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New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Selling Bonds by Lottery

Advices received BY the National
Thrift Bond Corporation indicate that
the first attempt in England to sell
government war bonds according to
the premium Or lottery plan has been
a success. Two of London's largest
department stores, Harrod's and Sci.
fridge's, fathered the experiment
which extended over recent period OF
several weeks and between them bonds
were sold in excess OF s25 900, 900 The
lottery plan was worked out by, Civ
ing each bond number, keeping dup
licates OF the numbers, and at the end
of the sale mixing the duplicates in a
bowl in each Of the two stores The
Lord Mayor of London at one place and
Lady Asquith at the other drew out
the winning numbers.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Mlntoge Of More Silver
Coins Authorized inGreece

A royal decree published in "The Gov
crnment Gazette" authorizes the issue
by The Greek government of silver /
and drachma pieces up to the value
Of 100000 drachmas S6.369 600, 10
be coined from silver bars, in accord
ance with the provisions Of the treaties
o. November 6, 1885; October % 1897
and November 4, 1898, of the Latin
Monetary Union. All expenses in con
nection with the minting of these coins.
together with their actual value. will
De covered by an interest bearing loan,
py issue OF notes or by arrangement
with some designated bank.
IN the evert that coinage is at nres
ent lncXpedlent. the government is em-
powered to issue directly through the
Minlstry OF Finance, a series Of AVID
% . drachma notes up to the amount of
oV.ooo'ooo drachmas tS5,79O .Oo0). OF
th's sum the equivalent of 10000 600
urachmas VIII be issued in 2-drachma
,o1es' "hlIe the remaining 10000, ,00C
dracEmas will be issued in drachma
notes. These notes will be covered nv
an issue Of higher denomination de-
posted in the National Bank of Greece
or IN some foreign bank.
These bills will be accepted at par
throughout tNn l1'"~do,, a~d will he re.
,yable in payment OF public taxes and
ueots. neg .ll DC wi.ndrawn AS the
silver CONS are issued, being taken in
exchange therefor All these notes not
presented for redemption after suitable
houce Will be cancelled. Design, dimen-
SONS color and contracts for printing
these notes will be arranged for hy
royal decree, together with all details
OF emission. circulation and redemption
not covered in this present decree.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
xl@ and O. 90 mn IN e r. G
Relevant Comment
"Important Developments"

Directors of the international Mcr-
camille Marine Company disconnected
some of the Wall Street "prophcts'
yesterday by holding their monthly
meeting week or so earlier than
usual, and, after doing so, failing to
make any statement juatifying pre-
dictons which have been going the
rounds in the last few days that "im-
portant Developments in connection
with the company's affairs were about
t. be disclosed. The action Of both the
common and preferred stocks suggested d
that SPECTATORS had been disposed to
anticipate these Favorable develop
mcnts." The preferred closed Ia
points higher at 1919 and the common
Y up at 23.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Exit the "Cas Man"

Dilution of labor through the suhsti-
tuition Of women for mon in various
lines Of commerce and industry is
making ranid progress throughout the
country Hardly a day passes without
women entering some new field. The
result is now that they are being en-
ployed successfully at work of which
they were thought incapable before
the war took hundreds of thousands
of men from the field Of production
The latest innovation in the employ
ment of women comes from upstate
The Binghamton Light & Power Com
pany has just begun this week to en-
ploy girls to read meters and deliver
bills. 1t has been found necessary, it is
stated, to do this on account of the
general labor condition., and it is in line
with the policy adopted about six
months ago cf employing girls in all
branches OF work where it is feasible
thereby releasing as many men as pos
siblc for Federal service.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Government Withdraws Funds

The local money market in its pres
ent condition Of pronounced iirmness
is evidently rejecting the heavy with
drawals of United States government
deposits from. the banks here. The
bank statement Of last Saturday
showed government deposits of, $126,-
100000 with New York banks. reduc-
ton Of more than $500 100000 from
the high water mark reached following
the initial payments on account Of the
Second Liberty Loan aud the certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness issues sold about
that time. It was learned yesterday
that the depositary banks have been
requested to return government loan
deposits to the Federal Reserve Bank
by Friday This is taken as an indica-
ton that the Secretary Of the Treasury
will shortly come out with a new is
sue OF certificates Of Indebtedness TO
furnish funds for the use of the gov
ernment. 1t is also pointed out that
the great reduction in the government
deposits may forcshadow an early Of
fering Of the Third Liberty Loan.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Paraguay's Resources

paraguay has population various
ly estimated at 100000 to / 900. 900 but
according to report from Henry H.
Batch. American Consul at Asuncjon
'he actual buying capacity would prob
aoiy be measured by an average popu-
latlon Of 100000 as found in the United
states. The wealth of the country is
chlehy centered in the agricultural
cattle and timber industries. none Of
"hlch Is yet very we'll developed As
an American concern. however. is now
constructing 4 big meat packing and
refrigerating plant near Asuncjon and
has acquired grazing and quebracho
timber lands, all Of which represent an
estlmated e value of S5.000OOo United
States gold, and another American
packing company has bought a locaj
meat packing plant capitalized at so5o :.
ooo' and Aow a most ready for opera
tons. considerable development in tho
industry of the country will Jake place.
and this will stimulate oth{r lines.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
WASHINGTON

Farm Lean Officials Meet WASH
lNGTON, Jan. 16.-Plans for relieving
borrowers under the farm loan system
of most Of the expense Of title ex-
animation were made to-day by presi-
dents of the. twelve farm land banks
in their first conference with the Fed
era} Farm Loan Board since organiza-
tlon last spring. Arrangements proba-
bly, will be made by few Eastern land
banks with surety companies to guar
antee titles after limited examination.
and if the experiment proves success
ful the system will be adopted by all
banks
The presidents also considered plans
for marketing their own farm loan
bonds. between $1o,oGo.oC0 and sl2.-
100000 of which must be disposed Of
monthly in the next year. since mar
keting through private bond dealers
has been abandoned.
Loans paid to farmers in December
by the Federal land banks amounted 70
S9.309,00O, the Federal Loan Board an
nounced. Funds were obtained mainly
from the Treasury by system of tenn
porary loans authorized by the farm
loan act, and also from other loans
made on the basis of Liberty bonds as
collateral. The total loans made to
farmers up to January by the twelve
banks We're S39 900. and applications
for loans were $243 ,622 600. while
loans approved were $l2l 100000. Ry
banks the December loan payments
we're: st. Paul, $2,6o5. BOO; Spokane.
81 $4,000; Houston, 1912 ,0o0; Rerka-
ley. S72S,o00; New Orleans, S612. 900:
Louisville. s521.o0o; Omaha. $500
st. Louis, s4lS,o0o: Springfield, Mass.
Sal 1000; Baltimore. S253 900; Colum-
bla, 5. c., S252,00o, and Wichita, Kan.
S236, 1000
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Other Cities

Merger of Pennsylvania Units.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. l6. As fur
therr step in consolidating the New
York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad
with c4h"r portions of the Pennsyl-
vanla Railroad system their respective
traffic departments were merged to-day.
The operating department was merged
on June l6. Tna consolidation includes
the appointment of Robert c. Wright.
traffic manager of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. as traffic manager of the
merged line also. R. B. Cooke, of Nor
folk, Va. in the service since 1884. be-
comes Mr.. Wright's assistant, with
headquarters in Norfolk. Randolph B.
Cooke, Of Norfolk, heretofore freight t
solicitor for the New York. Philadel-
phia e. Norfolk Railroad, becomes diyi-
sion freight and passenger agent Of
that line, with headquarters in Nor
folk. The New York, Philadelphia &
Norfolk Railroad now is a division Of
the Pennsylvania, although maintain
ing separate corporate existence.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Exchange on Paris continued to ad-
vance yesterday, the rate going to
5.69fs francs to the dollar for cable
transfers, the highest in many months.
Check francs were quoted at 572. Ster-
ling rates were unchanged
The rest of the market showed no
important change. Russian rubles
were shade easier
Closing rates yesterday, compared
with week ago, are given in the table
below. American bankers have sus-
pended all dealings in German and
Austrian exchange, SO that daily quo.
tations for either marks or kronen are
no longer available.
(Quoted dollars to the pound.N
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Money and Credit


The rate for call money was firmly
maintained on Q per cent basis at
the Stock Exchange yesterday where
approximately s2o,Ooo,o0o was placed.
Fresh Withdrawals of government de-
rosits at this centre were responsible
for the tighter position of the market
generally.
In the market for fixed date loans
the tendency. was toward increasing
tirmncss in sympathy with the high
call rate Rates for the various ma
turtles were advanced to 6 per cent on
industrial securities as collateral and
ta4 per cent for loans based on II
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17


the Globe Grocery Stores. operated By
the Jones Brothers Tea Company, Inc
report sales of $1.141 sol for the month
of December. which compares with
sales Of SSSS,96l reported for hs
month of December, 1916 Sales OF
S12.002. 800 are reported for the twelve
months ended December 81, which CON-
pares with S9,S50,933.s7 reported for
the CORE spending period in 1916. This
is an increase Of S2,351 ,S66, or 2427 per
cent.
McCrory Stores Corporation-Saie
for the month Of December, 1917. were
81 .293,23 as compared with s1.232,2 I'll
for December, 1916. Sales for the
twelve months ended December 81,
1917, are reported at S7,S6o,194, as
against $6,7s5.s6 for the correspond-
ing period of 1915.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
No Tax Reforms This Yea,
Not the Time to Urge Them,
Says N. Y. Association

Owing to war conditions, the New
\ ork Tax Reform Association, which
usually has specific programme of
reforms desired. this year in its report
ISSUED yesterday, announces that it is
InadVlsable to urge reforms. "recog-
nlzlng that this is not the time for in-
Sis'ence on matters Of detail concern
ING winch opinions may differ"
in reviewing tax legislation. the re-
port calls attention to the new law in
TINS state Imposing an income tax of
. Der cent ON manufacturing and NOR
cantllc corporations. and to the now
investment tax. Note is made Of the
o'rec' state tax of LOS mills, yielding
nearly Sl5,oGO,000 to the state.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
New York

City Sells Short Term Notes.-Dep-
uty Controller Philbin has sold be
tween S3,000,000 and $4,000 900 New
York City bills in anticipation of taxes
to mature early in May. The bills
were placed at about 400 per cent
interest rate, and are being offered by
bankers on a 4.50 per cent basis. This
marks the first borrowing transaction
of the Hylan administration.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17

If it were possible to plot a curve
of rumors-presumably Inspired
about International Mercantile Ma
rine preferred dividends, the line
probably would synchronize, though
sometimes inversely. with the course
of the price of that stock. Even
chart readers would find the graph
of little value, however, since it
would suggest nothing more than
that mysteries may be profitable to
those who have the key.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
NOD. and X. G.. Agreement Yet

An eleventh. hour attempt was made
yesterday by representatives OF the
Denver e. Rio Grandc and Western
Pacific railroads to reach an agreement
for stay of execution of attachments
on the former company's assets in
Denver, COL, which consist Of securi-
ties having a market value OF approx
mately $3,OOO,0O0. As the time limit
during which these lcvies may DC made
will expire tomorrow, the Equitable
Trust Company, as trustee for the
Western Pacific bondholders, will, it
was stated, proceed TO execute the at
tachments unless some other settle
ment with the Denver s. Rio Grandc
board is effected,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
AUCTION SALE

$4,000 GULF. FLORIDA & ALABAMA
RAILWAY COMPAs,Y FIRST MORT
GAGE SIX PER CENT. BONDS.
Pursuant to certain Trust Agreement
sa'eu Ju-Y l. ~, be'weeii tuf Florida
undersigned. securing ISSUE OF three
year convertible &c gold notes OF SAID
Railway Company, tho undersigned will
sell rh- collateral held by il securing sail
notes, VIZ, first mortgage BONDS of Gu.
Florida Ala bama Railway Company in
The principal amount Of $4,000 at pubic
auction at the Exchange Sales Rooms
l4-lG Vesey Street. Borough OF Manhat-
tan. New York City. on the 22rd day OF
January. 1918. at 1890 o'clock y. m. Said
sale will be conducted Under our instruu-
tons by Adrian H Muller g. Son, auc-
toneers.
Dated, View York. January rs. ISIS.
GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW
YORK, Trustea.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
News Digest
Foreign

London Stock Market Featureiess.- -
LONDON, Jan. 16.-The Stock Ex-
change was quiet and steady and with
out particular feature. Shipping and
industrial shares continue firm, but
speculation in Rhodesian mines has
slackcned Notwithstanding the fact
ti.at the coupons due on the Russian
4 u per cent loan were paid yesterday,
Russian securities weakened further
to-day Copper shares We're active.
Paris PARIS. Jan. 16.-The
Bourse was quiet to-day. Three per
cent rentes, SO francs 25 centimes for
cash; exchange on London, 27 francs
Is centimes; 5 per cent loan, SS francs
SIS centimes.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Dividend Changes

Dominion Bridge Company. = MON
] REAL. Jan. le. The directors Of tn.
Dominion Bridge Company, builders oil
tho new cantilever bridge across the
s.. Lawrence at Quebec. to-day reduced
the quarterly dividend from pa to :
per cent
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Liberty Bonds Still Lower

Up to the close Of business ycster-
DIV $4,000. 900 Of tho $50, 100000 due
on account Of the final irstalmcnt on
the Second Liberty Loan had been pad
in at the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York. Tho bonds of this issue con
tinued weak under selling Of consider
able volume and registered rcw mini
mum prico OF 96.lO.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
ELECTION NOTICE
FULTONTRUSTCONfPANY
OF yEyY YORK
f19 BROADWAY

A: tbs Annual Mectirg cf tho Strck,pdars of ttJs
Company ned on the 18th day Of January lala ths
following gentlemen were ulaE.nUHly esued
i'rastecs Of lir COMPANY sor tho tar1n ending
January. 1922
llspena-d Stswa-t. HuwlanG, Pal.
H. n. tnnnann. EliSari 10 VII.
Charles 5. Brown Hernarl 2 EuwWl
II de 7 bOsiar. Ela.laD NJ Van Klssnk
and fer The term ending JGnuar7 1927:
Lewis Spencer Norris A d V eshee. j.
and the following genile1nen As E.spcats,s Of Msc-
tion FOR 1919
NewLnld / la'VITnce. Ferry L. YSns.
F Ashton 90 Peyster
CHARLES " VAN KLEElK, ssrstx1
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
The Home Insurance Co.

The semi-annual statement Of the
Home Insurance Company of New
York shows cash assets of s44.O4S,65l;
cash capital, s6,0oo,ooo; liabilities
ga. .O47 ,401; net surplus over liabilities
$l3,00l .250. and surplus as regards pol
icyholders, $19,001,2 ,26O. &.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17

1t is very doubtful if our capital
resources have been reduced by
war. Our real capital, that is,
agencies Of production, probably has
been greatly increased as a result of
the extraordinary demands of the
last three years. 1t is likely to be
still further increased as the war
progresses
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17

The above rates express the cost Of
foreign money in terms of the Ameri-
can dollar You buy an English pound
sterling at, say, s4.75l.. The intrinsic
parity is S4.s6Ss per pound. Thus, you
say either chat pounds arc at dis
count or that dollars arc at premium,
%hlch IS owing to the fact that in Eng
land the demand for dollars with whirb
to settle accounts in this country is
greater than ,hc demand in this coun
try for pounds with which to settl. ac
counts in England.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17

mixture Of railway and industrial Sc
curties.
Ruling rates for money yesterday,
compared wish a year ago. were as
follows:
Yesterday. y ,ar ago.
Call money. Sc 2%
Time money (miNed coilatcraN:
GO days........... 5aA0o 2I2@224 &c
80 days. s........... 53Aoo 2s4oo
months. ...... $50 2oH03oo
to G m"uths..... 5aaoo go
Commercial Papcr.--Ratcs for com
incrcial paper were steady at 5 Il to 5a.
per cent for the best regular maturi-
tics.
Official rates of discount for each OF
tho twelve Federal districts arc as
follows:
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Name Removed From
Enemy Trading List

The War Trade Board announced
that the concern of John Smidt, Colon,
Panama, has been removed from tho
enemy trading list
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17

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., 1918-01-17
Elections

Walter D. Hines, chairman OF the
BOARD OF directors of the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company.
was elected a director Of the Guarantv
trust Company yesterday for the term
OF three years.
I. Coleman du Pont has been elected
vlce-presldent Of the Vulcan Steel
Products Company.
At the annual meeting of the Fulton
trust Company. Charles NJ. Van
Klecck, Lewis Spencer Morris and
Arthur d. Wcekes were elected to the
board of trustees. Other retiring
members were reelected.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Corporation Returns

Jones Brothers Tea Company, Inc. -
The Grand Union Tea Company and
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17

Snb-Trensury.-New York banks lost
to the Sub-Treasury s2,o07 900.
Silver.-Rars in London, 447sd, down
I'd: New York. S9tsc, decrease Of
&c; Mexican dollars. 721ac. off 3zc.
London Money Market.-LONDON
Jan. l6.-Money, 3A per cent. Dis
count rates. short bills, 1-32 per cent;
three months bills, 1-32 per cent.
Gold premium at Lisbon, no
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Finance Economics

WALL STREET OFFICE: Telephone:
Mills Building, is Broad ST. Hanov
The daily banner., 1918-11-05
FrangIaIs q New Tonaue.

"Franglais" is new language that
you hear in France today. The word
is made out Of Franchise and Anglais,
the French words for French and
English-and the language itself Is
made out of fearful tumble of words
that were perfectly good when they
played by themselves, but don't always
mix.
Franglais is what you hear where
Americans and English men and wom-
en- without a very good knowledge Of
their hosts own speech find themselves
at work alongside Of French men and
French women-so1diers, nurses, relief
workers, shopkeepers and all sorts
Of folk.
American Red Cross workers say
that when you gather up several
hundred little French babies who have
hardly begun to speak any language
at all and several hundred little ones
who are speaking the universal and
universally incomprehensible language
of babyhood, the results are one de-
The daily banner., 1918-11-05
FISH affected BY WARFARE
Explosion Of Mines of British Coast
Has Resulted in Great DimlnutIon
Of Catches, Is Report.

Wilfred BuZley, who Is on the way
to his tea plantation in Assam, India,
said on his arrival in this city that the
frequent explosions Of mines off the
British coast had caused great search
ty Of fish, according to New York
Times. This was especially the case
along the east coast Of England and
Scotland, and had also affected the
coast Of Holland. Herring, which for
merly were plentiful at this season Of
the year off the coast of Scotland, SELL
Ing at cent apiece retail, now bring
16 cents, he said, and were scarce.
Founders and cod, formerly eight to
ten cents a pound, are now worth 80
cents at retail. It was only at rare
intervals, Mr.. Buzley said. that the
poor were able to purchase fish.
"The only fish in British waters that
appeared to defy the mines and tor
pedoes," Mr.. Buzley continued, els
the hardy halibut. Just before sailed
from England one of the steam trawl-
ers off the coast was about to haul
in the lines when the captain noticed
a giant halibut following close behind
cod that was impaled on one of the
hooks. The halibut made several at.
tempts to swallow the cod and was
eventually hauled up onto the deck Of
the trawler. The skipper told me that
the big fish weighed 16S pounds, and
was sold in the market for $6O."
The daily banner., 1918-11-05
War Work Meeting.

Every citizen OF Dorchester county
is invited and urged TO attend ,he
meeting to be held at the armory to-
morrow Wednesday, night at eight
O'Clock, in the mterv.t of the United
War Work Campaign. This meeting
will not be held Tor the purpose of
taking subscriptions, and no money
will be asked fer, but the object of
the meeting is 10 create an interest
in the campaign, which starts next
Monday and ends the following Mon
day.
The speaker Mil be Albert L. Rob
ertS, one of the International Secre-
| taries OF the ! j. {. =, who has
, seen nine months service at the
front. He speaks with authority and
will explain to the people some OF
! the reasons why they should give ev
cry effort to the support of the Unit
ed War Work Campaign, which com
prises the Young Mems Christian As
sociation, Young Women's Christian
Association, National Catholic War
Council, Jewish Welfare Board,
American Library Association, War
Camp Community Service, and Saliva
| ton Army.
The daily banner., 1918-11-05
CAMBRIDGE WITNESSES
The Names of Cambridge Persons
Familiar To All.

Who are the witnesses?
They are Cambridge people
Residents of Cambridge who have
had kidney backache, kidney ills,
bladder ills; who hav eused Doan's
Kidney Pills. These witnesses en-
dorse Doan's.
One Cambridge resident who
speaks is J. A. Hastings, miller, Ill
Muir st. He says: Il was in bad
way with the rundown condition of
my kidneys. My back panied consid-
erably whenever | stopped and sharp,
shooting pains caught me in the
small of my back, making me feel
miserable The kidney secretions
were scanty and painful in passage,
too. After using two boxes OF Doan's
Kidney Pills, | had no further kid
ney trouble. l generally keep them
On hand, however, in case / should
need them"
Price soc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr. Hastings had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The daily banner., 1918-11-05
Notice To Drafted Men.

Col \. W. S;sk, Agricultural Ad-
wiser to the District Board, at Den
ton. asks that men who think they
have been classified Improperly. go 10
see the Dorchester County Advisory
Committeeman OF the District IN
which the applicant lives
The Advisory Committeeman will
take all the information the Advisory
Committeeman will present before
meeting of the County Advisory Com
mittee at Cambridge, and if passed
on fayorably by this body, the Coun-
ty Agent and the Agricultural Advis-
or, A. W. Sisk, Will present the mat
ter before the District Board at Den
ton.
Present your claims for exemption
to YOUR Advisory committeeman at
once, and he will carry the informa-
ton to the County Advisory Commit
tee at Cambridge. The Advisory
Committeeman for the different dis
tricts of the county are:
l.. X. Hackett. Rhodesdale.
J. E. Patton, Fred Wright, East
New Market.
w. A. Percy w. L. ,Lanlford,
Vienna
L. D. T. Noble, Taylor's island
L T. Spicer, Chas. r. Mills, Golden
Hill
S. L. Byrn. President; a. H. H.Smith,
Secretary; John S. Skinner, Cam
bridge.
Samuel Lintnicum, Cornersville.
Alvin Linthicum, A. Bowdle Rob
inson, Church Greek.
Hiram S. Insley, Crapo.
Frank Hearn, Wingate.
]. H. Murphy, Airey.
]. C. Colbourne, Williamsburg.
c. II. Seward, Cambridge. RID.
c. Mears, Linkwood
l. o. Taylor, Hurlock
J. w. Brooks. Madison.
E. S. Gore, Salem.
Rannie Gray, Z X. Hurley, Elliott.