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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Corporation Returns
Central Of Georgia
Dividends

Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Quarterly divi-
dend Of Y per cent, payable November 10 10
stockholders Of record November 8.
Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad.-Regular
quarterly dividend of Ia. per cent on the
guaranteed and | per cent on the special
guaranteed stock, both payable December 10
stockholders OF record November 10.
United Equities Corporation-D Dividend OF
per cent on the preferred stock. payable
November 10 to stockholders Of record No
vcmher l.
Middle West Regular quarterly
dividend Of Sl.50 on the preferred stock. pay
able December ! 20 stockholders Of record
November Is.
Bowery Bank.-Usua quarterly dividend OF
? per cen, and an extra dividend Of per
cent, payable November l TO stockholders OF
record October y.
American Rolling Mill-Stock dividend Of
. per cent on the common stock. payable
February / 10. stockholders of record Janu-
ary !.
American UtiAties.-Resular quarterly divi-
dend OF = per cent on the preferred stock
payable November 10 to stockholders of rec
ord October 81.
Canada Cement.-Regular dividend Of Ia,
per cent on the preferred stock. payable No
vember rs.
Seoyili Manufacturing Monthly dividend
Of s. share. payable November TO stock
holders OF record October "a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
The Dollar In Foreign Exchange

Dealings in the local foreign ex-
change market in the past week were
featured by the display of strength in
French, Swiss and Scandinavian rates.
Paris cables rose to $40 francs TO the
dollar, compared with a recent low of
5.7S. The advance was attributed to a
bidding up of the quotations as q result
of the French victory on the West front,
which in turn induced local institutions
to enter the markets as buyers. The
United States government was also re-
ported to have bought exchange on
Paris.
In the neutral exchanges the rise in
the rate on Stockholm to 39A cents, n
new high record, attracted attention.
The explanation for the persistent
strength of Swedish exchange is found
in the scarcity of offerings resulting
from the enforcement of the govern
ment embargo on exports TO Scandi-
navian countries. Swiss francs were
strong toward the close of the week,
rising to 4.32, against 4.55 few days
previous.
Sterling exchange rates moved but
little. with cables transfers. in which
most of the business was done, holding
at s4.76I. Russian exchange worked
lower, TO 1914 cents.
II you calculate the cost of the dollar
in terms of foreign money-that Is, as
il you were buying dollars with pounds,
marks or francs-its value at the close
of last week, as compared with year
ago, would be about as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Days Subscriptions for
Treasury Bills $99, 228, 600

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The Sec
ond days response of banks and other
subscription agencies to the Treas
ury's offering of short-time certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness Of an indefinite
amount was announced to-day to be
S99,22s,0 900. This brings the total Tor
the two days up to S264,O25,OO0.
The offering is still open, and prob
ably will remain open several days.
To-days subscriptions to the issue
bring the total of outstanding certiti-
Gates of Indebtedness up to Sl,s9s,-
$4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Canadian Canal Traffic

Official reports show that the tratiic
through the canals of Canada in 1915
increased S.3s4.655 tons. The total
volume was 23,5s3,4 91 tons, though
this tonnage includes duplication
which means that the same cargo quite
frequently passes through two or three
separate canal systems. After el!min-
mating all duplication, the net tonnage
is given as 2l,01l,905. The dis
tribution of gross traffic in tons was as
follows: Salt Ste Marie, l6,8l3,649;
Welland, 2,544,964; st. Lawrence, B.
36s .O64; Chambly, 39S,977; st. Peters,
9.699; Murray, 46,6S0; ottawa, 237,65l;
Rideau, 1O5, 430; Trent, $4,000; st. An
dreW's 13,43s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Railroads Starve
For Equipment
During the War
Additions to Rolling Stock
Have Little More Than
SuMced to Replace
Retirements

Since the war began the New York
Central Railroad system has purchased
locomotives, freight cars and passenger
coaches costing ss4.324,736. These
same units. according to a statement
issued Yesterday by A. H. Smith, presl-
dent Of the company. at present day
prices would cost sl93.02S.6lo, an In
crease in the aggregate Of 1881 per
cent.
These humble freight cars and loco
motives" ordered long in advance, Mr..
Smith declared, have literally become
priceless. gagged bv the hitherto un-
dreamed of requirements for trans
portation of troops and SUPPLIES. The
gain to the public service in supplying
the countrv's necessities under war
stress. inasmuch as deliveries of equip
ment are now impossible NJ any price,
he said cannot be reckoned in dol
lars.
Foreign Needs Imperative
All railroad equipment now beng
manufactured, according to the head or
the New York Central, must go 20
France. Russia or England. Nearly
1000 locomotives are being sent TO
provide for American armies at the
front. Locomotive plants are work
ing 10 capacity, and orders already
booked will keep them busy until the
fall of 1918.
Government orders for freight cars
for the month of August alone totalled
1886. Russia is seeking from 10000
TO 10000 freight cars here, in addition
TO 10000 in Canada. In view OF these
large foreign orders, Mr.. Smith pointed
out that the railroads and other pri-
vate buyers must wait until it is de-
termined when deliveries can be made
on the government work and the or
ders for the Allies.
Owing TO the restriction of earnings.
the difficulty of enlisting capital, gem
eral high prices and war conditions,
Mr.. Smith declared that there Is IN
service on the American railroads to-
day little, if any, more rolling stock
than when the world war began, over
three wears ago. New additions, though
extensive on some lines. have amount
ed 10 practically nothing on others
sufficing in the aggregate merely TO
replace necessary constant retirements.
The total ownership OF equipment
by all the railroads OF the United
States on June 80. 1914. just before the
war. according to Mr.. Smiths COM
pilation. was: Locomotives, 63,5lO;
freight cars, 2,325,647; passenger cars,
36,9lt; baggage. express and other cars
1856.
How Costs Have Doubled
In the three years war period the
New York Central bought 3s,052 freight
cars for S59, 1872, 036. The same freight
cars to-day would probably cost $780,
s39.s1O- Locomotives purchased num-
bered 1874. at a cost of s23, 1000; to-
day thew would cost s46,927,000. Four
hundred and forty-fve passenger cars
cost the company s6,794,20O. or about
half of what the same amount or
equipment could De bought for at the
present time.
The last Of the freight cars bought
since the war started are just now be.
ing delivered. Only about one-half OF
the locomotives have been delivered
and the remainder will be held up sew
ersl months through the preempung
of the manufacturing space and taclli-
ties for government munition necess'-
ties
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Rubber Exports to u. S.

The total exports of crude rubber
from Para and Manaos. Brazil and
lquitos, Peru, for the month Of August,
1917, amounted to 7.5s7,0s7 pounds,
compared with 4,2l4,4S0 pounds for the
same month last year. The exports 10
the United States aggregated 4,59s,3O
pounds. and 10 Europe 2,9ss. $50 pounds.
compared with 2.7S0,l65, and l,48s,325
pounds. respectively, in 1sl6.-Com-
merce Reports.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
New York

Bank for Foreign Trade Enters Re-
serve System.-Arrangeme have
been completed by which the Mercan-
tile Bank of the Americas. Inc, an
American bank for foreign trade, will
operate under the supervision of the
Federal Reserve Board. which has au-
thorized investment in the stock of the
bank by member banks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
ATLANTIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. co.
Atlantic Building,
Nos. a. and 81 Wall Street,
New York. October II, 1917.
special Notice to Holders Of

special Notice to Holders Of
Certificates of Profits.
The outstanding certificates of profits Of
the issues Of 1912, 1918 and 1914 will b. re-
deemed and paid 70 the holders thereof or 10
their legal representatives on and after
Thursday, November /, 1917, from which
date all interest thereon will cease; the Ger
ufcases TO be prod uced al she uime Of pap.
ment and cancelled.
dividend of interest OF i've per cent,
being az the rate OF six per cent. per a..
NUM-, on the certificates Of profits Of the
years 1914, 1918 and 1914 will Be paid to thu
holders thereof, or 70 their legal representa-.
hyes, on and after Thursday, November I,
1917 Checks for the dividend OF interest,"
will b mailed in accordance with mailing
orders 70 those who have tiled such ordsrp
with the Company.
The transfer books will be closed from
October II, 1917, to November }, 1917, botA
inclusive.
BY order Of the Board OF Trustees.
q. STANTON FLOYD-JONES, soarv~slv.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

there are not only sufficient number
to work the present mines, but also a
surplus TO engage in prospecting and
exploration worA-Enginee1'ing and
Mining Journal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
News Digest
Foreign

Paris Bourse.-PARIS, Oct. ~
Movements on the Bourse to-day were
irregular. Three per cent rentes, 81
francs 80 confines for cash. Exchange
on London, q francs rs confines. Five
per cent loan. SO francs 10 confines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Cost of one dollar

Closing rates yesterday, compared
with a week ago, arc given in the table
below. American bankers have sus-
pended all dealings in German and
Austrian exchange, 20 that daily quota
tions for either marks or kronen are
no longer available.
IL IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
co. Production Of Australia. First Half Year

drafts made for the war and by the
strikes at Mount Morgan and Broken
Hill.
A turn in the tide and an increase in
gold production can hardly be expected
until labor conditions improve and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

Below is given the current exchange
value of foreign money in dollars and
cents, together with the intrinsic gold
rarity, as calculated by the United
States Mint:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

OLD, DEFACLTED. OBSCURE SECURE
ties appraised and bought. 4. VI. Smythe.
Produce Exchange Building, New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

Eligible nom
member banks 3sspo 3H% 3H%
Ineligible bank
bills ..,.... 41a% 4s4% 8 "
For delivery within thirty days;
Eligible member banks. 3saPe
Eligible non-member banks. q 20
Ineligible bank bills ........... sac
Bank Clearings.-The days clearings
nj New York and other cities:
Exchanges. Balances.
New York. s529, 807 sos $41 ,433.652
= Boston ... 44,s65.171 7-256,476
Philadelphia -. 55.t46,872 s,7to,6S4
Sub-Treasury. - New York banks
gained from the Sub-Treasury $Sl5,00O.
Silver.-i}ars in London, 42kd, un-
changed; New York, S3%c, unchanged;
Mexican dollars. sac. unchanged.
London Money Market.-LONDON.
Oct. 27.-Money, 4 per cent. Discount
rates: Short bills, AS per cent; three
months bills, IA per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
heNew Malthusianism
By Frank I. Carlton
IRON The Surrey)

The world is to-day facing the un-
.'feeted, the imminent danger of a
''0d scarcity. For decades the West
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Current

The above rates express the cost Of
foreign money in terms of the Ameri-
can dollar You buy an English pound
sterling at, say, s4.75}5. The intrinsic
parity is $4s6ts per pound. Thus, you
say either that pounds are at q discount
or that dollars are at premium, which
is owing to the fact that in England
the demand for dollars with which to
settle accounts in this country is great
or than the demand in this country
for pounds with which to settle ac-
counts in England.
Dollars Worth SO Cents in Copenhagen.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 27.-The dollar
continues TO slump, and it is now worth
under So cents here. The German mark
also has touched a low record of AZ
a depreciation of SO per cent. British
exchange is 20 per cent and French ex-
change 25 per cent below par
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

Bank Clearings.--The days clearings
M New York and other cities:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

Sub-Treasury. - New York banks
gained from the Sub-Treasury $Sl5,00O
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28

Silver.-Bars in London, 42kd. un'
changed; New York. S3@.c, unchanged;
Mexican dollars. sac. unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
FRENCH RUINS USED
FOR REBUILDING ROADS
Macadam Highways to Be Real
Memorial to Towns Devasted
By Germans.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE. June 12.-Hundreds of miles
Of the smooth, white macadam ROADS OF
northern France will remain for many
years after the war as real memor1al
to the devastated towns which the Ger
mans left in ruins after their retreat
this spring.
All over northern France the roads
are being widened and resurfaced with
stone and rubble taken from the wreck
ed houses Of Peronne, Albert, Arras and
countless other ruined towns and viii
lagos. AS fast as the British soldiers
clear away the debris of the towns. 1t is
piled into lorries and distributed IN
heaps along the main roads. There
German prisoners toll the DAY lohs,
pounding it into level patches. which
the great steam rollers. many of them
bearing familiar American names. grind
quickly into smooth macadam for the
business Of transport.
The brick and stone of these old
buildings makes as good road material
as could be obtained anywhere, and the
work of the German dynamiter has
been so thorough that much of it is
crushed fine enough to need no further
preparation.
The roads of northern France were
always excellent, but they were never
better than today. The only complaint
travellers had against them in the old
days was that the paved strip in the
center was too narrow. That complaint
cannot be made after the British high
way plans have been completed, for all
the main highways will be macadame ed
to a width permitting three broad
gauge lorries to run abreast. and even
the byways will have a paved surface
wide enough to allow traffic to pass
easily at any point.
Excessive dustiness is the only fault
Of the roads today, for war economics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02

will not permit the use OF precious oil
There is little need anywhere In this
district for strengthening roads or al
terinp routes. because the roads OF
northern France mostly run straight as
an arrows flight. Most OF the great
highways were laid out in Napoleon.s
time by military surveyors, ana their
strategic value and Importance has al
! WAYS been kept primarily In mind by
the French government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02

Chiidren's Mixed
Wool Bathing SUITS 4AN
from SI.5O to $500.
Children's All-wool ~
Jersey Bathing Suits KIM
from $500 to &2.9S. ~
Girls Knitted Bath @N..
ing Suits from 75c to SA. IN.
$500. WINE.
Gfr1s' All wool [At,s
Bathing Suits from III A
&2.8S to $3.50. 1k
Girls M0hair Bath
ing Suits from $3.50 /; ~.I
to $2.0S. ASA A~
WOmen's Knitted kA4}
Bathing suits from a
$1.25 Ito $3.50. AM
WOmen's Sateen 81
Bathing Suits from q
$3.50 to &4.0S.
Women's AH-wOol Jersey Bath
ing Suits from $3.50 to &6.Os.
Women's silk Eathing Suits from
$5.8S to $13.s5.
w o m ms (KellermannD Tank
Suits at 75c and S1.25.
WOmen'S Bathing Shoes, high or
low styless from SEC to 81
Fancy Bathing Caps and Hats
from Ice to soc.
GoldenberH'-SecondF Floor,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
For Fourth of July Trips and Vacation Wear
White Satin Sport Hats,
S1.98, 1928 and 1898

A note of smart originality is
emphasized in this display of
new midsummer millinery we
are showing tomorrow. They
are styles suited for dress or
sports wear-cool, comfortable
and becoming-just the hats
for vacation wear and Fourth
of July outings.
These White Satin Hats are
here in large shapes, medium
size brims; Turbans and Tam
o'-Shanters; and many are
beautifully braided styles. The
newest note in summer MILL
merry for the matron and young
miss. Exceptional values at
S1.o8, $2.o8 and 1898.
GoIdenberg's-Secon Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
To Return Greek Ships.

ATHENS, Greece, July Am agree
ment has been reached whereby the
sells of the Greek light hotilla sta
toned at Salamis, ten miles west Of
Athens. Senator Jonnart the French
high commissioner to Greece. having
accomplished his mission. is returning
to Paris. after a long conference with
King Alexander and Premier Venize1os.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
American Oil Cake in Germany.

American oil cake exports to the neu-
trails, the British brief says, find their
way into Germany through the sale by
neutrals Of dairy products. The United
States, it is declared, now holds in its
hands the power to prevent all exports
of butter and cheese from neutral
countries into Germany by refusing to
license feedstuffs shipments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
HUNGARIAN RIOTS COSTLY.

recent franchise demonstrations in
Budapest, says a telegram to the Ber-
lin Tages Zeitung from the Hun.
garian capital damage to the amount
of 100000 kroner was done. me
windows of eighty cafes and about zoo
shons were smashed and goods were
stolen from the shops. The damage done
to tram cars is estimated at 10000
kroner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
MILDLY Aprons,
.SDeciaL at CSC

Entirely new-and so practical
.nd serviceable they will win in
slant star approval Made of fine dress
gingham. with sailor collar and
lie. finished with pocket and belt.
Emil skirts and kimono sleeves.
All sizes at $50.
GoIdenberx'-Third Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
Won1er's Zoe to 15c
Handkerchiefs, Sc

MANUFACTURERS SECONDS" OF
Women's Regular 10c. 12hc and
15c Handkerchief.
One-corner embroidered effects,
of fine lawns, dimities and swisses.
with hemstitched and rolled edge
borders. White and colored styles.
GoldenberY's-First Fleor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02

Dispatches received in London June
%, from Budapest. reported that $4,000
persops had marched in a demonStra-
ton for universal equal and secret suf
frage. 1t was reported the police had
soma difficulty in Distressing the crowds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
LEARNS THAT NEUTRALS
SHIP FOOD TO GERMANY
u. S. Government Informed Of Elk.
portations of Large Quantities
From Scandinavia and Holland.

Statistics purporting to show that
Germany is importing large quantities
of food from European neutrals to
which the United States is shipping
have been presented to the United
States for it's guidance in settling upon
an export policy.
Enough fat is going into Germany
from Scandinavia and Holland, it is set
forth. to supply 100000 soldiers. or
practically the entire German army.
Imports by Germany from these coun-
tries. in terms of calories, it is set
forth, equal the total ration of 2,5OO.OOO
soldiers. the size of the German army
in the west.
Special Buying Division.
German purchases of foodstuns
abroad are made through the govern
ment department of the interior, which
has organized a special division to buy
from the neutrals. In the early days or
the war the German government st1mu-
lated importation of food by excluding
imports from operation of maximum
price laws, but this drew such vigor-
Gus protest from German producers the
practice was stopped.
Now the German authorities are said
to be using coercion, exchanging for
foodstufs bought in the neutral coun-
tries coal and other commodities neces-
Sary for maintenance or the neutral IN
dustries. To some extent these coer-
cions have been recognized by the Brit
ish in operation Of their blockade, but
with the entry of America into the war
the British believe an arrangement can
be made for supplying the neutrals
with most of their necessary require
ments from the allied countries.
Northern Neutrals Limit Exports.
All of the northern European neu-
trails have made regulations limiting
food exports to Germany, but producers
and merchants, the British claim, are
violating the laws because of the high
prices they are obtaining. Some mer-
chants, they declare, have made mil
lions out of this illegal trade.
The British data carry the following
table as representing the minimum of
food exports from Scandinavia and
Holland to Germany in 1915:
Butter. $4,000 metric tons; meat,
115.soO tons: pork products. $500:
condensed milk, 10000: fish, 407; cheese.
$4,000; eggs. 46.400; potato meal, 49,
500: coffee. $500; fruit, $4,000; sugar.
$4,000: vegetables. 215.000. These fig
ures are most impressive, it is asserted,
in relation to fats. the scarcest food in
Germany. Fat, it Is claimed, Is the
only food seriously lacking now in the
diet of the German people. Imports OF
this food, the British declare, furnish
one-fourth of the daily German fat
ration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-02
Bathing Suits and
Accessories

For Women and Children
Everything needed for the vaca-
ton trip to the seashore: the larg-
est assortment in the city of Surf
Suits. Caps. Shoes and other ac-
cessories These are hints:
The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-30
James whiteemb RIlex .s /. Lion.

1t was mark Of our highest con-
sideration to produce Riley at enter
tainments given in honor of dfstin-
guished visitors, but this was not a.
ways to be effected without consider
able plotting. II have heard that in
Atlanta "Cncle Remus" was even Z
greater problem to his fellow citizens y
Rfley's innate mOdesty, always to be
reckoned with, was likely to another
his cOInpaaionableness in the presence
Of ultra-literarg persOnages. His re-
spect for scholarship. for literary 20
phisticatiOn. made him reluctant to
meet those who, he imagined, breathed
an ether to which he was unacclimat-
ed. At small dinner In honor Of
Henry James he maintained Q strict
silence until one Of the other guests,
in an effort to draw out" the novelist,
mentioned Thomas Hardy and the fe-
licity of his titles, instancing "Under
the Greenwood Tree" and "A Pair Of
Blue Eyes" Riley for the first time
addressing the table, remarked quietly
of the second of these: "It's an odd
thing about eyes, that they are usually
in sets "a comment which did not,
as l remember, strike Mr.. James -
heing funny.-Meredith Nicholson, In
The Atlantic.