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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
NEW BRITISH NOTES
NOW ON EXCHANGE
Price May Be Quoted in Six
teenths, a New Departure.

The per cent notes representing
the S25O,0OO,000 British loan recently
sold publicly by the syndicate headed
by J. p. Morgan & Co. will be traded
in on the Stock Exchange beginning
to-day. They were listed by the gov
erning committee at a special meeting
yesterday afternoon.
With the admission OF these notes
for the first time in the history OF the
exchange, security may be quoted in
fractions as low as a sixteenth. As the
ticker tape has never before recrsded
transactions below an eighth, the des-
ignation OF sales in the British SIS will
be by the use of a period. For ex-
ample, II block OF the notes changes
hands at 80 lie it will be shown thus,
9g.l. A sale at SO 3-l6 would be 1913.
The commission on dealings in the
notes was fixed at a thrty-second Of
| per cent. This rate was permitted
by tho section of the Stock Exchange
constitution which says the commits
sion on notes Of foreign countries hav-
ing two years or less TO run may be
determined by the committee on admis.
sions, with the approval OF the govern
ing committee.
When the thrce-year per cent notes
of the American Foreign Securities
Corporation, representing the 500, 900
goo loan TO France. were listed the
commission was fixed at sixteenth.
In the case of the Anglo-French 5s the
commission is a matter of agreement
between the broker and customer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
PASSING FROM
WAR TO PEACE
Germany Eevising Transi-
ton Plans, Dating from
the ArmiStice.
Berlin, August II.

Berlin, august r..
While preparations are made for the
necessary measures to continue the
war the German government is begin
ming TO look forward TO the time when
the country shall be under peace con-
ditions once more. Il is considered GER
tain here that as soon as an armlstlce
has been arranged and the negotiations
for a permanent peace are begun enor-
nous activity will be the feature of the
economic life Of the country.
The view prevails here that once the
instruments OF war are laid down, even
only temporarily, no nation will desire
70 take them up again, no matter how
difficult the problems arising in the
peace negotiations shall be. This fact
being considered assured, the German
government has created Bureau for
the Transition Period Between War
and Peace Conditions" which IS
charged with probably the hardest task
any such organization ever was con
fronted with. These are some Of the
principal functions of the bureau;
Cd To provide raw material for Ger
man manufacturers without their be
ing forced to paw enhanced prices
which would certainly follow if they
were to bid against each other;
(2) To facilitate the export to for
eign countries;
80 To take care OF the labor ques-
ton directing returning soldiers to
places Of employment and providing
employers with efficient help;
lp Draw up temporary laws to ia
cilitate the attainment Of these and
similar objects.
One Of the most prominent practical
economists Of Germany, Senator Stha-
MGR, of Hamburg, has been appointed
the chief Of this bureau. He has been
civil governor Of Antwerp since the
cif,. was takon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

not be enough German trade left to
bother about. That remains to be
demonstrated.
For the Allies deliberately to per-
sist in the shaping Of this policy IS
to pursue a dangerous course. a
Wall Street banker Of deep wisdom,
himself an ardent upholder of the
Allied cause, has said that the out
come would be either to force the
United States into preferential trade
relations with Germany or into
trouble With Great Britain.
Fortunately, there is some saving
thought in Great Britain. Lord
Bryce was recently one among a
number of eminent Englishmen to
sign public statement, saying; I'VE
reject as wholly false and dishonest
the idea that either the economic
laws or the rules of arithmetic and
common sense are altered by circum-
stances-that trade after the war
will be something quite different
from what it was before, that hence
forth bureaucracy and red tape will
become good substitutes for the in
dustrial energy and business ability
by which our wealth and commerce
have been built up in the past This
opinion, however, is in the minority.
The government, by the Paris Reso-
lutions, is already committed and
popular feeling is behind it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

There now is no doubt that the
limits of capacity have been touched
il: most directions, at least, in the IN
dustrial fields, yet no one can say
that profits, for that reason, are
limited. For once it is not safe to
assume that a further rise in prices
will reduce the aggregate of con-
sumption. There is a customer to
whom prices are no object. The
goods must be had at any cost. That
customer is war. Every individual
buyer in the world is in competition
with war for the goods of life, and
though individuals may, by reason OF
the rise in prices, diminish their
wants, the demands Of war 90 on in
creasing at an incredible rate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
Ch,c.vo and North Western Raliss

NOTICE OF ANNUAL n = -. NJ -
The Annual Meeting % the s, ,,s,s 81
q, m. chicago and North W,s,.' sss
way COMPANY viii be held At M soS 80,
the company 2?s West Jackson On On ~
In tho CITY Of Chicago. lllinoits. %,
day. october 10. 1915. A. ,,,.,sctors 3
A NJ. for tho election OF ,,,.rss
the transaction OF such otnr -.
may f,a Ict books viii be closed on o., ~
s.ptemher Is. 1915. at the close ., % r
on thst day. and viii be reopeh''
day, October 20. 1915. -.
Dated. September !. lele, p,,sts;'
RICHARD II. ASH -,
Holm ID. Caldwell, So
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
BRITAIN INCREASING
HER EXPORT TRADE
August Shipments Were Larger
BY f15,2S1, 900.

London. Sept. Figures given out to-
day by the British Board of Trade for
the month Of August show that imports
during the month were increased by
e6,716,OO0, while the exports were in
creased by fl5,2sl 900.
The principal increases in imports
we're cotton, 100000. and oils. seeds
and fats, f2,25O,0O0.
The export increases were made up
principally Of manufactured articles
OF these cotton textiles increased 49,
600 900, iron and steel f2,500,00 and
coal 81 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
FINANCIAL MEETINGS
CHICAGO, SAINT Paul: NM
Am OMAHA RAILWAY "

NOTICE OF ANNUAL ~ =. -
The Annual Meeting o. me 800,
OF the Chicago. Saint Paul Pm 4. b
and Omaha Railway COMPANY 20. ~
at the Once OF the COMPANY, in o,--,oss' f.
Hudson. Wisconsin. on FRIDAY, ~. 80
1915. ~ nine O'Clock 4. VI. iol !, .
OF directors and the trans~o tt-,s,, .
meeting - a. "
Transfer books will 30 elo,,n ccs
day, September IS. 1915. a. ~ rsc,,s
business on that day, and w
on Saturday. October 81 lslo'
Dated, September Z, 1910 ,..,,Is,.
JAMES 7. CLAIM.
John ID. Caldwell. secret"I~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
Money and Credit.

Rates of money on call at the Stock
Exchange remained unchanged. Some
loans were made at pa per cent, but
the prevailing rate was 3 per cent.
The supply of time funds on brokers
Stock Exchange collateral was sufficient
to meet requirements and rates did not
move. Business is Of moderate volume
end IS chiefly confined to six months
loans on both mixed and industrial col
lateral. Rates for mixed loans are pa
as per cent for sixty days, 303A per
cent for ninety days. 3it@3i2 per cen'
for four months, 3i403@, per cent for
five and six months.
Commercial Paper. The easier ten
dencv is still in evidence in the com
nercial paper market. Rates continue
to range 3i2H4 per cent. but the vol
umc Of moving at the lower figure rs
increasing. The total turnover is small.
owing principally to the limited offer
ings.
Official rates OF discount at each OF
the twelve Federal districts are as
follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
Sub-Trcasury-Ncw York banks 10.
o The Snb-Treasurv s5.645.OOO.

70 ne SuO- TeasuTN H0,0F''V0V.
Silver. Bars in London. 80 5-l6
pence. Bars in New York. 677s cents.
Mexican dollars. 52'sN0 55as cents.
Bank Of England.-The weekly state
mcnt shows Q decrease in gold coin and
bullion holdings Of sS55,693. Proportion
Of reserve to liabilities is now 1855 per
cent. against 24.91 last week, 26.l5 Au-
gust 25. 2711 August II, and 2705 Au-
gust 10. The highest percentage thus
far in 1916 was 1859, in the week end
ing June s; the lowest, 2095. on Jan
unrv 6. PRINCIPAL changes are as fol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

French exchange continues to dis
play marked strength. Yesterday franc
cables. at 5.S7a4, stood at the best fig
ure in recent months. German ex-
change closed without much change
after early weakness. Russian rubles
were frmer while no change was noted
in sterling bills.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

Inc above rates express the cost OF
foreign money in terms of the Ameri-
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling for s4.75ij; the intrinsic par
ity is s4.S6Ss per pound. THUS, you
say either that pounds are at a dis
count or that dollars are at premium.
which is owing to the fact that m Eng
land the demand for dollars with which
to settle accounts in this country is
greater than the demand in this coun-
try for pounds with which TO settle
accounts in England.
II you calculate the cost of the dol
lar in terms OF foreign money-that
is, as II you were buying dollars with
pounds, marks or francs-its value
Yesterday and year :go would be
about as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
LEGAL NOTICE.

STATE OF NEW YORK. OF s
TrE SECRETARY Oh SS 81 rs,
IT Is HEREBY GER lir ~ Sss:
trademark "GEAhbASh. 49, plscse
Finch Company, ~ss tnls nsinal pa,
business OF said COMPANY vsns,s'
CITY county and state o. Ns IN. ~
WITNESS my hand ana W, sfst.
offics Of tho secretary . tsr,
lSeal1 the city Of Albany ,hanssss y
day OF August. one INV
c. W. TAFT, a ~
S>oaad DEPUTY Secretary :"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

the duration of the war. Everybody
is aware of that. 1t makes it all
the more exciting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
HUGE AUGUST
STEEL OUTPUT
u. S. Corporations Earn
ings for Month Estimated
at $33,000,000.

The output of steel ingots by the
United States Steel Corporations sub
salaries in August is estimated APP
proximately at 100000 tons, indi-
eating a production of 100000 tons Of
rolled steel products. Shipments are
estimated TO have been approximately
100000 tons, or slightly more than in
July. The orders booked in August
are said to have exceeded shipments
by possibly 100000 tons. 1t is notable
that while the average rate of produc-
tion of steel by the various steel com
panles last month was less than in
July, still the total production was
greater because Of the larger number
of working days last month. The net
earnings of the United States Steel
Corporation in August, based upon
shipments of 100000 tons, are esti-
mated to have been $33,000000, exceed
ing the July earnings by $500 900,
according 20 trade estimates. 1t will
be recalled that the net earnings in
June were at the rate of S2l.65 a ton.
The large increase in July and August
is based upon the expiration Of num-
Der of low priced contracts with the
end of June and the higher prices Sc
cured on the heavy export tonnage.
The Russian government has placed
an additional contract for about $4,000
tons of barbed wire with the largest
domestic manufacturers for shipment
over the last quarter of this year. The
French government. through local
agents, has closed for 1880 Of fye-inch
I-beams, and is about to exercise an
option on 10000 tons more one and a
talf to two inch angles. J. p. Morgan e.
Co. also have plac d orders for several
thousand tons more of brass rods. wire
and sheets with New England and
other Atlantic Coast manufacturers.
making total export contracts for
about $4,000 tons brass placed since
August /. Eastern Pennsylvania mills
report an urgent inquiry for $4,000
tons Of siX-Inch bars for the manu-
facture Of war munitions abroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has distributed orders for bridge work
calling for $500 tons OF structural
steel, nearly all Of which has gone to
Independent shops, the American
Bridge Company receiving an order for
only a few hundred tons. The Pitts
burgh & Erie Railroad Company has
given an order for a bridge to be con-
structed over Beaver River. requiring
500 tons of steel. to the American
Bridge Company. The Chesapeake e.
Ohio has asked tenders on a number
of small bridges requiring 700 tons Of
steel and the New Haven Is in the
market for bridge work which will re-
quire ! 300 tons Of structural shapes.
In August railroad bridge contracts
placed chilled for $4,000 tons of struc-
tural steel, compared with 1900 tons
in the preceding month and 10000 tons
in August. 1915.
Car builders in August booked con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

British Columbia is now producing
copper at the rate of S20,000,000 per
annum, on the basis of l30,000,000
pounds, or about 80 per cent more than
was produced in l9la,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

Below is gwen the current exchange
value Of foreign money IN dollars and
cents, together with the intrinsic gold
parity as calculated by the United
States Mint:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

Car builders in August booked con-
tracts for $4,000 cars, including 1000
cars for Russia, which will be built by
the Bettendorf Axle Company. Several
other foreign orders also were taken
earlier in the month, mainly for ex-
port to Cuba. II is interesting to note
that the August contracts were the
largest of any month since March, and
that the orders placed called for
900 tons of steel in various
forms, $4,000 tons OF which have been
placed with the steel mills in the last
two weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08
Finance Economics

GARET GARRETT, Editor
WALL STREET OFFICE:
Mills Building, 10 Broad St
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

Bank Exchanges. The days clear
ings at New York and other cities:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

The detailed statement compares as
follows with the same week year ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

Bank Of France.-Thc weekly state
ment shows the following changes:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

Teleph one:
Hanover 65l4.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

The above rates express the cost OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-08

s.oaad Deputy secretary o.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-16
Blockadino Neutral Ports.

Springfield, Mass, Republican: Tho
blockade Of the neutral port" is
contradiction in terms, whatever 1t
may be in fact. A blockade is an act
Of war; even a pacific blockade" was
acknowledged to be that by the British
government in the Venezuela case
dozen years ago. If a neutral port be
blockaded in the present war, the
blockading power gives the blockaded
power a perfect casus belli, and only
hopelessly weak nation would sub
nit to such an attack upon it's sover-
eighty and dignity. The United
States never furnished a precedent
for the blockade of neutral port:
Matamoras, Mex, IN the civil war was
not blockaded as Chief Justice Chase
declared in the Peterhof case II
Great Britain now proposes to impose
a war blockade On neutral ports, she
will invite no end of trouble and
strain the patience Of the United
States to the uttermost
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-16
SPADE AND WHIP
WERE THE WEAPONS
Laborer Who Was Befriended by
Real Estate Man, Strikes at
Him When Rebuked.

J. A. Roberts, local real estate man,
and q laborer by the name of Frank
Gabriel, came to blows this afternoon
when Roberts rebuked him for not
digging well as Mr. Roberts said the
man had promised to do. Mr. Roberts
had expected the man to come for
several days to dig the well, and when
he found him working ON the streets,
he rebuked him.
Gabriel, Roberts said, owed him
some rent, and that Roberts had
strike him. the instT1lme nt hitting him
on the shoulder. Roberts grabbed a
buggy whip out of his buggy and de-
Tended himself with this. aaaE
Gabriel, it is said, owed Mr.. Rob-
erts some rent, and that Roberts had
been helping him along, and was ready
to cancel the debt if the man would
dig a we'll.
This the man agreed to do, Mr.. Rob-
erts said, but failed to show UP when
he promised he would and that was
what caused the real estate man to
repuke him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-16
ADJUSTMENTS.

Arthur Shattuck Camps In the Sahara
Fretful neighbors have often been
known to assign the assiduous piano
student in the next apartment to
Timbuctoo, but few have gone.
Whether Arthur Shattuck was call
ed'' for disturbing the peace of the
streets of Cairo is not stated. How
ever, records show that he did get
up one morning, after living in said
city for two months, close the lid Of
his grand piano, give it into the GUS
tody of eight husky Arabs and one
condensed milk and a few more Of
sardines, and betake himself on the
back of another camel, to distant
and lonely corner Of the great Sahara
desert. Here, in the shade of shell
tering palm, the piano was again set
on its legs, the camels were turned
out to Craze, the Arabs were sent for
a bucket of water, and Mr.. Shattuck
sat down, happily conscious that he
was disturbing no one, and practiced
enough scales to carry him through
the season This account is entirely
as there are photographs
of the expedition still eXtant, the
pianist seated on a knobby camel,
by his faithful train, with
the solitary palm tree in the back
ground,-the sardines in his pocket,
no doubt. Moreover, it is said, ad-
additional evidence, that when he
came a few weeks later, to play be-
fore audiences in Cairo; and Alexan-
dria, he was terribly sunburnt.
yertisement. %F&7E
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-16
TIRED ALL THE TINT

1t is good to feel tired sometimes. when
you nave exercised sufficiently to canse a
healthful feeling of fatigue. e
put, you should be refreshed bv rest.
"A tlfed feeling that does not disappear
Even alter nights sleep is abnormal.
" means that you are anemic or debiIi-
.ated, that you need la tonic to build YOU
a ana tortify your system against such
q condition. If you do not YOU are in
xltlng disease because thin blood means
mat the body's defense against the in
ROADS 0: disease is lowered.
INN blood is largely the sufferers own
Iauit' 1t results from neglect, because
the blood can be built up. DR.. Williams
FINK Pills supply the elements that the
oiood needs to make it rich and red and
20 enable 1t to carry more oxygen. Build
ing up the red portion of the blood ia
SIMPLE but because thin blood does not
call attention to itself is often neglected
Have you seriously considered taking a
course OF treatment with these Blood
making pills? If you are in doubt write
for information. "-N'o
Your own druggist sells DR.. Williams
Pink Pills or they will be sent by mail.
postpaid, on receipt of price so cents ner
box; SIX boxes $3.50 by the Dr.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Writs
now Tor the free booklet "Building IN
The Blood ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-16
UNDERTAKEN WAS
ENJOYING BANQUET
When Police Arrested Him for Muir
dering His Wife, to Which He
Has Confessed.

limited Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-After telling
one of the most remarkable stories
ever heard by the police, of how he
killed his wife because she was scold-
ing him, embalfited her body, forged
death certificate and buried her,
Harry Schroeffel, an undertaken, was
to be formally charged win murder
today.
Schroeffel, according to his own
confession, killed his wife, December
20. He was arrested last night while
attending banquet.
According to- the police. Schroeffel
declared he had asked his wife not
to talk so loud during an argument.
She refused and he put his hand over
her mouth and his arm about her
neck, holding her. She fell to the
floor. Schroeffel went to bed. The
next morning. said Sch1 oeffel, Il
found her body where she had fallen.
Rigor, mortis had set in. l embalmed
her so an autopsy would not show the
cause of death. I then filed in the
death certificate, giving the cause as
lobar pneumonia. / sent death no
tees to newspapers, conducted her
funeral and saw her put in grave. l
was certain no one knew anything
about it,
Schroeffel was arrested as the re-
suit of an anonymous letter telling Of
neighbors having heard screams in his
home the night Mrs. Schroeffel was
killed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-16
Mr.. Wilson's Speech

St Joseph Gazette: A comparison
of the presidents utterances in New
York, Ohio, at Milwaukee, in Iowa
and Kansas, and at Kansas City and
ST. Louis will afford anyone an hour
Of real diversion when the president
shall have completed his tour. 1t will
be seen that the executive OF the To-
Cality in which he CHANGED to be
speaking. In the east he was deter
mined not to let the European bellig-
erCnts tread on the tail Of his Uncle
SamuePs coat. AS his train sped to-
ward the setting sun his eagerness
for a fight evaporated. and he be-
came more and more impressed with
the blessings which a mind at peace
with the world enjoys. The trouble in
such a situation is that the president
talks out here, but attenus to all his
official business In the east. And
that eastern atmosphere seems quite
as much Of an influence IN shaping
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-16
SUIT rs FILED
TO QUIET TITLE
Selma A. Snephard, Plaintiff, Asks
for Title to Property to
be Established

A suit to quiet title has been filed
in the district court by Selma A.
Sheppard VS.. Mrs. B. e. Breitenstein.
In her petition, plaintiff alleges that
she is owner in fee simple Of lot 8 in
block IA, Kilbourne's addition. She
claims to have purchased the prop
erty from Maria Feeley on January
"a 1916 Plaintiff is informed and
believed that defendant Is making
some claims adverse to the estate of
the plaintiff in the matter. 1t is al
legged that defendant has judgment
against Maria and Feeley and that
judg1n ent is cloud upon title. The
plaintiff on January 26. and twenty
DAYS prior to the filing of this action
made a written request on the de-
PENDANT to make quit claim deed,
and complied with the provisions of
the law. Plaintiff asks that title be
established in her and that costs
and attorney fees be paid.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-16

there is much waste from neglect
and failure to take proper care Of
things which cost money.
Anyone who has ever been in the
country will readily recall tho sight
of tools, machinery and vehicles ex-
posed to the elements; poor, insani-
tary shelter, or none at all for stock :;
chickens roosting in trees, or on
fences for lack Of proper coops; fruit
trees untrinmed, laden with dead
limbs and decaycd spots on the
trunks gardens neglected, houses uu-
painted, doors unhinged, shingles
broken and rain spouts and door
steps out of repair.
Every one of these symptoms OF
shlftlessness spells loss of money.
Extravaganza does not always
mean an outlay of money, but may
involve an outlay of unnecessary
labor, through carelessness, which
means diminution of income. For
instance:
One quail wifi destroy $4,000 bugs
and 6,000,000,O0O weed seeds annu-
ally, according to Mrs. Margaret NJ.
Nice Of the Massachusetts State
University.
, Cotton growers lose Slo0,OOo,OO0 a
year because hunters slaughter BY
the thousands the quail, prairie chick
ems. meadow larlSs and other birds