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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-10
ANOTHER LARGE MINING DEAL
Thirty Thousand Dollar Trade In
Field Near Century.
Special to The World.

SpeciaI 10 Ihe World
MIAMI, Okla, April 9-Another
large mining deal that has Just been
consummated in the mining field is
the sale by $. j. Kent of lease on
the Mabon land for $4,000. Mr.. Kent
states that the sale has already been
made but the names of the parties
buying the lease are not ready yet
for publication. The lease is located
southeast of Century and in one Of
the richest neighborhoods in the dis
trict. The new owners of the lease
will Immediately erect n 300-ton mill.
The ground has already been thoroly
drilled and proven.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-10
More Germans to Prison.

NEW YORK, April 9.-Eight Ger
mans charged with being alien enc
mics of the United States were
brought to Ellis Island immigration
station here today from various points
in New Jersey. Among them were
five men who were formerly In charge
of the wireless station at Tuckerton,
n. J.. and were taken into custody
Saturday night One of the other
prisoners was Captain Wolpert. Ham
burg-American line dock superintend-
ent in Hoboken, n. j.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-10

More than one hundred and twenty
five Of the leading business and pro-
iessional men of the city members
of the Chamber of Commerce and
Retail Merchants association. will
leave this morning for the third of 4
series of five weekly trade trips thru
the Tulsa trade territory.
The trip today will have as its prin-
cipal objective point Okmulgee. the
capital of the Creek nation, and word
was received yesterday by Secretary
Clarence Douglas that arrangements
had been made by the Commercial
club of Okmulgee to serve dinner to
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-10
Paw YOur Water Bill,

Your water bill is now due and
must be paid on or before the tenth
or service will be discontinued or
penalty added. This is your last
notice.
CITY WATER DEPARTMENT..
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-10

Nov If you have it in your head -
said the professor, who had explained
theory to his students. you have 1t
all IN 2 nutshell"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-10
Resiinol !

Ointment and Resinol Soap stop itching
and clear away eczema and similar
humors, so quickly and easily
Physicians have prescribed the Resinol treatment
ior over 20 years. Every druggist sells Rcsinol
Ointment and Resinol Soap. For sample OF each,
hse, write TO Dept 7-R. ResiooL Baltimore Md.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
Millions of Affidavits Req
for Registration of Kais9
Subjects in United STAT
WASHINGTON. Dec.

Registration Of Germans In
United States under the Pres>6c
enemy alien proclamation will ~
about January .. <3
Afldavits and forms TO - filled
by the registered men are now in on
Of printing and will soon be ready. n
lions OF them are needed. X<:
In answering questions on these
davits and forms every German WIN
compelled to give an intimate picturo>[
himself and his life history.
The registration will be by no fneAu1
perfunctory. The Information that nnu1I
he set down will include the date qnl
place of birth; the time of coming ~
this country; various addresses In tl11g
country with the place of present f111-
dence occupation and activities durin0
the entire time OF residence: nativity
and description of parents and much
other information the nature of which
will not be diyulged until the reguI&s
tlona are ready for publication. H
In every suspicious case statemont1
on afIidayits and forms will not b -
cented as conclusive. Thousands ~
reports from secret agents of the Gov.
crnment on German activities in tl1fl
country will be used in a general check
ing up of such cases. A&
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
SPECIAL BUuREA II M AID / ISII|( u A.
THRIFT STAMP SALES WILL BEGIN JAN0l|
Planned to Help Employers
Make Christmas Gifts of
War Savings Certificates

a special Christmas-glft bureau was
for the quick sale OF United States war
savings certificates and thrift stamps TO
employers who wish to give the bonds TO
their large numbers Of men as Christmas
presents.
The bureau organized for the benefit
Of such employers, simplifes the problem
of office work for the employer. All
that now Is necessary Is for the em-
ployer to send the bureau the money and
"A list of his employees names. The
clerical work is done by the bureau.
which is in charge OF James W. IIar-
risou.
y new committee. headed by T.. T..
Bonsall, vice president Of the Land Title
and Trust Company Is being organized
today TO carry the bond campaign into
churches, sunday schools and religious
organizations. Local branch committees
will be formed
The sale of both war savings certfi-
Gates and thrift stamps In the eastern
district of Pennsy ylvania in twenty-four
hours showed, by a strange coincidence,
exactly 100 per cent increase. according
to official figures issued today At the
close of business last night 500 war
]
stamps had been sold; Tuesday 400 GER
tircatcs and 3O00 stamps were sold.
The sale of thrif. stamps and war saw
ings certificates yesterday amounted 10
$3l5,2l2.9G in war savings certificates
and 92,j52.2j in the twcnty-iive-cent
/ thrift stamps. These were the amounts
Of cash sales reported by the Federal
/ Reserve Bank The postofiice sales
| climbed to the highest record OF the
| campaign.
The campaign to carry the thrift
| stamp idea into every home was fol-
| lowed out by Robert kclso Cassatt,
ch lirman of the eastern district, when n
| conference of foreign-language news
paper publishers was held. through Louis
Hammcring, of New York, as represen-
tative Publishers volunteered the use
| Of their publications for spreading in
| formation concerning the campaign.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

cincinnati and Suburban Rell Telephone
f',rnnany regular quarterly of ga uer cent.
rayable January to holders of record De-
rcInber 30 Books close from December
"a TO 81 inclusive,
Proctor 4 Gamble Company, regular quar-
t,rly Of per cent on preferred paNahl"
Inuuarv IL 10 holders 0f record December
Al Transfer books, do not close
Federal Steel Foundry COMPANY divi-
cent or preferred. both payable January ~
10 stock OF record December 81
cities service Company, usual monthly
dividends of - Of l per cent In cash on
preferred and common and usual monthly Of
p OF I per cent in common stock on com
mon. all payable March to stock NJ record
February 10.
Pittshursh Coal Company. regular quar-
tCrlv of ~ per cent ON preferred
Wells Fargo & Co., usual quarterly Of ~
rer cent payable January II to holders
lf record December 81
Montreal Telegraph Company, usual quar-
terly of = per cent. payable January - To
holders of record December n
New Idra Quicksilver Company, regular
quarterly 40 cents per share payable De-
Virginia & Carollna Chemical Company rrgu-
lar quarterly - OF | per cent on common
and per cent on preferred. Common is
payable February TO stock OF record Janu-
AIRY IL and preferred January 10 TO stock OF
record January -.
Columbia Trust Company, New York usu-
al quarterly 3la per cent, payable Decem-
ber 81 to holders Of record December -,
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, regular
semiannual of 3la per cent payable Feb
ruary II to stock of record January II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
VEGETABLES

Fancy. uotatocs ruled firm, bat nprh vt
.hs snpRy GSicS E'I was 81 SHf's and d"1 weak
SteCg.Hahles we're IN fair demand at revised
DfESsa DTiccs. ouStations Whit, p99tatoes Jer-
aav ner 3. bush. ba asket t33 lbs No. l.
S56 eoc No 4oSGoC WIT y q PS,ai2ss SC Sew
York, s2,9oVa 40; western $50 oS2 SGsts tS
IA lbs), House sweets. No. !, SIG so;
do do No. .. 7o0I5ci Barn sweets, No l.
iSG@s isrsesi per- ag hamper, No. 81 6oG5: No. 2
Sial5O Celery, New f.oTk per bpnch; 20
"a zoe; do. do. per crate, s2m3 90 Lettuce
f5GniSa foTniS per box, 81 q 80 csglihOwer Long
Island per oIsi Isiand per quart iSSis ia% isC
Wat"rcress. New York per 100 punches. 81
23t9 3tacumssrs nssRanFF Florida Sr'op per pss per
Norfolk' per bbl, 81 5042. 80. Beans. Flor
ida per hamper. s2,bO@5. Peas Florida
and Virginia. per hamper. SAG 80 Pep
pers. Florida, per crate. sa90: Tomatoes,
Florida. per crate. ss,25@S ,Turnips, ca :
nadian, rutabagas. per 100 lbs, soc pSl
s6Ssss aomesT naT ,ps pGr ,,Sss isSs% Sn,oSS Ss
New York and western; per doo-lh bag. No.
Der lib, basket, si.2542.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
SLUMP IN MARKET EVIDENCE
OF PREVAILING PESSIMISM
No Logical Cause for Drop in Prices Which,
on the Contrary Should Appeal Forcibly
to BuyerS-Gossip of Street

DEssAsM noticeable feature yes
this city Although there
weknown socs
prevailing sentiment or as some
broker
market every %
record Inc oh9
offered
railroads he remarked People imagine earn
uS
nythng the stocks
sufferers IN inc
a certificates ana inc unaio
Just like he
continued that investors can
buy he induced TO realize ta
prevail today Personally
he as there is
q limit o
disgued
they would
be just about TN"
business they did this and that they
much business Yesterday they did yesterday etc he
facts Christmas business knows there
be bothered with
shopping
caly husbands the service
be connected with
house here had fifteen for about days before
SELL and
good,
say money but that
40 being o again
holidays
nicpals demand but there offerings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20

PHILADELPHIA
MARKETS
GRAIN AND FLOUR

mi aWylhitEAATI,m.lRsseir,s, yli i7sS2 bush. The
IN export Elevator arc Rs oyaTStn5 aqSfSsSn
NS s'sgdsrd ,rr gric" ned 49, aS y So So
sEtsdei s2.ootg2. 10 soft, no. q, s2.ie DO:
rrssde. s5o9SaiPp.. II. no o. S-'i'' ''
,,iob6 iSb6eeIal maximum prlces--only 20 be ep.
are high enough to warrant ii.
lei per suMax!mum prise, conta'nsni; nsn;
mostdte &C under Sarf No or 70 No "a rcd So 2s
nc; 3 soft red, So ~ Meximum price con-
sS, 3 cent no. TS5 TSG 'iG. SCI! No
No So Or NS "A Ssrs sc sort nqss, 4,s
10, 30: D., . whests-Mazlmun price containing
Mo No ped Ped fsg! 81 81 So''g' &s soft 81
cent p,ois, price containing not over - ed
Xo soft e rdI SGaiE ss Is Msx,mnm gr H% prize
s0-, sS urdsr rSs 81, or No, red, s3io' No o
no sample sa,p on merits, mt Innssr ,T
30. ", shaIi price be higher than &C uhue'
,, Smutty wheats-Vaiur shall bc deterrnineSa eSai
c cE each sample basis Of the class and SUD
.,, ouRN- ! Receipts 0oi hush. supplies on
10 cstSbIiWshSr' liEht and Il was ,mno,si0e
Wns,ss%r,,,S itor i9cal trade. a. 10 loCa Ion
vcilowr 40, ~" No. 3. No. and No
10, o,AATisTRccolpts. ATS 134oi bush Tho mar
~ ~ ruled frm and t. higher supplies were
Z saaH WHIT. ,so+ t9O,; 80. \ white, 80 a
LolR-Rcccipts 200 barrels and 90,
rc1u"St SHaS anJ IN SACKS srot -four was IN fair
sa,TiTIs9' ai" Gc il9i0a i929 apsas clear 'ss5;
Nr,~t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
STOCKS ARE AFFECTED
BY TREASURY RULING
Losses in Holdings May Be
Deducted From Tax Reports
Without Selling
PRICES RISE ON NEWS
Announcement Checks Selling of
This Character Which Hit
Yesterdays Market

aNIsN lNlNiN' 49, -N'
The stock market tone was influenced
early today by the publication Of the
statement from tho Secretary of the
Treasury that losses on stock holdings
could hc deducted from tax obligations
without the actual sale of the securities.
As it was believed that "a large part of
yesterdays selling had been to establish
losses as the basis for tax deduction
this statement checked selling Of that
character
The announcement from Washington
was IS follows:
"To collectors of Internal Revenue,
revenue agents and others concerned: {:
"Erst For the purposes of income
and excess profits tax returns. inventor
les Of merchandise. etc, and of sccuri-
ties, viii he subject TO the following
rules:
~ Inventories OF supplies, raw ma
| tcrials. work in process of production
and uusold merchandise, must be taken
either (aD at cost or Cb) al cost or market
price, whichever is lower, provided that
the method adopted must bc adhered to
in subsequent years unless another be
authorized 10y the Commissioner of In.
ternal Revenue.
"B--N dealer in securities who In
| his books Of account regularly invcn,
/ tories uusold securities on hand either
| (al at cost or do at cost or market price
| whichever ts lower. may for purposes of
/ income and excess profits taxes make
| his return upon the basis upon which his
accounts are kept, provided that IA de
F.. .sCriptiOu Of the method employed shall
/ he included in or attached to the return
/ that all the securities must I've inven
toricd by the same method. and that
| such method must be adhered 20 in sub
sepuent years unless another he author
!Zrd by the Commission of Internal Rcve'
nuC.
"C--Gam or loss resulting from tht
sale or disposition of assets inventoried
as above must be computed as the diff
ference between the inventory value anc
the price or valuo at which sold or dis
| posed or
Second In all other cases iuveu
tories must be taken at cost or at Nalu,
as of March !, l?i3, as the case may
be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
FOUR MORE DIE IN FRANCE

WASHINGTON. Dec 20.-0ensra1'
Pershing today cabled list Of fodf
deaths from natural causes:
Wagner Lenard SARGENT field &rtiI-
lery, December is, measles; mother,
Nanny Miles. Il. +. -. /. Bedford. Ind
Private James y. Gravelle. engineers.
December Il. meningits mother. Mira
G. Gravelle. II kingman rtreet. East
titchburg. Mass. Private Clarence w.
Manchester, engineers. December ~.
measles; father. Charles Manchestef,
Fort Bragg. Cal. Private. first clase,
Milton :. Marks, engineers, December n,
pneumonia father A. s. Marks. 80 wal
don street West Lynn. Mass. RI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
BONAR LAW SILENT
ON ARMY SHAKE-UP
Declines to Tell Commons
How Many Generals Will
Be Retired
LONDON, Dec, 20.


Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar
Law told the House of Commons today
"he could not state how many generals
had been permanently retired in con-
nection with recent operations III
France"
The declaration was made IN reply to
query impelled because of recent re-
ports of q shake-up among the members
of Field Marshal Haig's staff. London
newspapers have been reporting sweep
ing changes. presumably due to the
British failure to prevent gains by the
recent German offensive out of cam
brai, which virtually lost TO the British
all gained by General Byng's great drive
THE presence OF "A British force III
Persia for the purpose Of securing order
il not TO be construed as violation OF
our pledge Of Persia's independence or
evidence of any desire for annexation
declared the Chancellor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
Bank of England Statement

, LONDON. Dec. 20.-The weekly state
ment of the Bank of England follows:
Total reserve f3O.9si,o00. decrease H.
,O43. 900; circulation f45.037 900, increase
f1,10s.OOO; bullion f57.572 600. increase
f61,00o. other securities 95.l13,o00. in
crease f3,57S.000. Other deposits fl2s,-
l27,0o0, increase f6,975.o00. Public de-
posit f36.s26. 900. decrease f3,49o.o0o.
Government securities f57.s20,000, de-
crease f76.000. The proportion of the
banks reserve to liabilities is now 1870
per cent. against 1850 per cent last
week. and compares wi;,i a decline from
2i.7s 10 2i.70 per cent this week last
year. Clearings through the London
hanlSs for the week were f390,630, goo,
ogainst f3s4. 100000 last week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
FRESH FRUITS

Choice stock met with fair sal; and H, val.
tons: APPLES, per bbl-Jona than, g 80
Klng siSe3'o Nor!hern Spy sS '"a @ ,dl
(; tireening, s4d6; Baldwin. s3,50a3 Rome
Besu.y 5HgSG3; S st3ymam 1smo iaGsS6 ssN5 isn
YORK imperial, 50 5O6i ) -; ben Dayis. So
@SIaI apples Western per box-J:oIna lGsR. =, Z
g 53mS2S WiHn6'eeTy 80: Han'RS Rome B.s%S BssuS,
SP'ttnns""9 9oS, ISeIicious. 81 T5cI25O; King.
955lsy, PssrmaGn n9mTSqGi siSM5@H siS75
a'aS; Sswtown Pippin, 81. .5O@2; Belle FlsIr'
nar hammer, 50c a 81 500 do, do, per as bush,
sassI 35c si2s bunsR s%ons Efa HSS 'S Or
%; SaIifornia. per box, s2m m5.1oi do.
flerda % per box ,s2Ge ranEcgglm,iTs' oT EloT.
ida per strap, sSma,. drpdpr,d uRti.,' Der
box. saai 80, Pineopples, PoTto Riro' %Sr I,Sr
craie s325mG, GGsPss Jaiit1rritS ,i.T Jnr
Ps[o' ps[ nrr r. rate. SS 5Ot $50; DO do per hn
sIH'dl5 Strawberries, 'aliiorm"' per p'''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
WILL AIDS INSTITUTIONS
Odd Fellows and Masonic Homes
Given Legacies by Sallie
X. Neall

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, Dec. 20-ln the
will of Salie r. Neall, of Pottstown'
formerly >of Philade' 'Ohia. $500 Is be-
uueathed to odd Fellows orphanage. a
like amount to Masonic Home, Philadel-
phia. and sli00 to the Home for Aged
Couples of odd Fellows, II established IN
connection with the odd Fellows Home
within ten years after her death.
To Robinson, negro policeman on
Tennessee avenue. Atlantic city, where
her hotel, Kenderton. is located, $50 Is
given for faithful services. An equal
amount is given to Henry Stinson, her
utility man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
Municipal Appointments

City appointments today include Jo-
seph A. Rayder. 1880 Green street pur-
yeyor Bureau of Water. salary Si4S0; I;
Walter Strockbine. Mendell avenue and
Edmund street, assistant chemist. Bu-
reau of Water, $1,000; Hortense Platow-
sky. 1927 West Susquehanna avenue,
clerk, Department Of Transit, 5000; DR..
Asher S. Hadler 1871 North Thirty
third street. assistant medical inspector,
Bureau OF Health, sl400; Basil CASTLE.
1910 Wood street, joiner, Bureau OF
Highways, SO a day; Robert +. Hae-
berle. 1907 North Hollywood street. oper-
stor, Bureau Of Water. $3.50 a day,
and William J. Carr, 945s North Nine
teenth street, building inspector, Bureau
of Building Inspection, $4,000 year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
POULTRY

LIVE TIL" market ruled firm and gcl-
s5aS sshy aShrr TgdrT az Ghoca s"Ga stock aWS
under control Quotations: Fowls, as 10
agality 2ad ?es roosters i''' ., sPT9i5ns 95@
I'd 24c: turkeys 27a 2sc; geese, 23@ 2s:; :, :;
EsTs 2H yonTE ETT 7dc p3aT ao GG %r'SSG%S Go
sizes. 80 a SOC; do. old ,pcr pair ,,,It, ""r
pigeons, old; per 90, pair 2ia 2"'' DO young
'BfSRfESSsEJET6 general, market ruled
firm, with sooS demand thst H%P' stock n
well cleaned up. Quotations follow IurkeNs'
frssh-kIed near6yd Mini IIr2iard dr$pEEissG 40 m isa
Virginia and West Virginia, ,tod ,i2c; fair TO
good. 81 q Ssc; do, fresh,killed; western,
PrpE 4TyrekSSS sI SS d fSnfy Ss 's & '%G @ isr no
dry.ncked. dS' fancy. selected soc; %. weighins
@ n@s 0S ibs ."' apiece. Gy@r "fs !sFsc %eishtns biz
lbs. apiece, &c; weighing ies. apieHe. 70
/ lbs. apiece 2sc, smaller sizes %2m 2,r.
old rooster, dry,picksd, pc Broiiins
other nearby, 30 q 33c; western, 80 a 32c.
Roasting chickens western. in boxes. We we'fh, n
apiece % 25m 9Tc; weighing pa q 3 lbs. apiece.
"A n 24i2 e: do, western, in bbls., MrlEhinE
! lbs, and over ,apece, 29c; weisha,npS "a
Al lbs, apiece. 27a2sc WeignyinE 7a lbs lbs
25 a 23ia Ducks, ,nearby; 2am a"G ,s Z, oa" 90
western. weighing lbs and over - 5s5 ~ 5ar 5ac
DO do DSarss %Gs,srn %seF sse wssern s1TS @
asc. Guineas spring, per pair' weigh.
ing 3'5 q lbs psr pair 80" c;, "oc: s,nhSi snSite
weighing ii to II lbs. per dozen. 81 10 20
q 10. white, weighing . 70 10 ms per Iol, o, N
t75m515: white, weighing lbs per dozen
SO 3756p4.2i; white. wetghing hMd2 ms p" J,
dozen saa3 80! dark. sl@l75; small and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
DECREASE IS SHOWN
IN GINNED COTTON
Census Bureau Report Shows
1917 Crop 695,941 Bales Be-
low Previous Years Total
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20

The Census Bureau in n report issued
today placed the amount OF cotton
ginned from the growth OF crop in 1911,
prior TO December 10. at 1O,l42,s5S bales,
counting round bales as half bales
against 1O,S8s.7e9 In 1916. and 10,-
306,3O9 in 1915. Number of round bales
included this year is 1S0,252. against
1Sa.2S5 i'm 1916 and 1OO,s25 in 1915.
Number Sea Island bales included is
$685. compared with ll0,l63 in 1916
and sI,1lo in 1915.
Distribution Of Sea Island cotton for
1917 by states; Florida, S5,i17; Georgia,
l3,lO4 and South Carolina, 50Tt bales.
Corrected states show the quantity ot
cotton giuned this season prior 10 De-
cembcr 1 is 9.7i6,02S bales.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20

holders rcentI
selling proceeds into Liberty
As
found this profitable turning them into
Bank conversion
holding large
Slas largely on account
which
incomes offset difference n price.
Federal Ronds
6, anda interest,"
The prevailing such restrictions
would be the public to
subs to any
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
PROVISIONS

The market ruled firm with fair JobbinE
inguir'; Quotations; city tref in sets.
smoked and alr-drtcd 33c; wcstern beef, IN
sets. smoked a3c city and western beef
Rnuckl"s and tenders smok I'd and air-dried,
hams, $ =. cured Iuost 2Hip Il 9Oc; do.
skinned loose 2Gia Il 2Tia r DO, DO. smoked.
cured. as to nr%Smd % and G"I,'S nycraEc. Sois ac:
bans. .smoked western. cured. 30is n3lc;
DO. boiled. homeless, 42c; picnic shoulders
=, ~ 'urPh, loose, tic do. 10, Snoi'u, -
bellies. in pickle. according to averagc
loose. 33C; breakfast bacon. as TO brand
and average. city western cured. dnc
lard, western. refined tierces. 2hig q 3oc
do, do. tubs 2nis q SOC. lard, purc city
do. In iuLs nnln n nnl.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20

BUTTER--Rcceipts Of tor grad" bullCr
were light and the market continued lrm'
with demand equal to tho offerings IN"
quotations were as follows: Western SOLID
packed creamery, extras. - nigh SCORING
goods II q j2c; extra hrs,A ! Aa": HrSiS'
- n nc; seconds, & q i3c: cream"rN h,Id'
good to choice. A. nj iGC; do. ordinary, u"
43C; prints. nearby. fancy 5i": average
extra, II q 33c; hrsts i74 i0c; srCnnds' AZ"
$50: SpeCial brands iohbing at - Gf5Ic.
EGGS-Supples of fine new-lad eggs wer"
small and the market ruled firm, with de-
mEud fair. Quotations: Free cases, nearby
f,rstS Sl7lGmlT 10 per standard case; cur
rent receipts $40 81 per ease; seconds: 80
case; tirsts. SlG So seconds, sl3 5Om -; re
frgerHtOr. extra, $12 per case. hrsts, ~ 40
n II. 40 per case: seconds, Slo1om ! ]" per
cas-. fancy selected eggs were jobbing at
i5 ~ NGc nsr dozen
CHEESE Demand was only moderate. but
tho market ruled very firm quotations! Now
York. full-CreHm. fancy, June. 20c; Nrc!als
higher. do. do. frcsh-mad", best. 40 2ar 6
do, do. fresh made fair to good, - n LIZ e..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
ERIE FIRE CAUSES
DAMAGE OF S150,000
Two Large Drygoods Stores and
Nickel Plate Railroad Office
Destroyed

ERIE. Pa. Dec, 20-fire originating
from an oyerheated stove swept the
heart of this city's business section yes
terday. 1t destroyed two large dry goods
stores damaged the Second national
Bank Building. wiped out the Nicke,
Plate Railroad ticket office and caused
a loss estimated at Sl50,00O.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
TOO LATE FOR ALTON


STOUT.-Dec. 20. at 4Sl2 Springfield ave.
CHARLOTTE ID. STOUT, Notice of funeral
later,
WILKINSON.--Dec. 20. WALTER NJ
son OF Elisa and the late George Wilkinson
aged 10. Relatives and friends invited 10
the services. Mon, O;3O a m. at his
parents residence 2OiG +. Sergeant ST. Int.
at Hillside
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20

The Commercial Trust Company,
trustee for the sinking fund, gives notice
that it will receive proposals for the sale
of SS4,40O first mortgage per cent
sinking fund gold bonds of the Crew
Levick Company at a price not to exceed
lOI per cent and accrued interest. be-
fore II o'clock noon, January I.