :
sion of education, Justice Herbert T.
BisselI aud others,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
BI-STATE INTERSCHOLASTIC
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Syracuse, N. Y, Jan. 22.-The
Bi-State Interscholastic Athletic As
sociation met here today for organi-
zation. Schools in central and
northern New York are represented.
about 100 being present. The pur-
pose Of the organization is to stem
the tide of sentiment hostile to in
terscholastic athletics. The asso-
citation will be divided into four
leagues. Later 1t is expected that the
association will include all high
school sports.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
British Steamer
DurWard Sunk By
German Submarine
BY Association Press }

London, Jan. % A Rotterdam
dispatch says the British steamer
Durward has been torpedocd and
sunk by German submarine. The
crew was saved. 1T occurred twcn-
ty two miles off Mass lightship. The
crew reached the lghtship in boats
and was taken to Rotterdam by a
Dutch pilot boat. The Durward
was a 800 ton vessel built in Glas =
cow, Scotch owned, and was bound
from Leith to Rotterdam.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
TICK CAMPAIGN

Little Rock. Ark, Jan. 9o.-trhe
Live Stock Bureau in co operation
with the state veterinarian. DR.. r.
M. Cow. with an assistant from the
United States department Of agri-
culture a campaign Vas begun
against cattle ticks in this state. II
successful 1t is likely that the work
will be extended throughout the
country by the u. S. government.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
ALA. GOV. FAVORS
STATEWIDE ELECTION

Nont-omery, Ala Jan. - GOV :
ernor Henderson in addressing a
Joint session of the Alabama lcgis d.
iature today, announced that he had
returned two prohibition biHs with :
out action He recommended a
statewide election to ettle the liquor
question
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
WHO'S WHO IN THE
CONSUL BUSINESS :

Mobile, Ala. Jan. % Roberto
Gayon. Mexican c0hsul appointed by
Provisional President Gutierrez, filed
a petition in chancery court here
yesterday asking an Injunction
against Rafael CalvOy Arias, MeXl :
can consul here representing the
Carranza faction. Each consul claims
the right to represent the Mexican
people and many complications have
resulted.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
BURNS ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION AT BOSTON

Boston, Jan. 90. Nine. ScOtney
will sing at the exercises which are
being held upon an elaborate scale
in cOmmemoratiOn of the 6lst an
nual celebration of the nurhs ami !.
versary. CARRIED in kits, the High :
land Dress Association pipcrs and
drummers will provide music.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
CUMMINS ATTACK
PRESIDENTS INFLUENCE
lRy Associated Prcss. J

Washington. Jan - "A feature
in the Republican fight on the ad
ministration ship bill in the Senate
today was senator Cummns' Nigor
our attack upon the presidents in
i1uence and upon sentiments cX
pressed in his indianapolis speech
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
Steamer Maryland
Burns; Crew And
Passengers Escape
Try Associated Press J

baltimore. Jan. 80 The steamer
Maryland bound to Baltimore from
river points, with seventy six pas :
.engers and crew of thirty four.
fire in Magothy river early
today and was hcachcd and burned.
Nobody killed or injured, according
to reports.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
FOOD SUPPLIES
SHIPPED TO AMERICANS
IN GERMANY Y
I BY Associated Press !

New York, Jan 90. The Amer :.
ican steamer Wilhcmina cleared to !.
day for Hamburg with food supplies
shipped by an American firm con .
signed to an American citizen in
Germany. The shippers arrert that
the food is meant only for civilian
consumption
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
FRANKS EXTENSION

Atlanta, jan % leo NJ Frank
whom three court decisions doomed
to death today, is still alive and well
and awaits the move of the latest
legal tangle that will decide his flu
ther fate on the homicidal charge.
Meantime the Burns detectives are in
hot water in connection with the
testimony, and an interested public
which formerly acclaimed his guilt
is now in doubt aud many proclaim
his innicenpa.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
Mob At Arlington
Ga. Lynched
Negro Murderer
(By Associated Press. J

Arlington, Ga, Jan. 22.-Peter
Morris, negro, charged with the
murder of j. Il. Lewis, farmer,
was taken from the sheriff early last
night and lynched. The mob over
powered the sheriff while taking
Morris to jail, u.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
Mrs. RaineS,ss [ 9,rTy
Pres. Gen. u. D. c..
Dies In Savannah
(By Associated Press. }

Savannah, JAN 22 Mrs. Lucian
II. Rains, honorary president gen
eral of the United Daughters of the
died here today. She
was the first president of the con .
vcntion at Nashville, In 1896.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
Atlantic
Battle Fleet
EnrOute To
Guantanamo
FOURTEEN BATTLESHIPS AND
EIGHTEEN DESTROYERS START
FOR CUBAN WATERS BEFORE
GOING ON ON PANAMA

Washington, Jan. %. The At
lantic battle fleet Of fourteen battle
ships and eightcen dcstroyers under
route 10 Guantanamo today. 1t will
remain in Cuban waters until ready
to proceed to Panama
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22

The notorious idea seems to be
in American cities. The
street railway company in Cleveland
has put three motorbuses in opera
tion in two suburban districts,
which, it was decided. were too
sparsely settled for street car lines.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
Miami Herald.)

Fticence on the part of Governor
hmell with relation to the la
liable fire at Mariana, by which
! boys, inmates of the State In
ial School for Boys, lost their
under circumstances which
i for severe criticism on the
OF the Jackson county grand
have rather placed that
in the light of shielding the
ns who were alleged to have
negligent in their care of the
5 wards. and has aroused some
ism of the governor
ERE has been a general demand
be removal of the managers Of
|stitution as a result Of the fire,
eaths of some of the inmates
he presentment of the grand
To this demand the governor
bid no attention, neither has he
any public expression of his
N on the subject. Probably If
ID done so, there would have
better understanding and less
SIN.
terday, Governor Trammell
social call upon the Herald.
course of the conversation the
por was told that this paper
mong those that had criticised
Or not taking action that the
lon seemed to demand, and was
Tor statement.
the first time, so far as the
is aware, the governor stated
sltion in the matter. Substan
II was that the close investi
that he had made himself had
pown him that the managers
Institution were at all respon
or the accident, and that tht
Jury presentment instead o.
ng itself to incidents immedl
related to the accident haC
hto ancient history, incidents
lch occurred years before th'
board of managers was ap
?. In selecting the board tn
or stated that he had tried U
men who had had some eX-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
BOILER EXPLOSION
KILLS FOUR INJURIES
NINE
(By Associated Press)

San Francisco. Jan. -. -Four
members of the crew of the United
States cruiser San Diego were killed
and nine seriously injured by boil .
er explosion, according to wireless
reports here this morning. The cx-
plosion occurred off La PaZ. Mexico.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22

In Paris there are some men EN- :.
ployed on the tramway. underground
and omnibus systems 900 on
the trans OF the surface railways;
1000 on the underground and 5000
in the amnibus service
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
JEROME LEFT TODAY
FOR HARRY THAW
(By As ociatcd Press. J

New York Jan. -. William
Travers Jerome announced that he
would leave today for New lamp :.
shire to bring back Harry Thaw for
conspir, cy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
RESERVE BANK MEETS

WASHINGTON. Jan. % The Fed {.
eral Reserve Board met today The
Of chrck clearances which
was left to special committees VIII
be discussed :.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
rG1ANS' SUFFERING is IN THE
,,cXGROUND COMPARED TO
INSTITUTION OF RESIDENTS
Dr PALESTINE, POLAND AND
rEE CARPATHIANS
BIZ Associated Press. }

pari. Jan. %. A French Official
lem ut this afternoon says that
Ermined infantry fighting with
bcjous hand to hand encounters
proceeding today in Alsace. 1t
\ tbe scissors situation is with !.
change.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
POPE EMPHASIZES HOLY
SEES NEUTRALITY
Thy Associated Press. }

Rome, Jan. 22-The Pope at con-
'sistory today emphasized the Holy
Sees neutrality in the European war
and urged invaders of enemy's ter
ritory not to commit eXcesscs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
Hand t0HandEncounterSTn
klSace; Russians Within 20
Niles OF German Frontier

estIn' Poland and the Carpathians
Jewish rolonist, continue to flee
from Pa'e,tiae % Egypt and are be
ing conveyed By the American eruis
or Tennessee
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22

While the number of the unem :
ployed in Denmark is still 5000 to
5000 greater than in ordinary times,
1t Is stated that the trend OF the
labor market is toward return to
nomal conditions.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
! Official Weather Report!

Tampa. Jan. -. Tampa and vi =.
cinity: Unsettled tonight and Sat :
urday, probably rain. Warmer to +.
night. colder Saturday night.
For Florida: Unsettled tonight
and Saturday, probably local rains.
Warmer tonight in central and
northeast portions, colder in extreme
northwest portion; colder Saturday
in northwest portion
Winds for the East Gulf: Fresh
to strong south, shifting to north :
west.
Winds for the South Atlantic:
Moderate to fresh east to southeast.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22

Street ear men OF Ohio are pre- :.
pairing to ask the General Assembly
for law regulating working con :
ditions
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
CHAP. GENERAL u. c. VS.
DIES AT TATE SPRINGS
tEy Associated Press J

Tate Springs. Tenn. Ian. -
Rev. II NJ IIamill. chaplain gen
cral of the United Confederate Vet .
Grams. died here today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22

The maximum wage of street rail-
way employees at Rome, Italy, is "a
cents day
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22

Railroad employees in Galesburg,
III T., are helping the movement
started for a labor temple.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22

The Vancouver Trade and Labor
Council recently appointed a specia
committee to act with the BARRIERS
union in inducing the city counci
to close barber shops on all holi
days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
RAILROAD NOTES

French railroad employees will
found an orphan asylum,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22
General Weather Conditions

High pressure covers the north .
eastern states this morning, and the
weather has been generally fair dur
ing the past twenty -four hours over
the Atlantic and east Gulf states.
The low pressure area which was
over Colorado Thursday morning,
has advanced eastward to Arkansas,
and has caused rain over eastern
Texas, Louisiana. Arkansas and
western Tennessee Snow has fall :
lon over the middle Mississippi val !.
lev and the Ohio and Missouri val
lows. and over the central Rocky
Maintain region The freezing line
this morning reaches into central
Texas, ad the zero line into southern
Kansas. Temperatures of zero or
below occurred over Montana, Wy
nming. the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wis =
consin. Upper Michigan, Colorado,
Nebraska and Kansas
indications are for unsettled
weather in the vicinity of Tampa TO-
night and Saturday, with rain prob
able It will be warmer tonight and
nrobably colder Saturday night.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22

In London only persons over the
age Of 16 may pawn goods.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-22

1t costs s216 a head to live on q
New York farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-11

Today-Low tide. 3:4s am. and $50
p. M: high tide. 9:32 am. and 9:52 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 4:39 am. an
4:4O pm; high tide, 1920 am. an
1912 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-11
Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today
to the following:
Joseph F. Bixler. to build two gar
ages in rear of 633-37 street north
east; architect. 8. Hunt; builder, j. Blk
Ter; estimated cost. $1,000.
Samuel Feldman. to build two stores
and dwellings at 500 Gath and 2403 F
street northwest: architect and con-
tractor, Samuel Eeldman; estimated,
cost, $3.50.
David r. Morgan. to build garage in
rear of 1884 18th street northwest;
architect, H. s. Ward; builder. E. E.
Ward; estimated cost, s3eo-
John R. Ruggles, to repair building
at 9Ol New Jersey avenue southeast:
estimated cost, $50.
S. Meddel. to repair store at 42s 9TH
street southwest: estimated cost, $3.50.
Mrs. ]. Withers, to repair dwelling at
2O17 18th street northwest; estimated
cost. s135.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-11
Braden Copper.
Financial Notes.

ehipments of Chalmers motors for
the quarter ended September 80 showed
q gain of 302 per cent for tie period.
as compared with the same period of
1874
4 New York Stock Exchange seat
sold Saturday at s6S,500. as compared
with SIS. 200. the last previous sale.
The Eastman Kodak common stock
has received seven extra dividends SO
far this year, making a total of 471
per cent for the year to date.
Dividends generally are on the up
grade or holding very firmly. there
being no recent passings or cuttings.
Three stock dividends were declared
last week. 10 per cent on International
Nickel common. per cent on Coal
Products and 23z per cent American
Light and Traction common stock.
Very satisfactory increases are noted
IN the clearings Of the larger cities
for last week, New York city alone
showing 1927 per cent increase. as
compared with the same week of last
year. Chicago increased 10 per cent
and Baltimore 1876 per cent.
There is a halt, perhaps only tenn
porAry, In the negotiations for the sale
Of Pennsylvania Steel to the Bethlehem
Steel Company.