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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-24
Financial Briefs

The Iron Age says: February is enjoy
ing heavier daily percentage of speclf-
cation on contracts than did January, a
condition reflected in a higher rate OF
operations of steel mills, and March will
be materially helped by the frutlon of
contracts Of quite some volume on which
figuring has been going on this month
Carnegie Steel Company Is operating at
65 per cent, of capacity, American Sheet
and Tin Plate Company, at 90 per cent
with independent tin plate makers rang
ing from 70 to nearly 100 per cent, and
plate mills of the United States Steel
Corporation, at Homestead, over rs per
cent.
The loss of more than $1,000, 900 in gold
resources of the 12 Federal Reserve banks
today was declared by DIR. H. Parker
Willis, secretary to the Federal Reserve
Board, to be due to gold movements aris.
ing from the dissolution of the 500, 600 O0t
gold pool. The pool was placed in the
hands of the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, which is acting as fiscal agent.
This bank was directed to distribute the
gold to the subscribers to the pool.
The following minimum prices were
established after the close today by the
New York Stock Exchange Committee to
take effect tomorrow Baltimore and
Ohio. 6S; New York, New Haven and
Hartford, 43: Seaboard Air Line prefer
red, 81; Southern Railway preferred, 43;
American Locomotive preferred 73.
Loose-Wiles Biscuit second preferred, 72;
Pressed Steel Car preferred, 9O Mackay
Company preferred. 60; Railway Steel
Spring preferred, s4; United Fruit. no.
. he
Leather Company WIS. Hoyt and G. w
Horton were elected directors. to sue
ceed Robert p. Payne and S. p. Davidge
Other directors reelected.
At a meeting OF directors of the
Chllds Company In New York today, no
action was taken on the common divi-
dend. Three months ago a dividend of
Ia per cent. was declared. The COM
pany declared the usual quarterly dvl-
dent of ia per cent on its preferred
stock, payable March 10 to stock of rec
ord March q
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com
pany. which previously has paid divi-
den1s once each year, announces that
hereafter dividends Will be paid quarterly.
The first quarterly dividend OF per cent.
will be paid March 1 to stock of record
February 90 Last November an annual
dividend of IL per cent. was paid.
New York banks lost SS6s,000 to the
subtreasury yesterday, and since last
Friday S2.05e.Ooo
Orders for seven locomotives for do
mestic service have been received by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works.
r. f. Kearney, first vice president of
the Texas and Pacific, who was recently
appointed co-receiver of the Waoash Rail-
road Company. has been elected president.
The dhectors have approved the plan to
sell s1,S45,OOO equipment trust certificates.
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DEMAND FOR EXPORT
SENDS GRAINS HIGHER
All Cereals Advanced in Chi
cago Pit-England Heavy
Buyer.

CHICAGO, Feb. ga continued export
demand for wheat from abroad. England
still being heavy buyer in the market
caused an advance in the price of all
grains at the opening of the Board OF
Trade today. In some instances commits
sion houses today refused to take orders
on May wheat, and in many caes are
urging those who have open trades to
close them, as orders are difficult to exc
cute. May wheat opened 2h cents above
the final OF yesterday at Sl55, while July
showed an advance of 1S cents at $1T.
On succeeding sales the prices OF both
classes went off a little, but they held
we'll The dominant factor in the market
is still the European situation.
The strength was not fully maintained
during the afternoon session and prices
went off from the high of the morning.
Closing quotations, however, were above
the final of yesterday. May closed
cents higher at I55at, while July ended
2S cents higher at $t.2sh.
Wheat in the United States east of the
Rockies decreased 2,445,00O bushels, west
of the Rockies decreased 10000 bushels
wheat in Canada decreased 1759.OO0
bushels, United States and Canada de-
creased 4,5i4OOO bushels. Europe and afloat
increased 100000 bushels, America and
Europe decreased t,914,OO0 bushels. Corn
increased 1,362,O00 bushels, oats decreased
$4,000 bushels.
Reports today show that 900 bushels
of wheat and 100000 bushels of corn and
100000 bushels of oats were sold at
seahoard yesterday for export with
France a heavy buyer of corn.
Steps are being taken by the Austrian
Government to plant large acreage for
spring wheat. There Is very little NOV
ing of Russian wheat on account OF
frequent snow storms. Conditions for
farm work and wheat sowing in the low
lands of the United Kingdom are con
sidered unfavorable, due to heavy rain
falls,
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NEW YORK CURB
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

Continental Can Company. regular quarterly
1% per cent. preferred. payable AprH TO
stock OF record March 20.
Freeport Gas Company, regular quarterly IA
per cent. on preferred. payable March 1 to
stock OF record February 2S.
California Railway and Power Company, reg
ular quarterly 1X per cent. on prior preferenee
stocks. payable April l to stock OF record
March 90
ia per cent on preferred and y OF per cent.
on common, 10th payable April l TO stock OF
record March 10.
Chicago Telephone Company regular quar-
tsrly 81 payable March 81 10 stock OF record
March 80.
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DAIRY PRODUCTS

BUTTER,-The market was dun, except
for strictly fine goods. which were in fair de-
mand and steady. Quotations. Western fresh,
solid-pesIked creamery fancy speeialss 3dc.
seconds. 26d2sc; ladle- packed, 2ia23c., us TO
quality: nearby prints. fancy, BIC; do. aver
age extra, 34c; do, hrsts, 30d32c.; do, sec
onds, 2aa2sc. special brands of prints jobbing
EGGS.-Demand more active and the
market ruled firm at the late decline. Quota
tions: In free cases. nearby extra, 2Bc. per
nearby current receipts, ST,0o per case; West
ern, extra hrsts. SI.2e per case; do, firsts.
fancy selected candled fresh eggs were jobbed
out at 2SG30c. per doz.
CHEESE-There was n fair export de-
mand and values steadily held under
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LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-HoGs - Receipts,
sG9O2 s2G Market sSS sSSd hssS hSsSy sS S4
81 rough hesvy 50 15a6aSi iiE9i. So $sSSs0 Ss
sf $685. %nrkot SHh strong g
Ioe; hiGhsr:: ::o Beeves, S5.5o@s.s5; cows and and
T.50; Texans. S525QB50: calves S761o.S0.
SHEEP-Recelpts. 1000 - Market firm. 19c
higher. Native and Western, S6.I08T .60
lambs S775d93O.
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Du POnt Powder Extra Divids,d

WILMINGTON. Del. Feb. 2i.-The ~
du Pont de Nemours Powder comnanv
today declared a regular ouartsr,,, A.,
ueha or per cent. and an extra diviSa,d
oI l per cent. on the common stocis
paya6le March Is TO stock of record
~ Also a regular quarterly dividend ~
at ~ per cent; I. on the preferred stock, nav
'"'o 1Aprli 20 TO stock Of record April Isl
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COTToN PRICES HIGHER

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.--After a steady open
ING 10 4 points above last nights close, the
cotton market became unsettled this morning
and sold OF 20 new low point for ne move Hf
at the end OF the hrst 10 minutes OF trading
some Of the foreign houses buying and some
OF them selling. The big locals were large
orders which came out on the way down.
Closing prices were 10 points higher all way
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CHANGES AT AUCTION
Commercial Trust Declines, While
Market Street Advances.

In tOdRy's auction sale of securities
some sharp advances and declines were
recorded. Market Street Title and Trust
Company advanced 231s TO 6s1s Southwark
National Bank rose TO 1861.
on the other hand, Finance Company
of Pennsylvania declined 3 to 1O5, Com
mercial Trust Company IT and 17lk. to
3S5ls and 3S5. respectively.
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PROVISIONS

The market quiet and without Important
change. Quotations; City beef in sets, smoked
smoked, 2502ec.. do. city beef. knuckes and
tenders, smoked and air-dried, 2Ta2sc; do.
2JJSc228Sss ], beef hags ,sSiaS2;, pork. family
1879 do, skinned loose, i5Is6l2Sic. 10, DO.
smoked, l3hg19Ac; other hams, smoked. city
cured, 70 brpnd and average, 140DtAl5c.; do,
Western cured, 14G14iso.; do boiled, bone
loss, leHgCe picnic shoulders, 9 p. cured
IN pickle, according to average loose, 1870
l4c.; breakfast, bee9n, as 70 brand and aver
i!gisc. lard Western, refined. tierces. lla
lthc.; do do, tubs, 11dllHo.i do. pure city.
city. kettle rendered. In tubs. 11m1lAc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-24
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Tradlng was quiet
ana the coffee market closed weak. Losses OF
to points were made. Futures follow.
pOday's Today's Yes day 3
LONDON TRADING QUIET
Heaviness in American Shares; In
vestment Issues Easier.

LONDON. Feb. 2i.-Trading in securi-
ties was quiet today. The tone of gilt
edged investment issues was easier, espe-
cially Canadian Pacific descriptions, which
were affected by reports of further finan-
cling. Home rails were confused. There
was paid in dividends. yesterday and to-
day, e3,0OO,OO0.
Heaviness characterized trading in
Americans, influenced by declines in New
York. and the exchange situation. Bra
zilians were offered. Russians showed
irregularity. Rubber shares improved in
sympathy with the staple
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RAILROAD EARNINGS
I.oUIsYILLH ANp NAsHYIILE.
Injunction Halls R. R. Merger

NEW YORK. Feb. .2l-A preliminary In
ttnetioa IN ne ssit erseglt ~ John scott
the merger and consolidation 81 the New York
and Aerism, hsiife4a ,t ,,onHany snd th9 New
pany Or any Hucceasor "a the latter corpora
don. has hean granted bY Judge Housh.
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DIVIDENDS
Office Of THE c. ii. GEIsT conIP1Sy
Land Title BuIIdinS AM

,,, Fhiladelphia, Pa. February or tats
Lhe directors of Freeport Gas ComnS,,v
diyidend rG's ~ day & declared regular quartsriy
on the preferred stock OF the c.omnsn,t y, 7s.sl ~
81 n6Id payable March 1. 1915, 10 holds.
80 Us san "a STOCK OF record at the close OF buai
'es" TINS uAte' checks viii be mailed
z. II. WEAK, Secretary
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GRAIN Ann FLnI1R

wHEAT.-Receipts, 79.2et bush. There
was n fair export demand, and with stronger
outside ndvlces prices advanced 20. Quota
spot and February 81. 56a1 OF; No red West.
ern. Si6id1.66; No. ] Northern Dluth, Sl.8i
al so.
CORN. Receipts, &c. ,eei bush Prices OF
export deliveries advanced ic. under higher
western adyioes, but trade was quiet. Quota
tons; Car lots. n export elevato5-No. y spot
end February, 7IaIsc.; steamer, T5hqI61sc
No q. I4hGI6i5c, Car lots for LOCAL trade as
70 locaton-No. yellow. S0aSlc.; steamer
yellow, 7gds0c.; No. 3 yellow. I08Isc. sam
pie, yellow, 70a74c.; new cob, per 20 lbs, 50
oATs.-Receipts, 1882 bush The mar
tlons: No, 2 white 69lSa0ic,: standard white
62Mq63o; No. white, 62a62iac,
. RYE was dulet and steady. We quote at
elevator, and at Si.15a1.iI Tor small lots OF
nearby grain IN bags.
FIOUR,--Recepts, 1865 bbls, and e40, $50
lbs, In sacks. Demand was slow and values
we're largely nominal. Quotations per 1896
siTarsp 7S% a, WSntGT Sd ele0s gs4Sa o a5 dq
ss3s sa straishtt Syte- Eocks SI@I25 Do, patent
@L GS; do, fayorte brands, $I,ISass19; city
mills, regular grades-winter. clear S913dI;
do. straight. s797.26; do patent. S725d75O.
RYE FLOUR sold slowly but ruled steady
under moderate offerings. We quote nearby
and Western, In wood, at STd7.25 per bbl.. as
to quality.
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REFINED SUGARS

List prices we're steadily held, but trade was
quiet Refners list prices: Standard gran
ulated, $50. fine granulated, 5T5c. powdered,
0.S5c., confectioners A. 5.65c. soft grades,
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BANK CLEARINGs
GOVERNMENT BONDS
NO ALLIED LOAN yFT

LOhpoN, Heb- a. Announcement ha- hssn
made ~ tna GQFalnulCni tHat fhsrs n ~ -
tention ~ EHs 70 neas n laInt nilIsI' iosz -
hnanee thG eaaiI flai<l, "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-24

LONDON Feb z4-Stafemauls were u1ada
TO-DAY tha1 Canadian lQau q efuqanuo
lt2a .QQaa had been plaesd VITA ayualeaio
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Feb. 24.-A steAdier tone de-
lel0ped IN the foreign exchange market after
he opening. IN the late afternoon trading
Iterling rates rallied. advancing y from the
,psnins asurea Rates follow;
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SALES AT AUCTION

The following securities we're sold at auction
today by Barnes Lorand;
Book accounts OF VIM II, PetermAn. $50
0 shrs. Phila IT., Dep. & Ins. Co.,
10 shTs' gsl Old od COLON; B. l. XssO., '-o
aist series ...,...,..,.s....,...,. 80 @ - 1850
eiety, par s6o.,.......,..:.::., lot
shrs. Yineland ny Co.., par 500. lot
4o shrs, Geo 4 I,9 Ella Ry Co pref;;;.;i zoe,
shrs. Commonwealth T. Ins. & TT,
Co., par 500. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 235
shrs. Phlla. Elec, Co. ...,..,......., 23A
Is shrs. Southwark Nat Bk.. par 500. 1861
o. gd d pref par 500. ..,''.-. @ 100
5000 ERIE & Pitts. r. r. Co, 3k per
cent, general mortgage, coupons
Jan and July, due 1910. ........... SIS
1000 Ailehgeny Val. Ry. CO., per cent.
general mortgage, coupons March
and September que l942. ,.,..'..;; oih
loan May and Nov, due 1916.,,. osB
shrs. Commercial II, Co, par S1OO.. 1854
shrs. Commercial II. Co, par 400. 3s5
5 shrs Market 81. r. & Tr. Co.. par
$50 tS25 paidll =: 80. .,,co. ss99h
3 shrs West End Tr Coz. par 800. 165
100 shrs camden Fire Asso., par 81. II
shrs. ches. Hill r.. r. Co., par $50. 81
5 shrs. Little Sehuylkill NaviE r. r.
a Coal Co, par $50. O..,,......-..... 81
100 shTs, Buffalo & susquehanna R. r.
20 shrs SS. hsyisafiorid Lana s IMP Co. on
3 shrs. German Theatre Realty Co.
shrs RS fbiia Life ins.. .... 10
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NEW YORK METAL MARKFT

NbN YORK. Feb. 24-The metal market
WAS tnchanEed today ErGlfnr. 37cH4a zoo !
isad. 4seas SOC; IN. 2l.5o1Sse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-24

Total sales today PAL. 100 shares. compared
with 2227Sl shares yesterday sales this week
463,S81 shares; last week 1,040,6S4 shares.
IDx dividend In New York today. American
Smelling and Refining Company. per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-24
BAR SILVER

NEW YORK, Feb a4-In London today har
silver declined LIED, to 22Hd. per ounce.
New York commercial was quoted at 4sise.
per ounce. or Ae.
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1880 to IL A. M.
II to 1880 A. M.


% Phila Flee, 2aTs 600 Cam Steel. 80. Al
e5 York Rgy;. q 10 Am Rwy pr. 100
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-24

PHTLADELPHIA MARKETS

moderate o0er,pgs oac,s,on.. NJ x..s
do Soir r. gond 'iie ,a,t = Snoice Co.
iSii sfisi5e AZ rert -s,,, oSs Sss,so mAAe
potIITpy
rYvr -, ,--. -,
,.1dosst ei, ile niAlket ruled steady under
stp9ie sd ros, stock 2uo,tationsi Fowls isisaitto
~ ,n1oosie5s' ilgllAc.i chickens, soft meated.
6gefis 6gsii, io@i7c geese 12qieo suinees ss =
par 33d5bc DO Young, Der nsyp 5o9s5c Per
., DksEs,sED;-The s',s market quiet and prices
tons; Fresh-killed fowls, ~ to box. dry
picked and dry.packed, selected, heavy. teI5c.;
Weighing 4Ul lbs apieoe, fTi5c.; do 3h fbn
apiece. iBlhVlfc; do, lbs. apiece, f5isdiec
90, under 3 lbs apiece, it@t5c Fowls, bbis
dry-picked and dry packed, Western. 4mB lbn
apiece, no.. do. do, 3A lbs, 15Me3f6c.; do.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-24

Penna ...... 52as 81 u G I....... 81
222So Cam Steal. ,a Peasua ,,-,.. 81
4 i'sAain- '''' rsooSps.
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1gv9 hey lei 4At os-s.s.s'.- ...-.......- 93h
W 81 caRbria steel scrip i6ii i...... i......,.., ca
a0sssss So ssssssssssss 90
6S Observation-Disclosures. 96
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12 to 1880 p. NJ.
1880 to 1 P. M.
AZ. l1rs g. 40
l to 1870 p. N.

2 TO 2:30 p. NJ.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-24
Local HaLf-hOurIy Sales
10 to 1890 A. M.

800 Philadelphia Electric 5s............1o1la
IL Cav bria Steel scrip 1917. .,.,...... 90
200 Philadelphia Elecrlo 4s............, so
1000 Lehigh Navigation cons 4Iss...... 9aas
156 Cambria Steel scrip 1917. .......... 06
B27 Philadelphia Co scrip 1918. ....-.,. so
5000 City "a 1941 registered. ......,....,. 1OoSs
Newark post., 1915-03-03
College Notes

Mr.. VIM. j. Boston, Acting Su-
perintendent of Apprentices, of the
Westinghouse Machine Company,
visited the college last Friday. He
gave an interesting talk before the
students in mechanical and electri-
cal engineering, explaining in de-
tail the work of the student appren-
ticeship course at the Company s
works, at East Pittsburgh. He il.
Illustrated his remarks with lantern
slides, which gave an excellent idea
of the nature Of the practical train
ing which the Company gives it's
student engineers. The student ap-
premiership course covers two
years, and Mr.. Boston stated that
the variety Of the experience gained
by a young man in that time ex-
ceeds that which the ordinary man
would acquire in ten years. The
course is designed to be post grad
uate course i'll practical work for
graduates Of technical schools.
Mr.. Boston spoke to the students
in the highest terms Of the work of
Mr.. ID. R. McNeal, a Delaware
graduate, who is now with his COM
Ipany.
Newark post., 1915-03-03
Fined for Abandon
ing Old Horse

Sterling Lockerman, a young
man living on South Chapel street,
was arrested on Monday on a war;
rant charging him with cruelty
abandoning a sick horse to die in a
field north Of town on Saturday
night with the thermometer far be-
low freezing. The horse lay out all
night and was nearly frozen. Sun
day afternoon it was mercifully
killed by order of the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Ami
mails. Locherman was prosecuted
by Harlan H. Curtis, a member of
the Society, before Squire Lovett,
who fined him s. and costs, mini
mum fine, because Of the man s con-
dition.
Newark post., 1915-03-03

fourteenth birthday. The young
folk pronounced the evening mer-
ry one. Among those present were
Mary Dempsey, Alma Dunlevy,
Sara Lovett, Ethel Lovett, Mar
garet Doyle, Anna Sanborn, Eliza
beth McNeal, Elizabeth Knight,
Kathryn Boyce, Ruth Brown, Leah
Poole, Howard Reed, Lyman Reed,
Royal Sanborn, Leo Moore, Paul
Moore, Joseph Moore, George
Mitchell, Vernon knight, Harvey
BOyce, Earl Lindell, Norman
Tweed, George Tweed, Alfred Ew-
ng, Rossiter Wanamaker, and John
Doyle.
Newark post., 1915-03-03
MARKET BILL
PASSES HOUSE

Continued from page y
to it, but that counts for little. They
often seem to oppose each other, if
you follow their doings in the news
papers,"
Representative Rash submitted
communications from Mayor Har-
rison w. Howell and the City Coun-
Gil of Wilmington opposing the bill.
City Councilman Draper Of Will
Newark post., 1915-03-03

mington was given the privilege of
the floor and he called attention to
the provisions Of the Evans bill,
where it states in the first section
that there shall be but two markets,
namely, farmers market, and
truckers market. Mr.. Draper con-
tended that this would cut out both
the fish market and the Jersey mar
ket, both Of which were very i'm
portant to the people of Whining
ton. He further contended that
there had been no charge against
the present clerk of the market rel
atlve to the allotment of spaces and
that in the past the farmers them
selves had willingly paid for the
choice spaces in the markets. He
aid Council was opposed to the bill,
because it would take away from
that body some Of it's authority over
the markets. He also explained that
there was now bill in the House
to give Council authority to enforce
the law relative to the farmers hav-
ing their wagons off the street at a
specified time.
Representative Webster of Bran
dyWine hundred stated that he had
been going to the Wilmington mar
kets for years and told of an
instance when a space that he had
been occupying was rented to him
and another man at the same time.
lie recalled some history in connec-
ton with the Wilmington farmers
markets of more than 30 years ago
and said it was abuses against the
farmers at that time that brought
about the enactment Of the present
laws which govern the markets. In
conclusion Mr.. Webster said it was
admitted that some Of the farmers
are not doing ri ght and it was also
true that some of the clerks of the
market had not done right, al
though he had no fault to find with
the present clerk.
In speaking Of the bill that Mr..
Draper referred to, relative to
living Council power to enforce GER
tain laws, Representative Evans
said: eff this thing is put through
God help the farmer.
Representative Dickey, a mer-
chant at Stanton, said that while
the Wilmington markets hurt his
business, yet he was for this bill, as
he realized it was necessary for the
farmers to have some protection.
Representative Downward stated
that after carefully considering the
bill he had arrived at the conclusion
that it was taking out Of the hands
of Council control of the markets
which they should have. Speaking
of the claim that some of the farm
rs have to pay exorbitant prices for
spaces, Mr.. Downward stated that
if anything farmers at the commit
tee hearing had confessed that they
had given bribes. He also stated
that if any clerk had made unrea-
sonable charges it must have been
beyond the memory Of man, as none
of the farmers seemed to be able to
name any particular clerk who did
o. He also commented on a remark
Of Julian G. Walker, who drew the
Newark post., 1915-03-03
ENIGMA NO. u

| am composed of II letters.
My 1O-7-169, building, behead
get-crabbed, peevish;
My 3-14-11-1, in a scattered state,
behead and get-a measure;
My 13-2-6-12, an inclination from
the level, behead and get-an in
sect;
My 4-15-S-17, connected with a
ship, behead and get-a fish;
My 5, a vowel;
My whole, is the name of one who
served well.