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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-The foreign
exchange market showed very little of
interest In the early dealings today
Business was on the continued moderate
scale OF late. French exchange turned
a shade easier, while pesetas and Swiss
were firmer.
Quotations were:
Demand sterling AIS 3-lG. cables
476 7-16. Sixty-day bills, nominally
47Ih@4.7ih ninety-day bills 4.69h Y
q 4.69z.
Franc cables 5.7l. checks 573.
Lire cables S.26. checks S.2s.
Swiss cables 4.33, checks 435.
Guilder cables 44h. checks ~.
Ruble cables i31s checks 13A.
Pesetas cables 1895, checks 24.0G.
Stockholm cables IS, checks 35H
ChristIania cables 23A. checks 3e&.
Copenhagen cables s2h. checks l32.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
OIL AND MINING GROUPS CLAIM
ATTENTION OF THE CURB MARKET
Authorized Announcements of Development Work and
Results of Persistent Prospecting Have Good
Effect in Several Instances
NEW YORK. Dec. 10.

Business the Broad
good demand
of the
persistent prospecting while
efforts had good results
Much of
from 1S buying
Of
creased profits
off from to
a
Calumet a
Merritt 81
Cosden at 6s and Ga. and
by
Sii o.
Submarine lifted from 1 127s IA
United States Steamship a and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

Pennsylvania gained triflc and Read
ing was marked up thrce-fourths steel
commou'was inactive, but advanced more
thar "A dollar.
Liberty Bonds were not active. but
their prices were lower. following ir-
regularity early.
The executive committee of the trust
company section of the Pennsylvania
Bankers Association has recommended
that informal organizations representing
state banks, trust companies and private
bankers. in each group of the Pennsyl-
vania Bankers Association work
through the executive committee and
cooperate WITH The commission appoint
ed by Cove Rrumbaugh to codify
the State banking laws.
The committee also adopted resolu-
ton commencing membership on the part
of State financial institutions in the Ma
tional Association of owners of Railroad
Securities.
A. v. Morton. vice president of the
Pennsylvania Company for assurances
on Lives aud Granting Annuities, was
elected vice chairman of the committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

resaS NSw YsTE snS s 81
Of oqd record pfstfrp pecembsr r' January 10 s'oci
Allesheny and Western Railway Company
teed stock, payable January to stock o.
record December y.
OF 1S per cent on preferred. payable Janu
way Company, regular OF tx per cent Of
both suaranteed and special guarantees,
s. Books Close DecemSer 10 yip's aSd reopen jan
uary o. The special guaranteed stock
Manhattan Electric supply Company. Inc,
regular quarterly Of ! per cent on commol
snS ssn 10 stock a Uf rssSrs
Beech Creek .Railroad Company, regula
quarterly OF l per cent payable January
to stock Of record December 10.
Joliet and Chicago Railroad Company. res
little schsyikili Railroad Comrsny semi
a r. syrse BOOKS eose D.
cember ~, open January 10.
sn oa sap sSnssr anSsns SySnS f
stock of record December ~. Books wi
close from December as to January 8. IL
Continental Refining. Company. reguls
bsf's abe sasusry ar stock Of reeerd sg psy
Ptttsbureh, Fort wayne and Chicago Raj
| road. regular quarterly of TX per cent O
tire guaranteed and special Guaranteed. Th
dividend on guaranteed is payable January
hooks closed today, reopen January 0. IN
special guaranteed Is payable January
Books closed today, reopen January g.
| Usage Hominy oil Company. regular Qua,
terly o. ~ per cent, payable December =
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company res
| ular quarterly OF u per cent ON preferred
payable J nuary To holders Of record ID,
| cenlbcr Is.
Oklahoma Producing and Refining Con
| pany, regular quarterly OF 2h eser cent. pa,
| ber ~, ' =
! Amsrican. Coal Company. " dlvidend Z
si,.a. payable peeeiHber ~ Books 30 NJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.

division movements in the days adns IN inc
highpriccd ndustrh
showed strong 10
generally levels The tobacco stocks at
Tobacco falling more
coming ISSUE
present issue oil $VV'
shares
Lggett Myers this movement and dropped
followed later IN inc uS
by a points 10
in Bothlchem Se
uhusuaI ac'Ne
of declining from 4 to 1873 followed
'81r coh'nu
the market position
which had dsinceth he issued
Steele
Anaconda displayed at
small inc
conditions TO
longer anecd uv "a III Oe'
unfa developments
the As sod at
6s weak seihS oero" 80 " -
Anglo French sold down to sS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
MONEY-LENDING RATES

NEW SORk.-Money on call opened
at u per cent; high, 6; low SO last,
90 y; closed, 5l5 @6; ruling rate, 5,a
per cent
The money market showed firmer
tendency today, Call funds, after re-
newing at 5h per cent. touched per
cent in the early afternoon. In time
funds business was extremely dull, but
the larger banking institutions were dis
posed to hold their funds one-fourth per
cent higher than of late.
This was true also of prime mercan.
tile paper on industrials fixed date
loans, 5% per cent was bid and per
cent was asked and there wfe some
transactions at the higher figures.
Prime bank acceptances are moderate
ly active at nominally unchanged fig
ures.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
YORK COFFEE MARKET

~ YORK. Dec. 10.-The market
nGEee futures opened active and
11pints higher. Some large lots of
uber were traded in on the call.
~ mornings demand seemed to
<pon the same source as the buy
= ovidence last week, mostly from
@oHchange and Wall street houses.
|nor1Dt became less active after
inland had been satisfied. but
nf was rather nervous and oper-
aWaited developments. About
- $1,000 bags cost and freight
nna soId last week. with offers
rn>os averaging little higher.
Hct that France has agreed to
NJ shout 100000 bags from
1o>1nH to have temporarily. at
rnncd the situation there. but
n1ad out that with Frhnce now
~ with coffee for some time
~ United States seems to be
MO- outlet for Brsxil's heavy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The Albany
and Susquehanna Railroad Company has
declared the regular semiannual divi-
dend of $3.50 and an eXtrl dividend of
SS25 share. The extra dividend is
payable January 5. Books close Decem-
ber Is and reopen January .. and the
regular January |, books close Decem-
ber Is and reopen January ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
Armstrong Rubber Co. Expands

TRENTON. Dee, l0.--The Armstrong
Rubber Company, Inc. today filed no
tice of an increase of its capital to
$1,000, 900. This sum Is to be divided
into 10000 shares, of which $4,000
shares are TO be common stock, par
value $40 each. while 10000 shares are
to have par value of S25 each. f. q.
Armstrong il president of the company.
which has offices in Newark, n. j.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
Liverpool Cotton

LIVERPOOL. Dec. 10,--Spot cotton
was quiet today at decline of 10 points
on the basis of 22d,s for middling. old
contract, and 21.45d for good middling.
new contract. The market for new
future contracts opened steady, l to 2
points higher. The sales were 5000
bales. including 1000 bales American.
The receipts we're 10000 bales, of which
IL, 900 bales we're American. Spot prices
were: American. middling fair. 23.2ld
good middling. 22,52d: middling. 22d
low middling, 2l47d; good ordinary
2O.4Sd, and ordinary. 19.95d.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
American Refining Reduces Sugar

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The American
Sugar Refining Company has reduced it's
list price of refined sugars 20 points to
SIS. The National and the Pennsyl-
vania Companies remain unchanged at
s.35c. The Federal ,and the Warner
Companies and Arbuckle Brothers con-
tinue withdrawn. Last sales spot Cuban
raWs 6.70c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

CHICAGO, Dec. 10. --- Unseasonably
cold weather over the entire grain belt
caused some buying in oats today The
demand was aided by the covering Of
shorts on the part of the pit crowd, but
II was noted that the selling was of Il
good character and prices eventually
declined from tho highest, with more
than the usual amount Of pressure on
the December option. This factor sug
gcstcd an increase in the offerings Of
the cash article.
II was the general impression of the
closest students that because of tho re-
cent extensive liquidation tho market is
in a healthier technical condition.
Toward tho end tho favorable political
nows and the strength in the stock mar
kets was reflected in II covering move
mont and the tone was steady.
There was light trade in corn. offer
ingS being small and the demand linn.
tied. Price movements were largely in
sympathy. with the quotation for oats
Tho cash trade was duh and spot prices
wcrc considerably lower due To the cold
weather and the embargo against ship
mcnts to the East.
The high on January corn was s1.2oN
tho low Sll9ai and the close $l.2Os,
compared with Sl.20L. the final quota
tion of saturday. The best on May was
S119, the bottom Sl1S and the nna
Sl.l9, against $l.lSH. Saturdays last
price. The high on December was Sl24
the low Sl.23. and the close Sl.2i, com.
pared with $l2iA, the final quotation
of Saturday
The high on December oats was 72 y G
the low 70ai and the close ~ y Gi72L G.
compared with 7lc. the final quotation
of saturday. The best on May wa,
70iac, the bottom G9isc. and the fina
70la a 1850, against 69isc, Saturday!
final price,
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
Weather Halts Zinc Ore Production

JOPLIN, Mo. Dec. 10.-Zinc ore pro-
duct.on IL virtually stopped over the en-
tire district by zero weather and deep
snow. Last weeks shipment was the
smallest of the year on account OF car
shortage. Numerous smelters are ham
pered fer supply of zinc ore Prices are
rominally the same. $50 to s72 ton for
xinc ore and SIS for lead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
Offer More British Treasury Notes

NEW YORK, Dec 10.-J. p. Morgan
& Co. today are offering $4,000, 900
British Treasury ninety-day bills on a
6 per cent discount basis This is the
same interest rate carried by the three
previous weekly offerings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
PRICE MOVEMENTS ARE DIVIDED;
AMERICAN TOBACCO IS HIT HARD
Announcement of New "B" Stock Results in
Break of More Than 81 Points on New York
Exchange-Standard Issues Gain
High Points in Today's Financial NeWs

tHh most '"u"9s 10
points on
stocks led the euro mar
interest ~ chnd0o
cocd Loans "o oc'
Fhhndcth "cHW
Bar tcds York and Lohdo"
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Coast Line Stock Is Sold

beense
a decline has had do with the
adjustment of railroad and industrial Sc
developments that might ahect the
dividend slightly showing o
least IL cent Will be
cent in 1916 Current earnings
the
dividend will be declared To-
The special committee that has been
devsng plan held the treasury
not known company essentially dealer coal is doing
the business in its history
Domestic continuing along fairly active
shown sdestep civilian
nonessena permit the full use OF fuel and
goods there
been off cotton account of feeling
that innate been correct
that
the total
100000 bales then expectation in
Governments report when issued Will
Reports from the cotton goods
market with advances Some
leading higher list all
subject delay delivery
production mills is cualed
greducti ton of all
Washington
regarding will silver metal
convention in Salt
expected be reached around
will be for period with
miss 10 this rate later on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
LOCAL LOANS DECREASE
Individual and Bank Deposits Also
Lower Than Same Week Last Year

The average condition of members OF
the Philadelphia Clearing House Asso-
ciatior. for the week preceding toaay Is
shown in the weekly statement "A''
COMPARISON, as follows;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
NEWS OF THE FINANCIAL WORLD-NEW J
OATS ARE ACTIVE
WHEN SHORTS COVER
Unusually Cold Weather En-
courages Buying-Offerings
of Corn Light
GRAIN BELT WEATHER FORECAST

Chicago. Dec. 1O,-iiiinois. wisconsin,
Minnesota and North Dakota--Fai- and
continued colder tonight aud Tuesday.
Missouri-Eair and continued cold to-
rirhti Tuesday. Increasing cloudiness.
slightly warmer west.
fowa-Eair aud continued cold tonight;
Tuesday. increasing cloudiness, with snow
aud warmer west.
south Dakota-Partly c'oudy tonight aud
Tuesday; probably snow southwest tonight.
Ncbraskn-t nsettled tonight and Tues
day; snow Tuesday and In west tonight,
continued cold
kansas--tloudy and unsettled tn isht
and Tuesday; somewhat warmer west to-
night and east Tuesday.
Montana-Eair tonight aud Tuesdayi not
piuch change In temperature.
Wyominr-tioudy tonight with snow
aud colder southeast.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
Pacific Mail Steamship PAYS Extra

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The Pacific
Mail Steamship Company has declared
s semiannual dividend of 80 cents and
an extra dividend of $3.50 on the COM
mon stock. both payable December e6
to stock of record December 81. ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
INACTIVE PHILA, STOCKS

Following are quotations for inactive
stocks listed on the Philadelphia Stock
Exchange and in which there were no
transactions today. The price given Is
the last previous close:
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E,tr. Dividend by Sugar Company

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. lo.-The
onomea sugar Company has declared an
cxtra dividend Of sixty cents share, IN
addition 70 the usual monthly dividend
Of forty cents q share, payable De-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

the
Rapid Transit stock
called off The banks at
In inc 10
who felt that the price at
stock would have been ridcu-
consunnaon Oh 'e was
the ed a of stock none OF it,
OF speculative
Of 10 ouy
pull While 1t Is true
this no time FOR specuo anu
ono houNe
OF small VIII
the tide dcause general Improvement
borrowing manifest and that while might not result
tend to check furhcr
Of features of the situation
ignored Whether the runoHnSs
abroad questionable But
would DC
prospect
the theory
speculative debau have paid
is what makes for the
securities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

INACTIVE NEW YORR STOCKS

Following are quotations for inactive
New York stocks and In which there
were no transactions today. The price
given is the last previous sale:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
GOVERNMENT BONDS
BANK CLEARINGS

Bank clesrings today compared with cor
responding day last two years; -
rh,lasa. al. Sos. iss ,4I. iitSooe saz .sit.7ai
Boston o.9s3.9ai ss5 sos.s! ..s.osi. 10
ch,essc. s5.sao.isA so.17Losa ........
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

PHILADELPHIA-C 5 per cent :
time, 5q5% per cent. Commercial paper,
three to four months. 8 u @5k per cent ;
six months, 8 Il 6p q per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
Extra by Albany and Susquehanna

Total sales. 2Sa 800 shares. compared with
los, 200 shares saturday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

Business in the cotton market was
confined to short covering, with limited
ney buying by Liverpool and later real-
izing sales, but the demand was much
larger than the supply and, as "A result,
a substantial net advance was recorded
on the days operations.
There was no really important news.
but sentiment appeared to be better than
it has been in number OF days.
A continuance of short covering by
Wall street and western interests and
some new buying by spot houses and
commission firms caused a firm tone at
the opening of the market. prices
advancing IL TO 16 points. There was
a moderate supply from room traders,
Liverpool and one or two southern in
terests.
The advance of about SO to 81 points
encountered some realizing, and there
were reactions of 10 to IL points from
the best around noon, but there was
no important pressure and the slight
setback seemed to bring in renewed buy
ing from one source or another, with
the market working still higher.
January sold up to 2s.90c. or 40
points from the Opening and 92 points
from the low level of Saturday morning
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
Reserve Banks Discount Rates

Official rates OF discount for each of tn
twelve Federal districts are as follows:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
BOSDS-CONTINuED
COTTON MAKES GAIN
ON'GOOD DEMAND
Market Confined to Short Cow
erihg, New Buying by Liver
pool and Realizing Sales
COTTON BELT WEATHER CONDITIONS

COTTON BELT WEATHER CONDITIONS
trem:iy MEW nSEK soId De-; e: S;,o lSMt & WIS ,S.
morning. with hardly any precipitation.
The following. temperatures were recorded:
Oklahoma. g; Fort Smith and Little Rock.
.; Fort Worth. 12; Del Rio. 30, San An
tonic; ~; CORPUS Christi. a.; Galveston.
burg. 20; Montgomery and Macon, 22;
Augusta. "a; Wilmington. 2Si Asheville,
Knoxville. =; Raleigh, ~; Charleston.
3O; Savannah. Jacksonville. Thomasyille
and Pensacola, 32; New Orleans and
TAMPA. 80; Miami. 80.
There was .02 inch precipitati0n at
Chattanooga and % ut Nashville.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
The GlRARD NATIONAL BANK,
Phl1ademhia Penua

|S111EcroRy OF ACCOUNTANTS
Csor1e X. Watson. c. p. A.
6oor. Real Estate Trust BLDG.
oITH TAX REPORTS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
RAILROAD EARNINGS


MINNEAPoLls,s ST. PATI. AND sAUL7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

Total sales. si.OiO.OOO. compared with ST.
O33 900 Saturday.
Evening star., 1917-12-03
FOR HEATHEN LAND LEPERS.
First Of Series Of Community Meet.
ings Tomorrow.

The first of a series of nine COM
munity meetings to be held in the in
terest Of lepers in heather lands, under
the auspices of the Woman's interde-
nominational Missionary Union, will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock by
the Petworth and Princeton Heights
community. at the Whitney Avenue
Christian Church. Mrs. Mary Lewis
will preside.
The principal speaker. will be miss
Kate Mexican, field secretary, mission
to lepers. from the Indo- China Leper
Hospital The address of welcome will
be made by Mrs. C. o. Saum, with
Mrs Ellis Logan making the response.
The officers of the Woman's Inter-
denominational Missionary Union are
Mrs. John N. culbertson. president;
Mrs. Ellis Logan, vice president at
large; Mrs. Washington Topham, treas
urer: Mrs. c. 8. Cissel. recording sec
retary; Mrs. Robert Whaley, CORE
spending secretary, and Mrs. W. p
Cooke, secretary Of literature.
Evening star., 1917-12-03
FIGURES GIVE RESULTS
OF DRY LAW IN DISTRICT
One Effect, It Is Stated, Is Deple-
ton of Labor at the
Workhouse.

One months record of.prohibition in the
District Of Columbia, as shown by police
records, has reduced drunkenness by more
than 76 per cent.
Compared with S3S arrests for drunk
enness in November, 1916. the police
during the month just closed. made but
199 arrests for this cause, Commissioner
Brownlow announced today. This is a
reduction Of $50 cases. or a percentage
reduction of IS plus.
During November. 1916. the highest
number Of arrests in any week for which
"old King Booze was responsible was
218. The highest number for any week
Of last month was 81.
AS result Of the big falling of in
liquor cases the population in the District
workhouse at Occoquan has taken q tre-
mendous slump That this institution
shortly may be embarrassed by lack Of
prison labor for continuing its compre-
hensfve development, scheme is now a
probability.
Commissioner BrownIow stated that po-
lice reports show that conditions have i'm
proved generally throughout the city since
the dry law went into o>effect.
Evening star., 1917-12-03
WHITE HOUSE FLOWERS
FOR INDUSTRIAL BAZAAR
Mrs. Wilson's Gift to Association
Which Has an Exhibit in
!. Southern Building.

With flowers from the White House
Conservatives, the personal gift Of
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, president of the
organization.> adorning every available
nook, the annual bazaar of the South
ern Industrial Educational Association
was opened this morning in the associ-
alton rooms. 32s-331 Southern Building,
18th and H streets northwest The ex-
hibit and bazaar will be open through
out the present week.
profusion of handmade toys makes
a timely appeal to the Christmas shop
pers. especially the early ones. while
other examples of the handicraft of the
mountain schools and cabin workers,
for whose benefit the articles are to be
sold. include knotted and tufted bed
spreads, knotted table covers and bu-
reau scarfs, handwoven coverlets,
rugs. linen table covers and scarfs, will
low. oak split and pine needle baskets
of all sizes. feather fans and hand
carved nut bowls. tea trays and picture
frames.
There is no admission fee and the
public is cordially invited.
Evening star., 1917-12-03

and modern health crusade day. to be
held Friday. The sale of seals makes
possible the carrying out Of broad
health program throughout the year.
It is pointed out by the, managers
that never before in the history OF the
world has the Importance of physical
fitness been SO clearly revealed as in
these days of war and Army mobili-
zation.
The Association for the Prevention Of
tuberculosis in the District OF Column
bia, in its recent letters to the church.
es. has laid special stress on the i'm
portance of beginning with the chill
dren in these annual medical examina-
tions. SO that the early defects may
be discovered. - - > -
Such figures as are available indicate
that the sale of Christmas seals in
Washington is meeting with gener-
GUS and sympathetic response. One
lady sends $25. one dollar to buy seals
and the remainder to be considered a
contribution for the carrying on of the
campaign. Several others have sent
contributions varying from So to SO
direct to the treasurer. Frank P. Rec
side. 923 H street northwest.
Evening star., 1917-12-03
SCENT BREAD AT PLACES.
Retail Grocers and Housewives In.
terested in Bakers Announcements,

Washington's retail grocers today ap-
peared interested along with thou
sands Of local housewives in the an
nouhcement made Saturday that the
Corby Baking Company and the Haven
ner Baking Company would place on
sale one-pound loaves Of bread for
Z cents to the trade. price that should
result in an eight-cent ratesto the con-
sumer.
+ They also appeared ''up in the air. as
to what rate should be charged today.
Several grocers interviewed had ap-
parently taken the baking companies
published announcement as authority
for the prevalence of the eight-cent
price to consumers beginning. today;
others. In the absence of notification
as to when the new rate was to go into
effect, were still charging according to
the former scale, while some charged 9
cents