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New-York tribune., 1919-12-31

William NJ. Van der Kieft and 4 w
peBapn have fo5med copaalr.tn,ership un.
& Co, for the purpose ct dealing II in
vestment securities.
Wliam s j. MnsSh of f9r & the las
Co.. has resigned 70 form his owns organ
ization to deal in investment securities
Dominick 6 Donlnok, managers of the
syndicate which underwrole s2.0o0,001 s.
per cent preferred stock of the American
Exchange Securities Corporation. announce
that the syndicate has been closed. all Of
the stock having been disposed Of
The Sew York Stock Exchange frr4 Of
ana a new copartnership formed under tho
nalnc Of i5runiley. Chamberlain & Co
Brufnley. ,iohn i. Cham be raiu. George II
johnson and Alexander p Gray jr Edwin
Uooley Will be special partner N the
new h.n
fToliister. White < Co. OF Boston. an
nounce that arransemerts have just been
g0ple5es G hea 6y ara |ngh 'R w. rS Z d 6sn
York CITY, VIII act as their local CORE
spondents.
Tucker issns Agh9nx sloo "oo & Co have purchased
facturers Of high grade patent feathers
sutton. Ford & Co. Irc.. investment
brokers. are changing their name to sut-
Guthrie. Hunter Il Co. chartered account
ants. have opened London office 7
Laurence Pountney Hill under the man.
agemert OF Norman Smith.
The special meeting Of the stockholders
Of the General Motors Company scheduled
for yesterday was postoponed foy one
week, owing to the lack Of a quorum
The Equitable Trust Company has been
appointed transfer agent of the stock OF
the Mesaba Iron Company.
The Guaranty Trust Company has been
appointed transfer agent OF the capital
stock Of the Choate Oil Corporations
The Guaranty trust Company has
opened additional branch Office at 2e5
Grand Street 10 n ndie its foreign sx-
change business IN that section OF the city
The entire first floor and basement Of the
building viii be occupied for this purpose
The Reading Iron Company has acquired
the plant OF the e. s. a. Brooks Iron
Company of Birdshoro, Philadelphia.
The Asia Banking Corporation has
elected the following new directcrs Al
fred L. Aiken, president of the Natioua.
shawmnt Bank. Boston: Ralph Dawson,
vice president Guaranty Trust Company
j. Ar Hpr House. Guardian Savings and
Trust pmpany. Cleveland.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
Commodities
Cotton

An early advance in rhe market was
followed by sharp break owing 10 con
lnued nervousness over the money sjtua-
ton, but prices fln,ed up again in the lste
trading and the close was steady at net
advance Of ~ to 42 points. March con.
tracts sold at 35 CSC on the early advance
broke to 34ioc and closed at S5soc
me feature on the early advance wa
he buNlng for Liverpool and other foreign
accounts, accornpa MED by reports that con
'lAen}al interests We're buying futures here
49, Il hedee against forward sales of goods
Private cables reported heavy end-lron n
calling BY spinners in Liverpool aud ti..
iocal market opened steady at an afH,arlr..
or 'O 70 70 points ON August and soplsn-
ber and IS to 32 points higher on other
POSITIONS There We're reactions right uf-
te! the call. but ,lIc onerines were .,1anrh.d
by the foreign buying orders ana ni.ic.s
spollAurn"d Nrmer on covering bv Sc '.srs
% MONDAY VITA active months sellin 35
10 10 90 points net higher before the en4 OF
the morning. After the close Of Liverpool
the d' mand WAS less active and the mar
Nr' n'oNe unuer liquidation, Wall Street
and tn ,1x locaI selling which probably reflected
prehenson OF a tighter time money n,ari<et
after the conference Of bankers next week
or Time the market was weak and un-
settled but after showing net losses ii )
to - points. rallied on q renewal of foreign
demand favorable peace treaty rulnors
and the frlner tone Of the stock market
10, ,.Spv' y, , 30 .toHi 'ne SCUM that The Census
Hnreau would deduct from its last January
ginning figures any cotton included that
hau been glnned from previous crops
seemed TO be without any Immediate IN.
iiuence. lriNate ca bles from Liverpool re
ported an active demand for goods from
emma and India, and reports from the
domestic goods market continued bulli sh
"thousn The business said 10 be bv
small offerings.
ne local spot market was steady and
unchanged at S925c for middling. NO sales
We're reported.
The range OF prices 1olioNs:
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31

$10,000000
A .lantic Fruit Company
100 15Year Sinking Fund Convertible Gold Debenure Bond.
Series "a"
Jan l. Pay able and Dea in [
Authorized To bs presently 1.ueds1o
Coupon & boo m m 0S0 % % sso" @ ] rF''s @ principal Subject ] call
maturity Interest,"
any timeu up
ninety days prior maturity the of 500 face value
of Dbnues for two shares of Common Stock
Copauy
an" the report " 1e tA~ Young Co., Certified Public Accountants:
IN zso~ng, shipping selling
developing elands
and by 1921 should be producing mill
Upon completion plans out with pro-
eeeds of this hnancing the Company will
of
and other products Jamaica, of
raos ~ DOCKS wsshouss st sS and fleet 'of Of "a s'@ss oas
going steamships with additional
operate property without substantial
change policy They have associated with themselves
shipping be
Drecos W a Hartman W. & Marine secu.
veePresdent The cubanAmrican John prnge C.
NJ c. Jamaica, w l. P. A. Rockefeller, Broadway
Operating profits by Mess Arthur Young
sgea @ 600 w 1nu n @ P "a @ @ na @ % spfF be &c. @ 1919 have aver
profits s264l7o approx.
e1n msy s5o0o0o equivalent to five times the interest
and estimated outstanding Common
SINKING FUND fixed annual Sinking Fund
OF Dbenures $30oO0O 6rpa Or before
a no edng hereder
will call by Of ean;,oe
and FixedSr
be eappied in like
F" 0nd received be
or ben naneucu cuqrqJ& &ondsahe
Application Will be made Bondsand Common
the Ne" York Stock
Having sold 500 bonds we offer the unsod balance
at 81 and Accrued Interest, 10 yield over 730oz
Potter Brothers & Go.
Street, New York
White, Weld g. Co. ~. 4. Hartman g. 60 w.
arine
chicago York
ma on nandtes eaisi
beer taued wcns
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
DIVIDEND NOTICES
Railway stesl-sprinx comnanv

'o Church Street, New York CIV
>oAaA quarterly dividend OF TWO pEn Ct,S,,
rSS!,,6aas Ias This this day been declared on The
neca,xS InosamSUM sSroCk of this Company. payable
December II, 1919 oi RECORD
ne, ne transfer Books will not he closed.
Trust Company WV na""eis
Fl. s. BANGHART .rreas,rAr
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS

ENLISTED. tselI cents per share
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
Reserve Bank Acts
10 Avert Further
Credit Expansion
All Rediscount Rates Ex.
cept Those on Agriculture
Put on Parity; Step in
Campaign for Deaation

AS the third important step in the
last two months in the efforts of the
federal Reserve Bank to curtail ex-
cess've credit expansion, Benjamin
strong, governor Of the institution
last night notified member banks that
instead of preferential rates the single
rate of Ak per cent will obtain at the
bark, except for rediscounts Of acri-
cultural paper, where the rate will re-
ndin b per cent.
ifls adjustment, coming after the
increases IN rates of November 8 and
december Ii, raises the rate on ad-
vsnces not exceeding fifteen days to
hemper banks on their promissory
notes secured by certificates of ndcbt-
edness from Az to Az per cent. and
similarly brings up the rate on redis-
counts on trade accentances and bank
efs acceptanccs having maturity at
Tune or redlscount Of more than ninety
Gays from ~ to Az per cent. Rates
on other advances and rcdiscounts will
remain at ~. per cent, with the single
exception Of rediscounts Of acricu-
u raj PAPER having d maturity at time
o. redlscount of more .han ninety davs
cNl moi more than six months.
Reasons for Action
Aftcr sketching the new discount
policy of the Reserve Bank in a letter
to member banks, Mr. Strong explains.
In view Of the foregoing, and of
the wide distribution of Ger iicates to
the public, it being estimated that not
over one-half OF the certificates out
standing are now held by the banks
the directors Of the Federal Rese rye
Bank OF New York have eliminated the
preferential rates heretofore main
tanned IN favor of advances and redis-
counts based on bonds, certificates Of
Indebtedness and acceptances, for tie
tune being at least, ard have estao-
Ished single rate for credit at the
Federal Reserve Bank, thereby greatly
simplifying their future rate policy
nat the move IS a step IN the cam
nalgn toward defiation is specihcall llv
INDICATED by the Governors letter
which added:
bile the Federal Reserve act. bv
towering reserves, added permanently
10 the lending power Of The member
ranks, 1t was not intended tka6. the
feae'a Reserve banks themselves
shoGld De used to promote permanent
credit expansion or for the purpo~e of
obtaining f..nds to reloan at a protit in
the genera credit market. Thew were
intended to facilitate emergency or sea
sohal expansion. and, except for such
unusual borrowing as way financing
necessltates, the same principles whlcn
governed borrowing by banks prior to
the establishment OF the Federal Re-
serve system should now obtain. Nor
does the existence of the Federal Re-
serve system relieve bankers from
their individual responsibility to pre-
vent u1wise expansion Of credit az a
time like the present, Wien the pressure
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
United Retail Acquires
$40, 100000 Chain Of Stores

The United Retail Stores Corporation,
tically completed negotiations FOR the
acquisition Of q chain of general
stores having an aggregate capitalize
ton OF approximately $4,000, 900. This
follows the recent purchase of a large
interest by the Duke Whclan group in
Montgomery. Wsrd & Co, the big
Chicago mad order house.
The new interests, it is understood
win put between $4,O00000 and
S50O0,00O into the chain Of general
stores and will enlarge The scope OF
their business. which is now chiefly
limitel 10 The South.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
THE BANK OF AMERICA

Ine Board OF Directors has fo.aav r..
iSle1 is ,sr a sen ssmi-snnua dividend Of sixteen
$40. to stockhoidsrso idss OF tax. payable Jan. 2.
W. NJ BENNETT, Cashier.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
Financial Items

William NJ Van der Kieft and A w
DeBaun have formed a copartnership un-
der the name OF Van der Kieft. DeBaun
& Co, for the purpose ot dealing IN in
vestment securities.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
STATISTICS
Cereals

Nhcat-Tho market developed frm9r
one partly in sympathy with the strers n
n other grains and on renewed complaints
II difficulties in getting good wheat for
milling purposes In the MINNEAPOLIS mar
<et prices were points higher, while
a the southwest the markets were strong
The recent advance in rye with large es
'ort sales and talk of continued urgent
needs abroad for toodstuns as well As
III combined to revive confidence in prices.
he recent action on the part OF Canada
n advancing the price OF wheat to so
nts per bushel 10 the farmer and allow
ng mportations OF American -four has
,lso had a marked influence on domestic
valuss, and the trade here sees little
iroba bilitv OF rnportations from over the
7order Exporters have recently been
showing little more interest IA wheat
through Individual operators and sales re
)ortsd yesterday Of $1,000 bushels at out
'orts.
Corn-The corn market was strong yes
tertay active buying. prompted Sy
numerous complaints from the " est q
difficulties being experienced in securl :
ears with which TO move corn to market
Furthermore. II was SAID that iarmt r
were not inclined TO sell freely at present
larger receipts began to lose faith in the
predicted Increased movement, and there
vas heavy general covering on the part
f recent sellers. The strength IN the
other markets, with further export sa {.
Of rye and oats also exerted a bullish in
huence on the market. and aside from
profit taking offerings were limited. che
domestic cash demnnd was rather slo"
and leading authortlAs were of the opin'
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31

Wilmington quiet, unchanged at 3sc; sales,
nil Augusta steady, unchanged at 80 "a ';
sales. s4$ bales Memphis steady, un-
changed at 4oc, sales, $500 bales 81.
Louis steady, unchanged at 4o.onc' sales,
Mi. Houston steady, so points higher {
sl.50c; sales, 2.l63 bales. Little Roc
steady, unchanged ct 4o5oc; safes. lag
bales. Dallas steady, / 5 points higher (
4l.soc; sales, $3.50 bales. Fort WORTH
steady rs points higher at 4l.65c; sales
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31

Sugnr-The ma riorr was quiet with l,.v-
ers generally hole in of rnere We're mo1-
crate offerings O. Nubas in first half Jan
ud freight. With ~ tofs however. show-
ing fair inleres, I'D the moro linant
positions. Refined s-sar Is being offered
by several reiiners at Irregular prices
ranging from l5.2oc to l6c less = pc, cont
out tn. orterinss are not large and stll
tAr from satisfying ths deraa nd neceirts
at cuba for the wsel. were ST ,05s tons
compared with 33.l64 tons last week and
Zi.Sl5 tons year ago. Exports were
PISS tons, against 6,96e tons a week ago
Of the exports 1875 tons went TO United
states Atsntic ports. Centrals grinding
81 year ago
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
Butter. Cheese and Egps
Butter Receipts were 7s9s

Butter Receipts We're 1898 pack
ages. Creamery. higher than extras,
II. ~ q72c, extras, y score. 7ic: rrsts.
90 to 81 score, di Y g 50 y 6rsts IS to So
score, ol 1863 &c; seconds. So to 81 score
5o q 60c; held. higher than extras Gee; held
extras g. u q Csc: held frsts. S0n55isc.
seconds. $50 59c. unsalted. hfgher than ex-
tras 74Q 15c: extras. r2ls G73 lac frsts
63 q zoe; seconds, 5s G62c; state dairy tubs
finest. 65Gp70c good 10 prime 6lm67c:
common to fair. 52G GOe renovated. extras
81 ? q 5sc; trsts. st a 80 iac. imitation
creamery. frsis. 30 a 5so; ladies'. current
make, hrsts, 5en 90 iac, seconds. IS tsisc;
packing stock. current make, No. !. 4sc:
No. :, lie; lower grades. / llt46c
Cheese-Re Receipts were z1S5 boxes
including l.ls4 for export. state. whole milk
fresh fats. colored. lb, 81 II q 22c white
81 l.. q sc. average run colored, S0la aasici
white 30ia5lc, held fats specials 81 ), o
5Sc; average run. Il q 32c: lower grades
% u so l1c; twins, held. specials whites.
81 J.. q - &c; coioresl. 81 y q sc; average
IN vNlte. Sic; colored. 3lc. lower grades
26@30'ac: Wisconsin, whole milk. twins
fresh So@a1c; single Daisies. fresh, 80 90
; se I'D. 80 q 55c dopble Daisies fresh
81 5. q 90 i21, held 9oG32%c; young Amer
icas fresh, 32@32Lc; state skins. fresh
specials, l7Q zoe; fair to good, l4D17c
lower grades. 7@1ac.
Eggs Receipts were 1elos pack.
ages. Fresh gathered, extras, per
New-York tribune., 1919-12-31

southern spot markets follOw--Galvestol
steady, unchanged at 4225c; sales. 1'2lt
bales New Orleans quiet. unclaimed a
soc; sales, III bales. Mobile nomi,.al, 50
nah quiet unchanged at 3950c; SAILS. nil
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neousIy by a German tramp steamer and
by the British brigantine Del Gratia about
300 miles west Of Gibraltar.
The German went on, but the Del Gratia
found the brig scooting about like brain
less chicken under topsails, foresail, jib
and foretopmast staysail, with yards
squared. The gangway was unshipped, the
fore hatch was lying bottom up on the
for'ard deck. The longboat was gone, and
her jolly-boat, too. The log-boOk was left
behind, but the chronometer and the ships
PAPERS were missing. The last entry in
the Iog-book was on November 25th, indi-
eating the brig had been cruising without
crew for eight or nine days.
Upon the cabin floor lay a naked cutlass
with some dark stains upon its blade which
afterward proved to be only rust. A vial
Of medicine stood upon the table, together
with pieces Of cloth, needle and scissors.
The pumps were dry and the cargo was
intact
When the Del Gratia, which had sailed
from New York five days after the Marie
Celeste, oVerhauled her, the briggs topgal-
lantsail was snugly furled and the head
sheets were flowing. She had evidently
been running before a strong breeze pre-
vious to her abandonment.
No trace was ever found Of the lost
crew Of the Marie Celeste. Some of the
greatest and most ingenious minds nave
tried to solve the mystery-among them
Edgar Allan Poe and Conan Doyle. Their
solutions are not generally regarded as
convincing by seafaring men. Now new
solution is offered-that some gigantic
squid caught the Marie Celeste in its ten
tacles. Who can say?
There is abundant evidence that the
giant members of the octopus family are
very dangerous enemies to man and at
least to moderate sized craft. To say that
the squid is a creature monstroUs and hor-
rible beyond comparison with any other
animated product Of nature Is not to put
the fact too strongly.
There is no good reason for supposing
that It is a rare animal, though seldom
seen. It is a creature of the remote re-
gions of the ocean, seeking its prey far
below the surface, and not often present
iug itself to view by human eyes. Appar-
emily its worst enemy is the sperm whale,
which, when captured, is commonly found
to contain in its stomach great chunks of
the tentacles or other parts Of squids.
This mighty fighting whale is, however,
only able to overcome young members Of
the squid family.
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On q recent occasion boats Of the Gbou-
cester fishing feet picked up remains q
twenty-five or thirty giant gquids IN tn
neighborhoOd Of Flemish Cap, near New
foUndland, and used them for bait. This -
recognized as the greatest breeding place
for squids. The body Of one Of them was
cut up and packed into a 75-gallOn hogs
head tub, which It filed, the weight being
about 700 pounds.
Another specimen found dying. which
had suffered less mutilation, possessed
tentacles thirtY-five feet long. This was
abou; the size Of the life model Of giant
squid which hangs from the ceiling OF q
great hall in the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington.
DR.. Paul Bartsch, Of the Smithsonian In
stitution, our foremost authority on marine
invertebrates, says there Is no doubt that
creatures Of this family attain a length OF
at least 135 feet. This reckoning allows
100 feet for the two major tentacles. There
are eight shorter arms for grasping and
holding the prey which the two long ones
have seized.
Being hunter Of the ocean depths, the
giant squid Is provided with enormous hob
goblinlike eyes, incomparably larger than
those Of any other known animal. They
are great staring disks, ghoulish and hor.
rible-designed to catch all possible rays
Of light in the darkness down below.
DR.. Bartsch says that the giant squid Is a
very intelligent creature. II has a highly
specialized and rather complex brain, in a
cartilaginOus skull, which protects the
principal nerve centres, enclOses the or
gans OF hearing and supports the great
eyes.
The two major tentacles are provided at
their ends with powerful suckers and SINH
lar suckers grow upon the shorter arms all
along their length. These suckers act like
the cupping apparatus surgeons used. Air
being exhausted from them when the ami
NAL seiZes its prey, the grip Of it's arms is
so tremendous that nothing can tear 1t
loose.
The bases Of the eight shorter arms en-
circle the front of the head, and In the mid
die is a great beak resembling In shane
that Of parrot. Behind the head Is a meek
and Cbeneath) tubular siphon through
which water may be rapidly expelled
toward the front, causing the creature to
progress backward. It Is the only marine
animal that can swim either backward or
forward, and probably no fish. of the sea
can Guido it In swiftness.
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man port. Moreover, one engine was out
of commission, cutting down her speed to
ten knots an hour. Even if additional coal
had been procured, she could hardly have
slipped past the British patrols into some
German port. Her Iimping gait would have
made her an easy victim for the tast
Allied cruisers or destroyers.
Ibid her crew succumb to the effects of
some poisonous gas given out by her cargo
of manganese? Hardly, it Is thought, be-
cause all shipping men used to cargoes or
that character take precautiOn to eliminate
the danger.
did this big. vessel, constructed with
view to withstanding the heaviest weather
founder in a severe tropical storm! ms
theory sounds unreasonable to many VINO
considered the ship capable OF riding out
safely any storm she might encounter;
yet, in view of all known circumstances,
that explanation is accepted by most naval
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officials as the most probable of her dis
appearance.
"The Cyclops, though Of deep draft and
broad beam, carried a remarkably high
and heavy superstruCture. Eight great
steel derricks lowered over her hull, and
there was other heavy framework placed
above her decks to give her a maximum OF
efficiency in loading or discharging coal.
In case of heavy list to port or to star
board, perhaps to the extent Of As degrees,
the Cyclops, burdened with her heavy der
ricks, was perhaps unable to swing back
to equilibrium, crashed over to one side
and quickly settled. The heavy cargo
might have shifted and hindered the vessel
from righting after a severe list.
AFTER the antics Of Hun submarines on
the Jersey coast and the capes of Virginia
and the New England coast many inclined
to the belief that the CyclOps had been be-
trayed into German hands, and was serV-
ing somewhere off the coast Of Mexico, and
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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hold before she left port?" continues the
writer in The National Marine. This ex.
PLANTATION is hardly acceptable, because
Wreckage would have covered the sea for
many miles around.
WAS she torpedoed and sunk without
trace by German submarine which had
crossed. the western ocean to prey on COM
paratively unprotected shipping? That
theory is discounted, because in such cases
at least a few S. o. s. calls would have
been sent out before the Cyclops went
under. Moreover, floating wreckage GER
tainly would have been found.
"Was she attacked and captured by
maraUding enemy raider, which had
slipped into the Atlantic after eluding the
British fleets? Even IL attacked, it is
claimed, the Golfers wireless would have
put her in communication with other naval
vessels or merchant shipping.
did enemy agents, carefully planted
among the ships personnel, seize control
of the Cyclops in the night and dismantle
the radio to make wireless communication
with the outside world impossible? This
explanation has little support, because 1t
is pointed cut that a small enemy force
could hardly be expected to reduce to pris-
Oners a crowd of nearly 300 men, many Of
them naval reserVists.
Again, If taken by an enemy force
abroad, where is the Cyclops now? Every
bay, every inlet capable of admitting a
vessel of her draft, has been searched.
She had not enough coal in her bunkers to
make the transatlantic trip to some Ger
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there was acting
as the mother ship
to a flock of sub
marines, DESTROYS,
yet incapable, Of
preying on our
coastWise com
merce, with q base
Of some sort.
"Yet, If this were
the answer. she
would surely have
been seen by some
body in the Carib-
bean who would
haYe reported her"
The vanishing Of
Of the Cyciops
seems destained to
take its place
among the many
similar mysteries,
most puzzling OF
which, perhaps, is
that Of the brig
Marie Celeste.
She sailed from
New York for
Genoa with a cargo
of alcohol in 1872.
On December 4 Of
that year she was
,E1hknH aiTnnlfQ-
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The. U. S. Naval Collier
CyeIops, Which Sailed
.ero~ Rarhadloa-

West Indies,
March 4, 1918,
with 295 Men,
Whose Fate
Has Remained
an Utter Mystery
Ever Since, in
Spite of All Eff
forts Of the Navy
Department to
Clear It Up.
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A Remarkable
Specimen of
That Amazing
and Repulsive
Sc a Monster,