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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-10-25
Bowers tunes in the stellar role.

Bowers tunes in the stellar role.
Since His Bridal Night" is con.
yerted from a farce comedy into a
musical piece, it has a real plot. a
claim that cannot be made for many
musical attractions. 1t may have been
whispered beforehand that the piece
is quite broad and hat those who
witness it will see and hear things
that those who postpone their visit
may miss. a base SANDER. There is
nothing to harm the most fastidiou..
\ stage glance or an aside. remind,
YOU might expect something you ought
not to expect if you expect sometime
YOU should not expect. But it never
happens. Leave that to Margarct
Mayo whose success has proven that
But even as in Twin Beds" and Fair
and Warmer" she avoids the too
risGue element.
Is called for in the plot, the War
rem Sisters, who are real twins. look
enough alike 10 be each other. and
pretty enough to appeal to Mr.. Bow
ers who marries one and takes a wed
ding trip with the other. The prima
donna role is in the hands of Alma
Youlin, who is so we'll known that she
needs no further mention. Harry LII
ford Will be seen in the comedy role
he created in the original production
Others in the cast are Sue Talmadee.
Billy Wayne. Clarice Grey, Maize Can.
per, Belle Court. Birdie Ross and
Lucille Blythe. The company carries
a full symphony orchestra.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-10-25
THE CASE OF PETTIGREW

Aberdeen Daily News Richard
Franklin P%ettigrew, former United
States senator from South Dakota.
evidently will be tremendously disap-
pointed if the rumor that he has been
indicted by the federal grand jury at
Sioux Falls, under the espionage act.
proves TO be untrue. Reports from
Sioux Falls, while very properly Civ.
ing no intimatiOn of the probable &C
ton Of the grand jury-something
that. ordinarily, is not done until the
arrest OF the person indicted-seem
TO indicate that the former senators
unofficial" information may be cor
rect.
Mr. Pettigrew is becoming an old
man now. He is around 50. and his
health is not good. He should be en-.
joying the peace and quiet comfort
that one hopes for as old age ap.
proaches. But the former senator is
not that sort Of an old man. He loves
trouble. Perhaps he grew envious
when be noticed the notoriety that
La Toilette has acquired. Certainly
he has given utterance TO expressions
relating TO the war which are fully as
violent, fully a. anti-American, as
anything the Wisconsin senator is ac-
cused Of saying.
Mr.. Pettigrew has had violent en-
enies in South Dakota in times past.
His enemies have been far more
strong in their feelings Of antipathy
toward him than have his friends in
their feeling Of loyalty 10 him, be-
cause the former senator ever has
been a more persistent, bitter enemy
himself, to his enemies, than he has
been a warm, loyal, self-sacrihcing
friend TO his friends.
But. he Is getting old, and his en-
emies Of other years have been in
clined TO overlook his numerous faults
and ID let him pass his declining
years in peace. But the old man viii
NOT nave II 81. NJ IL AOO lDlE dC-
customed 10 doing battle upon some
issue or other. Lacking something
else over which 10 run counter to pop
ular opinion, he chose TO oppose the
world war, and the share Of the Unit
ed States in IT. And Uncle Sam is
an antagonist many times stronger
than the men in his home state
against whom Pettigrew has fought
so often, and so frequently has been
beaten.
The former senator seems confident
and hopeful that he has been indicted.
Perhaps he has been. Surely no one
could be justified in hoping that the
desires of an old man, Unfortunate
though they may appear to be, so far
as his own welfare is concerned,
should fail TO be gratifed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-10-25
This BRIDAL NIGHT"

His Bridal Night" one Of last sea
sons most clever comedies and con-
verted this season into a musical com.
edy OF the better sort. will come to
the Grand next Monday night.
The book is by Margaret Mayo and
Lawrence Rising while the piece is
produced by Messrs. Perry ]. Kelly
and Robert Campbell who are said
to have prepared a scenic production
OF unusual b auty, and to have sur
rounded their star with a EAST that
Will DO more than credit to the real
worth OF the book, and Frederick
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-10-25
Don't be a Stacker

CAN you look the world squarely in the
p ~ face and feel you have done your full
duty?
Are you buying every Liberty Bond
you can afford?
Your right to Liberty and happiness
has been attacked. If your boy, whom you
have sent to the front to fight for you is
not given enough munitions and provisions
to hold back the German horde, the fate
Of your home will be the fate Of the homes
of Belgium.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Money and Credit

Despite the belief in many quarters
that efforts would be made on the part
of the bankers 70 bring about sub
stantial reduction in interest rates IN
the local money market, no such devel-
opment took place yesterday. Al the
Stock Exchange the supply OF funds Tor
call loan purposes was barely sufficient
TO meet the days demands, and as a
result the ruling rate was maintained
at the 6 per cent level established on
Tuesday. A small amount OF money
loaned at SO. in the middle Of the day,
but the rate quickly returned TO per
cent. Little credence is given in fnan-
cial quarters TO the reports in circu-
lation the last day or two TO the effect
that the government might fix limit
beyond which interest rates would not
be permitted to 60.
The demand for time loans secured
by Stock Exchange securities was only
fair yesterday. but owing TO the alb
sence Of anything like normal supply
rates held firm at the levels established
earlier in the week Some loans against
industrial collateral were reported at
per cent. which is the prevailing rate
for ali maturities, Loans against
mixture Of railway and industrial Sc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Dividends

New Jersey Zinc.-Regular quarterly divi-
| dcnd of per cent, payable November ~ To
| stockholders OF record October 81.
Inspiration Consolidated Copper.-Quarter-
| ~ dividend of s. share, payable October -
to stockholders of record October II.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail
road.-Regular quarterly dividend of "a per
cent, payable October 20 TO stockholders Of
record October &.
Lukens Steel-Quarterly dividend Of Il.
per cent on the first and second preferred
stock, payable October IS 20 stockholders Of
record September 90
American Malting.-Regular quarterly div
idend Of $3.50 a share on the first preferred
stock payable November ! 70 stockholders Of
record October Il.
Holly sugar.-Reguar quarterly dividend
OF a per cent on the preferred stock. pay
able November l to stockholders Of record
October 10.
American Shipbuilding. Regular quarterly
dividends OF Ia per cent on the preferred
and -. per cent on the common sto'ks. pay
able November | TO stockholders OF record
October -.
Virginia Carolina Chemical Regular quar-
terly dividends OF 81 n share on the pre-
ferred and 10 cents share on the common
stocks. Preferred dividend is payable Octo-
Der 10 20 stockholders OF record October 8
and the common November ! to stockholders
OF record October IS.
Poole Engineering & Machine Regular
quarterly dividend OF Y per cent payable
October 10 TO stockholders OF record Octo-
Der 3.
United States ss.-Quarterly dividend
OF ! per cent, payable October % 10 stock
holders Of record October 10.
L. S. Smelling & Refining. Regular quar-
terly dividend OF SIPS share on common
stock, payable October 10 to stockholders Of
record October 3.
Swift & Co.-Extra dividend OF . per cent
Hanover Fire Insurance.-Qu Quarterly divi-
dend OF "a per cent. payable October /.
National Cloak & Sut.-Usual quarterly
dividend Of IL. per cent on the common
stock. payable October Is to stockholders of
record October s.
National Tool.-Usual quarterly dividends
Of PER cent on the common and II, per
cent on the preferred stocks. payable octo-
Der /.
Irving National Bank.-Quarterly dividend
of 2ia per cent, payable October l.
Fifth National Bank.-Quarterly dividend
Of per cent. payable October !.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Earring Elected
Chairman of the
St. Paul Board
H. E. Byram Assumes Active
Duties as President
October l

Directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway at a meeting IN the
New York Offices of the company yes
terday formally elected II. L. Byram
president, to succeed A. J. Earring, who
was made chairman of the board. Mr.
Byram, who was for many years vice
president of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy. will enter actively on his new
duties October /.
81 am assuming the active manage
ment of the ST. Paul" he said after the
meeting, without knowing much about
the actual condition Of the property.
One of my first acts will be TO make an
INSPECTION trip, after which | expect 20
make recommendation Of any changes
or improvements that may be needed.
In becoming president hope 70 relieve
Mr.. Earring of the brunt OF his past
duties"
Mr.. Earring said he felt highly
honored that the st. Paul directors had
created the position of chairman of the
board for him after fifty-two years OF
service with the road.
The company's earnings, he stated,
had been seriously impaired by the &C
tivites of the |. W. W. in the West in
fomenting labor troubles. Now that
many of the men are going back to
work in the mines, however, the COM
pany's earnings, he declared, will show
material improvement In addition to
the strikes, Mr.. Earling said the un-
willingness on the part of farmers 70
ship their grain had affected earnings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Two Lose Seats on
Change; Another
Member Suspended
Acted as Principals and Brok'
ers in Same Transactions,
Is Charge

Herbert C. Taylor and John w
Cornwell, members of the Stock TX
change, were expelled from that instr
tuition yesterday for "wilful violation
of the constitution and proceedings in
consistent with just and equitable
principles OF trade" II. D. Lewis was
suspended for two years under similar
charges.
The direct charge against the brokers
was that they had been found guilty
of acting in the capacity of principals
and brokers in the same transactions,
which is violation not only Of the
rules Of the exchange, but also OF the
laws OF the state.
Mr.. TAYLOR was a member Of the firm
of Charles +. Quincy e. Co, of 80
broadway, and was admitted to mem
bership on the exchange May %, 1892.
Mr.. Cornwell has his headquarters at
100 Broadway; he became member Of
the exchange or October q, 1904. Mr..
Lewis has been a member since June
a. 1892,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange.

Russian rubles broke under II cents
Yesterday, falling TO 1914. The fresh
weakness OF Petrograd exchange was
associated with the statement issued
by the Russian Minister Of Finance
showing that expenses of the war up
to September IA had amounted to AL
900 OOo, 900 rubles, or s2O,5OO 900, 900, on
the normal exchange basis. Russia war
costs are steadily increasing, 1t IS
stated. owing to the demand for higher
wages and the increased price OF neces-
sites. .Lo.
Another advance in Spanish exchange
which sold at "a cents, up y cent
from the day before-was looked upon
as natural result Of the embargo on
GOLD exports to Spain. scandinavian
exchange rates were strong, with STOCK
him cables rising to 34.3O cents, the
highest level in weeks.
Closing rates yesterday, compared
Win a week ago, ale given in the table
below. American bankers have gus,
urnded all dealings in German and
Austrian exchange, 20 that daily quota
,;ons for either marks or kronen are
no longer available.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Admitted to Federal Reserve System.
Other Cities
Rate Increases Suspended

Rate Increases Suspended.-WA WASH
INGTON, Sept. 27.-Increases from 9 to
II certs per hundred pounds on petro-
leum and its products from Oklahoma
oil fields to interstate destinations on
the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Rail-
road which were 10 have become eff
fective tomorrow were suspended to-
day by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission until January 26 next.
Proposed general increases in rates
on grain from points Of origin to East
ern and Middle Western destinations
which were to have become effective
October | have been suspended until
Janury %.
Inc commission also suspended pro-
posed increases on grain products in
Guiding -four, from chicago to Atlantic
ports and intermediate stations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
News Digest
Foreign

London Awaits Fresh War Borrow
ing.-LONDON, Sept. 27.-Money was
scarcer to-day owing to the demand for
Treasury bills and the withdrawal of
some American balances. Discount rates
were firm.
The stock marke. developed a good
tone, but business was slack pending
announcement of the details of fresh
war borrowing. Argentine rails and
Brazilian bonds continued 10 improve,
and large business was done IN rub
Der, shipping and copper shares at
hardening prices.
Paris Bcurse. - PARIS, Sept. 81. -
Trading was quiet on the Bourse to-
day. Three per cent rentes, so francs
go centimes for cash. Exchange on
London, q francs IS confines. Five
per cent loan, SO francs 25 centimes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
New York

To Establish Credit Institute.-Im-
provement of the business and credit
standards OF the country is the object
or movement which. IL was announced
here yesterday, is being undertaken on
nationwide scale by the National As
ISOLATION of Credit Men. 1t is the es-
Enlistment of a national institute OF
credit. j. II. Tregoe. secretary treas
urer of the association, said several
prominent educators would cooperate
in the Institutes efforts to help stu
dents in leading universities and col
leges obtain scientific knowledge of
credits and business generally.
DR.. J. T. Holdsworth, of the Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh; DR.. c. w. Gersten-
berg, of New York University; Dr.. K.
I. Lord. OF Boston University, and Da-
vId +. Golieb will meet here soon, as
members of the advisory board, to out
line the steps to be taken. Branches of
the institute will be created in educa-
tlonal institutions in cooperation with
the Young Mems Christian Association.
Principles OF business, merchandising,
accounting, credits and collections, eco
romics, banking and currency, corpora
ton finance, business law, bankruptcy
and foreign trades are some of the
studies which it is planned TO have in
cluded in standard curriculum.
Admitted to Federal Reserve System.
The ST. Lawrence Trust Company. Of
Ogdensburg. y. Y. has been admitted
70 membership IN the Federal Reserve
system, according TO an announcement
yesterday by the Federal Reserve Bank
90 L.
organized in 1915 and has a capital and
surplus of S125 OOO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28

Complaints of a serious shortage
of labor are being heard in many
lines. Railroads, as we'll as indus
trial companies, are feeling the bur
den. The steady rise In the wage
scale is a reflection Of the general
situation in the labor market. The
New Haven Railroad has just an
nounced that in order to meet the
problem it has taken steps to en-
ploy younger and older men in the
operating department. The age lin
its heretofore have been twenty-one
to thirty-fve years, but now the bars
have been let down and the road
will take men into its employ who
range from eighteen to sixty years.
1t is stated that the new limits take
in men not subject to the draft act,
and will tend to reduce to mimi
mum applications for exemptions
due to industrial occupation that
would otherwise prevail in respect to
railway men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Thursday, September q, 1917.

With no indications of any easing
of the money situation, the stock
market came almost to standstill.
Traders showed little disposition
either to buy or sell stocks, and the
net result was an extremely narrow
price movement. Dealings barely
exceeded 100000 shares. The prin-
cipal movement Of interest was the
rise in the Liberty Loan 31a per cent
bonds, which sold at a premium of
Sl.40 per $1,000 bond, new high
record for the government issue.
For several weeks there has been
steady accumulation of the 31as by
individuals of means, who see in
these bonds perhaps their last op-
portunity to obtain government Sc
curities which are tax exempt.
Slight improvement in the general
bond market is also apparent. Rail-
road bonds are said to have taken
on a degree of firmness that is sur
prising in view of the approaching
government offering. Municipal
bonds continue in good demand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Relevant Facts
United Railroads Of San Francisco

United Railroads Of San Francisco
The annual report for the year ended
June 80, 1917, gives gross operating
revenues Of s7,45s,l42, compared with
S,75l,743 for the year preceding. Net
earnings after expenses and taxes
were s2,205,940 a decrease of s3,2Os,-
094. and surplus totalled 1892 ,O9l,
against $l,270,6l0 year ago.
Scovill Manufacturing. Am extra
dividend of SO share has been de-
clared by this company, in addition
TO the regular quarterly disbursement
Of 81 a share, payable October |, to
stockholders Of record September "a.
Extra dividends of $40 monthly have
been paid since May, 1915. with the ex-
ception of August, 1917, when SIS was
declared. Total dividends so far this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28

An interesting development has
taken place in the Southern labor
market in recent weeks. Reports
from the cotton belt say that cotton
seed oil mill operators have been
much surprised to find when the sea-
son opened an increase in the labor
supply. The skilled negro opera
tives, hundreds of whom went North
last fall and winter and during the
spring, have come back, and they say
they expect to stick to the South.
While the proportion of the negroes
returning is small compared with
the number who migrated north
ward, the movement is nevertheless
looked upon in the South as signif-
cant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Elections

Directors Of the American Writing
Paper Company have elected j. c. Mat
lack president.
". Forbes Morgan, jr., of Morgan,
Livcrmore & Co, has been elected a
director of the American Mailing Com
pany, to succeed Ansel Phelps, re-
signed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Current

The above rates express the cost oil
foreign money in terms OF the Amer,
can dollar. You buy an tnglsh pound
sterling at. say. s4.751:. The intrinsic
parity is Si.S6Ss per pound. thus you
say either that pounds are at discGnt
or that dollars are az premium, which
is owing TO the fact that IN Eng Gland
the demand for dollars with which to
settle accounts in this country Is great
er than the demand IN this country
for pounds with which TO settle ac-
counts in England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Interesting War Development

The rise in silver from the price OF
~ cents an ounce in 1914, before the
outbreak Of the war, 10 the recent high
record of slOsiz, made early this week,
has been one Of the interesting devel-
opments Of the war period. For one
thing, Il has resulted in the bullion
value OF silver coins in some countries
rising TO and exceeding in some in
stances their circulating or face value.
The following table shows the price per
ounce of silver at which the bullion
value Of the silver in the coin is equal
to the face value in the country Of
issue:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
Silver Drops on
Report China Is
Out of Market
London Gives Cue fol-
Break of 47-8 Cents in
Price Here

Reports from Shanghai that China,
heavy buyer of silver for several
months past, has suddenly withdrawn
from the market were largely respon-
sible for a break Of AS cents yesterday
in the local quotation for bars. This Is
the largest break in silver prices IN
single day since the armistice that pre-
coded the ending of the Russo-Japsnese
War, in 1905.
The price tumbled 2h pence over
right in London, a development which
was quickly translated into a fall or
47s cents an ounce in New York. At
Yesterdays price of s1.0lss the bar sill
yer quotation here showed loss OF
Ga cents an ounce from the high level
recently established
While dealers in bullion were not
surprised at the turn taken by silver
IN view Of the steady upward move
ment Of the last three months, they
were somewhat taken back by the spec
tacular character Of the days break.
In some quarters peace talk was re-
parded as an important factor bearing
upon the market, but most of the trade
looked to developments in the Far East
as the real cause of the decline.
News From China Awaited
A representative of one Of the larg-
est bullion houses in the financial dis
trict said last night they were await
ing specific information from Shanghai
regarding the evident disposition on
the part of Chinese silver traders 70
hold out Of the market. China sold
close to $4,000 900 ounces of her silver
supply TO India and other countries last
wear. when the price of the metal be-
gan 20 climb.
Beginning early this year, the Chi
nese began to buy metal TO replenlsh
their supply, and the demand from this
quarter, supplementing the increased
worldwide demand for the metal for
coinage purposes as result of the war,
has since June been the most important
factor in the silver market. An en-
barge on all silver imports into India,
made effective the first of this month,
has also shut of another source OF de-
mand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28

1t will take some time, perhaps
two or three months, before the steel
market will reflect to any marked
extent the fixing Of prices by the
government For this reason the
fact that the average price Of eight
leading steel products stands this
week at S106.51, decline of 1898 a
gross ton from a week ago, means
little. The trade has not yet had
time to adjust itself to the changed
conditions brought about by govern
ment interference. Plates, for eX-
ample, are still being quoted at 8
cents a pound, against the fixed price
of 1926 cents, and bars and beams at
4 cents compare with a government
price of 90 and 3 cents, respectively.
Other products prices for which
have not been established so far are
still quoted at last weeks level, and
these will naturally have TO be ad-
iusted. Steel billets are quoted at
$50 ton, a decline of IS ton, but a
further reduction is necessary to
bring them into line with pig iron
and finished steel products. 1t is
estimated in the steel trade that
when all adjustments have been
made the average price of the eight
leading steel products will range
around S75 a ton. This will compare
with high record Of $l20 a ton
made early this year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28

curities were held at 5l2 to per cent,
with not much business transacted.
Ruling rates for money yesterday.
compared with a year ago, were as fol-
lnus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BENJAMIN Franklin -

"Lssk B5td,t ., ysa'N t1d y'wrg
kfhml."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-28

Pelow is given the current exchange
,oine Of foreign money in dollars and
cents together with the intrinsic gold
rarity, as calculated by the United
States Mint: