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New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
Cereals

Wheat.-According to private crop
reports the condition Of the winter
wheat crop during April showed
marked improvement, the Snow report
making the condition 1914 per cent.
with prospects of yield of SIT, 900 900
bushels, while the Clement, Curtis re-
port made the condition s6.3 per cent,
with a probable crop Of 100000, 900.
Tho acreage of spring wheat was
placed at about $4,000 600 acres, with
the possibility Of yield of 10000 900
bushels. Other authorities also spoke
very favorably regarding the present
crop outlook. Receipts at primary
points were slightly larger, but the
movement is far below normal for this
time of the year. Bradstreet's visible
showed decrease in stocks in the
United States and Canada of 6,981 900
bushels for the week, bringing the
total to 17,887,000, compared with 1885,
600 last year.
Corn A sharp break occurred in the
corn market yesterday, the July posi-
tlon declining 32s cents from the high
point of the day, and closing with a
net loss of 2as cents. The decline was
due largely to the break in oats. al
though the trade was disposed to take
q bearish view of the cash position.
The Eastern cash demand was very
slack, owing to the fact that Eastern
consumers are now we'll supplied.
visible supply showed a
decrease for the week of ,008, 900 bush
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02

s...ts were again active and sfrong
10 opening OF yesterdays market
: .se further check to the German
srsss d ard the favorable quarterly re-
ri :, Of the United States Steel Cor
s..,ion issued after the close of
f,esday's session.
United States Steel led the move
j. throughout, making an extreme
,,.nee of 2ls points, it's contribution
: : ,he days business amounting to
.sout 80 per cent of the whole. Asso-
s.,ed stocks we're to 21a points
"a, as we're also the better known
.spipments, American and Baldwin
,..omotves responding with American
=, and Foundry to large government
...yacts. Coppers were backward,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
THE NEW YORK AND HARLEM
RAILROAD COMPANY

New York. \. z. April 20, 1918.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai n.
Eighty eighth Annual Meeting Of ths
Stockholders of The New York and uar
lem Railroad Company for the election -
Directors and tho transaction of such
other business as may be brought before
the meeting. will be held at the Office of
the company. in Grand Central Terminal
IN the City OF New York. on Tuesday. TIA
2lst day OF May, 1913. N'
The Poll VIII be open at ~ O'Clock Noon
and continue open for two hours thern-
after. Ses"
The T1ansfer Books will bs closed at
of May, 1918. and re-opened on the morn.
ing OF Wednesday. the 22nd day OF May.
DWIGHT w. PARpEE. Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
= Commodities

els, and the total was 1S,S40 900, COM
pared with 100000 last year.
Yesterdays Previous Year
. New York: close. close ago.
Corn. No. yellow $3.50 s1.es $17o
July ............ 1855 1.4sT i.43
Oats.-The oats market was weak
and lower, closing with net losses Of
1ssc to 2asc. Longs sold heavily on a
show OF weakness in the cash position,
where premiums were at the lowest SO
Tar experienced on the crop. Brad
streets visible supply showed an in
crease OF 656,000 bushels, and the total
was was 30, ,476,o0O, compared with 1885,
600 last year.
New York: close. cIose .ro
Corn. No. white. 81 .s4Ia nv,
Chicago; TX
july july :ssx :ss ~ g :ssu
Rye.-Market dull.
Yesterdays Previous Year
Cash. No. sS's West. sszs sszs ssse s9ss ss sss
Flour and Meal.-Quotations were:
es'day's Previous Year
Flour; Mimi. spg. pat. si1.oo si7.oo s14.oo
ess Sal ssss. gran 'ssS soS sss sss
sKiln dried
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
Produce Markets-Current

Butter.-Receipts were 4,s71 pack.
ages, Creamery, higher than extras.
per b., 4e1s@47c; extras (92 scoreS'
45hM46c; frsts (S8 to 81 score). 436
45c; seconds (a3 TOT 81 score), 3s@42c:
thirds, 37@38c; creamery, unsalted.
higher than extras, 48h@49c; extras.
4. Y (a48c; firsts, 44h@47c; seconds,
4lt044c; state dairy, tubs, finest, 45h
acc; good to prime, 43@45c; common
TO ialr, 36G42c; renovated, extras. SO
eI4oc; firsts, 3S@3Sh lower grades,
Continued ON page II, column s
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
Metals

While copper men were in Washing
ton yesterday comforting with the War
Industries Board on price fixing, bet
ter demand for the metal in the local
market was reported, but little actual
business was taken. Dealers refuse to
accept contracts for future delivery
pending the outcome of the Washing
ton meeting.
Current prices Tor the principal
metals, compared with those prevailing
year ago, follow:
Current A year
~ nrice 900
Pig iron, Bessemer,
Pittsburgh ......... ."s3e.15 s42.e5
Copper, electrolytic, lb s.23Ls .3oh
Tin. lb. .......... .88 .58H
Lead, 10. -........... OF 1-10 10
Spelter, East st. Louis,
lb. ................ .oe24 .os7a
Government prices.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
oNDERDoNK EsrArE

Notice is hereby given that the annual
DoNK ESTATE VIII be held at the ofscs
Of the Company, a3i Madison Avenue, Nan.
haitian Borough. New York City. ON the
NJ. for the election OF directors for the
ensuing. year and for the transaction Of
such other husiness as may properly come
before said meeting
JAMES WRIGHT, sscretarx
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
FINANCIAL MEETINGS
NOTICE OF MEETING TO INcRrasr
CAPITAL. STOCK
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

NOIICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
New York. N. Y. April 24th. 1919
special meeting Of the stockholders Of
Bradley tl;n -Mahony Company. Inc. viii be
heid on the 27th day of April 1915. at
pany, at 216th Street and Harlem River.
IN IN the City Of New York. for the purpose
capital stock from Five ($5,oo0. .ooi .Thous
sand Dollars. consisting Of Fifty fs0l
snares or the par value Of One Hundred
o0) Dollars each. to Thirty-flve
Thousand ts35, ,o0o.) Dollars. to consist OF
three Hundred and Fifty $500 Shares Of
the par value Of One Hundred ($l0OS DOL
lars each Ss-
President, THOMAS BRADLEY.
Secretary, DANIEL F. MAHONY. Jr.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rail-

road Operating revenues for the
year ended December 81, 1918, were
Sl6,9o1 ,205 compared with s15,3S7 1928
for the year before. Operating income
amounted to $3,011.75s, a decrease of
s370,218 from 1916. Gross income was
$780,, ,634, decrease of S219,o46 from
the preceding year. Surplus after divi-
dends totalled $325,749.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
YER pLANcK ESTATE

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting Of the Stockholders OF YER
PLANCK ESTATE Will be held at the ofics
OF the Company. s3I Madison Avenue. Man-
haitian Borough. New York City, on the
10Th day OF May 1918. at 10 40 O'clock Al
NJ, for the election OF directors for the
ensuing year and for the transaction Of
before said meeting
JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
DWIGHT w. PARpEE. Secretary.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders OF the STANDARD GAS LfGHr
COMPANY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
VIII be held at the office OF the Company.
Room No. zoe. No. 100 East 18th Street.
MsW i" YORK City. on Wednesday. May s,h,
isis. at IL O'Clock NJ. for the election Of
directors and the transaction Of such other
business as may come before tho meeting.
JOHN e. SANBORN Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
Brooklyn. N. z, April 20, lsis.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
Annual Meeting OF tho Stockholders OF
NAYLoR q co. INC. ,yiii be held at the
ough of Manhattan city OF New York on
the 18th day OF May. 1913. ct 2;oo O'Clock
p. NJ. for tho Election Of Directors for the
ensuing year. Tor the appointment Of two
Inspectors of Election. and for the trnna-
action OF such other business as may be-
brought before the meeting
ROBERT F. ER,rS, Secretary.
Dated, MAY g 1913
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
BONDS

So Sales (o00 omitted) Open. High. .ow Last.
50 Seth ST 5s 2-yr 90 90 SO SO
.Canadian &c n, Govt 5s s5Ia s5Ns s5Na e5Ha
5'Proct & G rs '19.1ooss 1ooas 1oosa 1oo3s
unlisted. fsells cents pc. share.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
VAN DycK ESTATE

Notice Is hereby .given that the annua.
meeting OF the Stockholders of VAN
OF the Company. 35i Madison Avenue, Nan.
,a haitian Borough. New York City, on the
NJ. for the election OF directors Tor ia
ensuing. year and Tor the transaction Of
such other business may properly coma
before said meeting.
jAMES WRIGHT aac,.t.v~
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
Standard Oil
Other OH Stocks

Sales. Omen H;gh -. T4
1000 *fAm Vent Oil 10 '" A..s L
$500 FBarnett & G sA 50 p
2000 #fBos- -Wyo Oil 2t 22' ot oo1s
125 "Cosden & Co. GA 61s eal ssl
1900 "Crown Oil -. r So - -
.2oo zoe .pisie I,i : Gas -. 1oH 1o& 1o4 1oI
200 ~Elkl O&G(a pr) Va IL u Il
5000 " ICsmar Oil c. Q 10 80 o<s
100 *Federal OIL 23A 23l pa oal
$500 "Glenrock OIL. 3Is 81, 3a5 az
2200 Hanover 0 e. r s 5T AZ az
100 slsland Oil & Tr 3La 81, 3% sl%
$500 Kenova O(apr) a II *
1000 Met Pet. .... "a i g. X
1000 *fMidwest Oil. ga 81 ga ca
1000 do pref. 49,. fLa IVA 1M fM
500 "Mineral w Pet 2N pa 2M 2le
500 sfN y Chino Oil 43 43 "a 43~
800 IN Y-Okla Oil. IA II r =
10000 *tOkla OIL COM. 81, az, 81 az
100 Okla p q r 6lo 6lLs 81. 6i%
5000 Okn>Igee p e ia s. 734 III
20n0 1Omar O & G. 23 2I 29T "a
CTS 'Penn-Ky OIL. 5H 5M 5La 5N
2000 $fQueen Oil. -. IS "a "a "a
5000 "Rice Oil $50. "a Va Va u
500 sEoyal Oil -. y "a % 10
1000 Seouoyah o & r II "a "a *
900 *Stanton Oil. :. IN IA g
10000 @Texana 0 & r. 80 % SO 90
$4,000 sfTuxpam S O. 4Ls AZ 4 4
500 Victoria o n st 44 AZ 4 an
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
Curb Mar rIzet

Note.-The Tribune assn,,,os -. --------.
bity for the accuracy or authentc;tr 81
!mar IuaiNet quotations. TRANSACTIONS and pr;ras
Wednesday were reported as follows.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02

Sales ona, u;ch ,v .st ,
90 90 cTs5ssn sc&sass5 oon x4'sy Il 4s e -
,no0 noo .IEl Saly slv. es &c Sc So
auun Emma Cons. !. r n r
700 Eureka CIR NJ. ~ AZ, ~ 1T
go0 sfCcid Rule NJ "a ", V "
iVUO Green Mon NJ IL az II Ii
va Hecla Mining. All AZ 45a 4aa
SoGo flint Mines. IA II ID IA
500 sJer Yer Ga p). 81 Il 81 Il
lloo 1o t.im Butler GO 6s 81 6s
5o0 +Josev-K Ca p). - "a IA "a
1900 .Lampazos Silv 1H 1I IA W
lg"o 100 Man,ia Monlsian9 eoea Cons u ~ " H
'?SS ?sS sss 5@ss,' ns.s" valisy aie y s y. Y y
$1,000 $fMother Lode. 47 4s as az
5000 'fNat 2 g. L.. 25 27 Is 27
ao ,0o sfNevada Rand 21 q, a 21
a0o tMew Cornelia. IVA wa ira iva
oS Sn9 Nipasing Mines 9a4 9 ssA O.
ceoo009g Nixon Nevada. u M IA IN
zoo ssonon N "a p) az ga 29s 2sa
,So0 So0 Ray Here Min "a ~ 4Is AZ
1000 sRed War; Min !es "a Is Il
I099 REX Con Min. 9 %
l52g0 59g fRo'hester Min SO 10 80 40
i:$$ i:$s :s'iS Eiss s,;S'; q s5|H Sl: s 4 I (
s5$ S$s ?;SSs T!$%sesS S'5ss@ ss ,5s X 4 Il,
1sso 5so tusasz nTfs4 Easter1 st n2 aa a3a ga ,5A
100 Unity Gold M 6 6 6
l2oo West End Con 70 70 70 70
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
CANADA SOUTHERN RAILWAY co.

NcW fUtK, ApTII II, IyiS.
For the purpose OF the annual meeting of
shareholders. to be held Wednesday June
5th. 1918, the transfer books viii bs closed
ut three o'clock p. NJ ON Monday. May 6th
and Will be rsopened on Thursday June 9Th.
1919 MILTON q. BARGER. Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
Bid and Asked
Quota tions

Closing bid and asked quotations of
all stocks on the New York Stock Ex-
change were as follows:
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Yesterdays Transactions in Listed Stocks

in
sbasedo payn
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Bonds

u. S. Government Bonds
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> u s t e n a nc e

Government prices.
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*Ex-dividend.
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A Real German.
ID REPRESENTATIVE LAD1sLAs

70 REPRESENTATIVE LADISLA
HH LAAARO said at luncheon:
THE Germans are absurd. Driva
them back, and they talk of their
elastic front and their victorious re.
treat. Bottle up their ports, and they
claim that they sank the ships you sanl,
purposely yourself.
The Germans are like the caliph.
AS the caliph >reclined on a diyan
with sherbet And hooKah, watching
a nautch dance, the grand vizfer
burst in excitedly
Commander of the Faithful he
cried, the enemy has penetrated our
lines and cut our army in half
Ihe caliph, smiling, ladled some
more snow into his sherbet.
Good! he said. Fine! Draw IN
a bulletin announcing that we have
now got two armies instead of ONE"
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Good for Us.

mr.. AxEL STANDRoD, the food ex.
~ pert of Boise. was discussing ra@
tioning.
"Rationing will do US good" he
said. 1--WE all eat too much, and we
know it, but we haven't the pluck to
ration ourselves. Let the government,
then. ration US. and it will be a Jolly
good thing all round
For we're more or less like tho
millionaire who said on the roof gar.
den after the show:
when l was young / could eat
anything and could afford nothing.
Now I can afford anything and can
eat nothing. Heigho! Bring me a
broiled lobster, waiter. with a tankard
Of stout, Welsh rarebit and plate of
peach ice cram"
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largely increasing demand for an inS
teilsent ln-iook upon ones own naA
ture and ones own health needs.
THE GERMAN PIRATE: His Methods
and Records. By Ajax. New York;
george II. Doran Company.
"And because they have braved the
same perils, seamen of all nationa
have been united in a splendid fellows
ship. which is called the Brotherhood
OF the Sea. The mariner, in danger.
VINO sent out call for help could
count on assistance, regardless of nas
llonailty- 1t bound men together, this
brotherhood of the Sea in a way new.
er 10 be fully comprehended by landsS
men. II was a fine, manly free-masonS
~ ana demanded from it's members
thoSe qualities of courage honor and
chlvalry which are the true seaman's
heritage. Not until the coming of the
herman submarine commander was
the brotherhood of the Sea DESTROYED.
And there follow here accounts Of
German submarine exploits that were
complied from the documents of the
british admiralty and from the sworn
statements of survivors. Each is a
plain statement of fact and of German
method. The lists of summarized Sims
are selected to show the German MI
lHle as tniei, as barbarian, as MUIR
oerer' as vlolator of neutrality agrees
ments. The names of the ships. the
dates OF encounter and the results OF
the RAIDS are set down here without
comment by the writer. In a spirit
OF fair dealing Ajax" states that, "acs
csrding to the Berlin government.
suoIharlne commanders received or.
ders that human life and the ripbta
OF neutrals were to be respected"
The way in which these orders were
carried out is shown by the records
OF which this little book is made,
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Ing Of the clipper-ship Byzantium and
the bark Goodspeed.

!HS u the Cllpper-Sn1p ByZantlum ana
the bark Goodspeed.
1t was while this feet was going
up In smoke that excited citizens of
Boston offered to charter private YES
sells at their own expense and send
them in search of the pirate" if
the Navy Department would furnish
guns. The department readily re-
sponded to the appeal, and offered to
provide guns and officers for any
vessels engaged by private charter
commandments of navy yards were
also ordered to charter, arm and
equip any available steamers and
send them in pursuit of the raider.
Even the practice ships of the Naval
Academy were requisitioned and sent
out.
Meanwhile the Tacony continued to
parade the high seas in search of
prizes. In those days news did not
travel by wireless, and comparatively
little went by wire. Most of the YES
sells which Read captured had never
heard of him or the Clarence or the
Iacony until the peremptory bang of
the little hoWitZer made demand for
surrender.
On the day that New York was de-
handing ironclads for defense against
the raider Read was engaged in
burning two fishing SchconerS which
he had captured off Cape Cod. On the
following day large ship was
. sighted coming in from the east
ward. The Tacony sauntered across
her path, then hauled on the wind.
fired shot across the strangers bow,
and ran up the Confederate flag. The
ship promptly laid her mainsail
aback, and Read, with an armed boats
crew, went on board.
He found that he had captured an
other white elephant-the clipper ship
Shatemuc from Liverpool for Bos-
ton. crowded with immigrants Read
placed his prisoners on board,
bonded the vessel for one hundred. and
fifty thousand dollars, and permitted
her to proceed.
Knowing that black hulled banks
were now resting under the suspicion
which had attached to white-painted
briggs, Read decided to make another
change similar to his move from the
Clarence to the Tacony. To make
the new disguise effective, he barred
from his calculations everything of
color it might be painted. So when
fortune sent him the Gloucester
schooner Archer. he transferred to
the. schooner, scuttling the Tacony
as he had scuttled the Clarence.
In his new masquerade he cheerfully
mlsinformed two eager gunboats
which hailed to ask If he had seen
anything of a white brig or a black
bark. Assuring them he had sighted
neither, he proceeded on his way up
the New England coast and two
days later was off Portland, Me.
Here he picked up two fishermen,
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who, mistaking the rover for an ex-
cursion party, consented to pilot the
schooner into the harbor. From the
fishermen Read learned that the rev.
enue cutter Caleb Gushing was in
port being fitted out to capture the
Tacony, and the notion Immediately
came to him to cut out this vessel and
use her in his future depredations.
Hitherto his commands had been
peaceful merchantmen, with no archi-
tectural adaptation for warfare on the
high seas, but here was a vessel suit
ably armed and specially built for the
purpose.
In broad daylight the schooner en-
the Caleb Cushing. The latter was
awaiting the arrival tof Capt. Merri-
man of thee revenue cutter service,
who had been ordered from Boston to
take charge of the search for Read
and the Tacony. Little did the crew
that Read and his band were within
half a cables length of the cutter at
the time.
*
In the evening Read made all his
arrangements. He could place implicit
confidence in every one of his follow
ers. After nightfall he summoned the
men aft and told them of his inten-
ton of capturing the cutter. After
assigning them to the two boats to be
used in the cutting-out expedition, he
told all hands to pack up such be-
longings as they wished to take with
them, as he meant to leave the
schooner behind.
This intention of risking all on the
hazard Of the adventure is merely an
other illustration of Reads audacious
spi1t. The young commanders re-
gard for the safety of non-combatants
was shown when he took measures to
provide for the release of the original
crew of the Archer, whom he had put
in the forecastle under matches bat
tened down. Before pushing of in the
boats he had the schooner's flag run
up at the gaff and hoisted union
down, knowing that the signal would
be seen as soon as daylight dawned
and that rescuers would release the
imprisoned men.
Midnight came, and with mufded
oars the two boats pulled for the cut
ter. Engineer Eugene H. Brown, who
commanded one of them, sprang
aboard the Cushing from the port
side, Read. at the same time, boarding
from the starboard side. Swift and
silent the two parties gained the deck
of the cutter, and within a minute or
SO the watch had been disarmed and
placed in irons.
Hearing the noise on deck. Lieut.
Davenport came running up the COM
panionway, to be met by Read, who
presented a revolver and told him
that his vessel was prize of the Con-
federate cruiser Archer. The neuten-
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>ant had been dreaming of capturing
the Tacony and here he was captured
by an enemy vessel Of which he had
never heard!
The rest of the crew were quickly
made prisoners and put below under
an armed guard, and then the expe-
ditious Read began to get his prize
under way. But for once his phe-
nomenal luck failed him. The tide
had turned earlier than he had expect
ed. and, as there was not a breath of
wind, it became necessary to tow the
all.
The cable was slipped. and the
boats which had brought the attack
ing party began the long. heart
breaking pull against a rapidly flood
ing tide. There were sturdy hearts
beneath the jackets of Reads seamen,
and dawn saw the cutter at a fair
offing and her sails being hoisted to a
little catspaw that was furrying over
the smooth water.
The Cushing was still becalmed,
however, when the Boston steamer
carrying Capt. Merriman passed close
by on it's way to Portland. Merriman
was on deck at the time, and was
puzzled to see the cutter which he had
been ordered to command off the har-
Dor entrance and under sail. AS soon
as the steamer reached it's pier the
quiries about the Gushing.
Meanwhile the Archer's signal of
distress had been seen. Roatmen who
hurried out to her heard the impris-
oned crew banging on the battened
matches and quickly released them.
Their story, when they got ashore,
speedily convinced Merriman that the
vessel which had been selected to cap
ture Read had itself been captured by
that enterprising youngster.
The news rapidly spread, and the
widest excitement thrilled through
Portland. At Fort Preble, under the
very guns Of which Read had t6wed
out his prize, there was Quartered
a detachment of regular infantry,
under the command of Maj. Andrews.
Word was hurried to that officer, and
at the same time Col. Mason, COM
handing the volunteers assembled at
Camp Lincoln, was notified Of Reads
astonishing exploit. and request was
made for such men and artillery as
he could furnish.
The collector Of the port also
which were in harbor at the time.
these being the Forest City, which had
but lately passed the captured cutter
while on her way in from Boston;
the steamer Chesapeake, and a tug.
Eager to gain possession Of the vessel
which he had been ordered to COM
mand, Capt Merriman hurried on
Lieut.. Richardson and fourteen men
of the cutter, who had been on shore
during the night Of the capture. Two
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The nearness of the shot haf no eff
feet upon Capt. Merriman and his men
of the cutters crew, but 1t so much
moderated the enthusiasm of the citi-
zens who had volunteered for the ex-
petition that they made immediate
and clamorous protest against the fol-
ly. just then realized. Of frail mer-
chant steamer making attack upon a
band of deep-sea desperadoes on an