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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
Mercantile Marine Assets.

Those who took flier on Information
al Mercantile Marine preferred on Mon
dav above 40 have been forced 10 take
heavy losses on the decline, following
an interview attributed to a member
of the Barnard bondhOlders' committee
in which he was quoted as saying he
was not aware the international Mer-
camille Marine Company had assets OF
between 100000 and 100000 OF
which the stockholders had known
nothing. This denial was definite only
as to reports that the assets consisted
of railroad stocks. Information OBJ
tanned yesterday from quarters famil-
lar with the Investigations made by
the accountants of the Wallace stock
holders committee disclosed that while
the reported assets may not be IN the
form of railroad stocks they do repre-
sent securities of ship companies which
have materially increased IN value
since the war started and are carried
on the books Of the international Mer-
camille Marine Company at the valua-
tion made before the war. 1t is un-
derstood that the contention of the
protective committee for the preferred
stockholders is that these companies
are now doing a much larger business
than wear ago. and for this reason
the enhancement in the value of their
securities should be given due con-
sideration in making provision for the
stockholders in a reorganization. On
the other hand. the bondholders argue
that war earnings are only temporary
and to increase the value of stocks or
bonds on this basis would be unwisee
business policy. Marine : preferred
closed yesterday at 29l9, decline OF
1874 points from Mondays high price.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
CRUCIBLE EARNINGS
LESS THAN RUMORED
Steel Company Reports Figures
Below Wall Streets
Estimates.

The Crucible Steel Company, one Of
the companies whose shares on the
Stock Exchange have risen sharply on
reports Of huge war orders, shows in
its application to list s42l 900 addi-
tional shares approved by the govern
ing committee yesterday. that earnings
for the ele4en months ended July 81
last are below the estimates made in
Wall Street.
Net earnings from operations after
deducting all charge for maintenance
and repairs are shown TO be $685. 56,
which is equal to rs per cent on the
S25. 900 900 outs landing preferred stock,
against 400 per cent earned for the
full year ended August 81, 1914. The
last fiscal year will show substantial
increase in earnings, but not to the ex-
tent that Wall Street has been led TO
believe from reports.
II is evident that earnings for last
year will not be much in excess OF the
: per cent requirement on the preferred
stock and will leave little for the $751;
100000 common. The full dividends
have not been paid regularly on the
senior shares. however, and the amount
OF the aTreaTage up TO the present
time is 2444 per cent, or more than
100000 The only inkling given in
the company's statement as to the war
business on the books is in the item
accounts receivable, totalling S4,369, 254.
This item a year ago stood at 50 1861, 1874.
Cash increased from S1,2S6,270 to ST.
O16,734 Undivided surplus on July 81.
1915. was $9,352.431, compared with
S7,3o3,774 on August 81, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
UN. PACIFIC EARNS
ALMOST II PER CENT
This Compares with More than
10 Per Cent for Previous Year
Mail Revenue Higher.

The pamphlet report of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company for the year
ended June 30, 1915, shows a surplus
available for dividends OF 1892 $50,
which, after deductirg the 1891 .740
necessary for payment of preferred
dividends, is equal to 1898 per cent
earned on S222.293, 100 common stock,
compared with 1909 per cent earned
the previous year The difference IN
the earning power of the road during
the last two years is approximately the
amount Of the loss in income brought
about through the distribution OF It's
Baltimore & Ohio holdings, the latter
receiving this income direct IN 1919,
and the ar'ount OF the dividend accrue
on stock Of the Southern Pacific Com
pany between July 81 and September 2,
1918, when il was sold.
Gross earnings in the last iiscai year
amounted TO SS6,95S ,295, a decrease OF
S4.SS7 ,009. This loss IN revenues Chalr-
man Robert S. Lovett attributed TO
general business depression. The iHll-
ing of in revenues. he pointed out, was
substantially offset, however, by reduc-
ing operating tAptHSto SofV""f""D'
fected principally in the transportation
department. In this connection CHAR
man Lovett adds:
The expenses for maintenance OF
way and structures we're substantially
the same as last year, while expenses
for maintenance of equipment de-
creased only $4l5,942.
Total operating income for 1919 was
s30.lSO.IO6, compared with SSl,626,2l4
the previous year. Other income
brought this item up to S43,4S3.26f, a
decrease of S5,57s, 500. An increase OF
s2.576.335 in interest on bonds and
notes owned, the report points out, en-
sets & decrease Of S2,245,9sO IN inter-
est on loans and open accounts and re-
suits from additional investments IN
bonds and notes during the year
There was no ehlnge in the holdings
Of stocks, which stood at S69,5-s,of'
and included S2O.000,000 of New YORK
Central, s10,343, 100 of Chicago & Alton
and S22. 5O0,O 900 Of Illinois Central. In
vestments in bonds increased S2s,s6s'-
600 over 1914. largely die to the ac-
quisition Of $l1 ,s64 900 of Utah Light
and Traction first and refunding mort
gage 5s.
The bonds Of the Utah Light and
Traction Company were acquired IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
c.. R. I. G. P. DIRECTORS SUED
Receiver Begins Action to Recover
$4,000 900 on Bond Transaction.


Jacob NJ. Dickinson, former Secretary
of War, as receiver of the chicago
Rock Island & Pacific Railway Com
many. filed suit in the Supreme Court
Yesterday against the directors OF that
company. and of the Chicago, Rock ISL
and G. Pacific Railroad Company and OF
the Rock Island Company, to recover
81 800. 900. which il Is alleged the de-
PENDANTS wrongfully diverted. The de-
PENDANTS are Daniel G. Reid. william H.
Moore. Richard A. Jackson. Ogden Mis-
Francis L. Hine, Edward e. Moore.
Henry ". Nudge, William T. Graham
and the executors of the will OF George
G. McMurtry. u,r,,
r Leeds. William II. Moore, Daniel u
Reid and others of the defendants en-
tered into a conspiracy 10 obtain con-
troll of the railway company and use us
nropertv and assets ito further their
personal and selfish interests" Inc
complaint sets forth that in lSO9 the
railroad company accepted an o1er
from BENJAMIN F. Yoakum of SlO,S5Z,-
6t2 for 2S9 l03 shares of the ST: Louis
G San Francisco Railroad. To do TINS.
il was necessary to pay the princlpai
and interest of the Frisco companys
bond issue amounting to Sls,l61, 2'3'
The Rock Island Railway Company Dor
rowed $780, 900 to consummate this
deal. sl33 900 being paid to obtain the
loan. The money was turned over 70
tho Rock Island Railroad Company IN
exchange for debenture bonds of the
latter corporation. These bonds 1t IS
alleged. were worthless.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
ROCKEFELLER CONFERS
ON NEW NINE POLICY
Forgets Luncheon for Talk with
Denver Officials.

Denver, Sept. 29.-Closeted with
President j. F. We!birn and various
department heads of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company. John D. Rookie
Teller. ir.. spent many hours to-day in
a detailed examination Of various bust
ness affairs Of the corporation and IN
completing the plan for a new indus
trial policy growing out OF his inspec-
ton Of southern Colorado mines.
The mine owner did not stop work
for luncheon. Instead. a messenger was
sent TO a nearby restaurant for coffee
and sandwiches for the conferrees.
The Denver conferences have taken
more time than was expected. AS d
result. several out OF town trips planned
for this week have been postponed.
Mr. Rockefeller to-day returned with
thanks free tickets for boxing match.
sent him b. local promoters.
Mr. Rockefeller said the Rockefeller
interests had no intention Of giving
Up control OF the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company lie denied any knowl-
edge OF a prospective merger with the
Hill or any other interests end ex-
pressed the belief that the recent snec-
tacular rise IN the company's stock
was due merely 20 war speculation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
Higher Yield Brings Favor.

Contrary to general expectation, the
Anglo-French notes are TO be offered
TO investors at a price to yield around
52 per cent, and the better return did
much TO awaken the enthusiasm over
the offering so generally apparent. At
the basis decided on there is reason
to look for some large purchases by
individual investors, and there are
mentioned individual subscriptions as
high as S5,OOO,OOO. The British gov
eminent pays almost per cent for
the accommodation. through the lower
cost to the distributing syndicate. It's
second war loan, which pays Az per
cent, is selling on basis of about a..
per cent. There is reason TO suppose
that the new domestic borrowing by
Great Britain TO come around the be
ginning of the year will be at rate
much under the cost Of the short time
accommodation obtained here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
Rumors from the Floor.

During the reaction in Steel common
Yesterday from 79ss TO ~ floor traders
discussed among themselves the pos
sible reasons 20 account for the de-
cline. Il was noticed that on previous
occasions when the stock seemed head
ed for so selling appeared. The latest
fanciful explanation for this liquida-
ton was that the members OF the An
elo-French mission brought over with
them 900 600 shares 20 dispose of on
the numerous bulges that have taken
nlace since their arrival. II this re-
port were true, so market gossip went,
The market must have absorbed about
all this stock Another rumor that
created considerable excitement IN the
afternoon was that the Dard anelles had
fallen. One broker said he had OBJ
tanned the information from prom
inent international banking house, put
none Of the foreign news dispatches
contained any hint Of such momen-
tous happening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
CITY GETS DYCKMAN HOUSE
Old Dutch Landmark Gift of Owners
Daughters.

Park Commissioner Ward announced
yesterday that the Dyckman house, at
goth Street and Broadway the last re-
naming old Dutch farmhouse in New
York, had been presented to the city.
The house is the gift Of Mrs. Bash
ford Dear and Mrs. Alexander McMii-
Ian Welch, daughters OF the late Isaac
Michael Dyckman. in memory OF their
parents. Five lots surrounding the
house have been presented with II, and
will be known as Dyckman House Park.
The property will be improved in sc-
cordance with the plans Of the PARK
Department, and the women will bear
the expense of completely restoring the
building and furnishing il with con-
tents Of q valuable historical character.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30

who are managing the loan Aotation
in the East and the Chicago group.
Further optimistic reports were re
ceived from the Eastern centres, when
were said to have aroused considerable
enthusiasm in the Chicago bond men
Immediately afterward Mr.. Lamont
conferred with James B. Forgan, pressii-
dent of the First National Bank; VIII
lam A. Tilden, president of the Fort
Dearborn National; George NJ. Rey,
nolds, president of the Continental and
Commercial National, and other lead.
ing bankers, besides Louis F. Swift, of
Swift g. Co. At that time the members
Of the Anglo-French mission were out
automobile riding with Arthur Meeker
vice-president of Armour & Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
Erie's Good Earnings.

The recent strength in Erie issues
while other railroad shares have Jagged
behind the rest of the market was ex-
planned at least to some extent by the
figures shown yesterday in the com
pany's report for August. Both gross
and net earnings were the largest for
any similar month in the roads bis
tory. For the eight months to August
81 Erie shows an increase in total
revenues of 1881 ,069 and in operating
income of s2,026,463 At the present
rate earnings for the current should
surpass those of any previous year.
Perhaps the boast recently attributed
to President Underwood that he would
not retire from that Office until divi-
dends are paid on the common. stock
may have more behind il than the
frivolous then assumed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
Katy" Committee Increased.

Joseph ]. Slocum has been sdded to
the stockholders protective committee
Of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail-
road Company, Of which Alvin W.
Krech is chairman. and yesterday is
sued notice to holders of pre- erred and
common to deposit their stock with the
EQUITABLE Trust Company Of New York.
Murray, Prentice & Rowland have been
retained as counsel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
PULLMAN" BREAKFAST ROOM
Will Be Building Novelty of Proposed
Bungalow at Yonkers.

A Pullman" breakfast room IL the
latest building novelty. IL will be a
feature Of the genuine Californls
bungalow that Winnifred Harper
Cooley, writer and lecturer on domes-
tic science and pure food. plans to
erect at Nepperhan Heights. Yonkers.
She bought the plot yesterday from
the Robert L. Farley Organization.
She says her home will be an efic'e,.
household, every inch of space being
utilized.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
It's Forty-seventh Branch Store.

Lebolt & Co. have leased in the
premises formerly occupied by them,
at the southwest corner Of Fifth ay.
and 23d ST., the corner portion OF the
ground foor. 20 the Schultz Cigar Com
pany. This will be the forty-seventh
branch store OF the Schultz Cigar Com
pany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
GOVERNMENT BONDS.

addition to $1,000 in cash, in pay
ment of the entire stocks and bonds
debt of the Utah Light 6 Railway Com
pany, which was owned by the Oregon
Short Line
The detailed report Of the transpcr-
tation operations shows that freight
revenue decreased $3,270,920 and pas
senger revenue Si,7sl.5l7, mail revenue
being the only department to snow an
increase, the gain amounting 70 $780,
209 The tons Of revenue freight car
ried were 6,79l ,412, a decrease Of $685.
97S on the year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
SECURITIES AT AUCTION.

The following securities were sold
yesterday al auction at the Exchange
salesroom by Adrian II. Muller & Son:
-. .,co,,,, q, trustee IN bankruptcy Of Lsthrop
Hsskins Co
SO 800 Hooking Valley Products COMPANY hi mr.!
moftssFe 50-ye4r . Ier cent sinking fund $50
,,e .i.,r. Hooking VALLEY Products Company I
100 share. wabash Railroad Company common Hi9,99
zoe S-'i hsrt. Rock Island Company common 1o99
eaciil. lot .....+ts...t w.
For account OF executors.
g. 600 Wheeling 4 Lake Erie Railway, Wheeling
division first mortgage 3 pcr cent bonds que
,ul, 1925 Interest January aud Jny..... III y
s. 900 Missouri Pacific Railway ihiId aonssse ca
tended : per cent bonds. due July 1888. lhteissss
=, Msy Saa N T,s Western Railroad second mort
gsgo pr cert bonds due july. 1891 ih'fei{fi''
., JsasIfy go pski- Union Railway second mort
saFe a. pr cent bonds. due February Is-I' hi-
'sre' Nay ana r N9,,L .gd stamping Company sec,
and woftxsge q per cent bonds. due July l9-i
Interest JsgssD c snI JuY AXE sbor, collateral 81.
~, ccrt asserted registered ~ 7. Morgan a 20.
sF,,iee.ts. u depo,iU non 4 per cen bonds, aye
TIn5gsr,. 1895 Interest February and Aus@s! -
a, oeo peSria A Eastern Rsilwsy first consolidated
morssse per cent bond due April 1880 an ~
&, ' ooo cetral Nea England RAILWAY o;st MORTGAGE
Der cent bond. Pr.sip,l 5in CO due
i.s1 iSei interest Jsngs1 and Iqly ;.:I 70
sIsfes Associated Industias Corporate" o'inieSn
f4lO0 facll ........... -.
? sstsye. associated Industhsls Cooperation lie.
ferred $500 eact) .......'s. ''''-'''''
For account Of whom II may eoneern.
O. .bsres McNesl Edwards Company OF fslrpoit
Commit, Va 900 eSch): Tot ..... 49,. %, -
,,,-'t a rrceisers ~ Atlantic Phorphhc ahd ul'
cofpor .tou Ia following bls ~nd yT.gddhNd ,isa
Sei,ablr VIZ so 900 note q :. \ NHiu oa sSs
fte-,ohfr ~ 1919 demend. tefur q ~ ~
share preferred AID zoe shares ,omnos 10 eSe
zoe al Fiorids 6rsnge aud Truck Farm .0m-
many dated July J. 1914 due October l "a ,nio
ft,y.t fo,nsosi Elliott A Co. inc 49, ho.e
q, Florlda orange and Truck Fsrm IemPSn, ~
dated Jure Is rlt Due ssp,emesI ~ ~ ~ he ih
s dGIssa seooans s. 1913 r Meadows a..
eoan ooi 6 I Mssa0ss; 81 SIS T. o'; T. g
S S,.,,., ~ e0S So r. c Meadows Adams q
count 81 i2os / Green 'Ii.Ss ssss 81
Hsl..sre Fshsfies Trans. Co s's.s >.
UoHasily. sssiTI. o Adams . 81. ~ rsn'F :.
tou Bros 81. T. Matthews $3.50 SO
OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. INV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
Rudolph Ellis and George II. T
Martin. who resigned.

Rudolph Ellis and George II. b.
Martin, who resigned.
The committee on stock list of the
New York Stock Exchange Yesterday
admitted to the lis, $l6.639.S00 6 per
cent cumulative preferred stock. series
A. stamped. Of the American Smclt-
crs' Securities Company; $42l 500 com
mon stock Of the Crucible Steel Com
Ianv of America and S14.9s5. 200 Drc-
fcrrcd ana Sl65O6.S00 commol stock
Of the General Motors Company on
and after October !. on official notice
Of the issuance Of pcrmar ert enE-aved
certificates in exchange for voting trust
certificates for a like amour. OF bolh
common and preferred stock
J. Frank Howell has issued n brle.
discussion on The Brighter Railroad
Outlook" due to less radical legislatlo
and more equitable treatment by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Announcement is made by George W.
Linch. receiver Of the Second Avenue
Railroad Company. that holders of GER
tifcates Of Indebtedness of the -om-
pany may receive interest for the six
months ended September 80. 1915, ar
the annual rate Of per cent. upon
presentation Of holdings at the office
of the Guaranty Trust Company on
and after October J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
LOAN WILL BE
OVERSUBSCRIBED
Continued from page l

mand bills reacted to SAP. Franc
checks ended the day at 679 francs
TO tho dollar, compared with $3.50 on
Wednesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30

WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER %. 1915.

Y,
s55ssOO Tuesday
closed Total from January to date S5s7255OOO
4 256 5000in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
'N'tE WALL STREET NEWS

el.,. Ns ~ York. Ontario e. Western
= N company az the annual meet
~ y 'nspeAholders yesterday elected
'.s,s. raw a director. succeeding ID.
,nis barney. VINO resigned some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
TOPICS OF DAY
IN WALL STREET
Guesses on Sterling's New
Levels and Time of
Stability.
ANGLO-FRENCH LOAN
FINDS MUCH FAVOR
Higher Yield Expected to At
tract More lnvestors-Erie
Has It's Best August.

The proceeds of the 100000, 900
Anglo British loan. "a Lord Reading
announced, are TO be used in this coun-
try TO make il easy for our foreign
customers to buy freely here, through
making exchange rates more stable.
Anticipation Of some such arrange
ment has been the material force that
has carried the price of demand ster-
ling up from $3.50 in the pound, the
low rate touched early in the month.
Yesterday sight drafts in London
opened half cent in pound higher
than the final figures of the day before
at s4.72la ana rose TO S4.73, closing
at Sf72. In foreign exchange circles
opinions as to the levels at which ster-
ling Will be maintained varied widely.
In some quarters il was suggested
that the loan of Great Britain and
France mad been so long expected that
I already had carried rates UT to the
point where they could be held and
that there had been a sentimental
speculative rise beyond that Else
where steady stffening of sterling
rates TO around $3.50 was predicted,
with business at between that point
and S4.7S continued for some time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30

|sssin Nv York Coffee Exchange mem
ies.s.I " N. Sternberger has been
q ws, 49, i ey /. W. Milford. The price
~ 90. s':vOV, being $500 less than
y, rvsned IN The previous sale made
's.s,as. a bid Of $3.50 was made
'&sscs TOT a membership on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30

How long the funds placed at credit
Of our friends abroad will last for the
purpose for which they are intended
is a question for which it was hard
to get an answer in business hours.
The course of the war, the amount Of
gold to be shipped here, the possible
release of Russian grain and the eff
feet of Great Britain's next domestic
loan on English holders of our securi-
ties all have to be taken into consid-
Grafton. Generally it is felt that there
is no reason TO look for any large in
crease in shipments of merchandise
from Great Britain and France to our
shores while the war continues, and so
the balance in our favor on interna
tional movement of goods to be Offset
by other means will continue large.
Few cared to predict how long the
proceeds of the half billion loan would
continue to be counted among the off
sets. Guesses ranged from six to nine
months. Then. said some, the war
would be over, or at least near enough
TO decision to make further assistance
unnecessary. Others figured that we
would then take a second loan here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30

III CIV 9. Lloyd. Of Drexei & Co.
tssl,S Hs Y. Ingsrsoll have been
Nj directors Of the General As
Nphpsny. succeeding the late
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30
MUNICIPAL BONDS.

New Yorf Canal as
900 ...-.....ll0A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-30

The following securities were sold
Yesterday at auction at the Exchange
salesroom by Adrian II. Muller Son;
For sccoun, Of trustee IN bankruptcy Of Lsthrop
Hsskins Co.
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COAL RATES UNDER FIRE

Chicago, April 1l-Rcadjustment Of coal and coke rates, proposed by western railroads in the ''western advance rate" case, wgs argued to- day iu the Interstate commerce com, missions investigation. Large coal operators of Illinois, ohio, Indiana, Oklahoma and other middle western states opposed proposed rate in CreuScs.