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The Brinkley argus., 1919-02-07

By the 360th Infantry from 40 Fusilieres; 109 Body Gren- adiers; no Grenadiers., 12Oth Inf, 123d Grenadiers, 426 Inf
 By the 359th and 36Oth Infantry (but not credited specially to either one) from ITO Inf. 10 F. A., 80 F. A., 163 F. A., 223 F. A., 235 F. A.. 426 F. A., and 35 San Co.,, be- sides other auxiliary units like Hinewerfer, Machine Gun, Engineers, Signal Corps, Med ical, etc.
 From October 24th to November 11th the Division captured 21 officers and 954 men of whom you captured IS officers and 7S9 men.
 The Division captured three 210's, eight 1908, nine 106's, and twelve ITS, of which the majority was captured by this brigade.
 The prisoners came from eleven regiments of Infantry one Sanitary Co, one Signal Co.,. and miscellaneous auxil- iaries.
 The names Bois des Rappes, Bois de Bantheville, LeGrande Carre, Andevanne, Cote 243, Cote 321, and Villers-deVant- Dun are branded upon your memories. The Machine Gun Companies will not forget that they fired one million one hundred fifty thousand rounds during November 1 and ,.
 Here is a proud boast for this brigade-not a soldier struggled from this regiment.
 You were always facing the enemy and on the night be- fore the armistice took eff feet you were formed up facing him, ready to deliver another mighty blow at day light of that Hateful morning of Nov. 11th.
 You have shared equally with the best and have de- served everything.
 You are soldiers and 1 am proud of you.
 U. G. McAlexander,
 Brigadier General.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-02-07
NO JoB," KICKER. IN
 BRlNKLEY

There are very many people Who just stand around. Who kick about this and that And knock on the town Wishing they were somewhere
 else,
 Where there was something
 to do Out of this dead burg" We'll, it's not the town, it's For if you don't have the get
 up,
 And everyone knows it's true To take things in hand your-
 self,
 Then there will never be
 anything to do, As kicks and knocks don't
 boost
 Or find anything to do, So don't stand around and
 knock on Brinkley, For it's not the town, it's
 you.
 -Eluen Anderson.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-02-07
Ind g,l osg7st ,l.,-=---.gss

talent play, it's only 4 kill, 2.5 miles, down the river.
 The weather is still warm and the sun came out very nicely this p. m. It's certainly much different than 1 expect ed. Lots of love, take good care of yourself.
 Your son,
 George.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-02-07
EGGS FOR. MATCHING

From thoroughbred Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs, $15O for Is.
 Black Minorca, $500 for 15, non settlers, best layers and large hens.
 All eggs guaranteed fertile. Phone, address or call on
 J. D. Henley.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-02-07
Like a Stream.

All events are like stream of Wa ter flowing past, stream without col or and without form. Each one dips in her little bowl and straightway the water takes on the shape and reflects the color of the vessel. -Alaeterlinck.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-02-07
Duty for All.

am sure that it is duty for all of us to aim tt just appreciation of various points of view and that we ought to try to understand others rath- CT than to persuade them.--A C. Ben son.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-02-07
"Wet Moon.7

A "wet moon" is when enc horn cl the crescent of the new moon Is much lower than the other, like q bowl turned up on edge and unable to hold water. The wet moon is a popular but fallacious sign of coming wet weather.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-02-07
ALL KINDS OF BONDS
Earle w. Hodges and w. Hicks
 Mallory Agency.

Phone Main 5076; 31S-319- 320-321 Boyle Bldg, Little Rock, Ark, will buy your Liberty Bonds at the highest market, prices for cash, or as- sist you to carry them. Write, wire or phone.
The Brinkley argus., 1919-02-07
YOUNG DRUMMOND'S Dl' VISION HONORED BY
 ARMY COMMANDER.
The Following Was Sent to Rev. Drummond by His
 Son, George.
HEADQUARTERS 1S0TH IN
 PANTRY BRIGADE

NOV. z4, IJIo ! MEMORANDUM:
 To Officers and Men of the Texas Brigade.
 In his farewell letter to you on Nov. 21, 1918, the Division Commander gave you the highest possible praise for sol diely qualities. He had al ready told you that the Com manding General, First U. s. Army had recently stated to the Commander-in-Chief that "The 90th Division is as good as Divisions; you have not a better Division; it is as good and dependable as any Division in the Army" Higher commendation could not be bestowed. In order that you may know some of the req sons for such unstinted praise, 1 will recount some of your deeds:
 On September 12th you had your first fight and broke through those bewildering mazes of wire and entrench- ments called the Quarten-Re- serve and the Western end of the notorious Bois-le-Pretre. In defending the Southern portion of this wood the French are reported to have lost one hundred twenty-three thousand m e n of W h m eighteen thousand were killed. The whole Bois-le-Pretre was cleared in a neat operation by the 360th Infantry, on Sep tember 18th, with slight loss the exploitation being car ried to the Moselle River.
 You advanced your lines close up to Preny and Pagny- sur-Moselle and took part in the general demonstration made along the whole battle front from the Mozelle to the Channel, on September 18th. You were relieved on the night of October 9-10, to go to the Meuse-Argonne Front.
 Between. September 12th and 29th prisoners were captured, by the 359th Infantry from 94th, 106th, and 153rd Ger man Infantry, by the 360th In- fantiy from 68th, 94th. and 153rd Infantry, 18th F. A.
 On October 23rd you were on the Meuse-Argonne front and it fell your lot to make the attack on the iFreya Stellung for the Division on November 1st and 2nd and your exploitation carried you from Dun-sur-Meuse to near the Tuileries farm, on the front of seven kilometers. This F'reya Stellung was the last organized German defense line and where it reached the Mouse was the pivot or hinge on which swung the whole defensive system t h r 0 u g h Northern France and Belgium.
 Here at Andevanne and Villers-devant-Dun, on a 1fOnt or IOuf kllOmeLefS, Dy d superb assault that has not been excelled in this war for nicety of execution or for fer ocity of action, you smashed the defensive system at it's hinges.
 This imperilled the whole German Army; then came the clamor for an armistice and the collapse of the war.
 The following captures were made:
 By the 359th Infantry from 40 Fusiliers; no Grenadiers sand Res. Inf, and S53(
The Brinkley argus., 1919-02-07
ltIfR FROM GERMANY
Lieut.. Geo. Drummond Writes 10 His Father, Pastor Drum mond of BrinkIey Presby-
 rerian Church

Dear papa:
 There certainly was a sur prise for me when l came ln this evening and found that Xmas package for me. All oul mail has been delayed on ac- count of the Mosene being ir flood and stopping the trains but the first train through brought our Xmas packages the first class mail hasn't ar rived yet.
 That box was certainly a success, I had no end of fun opening it and the contents couldn't have been better chosen. The cigarettes were a treat as we had been out fol several days and cigarettes in Germany are almost as rare as soap. The weather has been so bad l hayn't attempted to take any pictures with the kodak yet. I'm enclosing two I took few day ago with the one I got in Paris, it was rain ing and they are only fair. All these mountain sides shown in the pictures are covered with grape vines, some are so steep they have to sig-sag the trails up the hill side, but they are cultivated.
 Every thing is moving along nice and quietly, the people here all treat us splendidly so far, of course that's policy. The men are well taken care of and when the weather is fair we have a regular sche- dule. It's not cold, only wet, raining nearly every day. We are framing wild boar and deer hunt back in the noun tains for some time soon, Some of the natives report great sport as none of the game has been hunted for , years.
 Some mail has just come in and in it is some mail from you. My telegram, dated Nov. 25, has just arrived, l don't un- derstand what delayed it.
 Yes, we were in the Mouse Argonne fight and if you will get a map and look up the afeuse past Verdun and near 0ur. sur-meuse you will find those two places are where we had our hardest scrapping about Nov. 1, 2 and 3, then up above Dun on the right bank of the Mouse is MuZay. sIust north of this place is where we had reached and ere ready to push on the orning of the 11th of Nov, y18.
 Tn the St. Aihiel drive we gre in the Bois-le-Pretre just st Of Thiancourt near Wiley Id Pagny and northwest of 0nt-a-Moussan, q very bad ,ctor for which our work, at is the Divisions work, mentioned in general or $. We are hoping now we Tt be sent to Russia.
 IT glad you like Brinkley
 CT than West Helena and
 you get comfortably fix
 or the winter and take
 and dodge the "fiue."
 wish I could send you some
 his splendid wine we get
 it ranges all the way
 pure grape juice to pure
 1, but we find a medium
 very good. We will miss
 light wines when we get
 o the states.
 ing with the pen is
 e one I got in Paris for
 lcs wasn't very satis-
 tho better than no
 all, but I sold it to
 the officers as soon as
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Large Increase in
Telephone Stockholders

Stockholders of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company on
April 1 numbered 1920, an increase
of 80 per cent over the preceding year.
The most striking change of owner,
ship during the year was large de-
crease in the holdings of the Crane
family. Early in 1918 the family was
down for 1920 shares. but the latest
list shows only 1876. Most of this
decrease, it is stated, was due to the
disposal of all of Zenas Cranes stock.
which totalled 14,323 shares on April
year ago. w. Murray Cranes hold
ings were reduced from $4,000 to 5000
shares
A group of thirty-two banking and
brokerage houses held on April 12l.
1856 shares, against 1O869O year ago
Stock held by the firm of C. D. Barney
e. Co. increased from SO shares to 1o.-
760 shares.
George F. Baker, according to the
table, showed holdings of 18,436 shares.
against 1881 shares the year before.
Harvard College owned 5,454 shares.
compared with 4,954 early last wear.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Taxation and Trading

One hears the theory asserted. in
sisted upon and reiterated, and even
raised to an elevation where it is sup
posed to be the main explanation of the
present market, that ultra rich holders
tear to sell stocks and take their prof
It's because the government will takc
from half to three quarters of their
profits away from them This NAV
nave been so for a time, but number
oil such holders not long ago learned
he trick of selling short similar
mount of stock on another account.
mus failing to take profits, and vet
making secure the profits already
garnered. BY remaining both long and
short indefinitely of the same stock
they are out of the market altogether
Most OF the ultra rich security holders
are familiar enough with the technique
OF the market to know of this trick
and even if they had not been, there
are enough experts able and anxious
TO advise them of it, so that few of
them now are apt to be ignorant of it.
a further method is possible bv
which income tax can be scaled down
provided the Federal authorities allow
IL. Gay rlch holder of 1000 shares
OF Steel common, believing that the
stock has seen the top of its rise.
should sell an equivalent amount short
at 1oS. Now suppose the stock should
continue to go up to 1888 The rich
holders loss on his short stock would
be offset by the gain in his long stock.
But ne could cover his stort stock. and
mus complete a transaction which
would show a loss of income deductible
from his tax report. He could show
loss of $4,000 $50 points on 1000
shares), and if his rate of taxation
we're 90 per cent, he could save $4,000
on his income tax, without really hav-
ing lost anything.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Chicago & Eastern
Illinois eturn
Less Than Charges

The annual report of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Railroad for the fiscal
year ended December 81, 1918, dis
closes standard return under the gov
ernment control system of $2,946,O0
Heavy expenditures for the recon-
struction and Improvement of the rail
road during the test period of Federal
control account for the small return,
which is substantially less than the
fixed charges against the property, and,
in the opinion of Thomas D. Heed,
president and receiver, wholly made
quate as a measure of just compensa-
ton.
AS no contract has yet been entered
into with the Director General, his
power to advance compensation was, by
Federal control act, limited to the
payment of 90 per cent of the standard
return. or S2,651 ,4O1 per annum. The
amount of compensation actually ad-
vanced to the receiver last year was
$749 ,00O
Total operating revenue for 1918 of
S26, ,753 092 was shown in the combined
income account of the receiver and Fed
eral manager, which compares with $21,-
018,9S5 for the preceding fiscal year
Operating expenses increased greatly
during the year and were placed at
$24 1887, a S7,79O,On advance Rail
way tax accruals aggregated $1,OO5,-
472, an increase of $12O,272. After
other deductions totalling $1,9S5,2
net income was S642, 1872, compared with
SO, 3,694 1856 for the year ended December
81, 1917
In view of the inadcquacy of the
standard return the receiver prepared
an application for just compensation
and filed it with the Director General
on August 8, 1918. With the approval
of the court the general counsel was
directed to negotiate an agreement
with the Director General for compen-
sation and other matters incident to
Federal control, but also directed that
no agreement was to be made without
the approval of the court
After an extended investigation the
compensation committee filed a report
recommending the payment to the re-
ceiver as compensation of an annual
amount of $4,40S,03O, that sum being
the amount of the railway operating
income Oh the company Tor the calendar
year 1917. On reviewing the compen-
sation committees report the Director
Generals staff declined to approve of
the award and reduced it to 1880.
100, that being the average annual rail-
way operating income for the three
fiscal years ended June 80, 1913, 1916
and 1917.
The case was awaiting the decision
of the Directo- General on the appeal
Of the receiver from the award of the
staff conference.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
The Markets
The Movement

Price fluctuations were somewhat
lacking in spectacular demonstrations
yesterday The railroad shares hardly
moved, and closed for the most part
with net declines.s The industrial
shares were firm. The Tribune's aver
age price of thirty industrial shares
was l05.23 at end of the day, new
high record for the year, practically
equal to the highest price on record
-l05.30-reached in November, 1916
Among the eye-arresting changes, in
addition to those in inactive stocks,
we're gains of points in American
Hide and Leather common, 27s in the
preferred, points in American Ice,
3's in American Linseed, 22s in Bald
WIN Locomotive, 3 in Nevada Consoli-
Gated Copper, and 5 in Virginia Iron,
Coal and Coke. Steel common reached
new high record for the year at
l09%, but closed at 1885, gain of Ia
points.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Foreign Trade

The Federal Reserve Board might be
SAID to be "bullish" on our foreign
trade prospects. On the present situa
tlcn,' it says in the May bulletin. "the
extension of our actual export trade
IT materials is more feasible than ever
before, because of the fact that the
United States occupies so conspicuous.
rot to say unique, a position as
creator and furnisher of capital in in
ternational business. Occupvine the
position it does, the nation is thus
able to make its own terms for the
furnishing Of capital. 1t may be able.
III other words, within limits to estab-
Nsh Its own price for goods sent to
foreign countries, taking its payment
IN the form of securities which are
then distributed to buyers, but clearly.
good judgment and moderation in fix
ing the terms of the loans and the
conditions of purchase will be REQUIRED
If satisfactory and permanent rela-
uonship is the object. Success in the
further development of our export
business depends, therefore, not only
upon wise financing, but upon modera-
ton and tactful dealing in handling
the whole investment situation."
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Over the Week End

Though transactions yesterday
reached nearly 100000 shares, it
might have been called dull day in
comparison with the first two days of
this week. This falling off in activity
is perhaps due to the anxiety of many
traders to be out of the market over
the three-day holiday, during which
time good deal may happen in the
international situation. Some traders
may have believed that if they had
waited until to-day to sell or Tighten
their holdings their sales might come
at time when every one else was
selling with the same purpose. This
prior selling may have removed the
burden which to-day's market would
otherwise have had to face. New
buying, of course, may prove more than
sufficient to overcome any selling for
this reason.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Bankers Hold
Conference on
Russian Bonds
Appoint Subcommittee to
Investigate Situation With
Regard to S5O,OOO,OOO
sueMaturing NextM

Bankers representing the several
houses that made up the syndicate
which brought out the $4,000 900 6la
per cent Russian government external
loan of 1916, falling due on June IS
next, held protracted conference at
the Offices of j. P. Morgan & Co. yes
terday for the purpose of discussing
the approaching maturity. H. P. Davi-
son, who returned last week from
France, presided.
AS announced in The Tribune of a
week ago 10 funds with which to meet
the principal or the interest on the
loan have been provided and holders of
the issue, according to present indica-
tions, face the prospect of having to
wait until a government is formed in
Russia which will undertake to pro-
vide payment, or at least arrange an
extension
May Be Defaulted
While the bankers who attended the
conference would say nothing regard
ing what transpired, it is understood
that they are prepared to let the bonds
go to default. If the Omsk government
in Russia is recognized by the United
States and the Allied governments, as
has been proposed, there is a chance,
it was pointed out, that matters may
be so arranged that the new govern
ment will recognize these external OBJ
legations.
A subcommittee of bankers has been
appointed to make a careful investiga-
ton of the situation and report back
to the main group. This report will
probably be completed early in June
In the mean time the matter of the fail
ure of the Russian authorities to ar
range for the maturing loan will be
taken up with Washington.
Large Deposits Here
1t is estimated in Wall Street that
between $50,000,0 900 and $6O,00O,0 900 in
Russian government funds are on de-
post with banking institutions in the
United States. But these funds are
not available for use in paying the loan
maturity since they are being held in
most cases by the institutions in which
they are deposited against losses sus-
taincd in Russia by those institutions
when the Bolsheviki came into con-
.rol, The National City Bank of New
York, which is said to carry large de-
posits of Russian government funds, is
believed to be holding those funds
against losses sustained when the Boil
sheviki seized the banks properties in
Russia.
To date there has never been any
default in the payment Of the interest
on the Russian external 61as. On the
broad Street curb yesterday the 61as
were strong, advancing to SGT per s1OO
bond, the highest price in two years.
This price compares with a low record
of $3S. The Russian government S rs,
another external issue, sold from SIS
to $50.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Vote to Reorganize Importers
And Exporters Insurance Co,

AT meeting of the directors of the
Importers and Exporters Insurance
Company of New York it was voted
upon to reorganize under the direc
ton of Leon Schinasi, president, with
capitalization of $1,O5O,Ooo and as
sets of S2,5o0,ooo The company at
the present time deals only in marine
insurance, but on and after June Is
VIII write fire risks and automobile
insurance.
The board of directors is comprised
of Leon Schinasi, Frank N. Close. s.
Schinasi, G. H. Kinnicutt, George L.
Stom, J. Valcnsi, John b. Stanch6eld
Fletcher Farrell, Maurice s. Amado,
{. d. West, Harold Knox, M. L. Heide.
Jesse Spier and C. w. MacBrids.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Offer Railroad Bonds
First Important Railway Financ-
ing Since Victory Loan Closed

Kuhn, Loeb & Co. announced yes
terday an offering of S8,0O0,oOo Cen
tral of Georgia Railway Company SER
ial gold bonds at 80, to yield approx
imately 6B per cent. This is the
first important bit of railway financing
done privately since the closing of the
Victory Liberty Loan.
The sale of the bonds will provide
funds for capital expenditures made
and to be be made by the company, and
TO repay temporary loans made for this
purpose The new issue will be secur-
ed by the deposit of S11 100000 face
value per cent refunding and gen
era mortgage series "A" bonds of the
central Georgia Railway Company.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
The Dollar in Foreign EXCHANGE

Exchange continued to move in favor
of France in yesterdays market, and
the rate on Paris went to Gas francs
to the dollar for checks and 6.46 for
cables.
Sterling rates were steady Italian
exchange was firm. Rates on Switzer-
land eased off further on increased
offerings. The other neutral ex
changes were quiet
Closing rates yesterday compared
with week ago as follows:
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Georgia Bankers Indorse
Warfield Rail Plan

SAVANNAH, Ga, May %. - The
Georgia bankers convention in session
here to-day indorsed the plan of the
National Association of Owners of
Railroad Securities, known as the
Warfeld plan, for the return and
regulation of the railroads. The con-
vention also went on record as being
unalterably opposed to government
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
The Rio Bonds

The issue of $4,000, 900. Of per cent
serial bonds Of the city Of Rio de
Janeiro, brought out by syndicate Of
local bankers, was greatly oversub-
scribed. The attractive basis of 61s
per cent on which the bonds were Of
Tered brought in volume of subscrip-
tions far in excess of the amount of
the loan, and the bankers interested in
the issue said that they could have
sold S2O,o0o,oo0 as easily as the s1o,-
100000. The success Of this loan breaks
the ice, so to speak, in that it is the
first important bit of foreign financing
arranged since the cessation of hostili-
ties. Other bits of South American
financing are under consideration bv
she same group Of bankers which
brought out the Rio loan.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Par for the Victories

The Victory notes, which opened in
auspiciously at $500, when they were
traded in for the first time on Tues
day, and fluctuated below par all dur
ing that day, yesterday reached par
and closed at 9998.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

ownership of the railroads and to
methods that have been proposed for
their return which involve new COM
panies, years of valuation and serious
legal complications.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Cotton

The market looks temporarily in an
overbopght position. Therefore, while
stlll believing in ultimately higher
prices, we would not favor fresh specu
latiYc purchases for the present, ex
cept in the event of some further good
breaks from the prevailing prices
S. b. Chapin C Co.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-29

The New York Cotton Exchange 1nem-
berships OF Charles b. Toole and Robert
". Clifford We're sold at auction on the
floor of the Exchange by Assistant Sunnr
intendent KuhlmaI.n, The Toole ,ncnhor-
ship was sold to Morris sellar for $1,000.
William Mitchell, Of Gwathnay &. Co.
pure hased Mr.. Giford's scat for sl950o
an advance Of $4,000 over thelast previous
sale. 80