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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
News Digest
Foreign

Paris Bourse Quiet-PAR1S. Dec. u.
Trading was quiet on the Bourse to-
day Three percent rentes sold at 81
francs 65 centimes for cash. Exchange
on London was quoted at Is francs
9712 centimes. Five per cent loan
brought 8S francs 10 centimes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

Corn.-The corn market experienced
a reaction on Saturday under profit tax
ing sales and owing to the prevailing
belief that the technical position of the
market has been materially weakened
by the heavy buying on Thursday and
Friday. The weather was again unset
tled with rains, and. as cor ntrv roads
are now muddy and in many cases i'm
passahle, the trade was not particu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Current
nYchnnoe Intrinsic

The above rates express the cost Of
foreign money in terms of the Amer
lean dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling, ssy, at s4.75So. The intrinsic
parity is $4.36ss per pound. Thus you
say either that pounds are at dis
count or that dollars are at premium,
which is owing to the fact that in Eng
land the demand for dollars with which
to settle accounts in this country Is
greater than tn, demand in this country
FOR pounds with which to settle ae-
counts in England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Nominal.

Coffee Market.-In local trade circles
there was more or less comment on the
reports from Rio Janeiro that the
export tax on Santos coffee would be
abolished as soon as the loans made on
coffee guarantees had been liquidated,
but pending further information traders
we're not disposed to consider this an
immediate market factor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
The Chinese Iron" Loan

Recent advices from Shanghai told
Of negotiations for loan of 100000
900 yen (S50,0o0o0O) to China by
Japanese syndicate for the purpose OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Coffee. Sugar and Tea

Current a year
prices. ago
Tea, Formosa, per lb......... 80 26
Sugar, granulatcd, per b.. 8.3S
Coffee, Rio No Z, per b.. .a1o7s 754
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Dividends


Indiana Pipe Line Company..Ex
dividend of $3.50 per share in addition
to regular quarterly dividend of SO
per share, both payable February IS
to stockholders of record January %.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Regular Declarations
W all Street Items

The Chemical National Bank has
voted tt distribute a Christmas bonus
of 10 per cent among it's employees.
making total distribution for the
year of rs per cent
Imajiro Kudo has been appointed
agent at the New York office of the
Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd.
Fairbanks, Morse & Co announce
that al employees who have been with
the firm twelve months Will receive a
bonus OF 10 per cent and those who
have entered their service since Janu-
airy l las win receive per cent.
S. T. Barry has sold his seat on the
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
to Thomas J. Woods for $4,000.
A bonus of 10 per cent of their sal
aries for the year viii be given to all
the employees of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Sales Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

Nominal.
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 Mirt:
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New York Clearing House Banks

CIearine
the
Cash of Federal Reserve o9o32O0O
Reserve repositories
CTcuauon 358f6Co0
EXCESS 59691750
aggregate reserve 51510Oc0
deposits Quoted, $24823e
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Sub-Treasury. Tt. Sub-Treasury
gained s24S,c00 from the banks on Fri
Gay.
Silver.-London, 4sid, unchanged;
New York. 101 1sc. unchanged: Mexican
dollars, a &c, unchanged.
London Money Market.-LONDON,
Dec. 21.-Money was firm at per
cent. Discount rates were: Short and
three months bills, 1882 per cent
Gold premiums at Lisbon were at $500.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
Federal Reserve Banks

Of wcl Reserye
sno"eo shrnkage
Of
saSI;ng IN n.s secured by government obligations bills
showed
such notes IN circulation
$H'oo''o,,i0 The consolidated stntcmen -
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Telephone
Hanover 6St4


FEDERAL Reserve banks on commercial
paper for all periods up to ninety DAYS:
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Southern spot markets follow: Cal
weston steady SO points higher at
3175; sales, 1891 bales. New Orleans
steady, rs points higher at 30.13:
sales, 1873 bales. Mobile firm, so points
higher at &c., sales, 10 bales. Savan-
nah steady, unchanged at 30 25; sales,
AGA bales. Wilmington steady, un-
changed ct $3.50; sales, nil. Norfolk
steady, so points higher at 28.S8; sales,
nil. Augusta firm. 81 points higher at
1880; sales, 1,454 bales. Memphis
steady, unchanged at $3.50; sales,
5000 bales. St. Louis steady, un-
steady,s75 points higher at $3.50; sales,
2.747 bales. Little Rock steady, un-
changed at $3.50; sales. 255 bales.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22
~ Wealth Markets and Commerce
larly encouraged over the outlook fol
the movement.

larly encouraged over the outlook for
the movement.
Yes'day's Previous Yea
New York: close. close ego
Corn. No. yellow s175A s1.74H
Chicago:
January ........ 1885 1875
May ............. 1861 1853 s,.2sNa
Oats.-The market for oats was in
active and prices were easier. There
was again an absence of export interest
and prices felt the influence of more or
less pressure of supplies Traders
were inclined to be apathetic and out
side interest in the market has fallen
off to quite 4 marked degree.
Yes days Previous Year
New York: close. close ago.
Oats. No. white. .81 .soIs .soIa
Chicago:
January ........ ~ .713a
March ........ IVA .71ss
May ............. .71Is .71sz .74}4
Rye.-Market steady.
s'day's Previous Year
New York: close. close. ago
Cash No. West s1.74 st.74
Flour and Meal.-Quotation were:
Yes'day's Previous Year
New York: close close ago.
Flour, MINI. spe. pats11.oo s1o.e5 SLIPS
Rye -four choice s.so@e.25 8.so@s.25 1000
Bran, 100-lb sacks 5000 1878 $500
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of one dollar->

Closing rates yesterday, compare,
with week ago, follow:
(Quoted dollars to the pound)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

:, he Federal Reserve Bank of New
YORK has put in force the following
schedule of rediscount. rates which
apply to bankers acceptances: Ms
TURTLES up to Is days, per cent; 16 to
90 days. inclusive, Az per cent; CT to
30 days, inclusive, Ak per cent.
Bank Clearings.-Bank clearings yes
terday we're:
Exchanges. Balances.
Baltimore .....$1a.775,ss3 S6,342, 9o5
Boston ........ 70,534,485 25,2s2 ,531
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-22

yisN .seo .t rates.-The following table
'''' the current rates of the twelve
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Women are swarming into new ac-
hvities to meet the needs of industry
and to release men for service at the
front. These war times call upon
every individual to do some kind of
work, excusing only the very old or
the very young from active service.
And women are acquitting themselves
like men. They are getting down to
business in uniforms scientifically de-
signed to meet the requirements of the
various kinds of work they have I'M
dertaken to do, and to meet their own
sense of fitness. Many smart uni
form proclaims that its wearer is do
ing her bit by discharging the duties
of some man who is ''over there"-or
on the way.
For the factory or farm or garden
there are overettes and service suits
like those shown in the picture. They
prove to be immensely convenient for
house work, and for outings in the
woods or mountains there is nothing
SO comfortable and satisfactory as the
service suit. For tramping, climbing
and fishing 1t has any outrit that in
cludes skirt discredited there Is no
comparison between them for conven-
ience.
For work that does not demand
b--""hes or bifurcated skirts there Is
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

| diers is being carried on Jointly by the
French government and the American
Red Cross. There are between fifty
and sixty schools of various kinds for
this work. The Red Cross has provid-
ed more than six hundred mutilated
soldiers with artificial legs OF the best
type. and has established II factory
near Paris where artificial limbs are
manufactured. BY arranging for con-
sultation between the surgeon and the
manufacturer, the lied Cross has been
able to secure the best possible treat
ment for each case.
With the wanton destruction Of
homes by the Ge.man army and the
uprooting of the population in the dev-
astated regions. the home rs an in
stitution in France is in peril. Real
izing this condition. the Red Cross is
! endeavoring to keep the soldiers
homes intact; to find homes for the
Outcast children who have neither
homes nor parents, and to help the
refugees and repatries to find place
to live until they shall be able to re-
build their homes.
"The most telling work of the Red
Cross in France, as far as helping to
win the war goes, is the care of the
families of the French soldiers. The
Red Cross is giving to the needy fam
lilies of these French soldiers supplies
and money. according to their needs.
"When the German army invaded
France, hundreds of thousands of
French people were driven from their
homes and are now scattered through
out the republic. These people are
known as refugees. The number has
increased. of course, for various rea-
sons until now there are more than l.
20O, 900, embracing all classes and ages.
except able-bodied men. There are ap-
proximately 100000 refugees in Paris
alone.
'The housing of these people is one
of the greatest problems of the French
government The American Red Cross
is cooperating with the French govern
ment in this work"
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

In the New England Bulletin of the
American Red Cross there is splen-
did review of its work during the past
year from which the following Is an
extract under the title of "The Human
Side"
''rhe American Red Cross recognizes
that our first duty for humanity in this
war Is the protection of our soldiers
In France. IT recognizes also that this
duty lies with the United States gov
ernment and that the government Is
responsible for it. AS IL supplement-
airy relief organization the Red Cross
stands ready to cooperate with the
government in this work, and to put
its organization, money and supplies
into service at the call of the Ameri-
can army whenever and wherever they
can be of use. Fully realizing the dis
advantages that are always met in
foreign country and with the view OF
keeping our soldiers in touch with
things American, the Red Cross begins
at the port of landing in France by
establishing rest stations. These rest
stations extend inland toward the
junction points and railroad stations
where the soldiers are required to
wait for train connections.
"Ghief work of the American Red
Cross in helping care for wounded sol
diers lies in Its cooperation with the
government in supplying an efficient
nursing service; In assisting the Army
Medical corps In cases of emergency,
and in furnishing materials for hos
pitfalls. There were on March 1, 1918,
more than twenty-three hundred Amer
lean Red Cross nurses employed in
base hospitals and in the French MILL
tnry hospitals throughout the republic.
The total number of hospitals of va
rious sorts in the French republic eX-
ceeds five thousand, and more than
half of these are receiving all or part
of their medical and surgical supplies
from the American Red Cross.
Re-education.
"The re-education OF mutilated sol
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

service suit like this except that 1t
has a skirt. All these suits are made
of Warren Jean material in khaki
color. Caps and hats to match are
made to be worn with them.
Smart society women who have ded-
icated their cars and services to the
government have donned a tunic uni
form for driving them. Girls who are
replacing young men as ushers in the
theaters are uniformed in spirited coat
and breeches suits with puttees and
dashing little caps. Women serving
In canteens like to be uniformed, Red
Cross workers don cap and apron-ev.
erywhere the service garment is worn
as proud badge of duty fulfilled.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29
Cheerful Looking Umbrellas.

Why stould we look dull on Il rain.
day? We can be cheerful-looking
even to our umbrella now. for the col
ored silk umbrella for rain or shine is
to be popular this summer. This COM
bination umbrella and parasol offers
protection from sun and shower alike.
Some of these umbrellas have ivory
tips and ferrules to match the handles.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29
TWO WAYS

There only two to meet the extraordinary
penses entaled by railway opera
tions-
/ TO REDUCE WAGES of the employees
/ and cut the service to a point where it would
\ be inconvenience the travelling public.
OR INCREASE THE FARE to a point
that would provide enough income to meet
\ the necessary wage increases and ever in
II creasing cost of materials necessary to give
\ the public enough equipment and proper
H service to be credit to our city.
If wages reduced remained stationary they
big proportion of the railway employees would quit
shops work and offices This expectation is
reasonable and consistent and is the big why
President Wilson has said 1t essential that these utilities
should be maintained their maximum efficiency and that
everything reasonably possible should be with that end
in view hope that and local authorities where they
have not already So WILL when the properly
laid before them respond promptly to the necessities of the
situation
To prevent taking any action which
might the public the employees the Denver
street railways running behind and showing
deficits the past years without finding them
any the start, because they have to
II pay than they took in
The entire proposition affecting Denvers
H street railways has been placed before the
Public Utilities Commission for decision
based on the actual cost of operations. Upon
their decision depends the future of Denver's
street railway lines
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

Nicely modern furnished rooms for
rent at 2230 Curtis street.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-29

There only two ways to the extraordinary
entaed by the increased railway opera
tions-
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-10-31

4 ~ n - nssAs - - ssBe
what ssIlsa sppiy. = vsfs hase
snossA. 0sd kaowA - hevs . neoe
pleasure now and thsa.. paaoss w.
making hin sArswA He turned sway
from Peter NsburE thea fsce4 IN
again. n yos ears - esme." - ~
gestsd. mot . suppse, yeu unosss
stand, bet Q glass q wins, Italian
champagne" he sd4sd.
Peter NIburg was foad q svsse
champagne.
Quietly he pushed his hat 10 ne
back Of his head. and hung his snck
over his forearm. After all why nsts
Marie was gone. Let The past az.
II Herman could make the nryt move.
let him, Peter, make the second. Ne
linked arms with his old enemy.
"a fine night" he said
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-10-31
CHAPTER In.-contlnued.

The chancellor strobe around the
screen, scratching two tables with his
sword as he advanced, and kissed the
aand Of the Princess Annunciata. They
we're old enemies and therefore al
ways very polite to each other. The
srchduchess offered him a cup Of tea,
Shich he took, although she always
made very bad tea. And for q few
moments they discussed things. Thus
The kings condition; the replanting Of
she place with trees; and the date Of
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-10-31

with the lips AID scowis with the eyes,
that speaks pleasantly quite awful
things, although Il was Peter Nlburg
who did most Of the talking.
And Herman hated Peter. The cash.
Ter was gone, had married q restaurant
keeper, and already she waxed fat.
But Hermnn's hatred grew with the
days. And business being bad. much
Of the time he stood behind his linens
and thought about q certain matter,
which was this:
How did Peter Niburg do III
They were paid the same scant
wage. Each Monday they stood to-
gether. Peter smiling and he frowning.
and received into open palms exactly
enough to live on, without extras. And
each Monday Peter pocketed his cheer
fully, and went back to his post, twirl-
Ing his mustnche as though oil the
money Of the realm jlngled in his
trousers.
To accept the inevitable, to smile
over ones poverty. that Is one thing.
But there was more to IL. Peter made
his money go amazingly far. 1t was
Peter, for instance, who the summer
before, the American Scenic Railway
had opened to the public, with much
crossing Of flags. the national emblem
and the stars and stripes, 1t was Peter
who had invited the lady to an eve
ming OF thrills on that same railway
NJ an lnRntea 80 vnr thSln
II was Peter. then, who made the
impossible possible, who wore good
clothes and did not have his boots
patched, who went. rumor said. to the
opera now and then. and followed the
score on his W battered copy.
How?
Herman Spler had suspected him OF
many things; had secretly audited his
cash slips; had watched him for sur
reptitlous parcels Of silk. Once he hat
thought he had him. But the package
OF Lyons silk. opened by the pro
prietor ut Hcrman's suggestion, proved
to be material for IL fnncy waistcoat
and paid for by Peter Nlburg's owl
hand.
With what? He. man stood con
fused. even co~nfounded. but still
suspicious. And now. this very day
he had stumbled on something.
great lady from the court had made
purchase. and had left. under q rol
Of silk, a letter. There was no mis-
take. And Peter Nlburg had pu
, nway the silk. and pocketed the letter
! after n swift glance yer the littl
shop.
, An intrigue, then. with Peter Nihnr
! ms the g~o.hetween, or-something else
Something vastly more important, tn
l discovery Of which would bring Hell
man prominence beyond his fellows
> n certain secret order to which he bs
Z longed.
U In n why, he was q stupid man. thl
pale-eyed clerk who sold the quain
: red and yellow cottons OF the commo
people side by side with the heav
. linens that furnished forth the table
y OF the rich. But hatred gave him wit
Gave him speed. too. lie WINS onl
thirty feet behind Peter Nlburg whe
q that foppish gentleman reached tn
u corner.
> Herman was skilled IN certain ma
U ters. He knew. for instance, that
! glance into n shop window, a halt
4 tie q shoe. may be a rust for pns
u Ing a paper to other hands. But PETE
u did not stop. He went, not moi
swiftly than usual. to his custona'
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They Were Old Enemies.


nringing out the Princess Hilda, who
0as still In the school room.
But the archduchess suddenly came
to business. She was an abrupt per-
son. "And now, general" she said.
what 10 itf'
" am In trouble, %highness," replied
the chancellor simply.
I'VE are most Of US In that condition
mt all times. ! suppose You mean this
absurd affair Of yesterday. Why such
turmoil about III The boy ran
away. when he was ready he re-
turned. He II here now. and safe"
am afraid he 10 not a. safe -
you think. madame"
"whyr
He sst forward on the edge Of his
chair, and told her Of the students ut
the university. who were being fred
By some powerful voice; Of the dis.
rsppearance Of the two spies; OF the
.svidsues that the Committee Of Ten
was meeting again, and the failure to
discover their meeting place; OF dis
affection among the people, according
to the reports Of his agents. And then
to the real purpose Of his visit. Kari
Of Karnia had. unoficialiy. proposed
for the Princess Hedwig. He had
himself preached the matter TO the
king. who had at least taken II under
sdvissment. The srchduchess list
,Sned. rather pale.
Madame, after centuries OF inde
t~pendence We now face q crisis which
vs cannot meet alone. Believe me.
know Of what I speak. United. VI
could stand against the world. But
divided kingdom, q disloyal and dis
.eontsated people. spells the end"
And at last he convinced her. But
because she was built Of . contrar.
mold. she vslced an objection, not 4
the scheme, but 70 Karl himself. ="
dislike hin. He 10 arrogant an
stupid"
sBut powerful. madame. And
what else V there 10 dol"
There was nothing else. and oh
knew Il. But she refused 70 broacI
he natter 70 Hedwig.
And Il ended with the chancellor
locking most ~ferocious but inward
'unsasy. undertaking to put a. a ma
cay, Q Asa into the Prncess Hedwtg'
small sar
A. he strobe out. the door into tn
,nsxt room closed quietly.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-10-31
COUNTESS L0scHEK PLOTS TO FRUsTRATE THE MAR.
RAGE OF KARL AND HEDWle

synopha-The crown prince Of Lvonia, Ferdinand william Otto.
ten years old. taken to the opera by his aunt, tires Of the singing and
slips away to the park, where he makes the acquaintance Of Bobby
Thorpe. q little American boy. Returning to the palace at night. he
dnds everything IN an uproar a q result Of the search which has been
made for him. The same night the chancellor calls to consult the
boys grandfather, the old king who Is very III. The chancellor sug-
gests that to preserve the kingdom, which Is threatened by plots OF
the terrorists to form n republic. the friendship Of the neighborng
kingdom Of Karnia be secured by giving the Princess Hedwig in mar.
rage to King Karl Of that country.
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CHAPTER ".

The Right to Live and Love.
Dinner was over In the dull old din.
Ing room. Tho Archduchess An
n~unciata lighted Q cigarette, and
glanced across the table ct Hsdwts.
Hedwig had been very silent during
the meal. She had replied cvi1y