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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
Savings Too Small

II is evident that from 'ne 49, "a,
If wsrwe Cthe British people, n''' 80
saved nearly enough, but this i''. y, e..
largely obscured by the vast ss's' "a
curities made by US until re'snu.
America and other neutral e0'D ~.
tho proceeds Of which were aS'
for investment in government ' :,
These sales are now practically /" -. !.
end, and we are brought face +" -. =.
with our own shortcomings IN reS' -.
economy. One Of the difficulties Z" -,
situation /, that those who are CAR -
money in what is known as war a
feel that. having worked to ner ...i
win the war. they have a night to ,ssII ,isii
,ha monev so earned as they ..im,r.
h tas This is such a natural ssn y. AZ
that IL is hard TO combat gu. ...e,oril
70 Get through this war sa,''; - aissf
W. must explain to all that u, ,sslf
we .L mus for the war. they utilize .1 81
profits or earnings on unnee .ssr, sork
penditure, they are making o'n me-, aud
for them instead of for the w. a The
re going far 10 nullify the ehes. ! have
GOOD work which they thsmseN ,nL
ssecevoumplishsd.-Losdon Teleorap"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
Relevant Facts

Union Pacific.-The company reports
for July an increase of 1913 per cent in
gross operating revenues and a gain Of
7.6 per cent in net operating income
after taxes and expenses. Gross for
the month totalled s1O,722,7s7, COM
pared with s9,l37,4S6 for July, 1916;
operating expenses increased from $5,-
261.3S4 to S6,310,947 and taxes in
creased S273,S10 to s695,610, leaving q
net income of s3,716,24O, against 49,
454,3O2 a year ago. For the seven
Y.onths ended July 81 gross showed an
incrt1zr Of 1911 per cent over the same
period is:s year, and net after taxes
rose per e3nt.
Hooking Vale, Directors have au-
thorized an issue e. :5.OOO,Ooo 6 per
cent notes, maturing N:yember l, 1918.
This issue will be used t.. pay of s4,-
600 900 of notes, due November 1, 1917,
and for other capital requirements.
Minerals Separation Subtitle Unitsd
States Circuit Court of Appeals for the
third circuit has filed mandate in the
United States District Court at Will
mington, Del, directing the District
Court to enter a decree in accord
ance with the opinion of the Circuit
Court in the suit of the Minerals Sepa-
ration. Ltd, of Great Britain, agt. the
Miami Copper Company. The litiga-
ton was based on the alleged infringe
ment BY the defendants of three pat
ents on a hotation process for mining
copper. lead and zinc. The opinion of
the Circuit Court held that the first two
patents were infringed. but considered
the third patent invalid. While the
amount of money Immediately involved
is probably not more than 100000 or
$4,000 900, many more millions are in
directly conce med, as the same device
is, or has been. in use by large num-
Der Of other mining concerns.
Advance In Silver.-A Stock Ex-
change firm has prepared the follow
ing table showing the effect Of the
recent advance in silver to SO cents
an ounce on the shares of the various
producers:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
Dividends

Chicago & Northwestern Railway.-Reg-
ular quarterly dividends of per cent on
the preferred and IA per cent on the COM
mon stock. both payable October l to
stockholders of record September 7.
kennecott Copper Corporation.-Resu
quarterly dividend of sl.b0 a share. payable
September 20 TO stockholders OF record
September 7.
New York Edison Regular quarterly
dividend OF Ia per cent. payable Ssptem-
Der IA.
American Window Glass.-Regular semi
annual dividend OF ga per cent on the
preferred stock. payable September to
stockholders OF record September 4.
Pcttib9ne- Mulliken Regular quarterly
dividend of ia per cent on both the first
and second preferred stocks. payable octo-
Der to stockholders OF record September 20.
Wolverine Copper Semi-annusl dividend
OF &C. n share. payable October ] to stock
holders OF record September s.
Muskokee Gas Il acknowledgements quar-
terly dividend Mt Ia per cent on Its pre-
ferred stock. payable September 10 TO stock
holders of record August 81.
Dominion Power & Transmlssior.--Quar
tery dividend Of per cent on the common
stock. payable September Is to stockholders
Of record August IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Dealings in rubles took on something
Of the spectacular yesterday, when spec
ulators, encountering no restraint upon
their activities, first sold the market
down violently and then bid quota
lions I'D in their efforts to cover short
sales. Leading bankers expressed them
selves as being somewhat amused by
these activities, which they declared
had about as much relation TO the
foreign exchange market IN general as
the gyrations of a wildcat stock on the
curb might have to the worlds imam
cial situation.
At one time the rates for Russian
exchange was quoted as low as 10 Tor
checks and 1925 for cables. The ex-
PLANTATION for the decline was that com
paratively small amounts OF rubles
which had fallen into the hands OIL
spectators were being sold over ana
over again. Demand was lacking until
some OF the sellers tried to seize prof.
its by covering their sales OF the morn
ing. Then they found some difficulty
in buying back the rubles which had
been sold with such freedom short
time before.
One report mad IL tnat some OF the
larger banks here were offering rubles
against balances held in Russia because
they did not like the economic outlook
in that country, but most of the bank
crs who were asked about it declared
they were carrying no balances to
speak of in that country at present.
Another report for which there
seemed to be more foundation was to
the effect that rubles acquired by the
japanese in payment for goods sold to
Russia were being sold here instead
of in London. BY selling the rubles
here the japanese bankers, it was
pointed out, would be able to get dol
lar credits, which in turn could be
utilized to secure gold for shipment to
Nippon, whereas if the rubles were sold
in London credit Only could be OBJ
tanned.
Dealings in exchange on other coun-
tries was without feature of special
interest. Swiss francs were again
slightly easier.
Closing rates yesterday, compared
with a week ago, are given II the table
below. American bankers have sus-
pended all dealings in German and
Austrian exchange, so that daily quota
tions for either marks or Sronen are
no longer available.
Woak
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
Other Cities

Change in Grand Trunk Officers
MONTREAL, Aug. 2s.-The resignation
of Edison j. Chamberlin as president of
the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, a
subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way, was presented and accepted at a
meeting of the directors here to-day.
Howard G. Kelley, vice president of the
Grand Trunk Railway, was elected to
succeed him. Mr. Chamberlin will con-
tinue as member of the board of
directors of the Grand Trunk Pacific.
Mr.. Chamberlin continues also as
president of the parent company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
Current

The above rates express the cost OF
foreign money in terms of the Ameri--
can dollar You Guy an English pound
sterling at, say, s4.75is. The intrinsic
parity is s4S6fs per pound. Thus, you
say either that pounds are at discount
or that dollars are at a premium, which
is owing to the fact that in England
the demand for dollars with which to
settle accounts in this country is great
err than the demand in this country
for pounds with which to settle ac-
counts in England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
Tuesday, August 9S, 1917

While the stock market was only
moderately active, with dealings for
the most part professional, 1t dis
played more pronounced weakness
than has been seen for some time.
When traders, encouraged by the
news from Washington indicating
radical action in the matter of war
profits taxation and the ambiguous
Schwab statement concerning Beth
lehem Steel, began cautiously to sell
stocks short in anticipation of a fall,
they found little buying power to
support the market, and at once a
concerted attack on values was
launched. The steel issues seemed
to offer least resistance to selling
pressure, and, at first, it was on
these that the drive was mainly con-
ccntrated. Dealings in the four
leading steel stocks amounted to
about a quarter of the total turn
over. 1t was not long, however, be-
fore practically the whole list weak
ened. In spite of partial recovery in
numerous issues toward the close,
only FL of the 203 issues traded in
showed gains at the end, and Of these
10 were railroad stocks.
Taking the list as whole, the
decline averaged well over a point,
and ranged up to more than 6 points
in the case of Crucible Steel. The
market seems to be undergoing a
process of readjustment based on the
belief that the end of enormous war
profits is in sight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29

The remarkable transformation
wrought in the industrial field by de-
velopments attending our entrance
into the war is strikingly illustrated
bv Charles NJ. Schwab's statement
in connection with the Bethlehem
Steel financing. The corporations
earnings, it appears, are running at
levels exceeding even the figures
which made Bethlehem the leader IN
the sensational speculation in the
stocks of companies engaged in the
munitions business, and yet is IN
such dire need of funds that it must
pay the equivalent of II per cent
and perhaps as much as IA per cent
for money, largely because "the
earnings which we had intended to
expend upon improvements this year
and next must be used for the pay
ment of excess profits taxes and
other war taxes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29

While the railroad shares which
were dealt in actively during the
day sustained losses, as a whole,
they Jared better than the indus
trials, declines being fractional in
most cases. The average value Of
fifteen standard railroad shares is,
nevertheless, at the lowest point of
the year. Though earnings state
r1ents are remarkably favorable, and
the railroads have less to fear than
the industrials from excess profits
taxation, there has been a constant
dribble of liquidation IN these issues
for a long time, accompanied by a
decline in prices so gradual as to
be almost unnoticeable. One Wall
Street tabulation shows that the
average price of twenty representa-
tive railroad stocks is now at the
lowest point touched since February,
1908, when values were still under
the influence Of the 1907 panic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29

Commercial Paper.-The market con-
tinued quiet. The offerings included a
larger assortment Of attractive names
than for some time past, but the banks
were still dsinclined to make purchases
that would tie their funds up for any
length Of time. The rate on six months
paper Of the prime sort was quoted at
8 per cent, as heretofore.
Official rates of discount for each Of
the twelve Federal districts are as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29

at per cent. Discount rates were
steady, short bills being quoted at AZ
per cent and three-month bills at
413-16 per cent. Gold premiums at
Lisbond. 5000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
Money and Credit

A rise in the rate for call money
yesterday to 81 per cent, at which
figure most of the days loans were
negotiated, resulted in the temporary
withdrawal Of funds to meet demands
made upon the banks in connection
with government financing. The clos
ing rate was per cent. The time
money market remained quiet and un-
changed.
Ruling rates for money yesterday,
compared with year ago, were as fol-
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
Elections

Louis &. Tiemann and Mercer P
Moseley have been elected vice-presi'
dents Of the American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
Week

Below is given 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, 1917-08-29

Nav Extend Warehouse Deirpt,.Svs-

tem.-At a postponed meeting Of New
York Cotton Exchange members held
yesterday afternoon resolutions were
passed asking for a ballot on a PROPOSE
ton to appoint a special committee to
look into the advisability of extending
the warehouse delivery system to ware
houses in various Southern cities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
News Digest
Foreign

Paris Bourse. Aug. 28.-
Trading was quiet on the Bourse to-
day. Three per cent rentes, 81 francs
% confines for cash; exchange on Lon
don, p francs IS confines; per cent
loan. 81 francs IS confines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
London Market Firm.-LONDON,

Aug. 2S.-The stock market was firm.
Mexican and South African issues were
prominent in the dealings, and the de-
mand for them exceeded the supply.
Nitrate shares were wanted and Brazil
ians responded to the improvement in
exchange. Russians were depressed by
adverse exchange rates. Rubles made
g. new record at $50 for el0, rejecting
the statement of the Russian Minister
of Commerce regarding the economic
situation. Oil stocks were firm, espe-
cally the low priced ones. lndustrials
were good in spots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
New York
American Real Estate

American Real Estate Company
The receivers of this company were
authorized yesterday by Judge Learned
Hand, of the Federal District Court OF
New York. to enter INTO contract
with j. Clarence Davies for the pur-
chase of the 845 shares of the Van
derbilt Avenue Building Corporation
which they hold for the company. Ac-
cording 10 the agreement, Davies is
to pay $4,000, in instruments, run
ming for period of fifteen months, and
TO assume the liability Of the build
ing corporation TO various tenants OF
their security deposit, amounting to
S31,50O. In addition 10 transferring
the Sl5 shares, the receivers, under
the agreement. are to relinquish their
interest IN los shares of the corpora
tion's stock held BY Davies and also
to transfer to him a claim Of the
American Real Estate Company for
$40 200 against the Vanderbilt Avenue
BrI n061nGx1.i2,n> The receivers
the contract with Davies will be for
the best interests of the defendant
company's estate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29

Bank Clesrings.-The days clearings
at New York and other cities:
Exchanges. Balances
New York. 80. 1885,, 898.246 $53298,48
Baltimore ..... 6,624,849 1.441 ,585
Chicago. .... 74,904,453 6,0t6,829
st. Louis. ...... 21,231,08S 4,776, 1863
Silver.-Bsrs in London, Add, I'M
changed; New York, ss&c, unchanged;
Mexican dollars, 69c, unchanged.
Sub-Treasury.-New York banks lost
to the Sub-Trcasury sS64,000.
London Money Market.-LONDON,
Aug. 2S.-Money was In shorter supply
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29
CORPORATION Returns

Utah Securities Corporation
Subsidiary companie5)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-29

II was understood that the new pre-
ferred stock was underwritten on the
basis of a commission Of 3 or 4 per
cent TO the underwriters, consisting of
the Guaranty Trust Company, the
Bankers Trust Company and j. & W.
Seligman e. Co. This means that the
sale of the stock will net the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation a little more than
100 600 900.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
St. Nicholas Day and Christmas.

A writer in the Pail Mall Gazette
thus speculated concerning the amalga
nation of Christmas eve and st. NichO
las eve: "Perhaps the amalgamatiOn
Of the two festivals was brought about
by motives of economy, the giving Of
presents on December and again on
December % constituting too heavy
toll on parental purses. That this was
the case appears to be proved by the
custom prevailing in Catholic Germany,
where st. Nicholas duly appears in
each home on December 5, and, inquir-
ing into the conduct of the children
rewards the worthy with fruits and
cakes and lectures the unworthy on the
duty Of obedience. He then asks the
Christ Child to bring them at Christ
mas, and on the morning of that day
they usually find the desired articles in
the shoes which they placed overnight
on the hearth. This variation of the
original Nicholas eve custom, for so
long obsolete in England, probably ac-
counts for our possession of Santa
Claus in his present form, He is
supposed to have been an importation
from America about 40 years ago
Gas q little earlier we had derived the
Christmas tree from Germany on the
initiation of the prince consort, hus-
band Of Queen Victoria.)"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
T. N. PkIEsrLEY. Attorney,

NOTICE ORDER FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT
INTERSTATE ESTATE.
STATE Of Wisconsin, Iowa County Court-ss
~ In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at special term
Of the Iowa county court, to be held in and for
said county, at the court house in the city of
Dodgeville, in said county, on the 26th day of
December, A D. 1917. being the fourth Wednas-
day of said month. at IL O'clock in the forenoon
of said day, the following matters will be heard
and considered:
The application of Maria Gilman, admins
tratriX Of the estate Of Charles Gilman, late
of said county, deceased, for the examination
and allowance of her administration account,
and the assignment Of the residue of said estate
to such persons as are by Law entitle1 to the
same, and for the determination and adjudica-
ton OF the inheritance tax, if any, payable in
sale estate.
And it is further ordered, that public notice
thereof be given to all persons Interested by
publishing a copy of this notice for three weeks
successfully, prior to said day of hearing in the
Iowa County Democrat, weekly newspaper
published in said county.
Dated this 3Oth day of November, 1917.
By he Court:
ALDRo jerks County Judge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
PLEASANT VIEW

Mrs AdoIph Born of Lancaster is
here visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs
Fred Jungbluth.
Mrs Alice Walker Of Calumet, Mich,
spent last week with her sister Mrs
Chas. Cox.
Receipts from the supper and bazaar
at the church Friday night were about
$63 90.
Mrs John Dunn of Mineral Point
spent the past week at the j. F. Ben
son home.
FL. g. Raine made business trip to
Blanchardville the past week.
Mr. Richards and daughter, Miss
Abbe Richer OF Mineral Point visit
ed at the Mark Hunt home and attend
ed the supper and bazaar at the church,
Friday night.
Mrs Henry Terrill spent Wednesday
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
Calvert Spensley, Attorney.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
STATE Of Wisconsin, Iowa County Court, S..
~ In Probate
In the matter Of the sale of the real estate of
the estate Of John Peter, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue and in
pursuance Of an order of license, made in said
matter bv the County Court of Iowa County. on
the 9th day of November, A. D., 1917, the un-
dersigned administrators Of the estate of John
Peter, deceased, will, on the I'D day of Deem
Der, A. D., 1917, at o'clock p. m, at the front
door of the Municipal Theatre in the city Of
Mineral Point in Iowa County, Offer for sale at
public auction, the following d. scrbed land, sit
uated in tle County of Iowa, Wisconsin, to wit:
Lot l. Those plrts Of lots and II Block 80
Strong's Addition to Mineral Point. Wis
bounded by line commencing at the S W.
corner of said lot II. running thence east along
Maiden Street 50 feet, thence n. degrees E.
100 feet thence North rs degrees West 46 feet
to Ansley Street. thence S. Is degrees West
along Ansley Street, ll9 feet to place of begin
ming.
Lot2. That part of lot 8 Block 80 Strong's
Addition to Mineral Point. Wis, bounded by q
line commencing on the east line of Ansley
Street at point S. 26 degrees W. 81 feet, from
the N. W. corner of said lot 8, thence S. 26 de-
grees West along Ansley street - feet, thence
S 70 degrees E. l6 feet to the E line of said lot
8, thence My degrees East along said east
line So feet, thence n 81 degrees West go feet to
beginning.
Lot 3. That part of lot Block 80 Strong's
Addition to Mineral Point, Wis, bounded by a
line commencing at the n. w corner of said lot
9, running thence 5. 70 degrees W along Ansley
street 81 fee 5. 81 degrees 90 feet to the east
line of said lot q, thence n. ~ degrees E. along
said east line 81 feet to the spring lot thence n
| IS degrees W. along the south line of the spring
lot 55 feet to beginning.
Lot 4. Those parts of lots and IL Block So
Strong's Addition to Mineral Point, Wis,
bounded by line commencing at the S. E. cor
ner of said lot TO- running thence North 21a de-
grees E. along the east line of said lots and 10
| s. feet. thence North 78 degrees W. 40 feet
thence S. degrees W 1O0feet to Maiden Street,
thence East along Maiden Street so feet to be-
! ginning. All in Iowa County, Wisconsin.
The terms of sale will be: Cash
| Dated Mineral Point, Wis, 9th November,
1917. MATHILDA PETER.
| Administrators of the estate of John Peter
deceased.
A Plat of the above lots may be seen at the
law Office of Calvert Spensley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-12-20
CHRISTMAS FIRES
Precautionary Instructions by the
industrial Commission of
Wisconsin

Will Christmas be day Of joy, or a
day Of mourning in your household
Will death or fire in your home, store
or church mar the pleasure of this and
all future Yuletides?
1t IS up to you.
Cotton, candles, children and matches
make very dangerous Christmas com
bination. Every year this combination
casts dark gloom over many American
households, and in addition is responsible
for considerable loss of property by
fire
All cotton is needed this year, in
clothing and ammunition factories; so
let rs use metallic tinseI, asbestos fibre,
and powdered mica for decorations and
imitation snow, instead of the highly
combustible cotton.
Have an electrician install a cluster
of colored electric light bulbs to light
the Christmas tree. Above all, keep
matches away from children. AS long
as they can find matches, they will
light and relight the candles, when you
may not be watching, and are very
liable to set their clothing on fire.
Adults should light the candles,
Have firm standard for the tree to
prevent all liability of tipping over by
children. Take immediate care of all
papers and packing material coming
with presents and decorations. After
the celebration remove the tree to a
safe place, before the needles become
dry. Failure to do this often results in
Christmas tree fires as late as January.
The merchant has an added respons-
Utility at this time. His store is liable
to be filled with shoppers, making a
panic and holocaust highly possible, in
case Of fire. He should avoid the use
Of all combustible decorations, also
electrical displays in either store or
show windows, unless such display is
installed by competent electrician.
Neither goods nor decorations should be
placed near gas jets, stoves or stove
pipes, nor should any combustible dec
orations be attached to electric wires,
globes or fixtures. In the extra rush
of business the merchant is liable to
neglect the large amount of packing
materials coming with Christmas goods,
and these remain to catch fire from any
number of causes and to greatly spread
the fire once started
Remember also that the firemen of
your city are entitled to a merry
Christmas" as much as you. A fire in
zero weather may mean frozen hands
and feet, pneumonia and death to some
of them.
Shall it be a little caution and pre-
vention now, or life of regret and self
determination I? 1t is up to you.
HENRY FRIEDEN, Chief,
WILL HORN, Sec. of the
Mineral Point Fire Company