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New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Royal Dutch Shares Popular

Speculation In the oil stocks was
centred yesterday mainly In the Royal
Dutch issues, with the result that at
the close If the market both the New
York" and the American" shares
showed net gains of AZ points each.
In local commission house circles with
Amsterdam connections it was stated
that the recent activity and strength
in Royal Dutch was due to the expecta-
tion that the company will offer in the
near future new stocks with attractive
subscription rights. 1t has already
been unofficially reported this action
will be taken in order to raise funds
for payment Of q controlling interest
in the Mexican Oil Company. Official
details Of the transaction are still
awaited on this side.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Com IN O ditie s
| n d Ill S tri Is
Cotton

Quietness and irregularity ruled in
the cotton market yesterday. After
opening at advances OF 4 to 33 points.
prices rose on active buying to gains
Of 80 to 35 points over the preceding
close. This buying was attributed
chiefly to the forecast of colder wea-
ther over the eastern half of the cot
ton belt. On the rise considerable Of
ferlngs Of cotton came out, and half
of the advance was lost. Later, buying
for the trade ard Southern account
appeared, and the market moved for
ward again. There was said to be buy
ing OF the distant months by Japanese
interests. The session closed with
prices showing net gains Of 33 to So
points.
The small number Of May notices
was a surprise to many. IT had been
expected that several thousand bales
would be rendered because of the May
premium over July. Ii was said. how
ever, that the trade outlet for cot
ton tenderable on the new style con
tract is so favorable that holders Of
stock are not inclined to issue notices
Of delivery.
High prices for cotton arc likely 10
result, in the opinion Of some good
Judges. in a materially larger crop
acreage than was given ia The early
forecasts. Cotton can be planted. they
say. US late ne June with good to-
suits.
IN he spot market. midjing up
landH waH quoted at 80 25. en advance
Of ID points With 80 saies Thu pfies
last year waa saib
Tho New York aud New Otenna
cotton exchnngea wil be closed nest
Monday
Prices fof future contracts foilowl
If "a fffFf III
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

Always the million share day has
been symbol II has stood for
public participation. Its glamour
Las been great in proportion
80 It's rarity, Its appearance
LAS been hailed and advertised. The
millioA-shsre days Is still rarity,
We have had only twenty-one of
them this year. all of them coming
since February 10 In 1906 we
had ia million-share days. When
We compare the banking resources
of the country now with those of
1905, and the number of issues
sisted on the Exchange now with
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Atlantic Gulf Oil
Company Organized
Steamship Line Forms Subsidi-
airy TO Operate Petroleum
Properties

Organization of the $2OOO0OOO At
lantic Gulf Oil Corporation, formed by
the Atlantic Gulf and West Indies
Steamship Lines to operate properties s
recently acquired in the Tampico oil
fields, was completed yesterday with the
election of officers and board Of di-
rectors.
The officers are: Joseph f. GufFey,
president; William H Zahniser, vice
president; Alexander r. Nicol, secre-
tary and treasurer; K. c. Mac Balm,
assistant secretary and assistant treas
urer. With the exception of the latter
all the officers are directors. Others
include Galen L. Stone, Frederick C..
Fletcher, A. II. Gibson and NJ l.. Vim
cent
"The company has alreadY contracted
for pumping stations. pipe lines aud all
necessary equipment for the complete
Installation Of their plant IN Mexico. ="
snid an of1icial announcement, "and
work has already been athrted there
Associated with this enterprise With
tho Atlanle. Gulf and West lndiea
steamship Lines are Msssts Gibson.
XHhniser s. Vnesni ehd Guifep A. cii
lehpie. thefe ~ill be no public Offering
Of the stock or ether seenfiiiea of the
corporation"
Mr. Stone, who has been president If
The steamship company, was made
chairman Of tho board at the annual
meeting yesterday and Mr Nicol moved
up from the Office Of treasurer To the
presidency
In addition to developing oil fields
in Mexieo, it was announced that the
Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Com
pany is contemplating important de
velopments in other fields. The steam
ship lines controlled include the Nal
lory the Clyde. New York aud Porto
Rico. aud the Ward
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Steel Institute Directors Meet

Directors of the American Iron and
Steel Institute met yesterday at the
home of f. II. Gary, on Fifth Avenue.
and although the session was lengthy
one it was stated that matters of pub
lie Importance we're not discussed. In
connection with the current discussion
about steel prices however, it is inter
esting TO note that in its latest official
bulletin the Department of Labor says
the February index figure Of 1875 is
lower than the February figure for all
commodities, which Ys~ As1. On the
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Missouri. hansaa and rr,as

Some OF the speepletive ftalefnily
fuHt n'e linking such chances Wiih low
priced tniltoad atoelsa. which nfe sun,
ppHrd 10 hnYe oil on their right ~ wey.
hia litely Ia regret their poaiilon br
igre thoy are through, IN the opinion
Of member ~ Tho firm of Clarl
childa A. Go. n can foo no msfiGca
lion whateyer,' he says, "for iho pres
snt price for Missouri Kansas d
ll,etHhs common and preferred stocks.
Ihe president of the company told me
recently that even If the comnanv's
figuring Of revenue under tho povorn-
nent control should be nccppted by
lhe Director General the figures
would not begin 10 cover the present
lixed charges Then there rs also an
enoflnous floating debt in the shane
OF defaulfed notes, which must be
taken care of somehow. some time A
large assessment is inevitable. prob.
ably the only bond on the system
when VIII come through undialurbad
sells ut -. WAT possible ese1se enn
thefe be Tor buying tho atoeha. with an
assessment certain, when tha second
mortgage is can be bought nj ag, the
lifst extension ba at e7, and the con
around 30?"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Maine to War on Dogfsh
To Protect Fishermen

A bill has been introduced into the
Maine Legislature which has for its
purpose war upon the doghsh. If the
bill passes the state will start drive
for assistance from the Federal gov
ernment.
The dogfsh is destructive to the fish
ing industry. It's elimination is i'm
Maine fish go far toward supplying the
nation. The Federal government has
every reason to respond favorably to a
call for aid 1t is spending huge sums
annually in the propagation of fish,
and certainly their preservation is as
important as their propagation-Ban-
gor Commercial.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Concerning Ohio Cities Gas

Claude Meeker, Columbus, Ohio,
broker, was quoted yesterday concern
ing the dividend outlook of Ohio
Cities Gas as follows: "The selling Of
Ohio Cities Gas stock and the conse-
quent decline is probably based on ru-
mors that the directors at their meet
ing on Saturday will vote to cut the
dividend to A per cent This is only a
rumor go far, but it is known that
such action has been discussed by
those prominent in the management Of
the company. Conservative fnanciers
are of the opinion that. while this cut
might cause temporary selling, it
would IN time increase the price Of the
stoek, for the reason that it would
place it in better cash position and
be considered more conservative Mi
heekef is not listed as director Of
the company.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Now I'Innnelng Cor sumatfa

An official Of The American sunatra
Tobacco Company anid yesterday that
plans we're under consideration for new
financing by the corporation to provide
funds for important development work.
What form the new financing will take
was not disclosed and it will not be
done until after the Victory Liberty
Loan is out of the way. American
Sumatra shares were quiet yesterday,
closing fractionally higher at 1059s
The stock has sold this year as high
as 11S and as low as 96la.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
New Workers Lease Oil Lands
From Ini,eraiiy of Tesas
flnaneiai asrsas
Nnefiai fnlfasnaHfenas

sHef'" Correspondence
AUSTIN, Tea. April a5.-Tbs uni
yersity Of Texas stands a chance Of
receiving great riches from its oil
lands Recently d syndicate of New
York men leased the oil rights on 300
O00 acres OF lands which the university
owns. Some of these tracts are sit
uated in the heart of the proved oil
heids 1t Is announced that the work
OF drilling 100 deep test wells upon
the lands will be started as soon as
the necessary field equipment can be
assembled. The fact that the 100000
acres are widely scattered over West
Texas leads to the conclusion on the
part of oil experts that some of the
tracts at least will become oil produc-
ing Under the lease contract the
university will receive one eighth Of
all the oil that may be produced. in
addition to a substantial amount of
lease money per acre. The university
owns all told 100000 acres of land.
most of which is situated in the west
ern part of the state.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
FINANCIAL BUREAU,
Tribune Building
15f Nassau Street
Finance Economics
lcoprrisht 1919. Nrw York rr,sun. f,o,

t''NsSn' 1919. New York Tribune fnc)
Wall Street thinks the profess
sional selling late Thursday was
probably largely due to the desire
to save three days interest which
would have accrued if stocks had
been carried over until yesterday
morning. 1t is on such minutim that
lhe professional mind works. That
IS why 1t sometimes fails to under
stand boldness Of public buying,
why it sometimes acquires a narrow
vision and an imagination which
sees the pebbles and not the land
seare. and thereby loses lot of
money.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Lxchange rates moved sharply
against Italy ana France yesterday,
9ne decline in Italian lire Was asso-
ei~led ~.tn the recent deyeloprne en- Is
a. the peace conference. Lire fell
IRON f@55z 70 the dollar - 7.50.
rarcs declined from s,o7 10 s.I0.
.5~iss francs we're ,Arrner. The othez
neutral exchanged we're steady.
losing satNg yesterday, compared
WITH week a1o, follow.
Z t@pDted dollars to The pound.)
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Market Opinion
Subject to Shock

While we appear to be favored with
most extraordinary fundamental and
technical situation for continuous
rise in prices of leading speculative
securities" said f. W. Wagner & Co
Yesterday, zone should, we think. exer-
'cIse discrimination in making pur-
chases 1t would seem the pat of
wisdom to avoid many of the special
ties that have had spectacular adj
vances IN recent weeks. The market
is not by any means shock proof
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
" CoNTR ACT 5
y III S I e II a n c e
Cereals

Wheat.-Priees in Argentina have
been declining as the result If in
creased offerings "The Modern Miller
says the reduced acreage in spring
wheat states will be 20 per cent. if
not more, owing to the delay In farm
work by reason of muddy fields. The
Northwestern crop will be from two
to three weeks late. With ample
moisture, however, much Of the loss
may be made up. But late wheat in
the Northwest is subject to injury by
black rust and early frost Additional
reports of the Hessian fly have been
received from Indiana, Ohio, Maine
and Illinois Receipts at New York
yesterday were l65, 400 bushels.
COrn.-Corn prices gave another
hurdling performance yesterday. After
opening lower and huctuating irregu-
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

basis Of production costs the Labor
Department therefore appears to con-
slider present steel quotations fair
Il ne department bulletin says the effect
OF the conference on steel prices was
to bring those products down. to the
general level of all commodities" AT
the time of the signing of the armi-
stice the index figure for steel products
was 22S. On January it had dropped
To 1fT
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
NAIItlIf

The Federal Reserve Bank Of New
kork haa put ia force the following
AeAedule Of reaisepuat rates which
&pply 10 bankers aceeptauces: Maturi-
- up 10 10 days, 4 per cent, Is To 90
pa. inclusive, ia per cent; 6l to
- days, inclusive, I 10 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Western Pacific Dividend Authorized

Tbs Director General Of Railroads
has authorized The Western Pacific
Railroad 20 pay a dividend of / per
cent on the preferred stock, despite
tho announcement of the executive
committee that it will refuse to accept
the annual compensation fixed by the
government, and, II needs be, will take
addition to the certified rental Of
Sl,90O,O00 the road has an interest
credit of about s390,0OO. After all de-
ductions 1t is figured that, based on
those figures, earnings for the pre-
ferred are equivalent to approximately
4 per cent
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Naturalization Tree" To BE
Preserved az War Relic

GENERALIZATION Tree" ut Camp Tay-
lor, ky, under which nearly 1000
aliens took the Dash of allegiance to
the United States government after
being inducted into military service
viii be prehcrved as historic land.
mark Of the world war.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

The rate of,6 A for franc checks
and Gil for cables, reached yester-
day. was n now low record below
even the low level touched during
the war Yesterdays decline, after
which there was some recovery, WAS
not thought TO be due to the polti4
cal events at Paris. The explanation
IN the exchange market WAS that
French bankers were selling to ap=
ply the proceeds to the purchase of
sterling in the local market. Ster-
ling exchange was firm. During the
fall in French exchange Italian lire
remained steady, but in the late
session broke to 7,57 for checks and
1853 for cables, with a later rally.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Money, Credit and Exchange

Call money yesterday, opening and
renewing at 515 per cent, declined dur
ing the session, first TO 5A per cent,
and then TO 5, at which rate it closed.
A feature Of the time money market
was the offering Of a comparatively
large amount Of funds for period of
six months. Banks are asking per
cent for accommodations There is
little lending of new money, but re-
newals have been made ct ~ per cent
for sixty and ninety day periods on all
industrial collateral.
The ruling rates for money yester-
day, compared with year ago, were as
@oilows:
Yesterday. y.Year ago.
Per cent Per cent.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

Inc aDoVe raIes express the cost Of
foreign money in, terms Of the Ameri-
can dollar. You buy an English pound
sterling, say, at s4.e5. The intrinsic
parity is S4.S65s per pound. Thus you
say either that pounds are at dis
count or hat dollars arc at a premium,
which is owing TO the fact that in Eng
land lhe demand for dollars with which
to- settle accounts in this country Is
creator than tho demand in this couu-
Try for pounds with which to settle
accounts In England
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
London Money Market-LON

Aprl 70 - Closing: Bar silver,
f. lo-led per ounce; money, 3M per
cen; discount. rate for short and three
Men,ns' bills, g.. per cent, gold pre-
failfnA - Lisbon, $500
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Divide S
Extras

Standard Oil Company OF Indiana
Extra dividend of per cent IN addition
to the regular quarterly dividend OF 3
per cent. both payable June IA to stock4
holders OF record May Z.
Yale a. Towne Manufacturing Conn
pany.-Extra dividend of 8 per cent pay-
able May TO stockholders or record
April zs.
Regular Declarations
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
those Of 1906, the present market
seems less imposing.

Commercial failures in the last
week, according to Dun's compila-
ton, were the smallest in any single
week in a good many years. An un-
precedentedly small number of fail
ures has been reported ever since
the beginning of the year. The ex-
planation may be that any COM
pany that could survive the war
could survive anything Besides,
business is not as bad as some pes
simists would have it.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
ITITsiI4 arUT alAIlI. NTs
Liverpool Cotton

Sales of spot cotton at Liverpool
yesterday were 1000 bales, Of which
5000 were American. Imports were
1000 bales, none American. Middling
was quoted at 1853 Manchester re-
ported good trade in yarns and cloths.
Prices for future contracts follow:
EMERGENCY CONTRACTS
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Bank CIearings.-nank clearings yes

Silver London, 483sd, down I'D;
.ew YORK, s1.013s, unchanged; Next
: tar dollara, T7Ac, unchanged.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

What il Looks Like
ut looks now AS though it will be
more OF an irregular trading market
oi somewhat reactlonary tendency,p
SAID >. Is. Chaplin 4 Co. yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

sub-Treasury. - The Sub-Treasury
ega.led 1881 500 from the banks on
-Thursday
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

Nominal.
Below is given the current exchange
value of foreign money in dollars and
cents. together with the intrinsic gold
parity, as calculated by the United
States Mint:
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

For delivery Within thirty days
Per cent
! sihlo member banks ......... As
Eligible non member banks ... dls
Inrllsihie bank biils.f.......... 6
Discount Hates. The fulo~inp Table
gives the current rates If tho Twelve
Federal Reserve hHrha uH commercial
paraf fot aii periods up to ninety days
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Call money:
thanged vesterdav

Thirty Sixty Ninety
Spot de- days. days days.
livery. Per cent. par cent Per cent
: Eligible
member
banks o.4h@4 AA@4h 4h@4la
gible
iUn-iucnl
Ter banksah@4 4hm4'4 49s@4h
Ineligible
Lnnk hills 81 1fnAla hl4fnAln hlA1nAsa
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26

bank bills 5la@4ts 5l4@4Ds 5l4@4sa
Int delivery Within thifty dagn.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-20
PUPILS CONTROL IN
ALL RUSSIAN SCHOOLS
Boys Of 16 Who Are Unable to
Read Are Admitted to the
Universities.

Pupils, instead of teachers, control
the schools of Russia under the boil
shevlk regime, according to two Eng
lshmen, n of them an experienced
sehoolmaster, who have just returned
from Russia.
Boys aud girls are herded lndis-
crlmlnately and there is no discipline,
say the Englishmen. Pupils control
the teachers. In a Kolmna school a
youth Of eighteen was appointed COM
missioner of the institution and vas in
charge Of all teachers. On n occa-
sion he closed the school for a week,
as q protest against the action of the
master, who had reprimanded a pupil.
Each class has Its own committee
and usually the most popular boy rep
resents the others at the masters
council. These committees not only
direct the masters. but control the dis
tribution Of food which is provided for
the midday meal. and which is the
chief cause for any school attendance
at all.
iupiio u eAhttiy rs iney pfehSes
walking into the classroom and leav-
ing II while a lesson Is In progress.
No punishment Of any kind IL infict-
ed on the pupil, as each pupil Is his
own mentor as to right and wrong.
No home work Is set. the pupil do
Ing all his school work during the
hours set apart for each session.
Attendance Is not compulsory, or
even regulated by rule, each one at
tending classes OF staying away, as
he sees ft. No marks for good work
are allowed, and consequently none
for the sluggard who makes no at-
tempt at scholastic attainment.
The same chaotic conditions were
observed by the Englishmen In the
universities and other seats of higher
education. Any boy of sixteen may
enter without qualification. though he
may be unable to read.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-20
WITHOUT A STOMACH
Woman Lived for n Years Minus
That Organ.

One of the most remarkable cases in
the history OF medical science, which
has baftied the leading physicians and
surgeons Of the world, has just come
to light at San Francisco in the death
Of Mrs. Laura Magglni. prominent
member of the local Italian colony
and pioneer resident of San Francisco.
Mrs. Maggini was in her eighty
sixth year. and for u years, follow
Ing an operation. she had lived with
out a stomach. Or. Charles Brigham
performed the operation at st. Luke's
hospital after all hope for her had
been given up.
At the time II was believed that
she could live only a few months at
the most, but Mrs. Maggini rallied and
In a short time was In better health
than she had enjoyed for several years.
Up to the time of her death she was
active and took a Keen interest in the
affairs Of her family.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-20
BROKEN NECK NO BAR
Recovered and Man Was Able TO Work
on a Dredee.

William +. Steward, a former resi-
dent Of Riyerton. Ohio, Is one of the
few persons with broken necks who
recovered.
Mr.. Steward was injured in Wash
ington aud for n year lay In Il hos
pital. where he was treated for a
broken vertebra. lie finally recover
ed go Thai he could be released from
the hospital. but was Obliged to wear
n plaster east about his neck, as the
vertebrate would not hold his head up.
After wearing the cast from six TO nine
months the neck became stronger n
the support was discarded.
Mr.. steward is now visiting Coos
county. and. although his neck Is still
A little stiff. he Is able to earn a living.
He has been working on a drainage
dredge In the sutro basin In Califor
mia,
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-20
HOUSE WAS DARK
Farmer Woke Up at hoon-Fo und
Place Under Big Drift.

Prompted by hunger to get up the
day after the big snowstorm at Smith
Center. Kan. some time ago. FLOYD
Jones, a young farmer. was nonplused
when he found his watch said Twelve
o'clock and the room was dark as at
midnight. Opening "A door. he found
himself facing a wall Of now After
hard work he succeeded In digging out
to daylight, only TO find that his house
had been completely buried beneath
n big drift and that It was high
Some drifts IN the neighborhood, by
aetna, measurement were found to
be 80 feet deep.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-20
Drink Hair Tonic.

Hair tonic is the very latest al
coboitc ~eoncoetion as a substitute for
lIauor in dry New Hampshire. Inc
e.tbirsty" of the state have discoV-
cred that some hair mics contain
5s DER cent grain ale ol and they
are drinking 1t. Vito hazel ID the
.chaser."
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-20
uo,ds Down Four Jobs.

N. @. Corbett Of Dies Moines Ia" 10
holding down four Jobs. They are At
torney at law. train dispatcher OF the
s. NJ. h st. p, referee In bankruptcy
in the place Of Referee FRANK CON.
fort. and detail man In the bankruptcy
office for Gus North, also In the war.
Otherwise, his working hours ars
from 8 a. nj. to IL p. m.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-20
Traced the Pantalettes.

The only description the Minneapo-
us police had Of Dolly Ellsbnry. nine
.een' was that she wore green panta.
.et'es. They found 'em on a clothes
nne. She confessed robbery. ~
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-20
DANCING CRAZE
EhCULFS PARIS
Comes Back With Greater 2est
Than Ever Before.
AMERICAN SLIPS THE RAGE

Young and Old Take Lessons to Re.
gain the Degree of Efficiency They
had Attained Before the War-Sa-
Ions Have Sprung Up All Over Paris
Fox Tret and One Step All the
Rage and Jazz Bands Are Popular.