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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

New low record prices were made
yesterday for Italian lire and Russian
rubles. Lire checks dropped to
1914 to the dollar, compared with
696 the day before. Rubles declined
from 1880 TO o9.12 cents and closed
at 1920. This compares with an in
trinsic value for the ruble Of 5l.2
cents.
German marks continued under
pressure, and yesterdays decline car
ried the qoutation TO 81 1916 cents
for four, compared with recent high
OF 75 cents.
Sterling rates, while unchanged,
continued to display pronounced firm
ness. Long bills were especially strong
Closing rates yesterday, compared
with a week ago, were as follows:
Wool
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
New York

New United States Rubber Di-
rectors.-W. 5. Kies, vice president of
the American International Corpora
ton; c. B. Seger. vice president of
the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. s..
Alexander. president of the National
Bank of Commerce, have been added
to the board of the United States
Rubber Company. These men will
represent the new interests which en-
ter the company in connection with
the recent purchase by Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. Of a S60,000,00o issue of per
cent bonds. Underwriters of the is
sue have been notified by the bankers
that they can receive advance sub
scriptions for the bonds at 962. to
yield over 5.2l per cent. The under
writing price was 94i4. The general
allotment to underwriting participants
will be about 30 per cent. or 50 per
cent Of the total application.
TO Reduce Stock.-Stockholders Of
the Casualty Company of America. at
the annual meeting yesterday, adopt
ed z resolution 20 reduce the capital
stock Of the company from s75O0O0 TO
s700,ooo and to transfer $4,000 from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
MONEY FLOW
IS LONDONWARD
New York Banks Invest
Freely in Foreign Com
mercial Bills

New York banking institutions, 1t
was learned yesterday, are again en-
ploying a considerable portion OF their
surplus funds in the London market by
The purchase OF prime British com
mercial bills. 1t is conservatively es-
timated that upward Of SlOOOOO'Ooo
in banking funds has been trans
ferred to London in the last two
weeks for temporary investment. Inc
total Of New York bank balances In
London is now about at the figure
reached last fall.
The banks here arc transferring
their idle funds to London for tenn
porary employment, for the reason
that the interest rate there is much
more attractive than in the local marx
et Money invested in commercial bills
on the other side now nets the banks
here an average Of about 4 per cent,
which is considerably more than could
be obtained at home in view OF the
pronounced ease in the general money
market
Last September large amount o.
funds went to London for investment
but with the furry in rates IN early
December in the local market large
Withdrawals we're made and the new
York balances on the other side were
reduced to bare working margin.
Now the movement is again in the
other direction and bankers predict
an even larger outflow to London if the
money market situation here remains
=,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

The above rates express the cost Of
foreign money in terms of the Ameri-
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling for s475ii; the intrinsic par
ity is s4.S6Ss per pound. Thus, you
say either that pounds are at a dis
count or that dollars are at pre-
MUM, which is owing to tho fact that
in England the demand for dollars
with which to settle accounts in this
country is greater than the demand in
this country for pounds with which to
settle accounts in England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
u. S. Treasury Finances

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE condition
Of the United States Treasury at the
close Of business to-day was:
Net balance in general fund, 1884,
276.97I.
Total ordinary receipts, So, 1886.
Total ordinary payments, SAP 1860.
The deficit this fiscal year is $780,
371 ,290, against a deficit OF s60,669, 672
last year. exclusive Of Panama Canal
and public debt transactions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
Other Cities

Cotton Shipments from Galveston
Galveston, Tex, Jan. 16.-bxports OF
cotton from the port OF Galveston our
ing the month Of December amounted 70
ooS 472 bales. valued at s31 1862, 49S, &C
cording to official figures compiled ny
the custom house and made pubic 70
day. This compares with 1868 oaies'
vaincd al S3i385.O4l in November.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
Gold Currents

Gold coin to the amount OF 100000
was Withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury
yesterday for shipment TO Cuba. There
was also $4,000 taken for export to
South America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
wFA1TH MARKETS AND COMMERCE Z

capital account TO surplus. The board
81 director. was reduced from thirty
five to fifteen members. No action
was taken relative to filing the va
cancy caused by the resignation as
nro.idont Of T.. T., Hearn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
International Mercantile Marine.

International Mercantile Marine.
Two months before maturity the In
ternational Mercantile Marine Company
has paid of the s6,OOO,O0O short-term
loan that was negotiated in connec-
tion with the retirement of the com
pany's old 4i9 per cent and per
bonds. Under the plan Of readjust-
ment new per cent bonds we're put
out to replace S4O,OOO,oOO of the two
issues which, with accrued interest,
amounted TO about S7S,O0O,000. The
company's surplus earnings and funds
obtained from the bank loan were used
in retiring the remainder.
Unofficial estimates Of the net earn
ings of the company for the year ended
December 81 last placed them at S4O,-
600, 900, after deducting the war tax.
Plans for taking care Of the SO per
cent in back dividends on the pre-
ferred stock are expected to await an
explanation OF Great Britain's new
naturalization" shipping policy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
Boston Coppers.

Boston Coppers. Boston, Jan. 10
An improved tone prevailed in the
mining share list in the local market
to-day. Substantial gains were &C
companied by an increase in sales. The
activity OF Davis Daily, newly listed
copper stock featured the trading. The
close was higher. Allouez, 66%; Cop
per Range, 677s; 0sceola, o612; Old
Dominion. 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
Telephones:
Hanover 65ll

per cent with shorter dates OF the
choicest grade selling at 81 per cent
Official rates of discount at each OF
the twelve Federal districts are as tol'
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

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, 1917-01-17

Southern Railway.-Directors of the
Southern Railway are expected TO APP
prove at an early date plans for per-
manently financing the roads require
ments for some time ahead, including
the refunding of S15,0oQ,Ooo notes,
s. 900 600 Of which came due in Febru-
ary. 1916. and were extended for
year. and 100000 due March 2,
1917. It is stated that Southern's
will be under its new mort
gage recently created TO take the place
of its development and general mort
gage. There are nearly S35,000,00O OF
these bonds in the treasury or pledged
behind the notes They bear 8 per cent
interest, while the new bonds offered
in exchange for the sci $685. 900 out
standing development As carry Az per
cent interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
Corporation Returns

Deere & Co.-Report for the year ended
October 81, 1915, compares as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

Commercial Paper. There is an se-
tive demand for commercial paper and
the tone continues easy. Prime regu-
lar matur.ties are moving freely at 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

New Public Utility Tssue.-The Ma
tional City Company and Harms
Forbes g. co. have purchased $1,000
900 general and refundng mortgage
3 per cent bonds Of the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

Utah Copper.-Ihis was ABOUT Vhe
strongest Of the copper stocks yester-
day. advancing 49, points, to 1o9%, on
dealings Of 24,8OO shares. Utah has Sl6'-
2A4.9OO Of an authorized issue OF $50
600 600 stock outstanding. In the first
three quarters of 1915 the company
showed earnings at an annual rate OF
s23.s7 a share, compared with sll.O3
actually earned in 1915. The Utah is
one of the lowest cost copper produc-
ers in the country, turning out total
Of 1897 ,O06 pounds in 1918 at an az
craze cost per pound of SCI cents. The
company owns, in addition 70 its Bling
ham Canyon properties, one-half of the
capital stock of Nevada Consolidated
Copper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

Bank Clesrings.-Tne day clearings
q New York and other cities:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

Robert D. Andrews has been elected
president OF the Metropolitan SaVihgS
Bank, to succeed A. s. Hutchins'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
Bank Elections

r. A. Parker has been elected pres
ident Of the Market and luton va
tional Bank. TO succeed AieHanuel
Gilbert, who has been made chairman
Of the board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

Sub-TreasUry. -- New York banks
lost TO the Sub-Treasury Sl55s,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

Silver.-Bars in London, 3s pence;
New York, 74A cents; Mexican dollars
57& cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
Money and Credit

There was plentiful supply OF
money on call at the New York Stock
Exchange yesterday, and the ruling
rate remained unchanged at per cent.
The low and closing rate was l94
per cent.
The market for time funds on brok-
ers' stock Exchange collateral is char
acterized by moderate demand and a
generous supply. The bulk OF business
is in six months loans against indus
trial collateral at an average rate OF
81 per cent Other industrial collat-
eral loans are quoted 80 per cent for
sixty and ninety days and ga per cent
for four and i've months msturitieS.
Mixed funds are quiet and rates are
practically unchanged.
Ruling rates on money yesterday.
compared with year ago, were as fol-
lows:
Yesterday. Year ago
Call money. %. 124s
Time money mixed collateraD;
60 days.. 2I2@3 % 2Ia@2949S
90 days. 3 @3l4oo 234oo
months. 3 $685. 2s4@3 Q.
TO 6 mos. 3l4@31a'o 224@3 %
Sub-Treasury. 49, New York banks
lost to the Sub-Treasury Sl,57eooO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17

80 day paper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-17
Relevant
Information

Aetna Explosives. The dividend on
tho preferred stock Of the Aetna TX
plosives Company was passed by the d.
rectors at their regular meeting yes
terdsy. The rate had been per cent
annually. Lack OF working capital was
civen as the reason for this action
There are outstanding s5,495,9OO OF
nreferred and $4,000 shares OF com
mon stock Of no par value, when was
offered to the public at $40 a share.
They have since sold as high as ZOE,
and are now quoted around 81. The
preferred shares are now quoted at ~
bid. 35 offered, as compared with 81
to 81 a year ago. The company mas
been working on war orders for tho
Russian government. President KIM
bali OF the company has handed IN his
resignation, but no action has been
taken by the directors. and he VIII
continue in Office for the time being.
Prospective iodh w D''
tional information obtained yesterday
concerning details of the new British
loan TO be offered in this market was
that tho one and two year notes to be
issued in the near future will be con-
vertible into a long-term bond, which
will bear 81 per cent interest
.s..4
1t is possible that the maximum
amount Of the loan, placed at $3o0,OOO'-
600, may be reduced somewhat al
though bankers associated with Allied
financing declared that the reduction
would not be sufficient to warrant
change in their former assertions that
the amount of the loan would be IN the
neigbborhood of $500, 100000.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18
IS GRAVE DIGGER"
Insects Which Are "U~ndertakers" Of
Animal World Scent Dead Bodies
at a Great Distance.

When an animal dies In a garden or
In the woods and decomposition be
gins, carrion bugs come from far and
near. A dead bird, a mouse or a hsrm-
less snake wantonly killed by some
wanderer provides a banquet for hun
dreds OF insects. Among these the
grave diggers" are found, embracing
AZ species, IL Of which are found in
Europe, the rest In America.
You a identify these beetles, says
Popular Science, by the two jagged
yellowish red or reddish transverse
bands upon their black wing covers.
Their scientific names (Necrophorus)
means no more than curriers' of the
dead" AS ~undertakers, the insects
have legs especially adapted for dig
ging.
A grave-digger beetle has a most ex-
traordlnary n of smell. He can
detect the peculiar odor of decomposi-
ton a long distance away and flies to
the dead thing as straight as an ar
row. His remarkably keen nose is
situated In his club like feelers.
AS a rule several grave dlggers are
found ear a dead body. They crawl
under Ii and scratch the supporting
earth away. Sc that the body soon lies
In a hollow. Gradually the body is
lowered until 1t sinks below the sur
face. Then 1t is covered with earth.
The female lays her eggs around the
Inferred form, thus insuring for the
newly Matched larvae a plentiful food
supply.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18

Some famous swords of japan have,
as do some famous jewels, their own
individual anne One sword of great
repute was called Little Grow" Lee
gends and superstitlons are connected
with such historical blades or their
makers. One of these makers was
called the "One-handed Smith" The
story goes that while in his apprentice
ship to an older artisan he came to
learn everything his superior knew, ex-
cept the exact temperature of the
water used In tempering. Finally, able
to endure his situation no longer, he
stole to the forge one day when the
master was working alone and pre-
pairing to temper a finished work of
high quality. Rushing In, the younger
man thrust his hand into the water,
only to have It cut of by the irate
employer.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18
Chinese Get Quick Scheme.

The superstition of the Chinese peo-
pie gave a man at Kiriva, North China.
an opportunity to make a fortune. He
established himself at the temple and
started selling water to the pilgrims
at one cent an ounce. He told them
each to bring a small bowl and a piece
of red cloth to cover 1t. On receiving
the water they were directed to cover
the bowl with the red cloth and burn
incense before the shrine. The news
spread rapidly through the city and
country round about, and he was able
to make a big haul, as thousands of
people In carts, on horseback, and on
foot resorted thither daily. Many have
professed themselves cured of divers
ailments. The water supplied had no
medicinal properties, but took on a
slight pink color from the cloth cover-
ing the bowls. Finally the magistrate,
probably fearing trouble If he arrested
the man, and wishing to discourage
superstition, sent out police and de-
stroyed the temple.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18
The Value Of Biography.

1t Is not only commanded BY an
cient practice to celebrate the memory
Of great and worthy men, as the best
thanks which posterity can pay them,
but all the examples of virtue are of
more vigor when they are thus con-
tracted into individuals. AS the sun
beams, united in a burning glass to a
point, have greater force than when
they are darted from plain superficies,
so the virtues and actions OF mar
drawn together in a single story,
strike upon our minds a stronger and
more lively impression than the scat
tered relations of many men, and many
actions; and by the same means that
they give us pleasure, they afford us
profit, too and as b reader
Is more concerned at one mans for
tune than those of many, so the writer,
likewise, is more capable of making a
perfect work If he confne himself to
this narrower compass.-Dryden.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18
GAVE WORLD TRAINED NURSE
America Created What Is Declared to
Be One Of Prou5est Triumphs Of
Modern Civilization.

One of the proudest triumphs of
present civilization Is the trained
nurse. / refer to the real thing-com-
petent, big-brained. merciful, fearless
under fire OF In the operating room.
prompt to act In the efficiency of her
own knowledge and, withal. a true
woman, endowed with character and
grace that qualify her to meet the best
mentally equipped men and women
on earth, writes Julius Chambers In
the Brooklyn Eagle.
Florence Nightingale founded "the
Order Of N~ursehood," but trained
nurses are an American creation. We
taught Europe the difference between
the amateur nurse, however sympa-
thetic, and the expert director of a sick
room DR. hospital ward.
The trained nurse is an offspring Of
democracy.
The European aristocrat could not
realize that a skilled nurse stood on
the same plane with the physician
was often a more valuable guide to re-
covery. The notion among men and
women In France and England able to
employ her was that the trained nurse
was merely a superior order of serv-
ant.
Even a servant may be loved, but
her status is unchanged. But In
America this snobbishness never ex-
listed. Her authority in the absence
of the ministering physician is recog-
nized as absolute. AS she sits at the
bedside of a suffering p~lutocrat or Of
a president of the republic, she is his
equal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18
SEES DOOM OF GOLDEN LOCKS
Statistician Predicts Extinction Of
Fair-Halred Women, as a Species,
Within Next Two Centuries.

II Is gravely announced that the
bright glory of blond hair, locks of
pale spun gold, such as the Lorelei
eombed with her golden comb, are
doomed to disappear entirely. A sta
tistician has figured the whole matter
out, and he issues a solemn warning
that In two pitiful centuries the poets
(who will still be poets n~evertheless)
must ease TO sing of blessed damosels
with hair like ripe corn, except, of
course, retrospectively, or paying tri-
butte knowingly to a triumph Of the
chemists art.
The reason for the diminution of the
number of fair women, the final ex-
tinctlon of the species, is given By the
statistician with the solemnity proper
ly belonging to his profession and
province, says the New York Evening
Post. 1t is that blends have been OBJ
served to be less inclined to marriage
than their darker sisters. They are
thus condemning themselves to the
fate which must little by little over
take them and rob the world Of some
thing the world would not willingly be
bereft of.
For the benefit of those who are
admirers Of white horses IL may be
added that red hair does not count as
blond. 1t is sui generis, and has stay
ing qualities as notable as that of the
brunette type.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18
WAS ALRIGHT ON HONEYMOON
But Wife objects When Hubby's Inn
poIlteness, Used Al Ruse to Fool
onIookers, Becomes a Habit.

At a woman's club, this was over
heard:
Would you think" asked a club
member, shat my husband and I
would be taken for bride and groom
when we make a little trip7"
why, of ourse you might, dear !"
answered two or three. you neither
one Of you show your age, and"
Thank you for your p~oliteness,"
went on the lady, but l wasn't fishing
for anything like that. / was merely
introducing a topic. When we were
married-16 years ago next month
we figured out a way to deceive the
train people and the hotel people and
the strangers. / carried a big grip, Of
which my husband never attempted to
relieve me and he read the morning
paper at breakfast. This ruse we con
tinued during u entire honeymoon"
WAS 1t successful?"
"0h. yes-fairly SO. But that isn't
the question. The next trip we made
1T was a year later-my husband
was still afraid that we might be
taken for bride and groom.
Again I carried the baggage and
again he ignored me In favor of his
newspaper, at the breakfast table. I
didn't enter into the spirit of the
thing quite SO readily on that occa-
sion.
But the custom had been estab-
liehad. We wort IN New York last
week-and / carried the hand bag
gage. When I protested, my husband
said: What's the matter-do you want
people to mistake us for a honeymoon
coupler
"What I want to know is this: How
old do we have TO be before 1t will be
safe for my husband to begin to be
polite to me7' - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18
Keeping Track of Sun.

In addition to telling you the time Of
day, your watch may be used for keep
ing track of the sun. When the orb OF
day finishes its days journey and dis
appears In the west, note the time by
your watch. Then draw a horizontal
line Imaginary. OF c~Ourse) from the
point of the hour hand to the opposite
side of the dial. The time indicated
by the line on this side will be the
time at which the sun rises In the
morning. Thus If the sun sets at eight
at night. the line shows that II will rise
at four In the morning; if IL sets at
seven II will rise al Ave; II at five 1t
will rise at seven. and so on
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18

M~eerschaum mining is an important
business in Asia Minor. Pits are first
dug, and as soon as a vein of meer.
schaum is struck horizontal galleries
are laid out. These galleries are often
very long, and they vary in length
from rs to $50 feet. The crude meer-
schaum, which is called hamtash. is
yellowish-white In color, and a red
clay Goa envelopes 1t. The blocks are
sold on the spot at from $25 to $500
a CARLOAD. according to their quality,
They are then soft enough to cut with
a knife, but they are dried before be
ing exported.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18
New National Dishes.

At a banquet, the superintendent OF
the mining department of a large
firm told this one: At a miners
union meeting held at Bisbee at
the time there was an attempt being
made to unionize the camp, the ques-
ton arose as to whether Mexicans adj
mitted to the union should be allowed
to work underground. One speaker OPP
posed any such thought on the
grounds of difference in economic
equality of the whites n Mexieans'
Waxing warm to his subject, he shout
ed "How do they liver You all know.
What do they wearf You oil know
What do they eat?"-(voice from back
of hall)-"Chile Killarney and Torpe'
does."-Engtneering and Mining Jour
nal
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-18
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

. The Silver League convention is assembled here today. The names 9
. of the delegates from Humboldt county are: William Weighed, T. j. =
. Hauskins. F. NJ. Fellows, Henry Thes, W. H. Minor, Ed Emmons,
Q Joseph Marzen, Joseph Organ, D. j. Hadey, c. lie Grave, James r.
. Harvey, J c. Kemler, Peter Woocock. I. :. Hadley, NJ. A. Leonard, I:
9 b. L. McLain proxy, 7. C. Hanson, A. Kleinhans proxy, Captain q:
. Frank Cook, F. Francis, W. j. Bell and G. s. Nixon. 9
o A meeting of the Humboldt county executive Silver League will e
" for the purpose of selecting and recommending mi candidate for 9
. Senator and two candidates for the Assembly to go IN the Silver party {
o certificate of nomination. Every member should be represented by
Q certificate or by proxy. 9
O y o o O o o o o D o o @ 90 o o @ o o o o o o o y o q :