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New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Metropolitan $ to 50 Cents Stores


Question would be thankful for irfor-
nation concerning the Metropolitan to 10
Cents Stores. OF which l bought some shares
from H. W Dubriskie E. Co. brokers, in tie
Singer Building. Do you think the price
paid for the preferred at 700 and common at
so fair p. c. P.
Answer This concern is now oper-
atins more than 100 chain stores IN
various sections of the country. over
twenty of them. being located in New
York State. Latest reports show that
the companys sales have almost dou-
bled this year. The profits last year
were in excess of the preferred divi-
dend requirements by liberal margin.
The promoters Of the company, now
ever, have shown great deal Of energy
in captalizing both present and pros
pective earnings by the sale Of new
stock.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
.Nir Reduction CnmnanN

Question Two Years ago ! bought A srna' /
block Of stock Of the Air Reduction Company.
lrc.. and am now considering hdying moro.
enclose 4 statement recently received Ant /
will te greatly obliged if you viii give r,t
your opinion OF the stock d an nsc strlcut.
from the statement. and any other inforrna-
ton you may have available. It looks good.
but | am not able to Judge with certainty.
r r. H.
Answer-Air Reduction Company IS
apparently a well managed concern.
There IS growing demand for tho
company's products and the stock may
be considered good speculative invest
ment.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Planning to Invest $4,000

Question shortly after the first Of the
year | expect TO invest fund OF approxi-
mstely $4,000. Safety IS to oe considered
primarily. although it is my desire To procure
the highest yield offered under presd8t mar
kct conditions. Am considering United
states Steel preferred and U1ted States
Rubber FIRST preferred. Could you givs me
any irfornla floa on Strauss mortgage Ger
tihcates". Arc they in bond form and can
they be easily hquidated 7 N. :.
Answer A. the present time the fol-
lowing stocks on account Of their man
agement and earning power appear to
offer good investment opportunities for
one who is aole to keep in touch with
affairs: United States Steel preferred.
United States Rubber preferred, Cen
tral Leather preferred Virginia. Caro-
Ina Chemical preferred. Railway Steel
Spring preferred. National Lead pre-
terred. Standard Oil Of New Jersey
preferred. Republic Iron and Steel pre-
lerred- American Sugar preferred
American Car and Foundry preferred
and American " ooien preferred The
Strauss mortgage certificates have
never met with a default The bonds
are not listed hut we do not believe 1t
would be difficult to find market for
them
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Russian Bond,

Question Russian govern So and
So rev cent bonds now selling or quoted
a around 2S t, 40 What is YOUR OPINION
az to the ultimate safety Of principal and
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL
BANK Of The CITY OF NEW YORK

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that =
hpcsiai uestlng OF the stockholders OF
ms Bank VIII bc held at its office, No. "a
" all street Now York, on January 10.
l2~N at one 'clocA +. NJ ilnnediatel
sittr the close of the regular election OF
directors. tor the purpose OF voting on \
propos'Non 10 uquidate the Bank as 3
National Bank and of authorizing in writ
inx lie DHectors 20 eNecute certificate
- organization state BanA
CURED b. tho New York Banking Law,
sHd ,o take, and To authorize the Direc-
iors to take such o.hcr action "a may bs
.ecessary 10 cause its liquidation as \
National Bank 10 become effective, ard
10 corporate existence as state Bank
20 hss In, and to transact such further
business as may come before tho meeting
b order OF tll- Board oi Directors
q. T.. PAINTER. Cashier.
Dated. New York. December Is. 1si.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
IHE I\NI tK> SURETY COMPANY
or NEW YORK

4, Cedar Street. New York.
The annual meeting ot the stockholders
~ tNis Company Will b" h"td st IT, office
on January g. 1920. at - NJ. for the cleo
ron 90 Directors and the transaction OF
such business as may come before it
y. VAN TAMBACtlT. -Acts. Sec y
okFSSON & ROBBINS. nc, -
Fulton st. New York cry. December
.. lsla. The regular quarterly dividend
~ s. per cent viii be paid January =
's2o' TO preferred stockholders OF record
ar 3 7 m. December 20. 1919 Irving
Mckesson. treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
DIVIDEND NOTICES
BRYANT PARK BANK

N'N York peceW ber "a. ia1a.
fro Ho-rd Of Directors has declared q
trruel dividend OF tierer pc cent.
I'D ru "~irs div i'd nd ot two per cent.
tasi i,Die Jtu. y. 1920. t. Stockholders Of
y r GTrsr Cashier
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28

said to be bright. 1t would appear that
the capitalization is rather out Of pro
portion TO what the company has. but
that does not necessarily mean that It's
earning power is not good. The com
pany has development plans which. If
carried out. should result favoraby.
Perhaps II the general market develops
moro strength this stock viii move
along with the list. but that ls some
thing for the future to demonstrate.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28


more or less discounted She depressed
condition OF. the metal market but
their position is still too speculative
Tor US to name any specific issues for
purchase. Wabash common may join
IN whatever advance would take place
in the general railroad list, but the
stock appears TO be far from dividends
Cities Service preferred is entitled to
good investment rating. oca-Cola's
earnings are said to be very large, and
with prohibition an actual fact the pro-
duction is said to be fast incrcasing.l
Anglo-American Oil
Question-Would you please give me what
Oil and National Transit (Standard Oil
stocks ? | nave seventy shares National
Transit. original coat S45 per share. Have
been advised to buy some. more and also
stock l have been carrying for about FIVE
years. Would you advise n widow to invest
about Sl5, 900 in either OF above? She owns
like amount in Liberty bonds-L. II.
Answer-Anglo- American OIL which
does the largest business in the United
Kingdom, has shown large earning
power over period OF years. Its man
agement is efficient. and while the
stock is more Or less speculative, it is
attractive in a way on account Of its
large yield. Nationa! Transit, a for
mer Standard Oil subsidiary, showed
earnings for 1918 equal to S3.1s share
on its s6.362,500 capital stock The
company pays regular dividends of 81 a
year, and this wear has declared in ad-
dition. dividend of So The margin
over dividends is hardly sufficient to
warrant the stock being placed in the
investment class. We do not think
that either stock is the kind for the
investment of funds for one who is de-
pendent upon the income therefrom.
Ajax Oil-MidvaIe Steel
Ques, s,oD--Would you advise buying Ajax
Oiy What can you say for Midvale Stee :,
II. L. D.
Answer-The present production of
Ajax Oil is said to be 5000 barrels a
day. The company was formed in July,
1919. 1t began paying dividends in Sep
tember on the class "a" shares. The
total capital is S4,5O0,000. We cannot
tell whether it is a good buy and we
do not advise regarding speculative Sc
curities. Midvale Steel offers an at
tractive yield at present prices and
earnings are said to be ample to care
for dividends. The stock moves with
the general list in Sper,lia+ive u-oX-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
rI.E BNNK OF AMxEICA.

New York, \ y II. I9lN.
- Board of Directors has today de-
srad semi-anrual dividend ot sixteen
le) pc cent. free of lav. payable Jan. ?,
..-o. - stockholders or record OF this date.
W. NJ. BEN NET. Cashlec.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
ot>YEtt, CHEMICAL CoNpA\y

= FT7HT -, ~ 7TN. N0|- Y. -TIN.
The regular quarterly dividend OF one
sud ono hsif pTr cent tiisGa) will b. paid
January le@p. TO Pretcrrea Stockholders
= record A. -oc r. NJ. December IN. 1919
LANCASTER MORGAN. Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
ales. Open. High. Low. Las

Sales Open. Nigh. Low. sst.
900 Mur,M N Ltd. j. ,G- = ,s
1000 sMcKin-Dar 10 l05s 10 103s
500 Nipssine Min ~. l3 l27s lS
$500 Roper-Group NJ 3 4 X Il
1000 Seneca Copper. 14ie 19i4 14l2 154
1900 *Silver Del NJ. Is u IL !
1000 Silv of Ariz. y = =
800 SiiN X Div. u - 10 u
"000 ',Silver Pick.
5000 $50 Am G. a p - -
800 Stand Siv L.. - q -
100 = Success Min. 80 Sis 81.
40 'lono Kelmont ~. 2l. -2s -
-opp @.onopah Div. ~ 4as 4ls A..
500 Ionopah Ext. IS ~ rs 81;
SO ;Ionopah Mn. .ls 2i. ~ -.
GO alnited Eastern 4is St$
a,oor L s Cont NJ. Of. Ia ga 9i.
roo Unity Gold NJ Sas Sas 81 s..
2.3o *5Vic u (ap). 70 Is Is
800 West End Con iss -; 16s l..
l,ru VIII Cars Min s..
20o0 w c Ext "a y
1900 Wilbclt Min.
900 yukon G Al. "a SLY
New-York tribune., 1919-12-28
Bonds

Unlisted. 3Sell cents per share.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
SPROUL ASKS AID
OF PRACTICAL MEN
Guest at Dinner of Citizens
Who DO Not Want
Anything

Practical aid from men of affairs was
asked by Governor-eleCt william G.
Sproul al a banquet rendered him in the
MISREPRESENTATION by 900 prominent
citizens, who do not want anything of
the coming administration.
\ warning against the spread Of Boil
slcvism was sounded by James NJ. Beck,
II former Assistant United States At
torney General, who paid a warm tribute
TO the heroes of England and the Allies.
Mr.. Beck declared that England faced
the armistice in stole fashion because
her statesmen realized a great peril in
the spread OF Bolshevism throughout
the world.
The Governor-elect paid q warm
tribute to many Of the diners and
eulogized Colonel Roosevelt as a type of
American whose example should be
omulated by all truc Americans.
L. 7. S~totesbury predicted success for
the Sproul administrators.
T. Dewitt Cuyler. in a brief address.
predicted that the railroads of the ma
tion would shortly he returned to pri-
vate management. William II. Apple.
ton. n former president of Swarthmore
College, from which Mr.. Sproul grad.
uatcd. delivered an address, and a letter
was read from Isaac II. Clothier by for.
mer Governor Stuart. in which Mr.
Clothier expressed regret at being un.
able 10 be present. William l.. Schaffer
the next Attorney General of Penn.
sylvania. delivered an eloquent address
in which he predicted continuous ad.
vance for the Commonwealth.
John Gribbel, former president of the
Union League, presided at the dinner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
SOLDIERS EXEMPTED
FROM CIVIL SERVICE
Senator Ware Sponsors Bill to
Eliminate War Heroes
From Test

A bill providing that soldiers may re-
ceive appointments to public Offices with
out the necessity of civil service en-
aminations will be introduced in the
state Senate by Senator Edwin II. Ware.
The Senator said that all soldiers
would benefit by the provisions of
the act-those who served overseas
and those who had no chance to go
abroad. No distinction whatever will
be drawn because. as Senator Ware said,
all men who entered the army took an
equal chance OF foreign service. The
Senator has not worked out the details
of the bill. but he said he would have
it put in shape and introduced early in
the legislative session.
Respecting legislation generally. Sem
ator Ware SAID that, in his opinion,
the books were now "cluttered up
with laws which are useless through
disuse, and that he vas opposed TO the
action of legislators in bringing thou
sands of bills to the House, particularly
at the beginning of each week.
why, a barrel of bills GO in every
Monday night" he said, and the result
is that the session is needlessly pro-
longed with useless matters. Bills are
introduced which are intended to serve
purposes for which legislation already is
on the books"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
% P.R.R. men RETIRED In 1915
Eastern Lines Employees Had
Served More Than Fifty Years

During the last year thirty-three en-
ployes of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
eastern lines, were relieved from active
duty and placed on the roll of honor"
after each had served the railroad more
than fifty years.
OF these employees. Christian Don
ecker, pumpman on the Philadelphia Di-
vision, had the longest record of serv-
ice, having worked continuously fifty
six years n two months.
There We're thirteen employees who
had worked between fifty and fifty-ouc
years each. seven between fifty-one and
fifty-two years. five from fifty-two 10
fifty-three years, two between fifty-three
and ffty-four years, two between fifty
four and ffty-five years and three from
ffty-five TO fifty-siX years each.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
GOVERNMENT FACING
Big HOUSING LOSS
Merritt Taylor Says Penalty
of Excessive Cost Must
Be Borne

Loss of 40 to 30 per cent Of the mil
lions of dollars spent in building houses
for war workers must be stood by the
Government, when it comes time to sell
them, according 10 A. Merritt Taylor,
manager of the Division of Passenger
Transportation aid Housing of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Mr.. Taylor discloses this prospect in
a statement issued after he had ap-
reared before the United States Senate
Committee on Commerce. This is due
he said. to the excessive cost of con-
struction during wartime.
Mr. TAYLOR also announced that he
would retire soon from the fleet corpora
ton to return TO private business.
Since Ma :, last, when Mr.. Taylor's
division was created, twenty-four sep
arate housing projects have been car
ried out at a cost OF SOS, 100000. These
projects he outlined as follows:
Substantial and permanent work
mems homes, $500, grouped together In
model villages 119 apartments, nineteei
dormitories and eight substantial hotels
all of which have the capacity TO house
97.4s2 shipyard workers, many with
families, or SARA individuals. All q
these projects are either completed oil
nearing completion
Mr.. Taylor also urged the Importance
of proceeding with the construction o.
housing projects at Wilmington, N. C,
costing $500. 900. for the service Of thu
aforementioned %shipyard there. ant
at Savannah, Ca, costing $3.50. 900, upor
the ground that the Government viii
gain an indirect return in ship pro
duction at these points which will jus
tify the expenditure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
The REV. T. M. MCNAMARA dies
Jesuit Priest Had Served More
Than Thirty Years Here

The Rev. Theobald NJ. Mcnamara, s.
T.. director of the parish school of the
Church of, the Gesu, Seventeenth and
Stiles streets, died last night in st. Jo-
seph's Hospital after a months illness
Father Mcnamara was siXty-siX years
old.
Father Mcnamara, had been at the
Church of the Gesu for more than thirty
years, and for the greater part of the
time he had been director of the parish
school, and he was n great favorite with
the pupils. He was born at NaticlS.
Mass, in 1852, and he was ordained a
priest by Cardinal Gibbons at the Bal
timore Cathedral in 1886.
Coming here in 1888 he went directly
to the Church of the Gesu. where he had
been attached ever since. except for a
short time spent in Baltimore as vice
president of the Loyola Institute and at
st. Joseph's Church, vikings Alley,
as an assistant rector.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
OPPOSE HEALTH INSURANCE
Physicians Say System Would
DESTROY Public Confidence

Furty-two members of the Montgom-
Try and Bucks County Medical Societies,
representing every section of the two
counties. at a joint meeting here, went
on record as opposing the proposed
health insurance bill likely to he intro
duced in the present state Legislature.
The proposed legislation is favored by
william Draper Lewis and Governor
elect Sproul speaks favorably of 1t. II
provides for medical treatment desig-
mated by insurance companies. which
will appoint physicians at fixed prices.
It was the sentiment of the members
of the Joint societies that insurance
companies alone will rear -enefit from
passage of such "A bill that it will force
contract practice and kill professional
ethics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
AMERICAN SHELLS BROUGHT
DOOMSDAY FOR HEINIES
Ariiiery assaults on Germans at St. Mhiel Meant End OF Wort
for Them, Writes Private James J. Bradley, Who Helped
to Eliminate Salient

Private James 7. Bradley, United
all-round athlete. better known in the
northeastern section of the city. where
he was born and raised, as Buddy"
Bradley. was wounded October 4, during
Meuse, but has recovered and is in a
replacement camp awaiting orders.
In a letter to his father. John Bradley,
2S26 Aramingo avenue, a veteran letter
carrier of the frankfort postofIice, Pr.
Nate Bradley gives a vivid account of
his adventures from the time he left
the marine training camp at Quantico,
Va, until he found himself in the re-
placement camp.
The young soldier, who was given a
tryout with the Athletics once. and who
SHOVE considerable promise. according
to such a critic as Connie Mack, en-
listed more thai a year ago. but did
not sail for France until last August.
After apologizing 1or the brevity of
previous letters and explaining that the
censorship has been much relaxed, and
that now he can actually tell the names
of the places he had been in, he'con-
tinues as follows:
We left Quantico on Saturday morn
ing. August Il, and passed through
Philadelphia about 2:SO that afternoon
ana stopped at the B.. and O. Station.
We arrived in Hoboken about : o'clock,
and were put board ship. the Won Steu-
ben. formerly the German steamship
Crown Prince Wilhelm. We left Sunday
afternoon and had "A very calm trir
across, not even sighting a submarine,
We arrived in Brest the 2Itlr. We
stayed in Brest for a week. to rest and
to get rid of our sea legs.
'On September 8 we left Brest OF
our way to the front. We rode abou,
three days in sidc-door Pcllmans (boS
cars) to thateon. where we got on
steel helmets and gas masks. After
staying there a few days. we left to
join the Fifth Marines, rod a couple
more days in box cars as far as Toule
then we hiked about seven miles to a
woods where the Fifth Marines were
camped. We were assigned to the diff
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
2 KILLED BY AUTOS,
OTHERS INJURED
Accidents Occur i'm This CITY
and i'm Camden i'm ~
Hours

Two persons were killed II four
others injured in automobile and motor
cycle accidents IN Philadelphia and
Camden during the last twenty-four
hours.
The dead are:
Miss Jennie Mooney. thirty-eight years
old, 1889 Diamond street.
Roy KISSING, nine years old, 1890
Walnut street. Camden.
The injured are:
Edgar Ramsey, eight years old 3219
North Seventh street, amputated leg.
Samaritan Hospital.
James Malone. twelve years old. 264O
South Mole street, fractured skull,
Methodist Hospital.
Harry Block. nineteen years old, go
Kaign avenue, Camden. badly cut face,
Cooper Hospital. Camden.
Morris DATE, ~seventy-one years old
615 De Lancey street. broken arm and
leg and possible internal injuries, Fem.
s~ylvania Hospital.
Miss Mooney was run down by an AT
tomobile at Broad street and Susque.
hanna avenue. DIR. Mitchell Warmth
of Thirteenth street near Girard avenue
rushed the woman TO the Samaritan Hos.
pital and then surrendered to the police
Nine-year-old Roy kissing was run
down by an automobile driver by Her
bert ID. Shivers, of 81 Washington ave
nue., H~addonfield. at Haddon and Wild.
wood avenues, Camden,
James Malone is in n serious condi.
ton at the Methodist Hospital suffering
from a fractured skuTl received wher
struck by an automobile at Fifteenth
street and Moyamensing avenue.
Following a collision between a butter
and egg wagon belonging to NJ. wild
stein. of G31 North Second street, and a
motorcycle belonging to Harry Block
the motorcycles was taken to Coope,
Hospital with a badly cut face. and wild
stein was held in his own recognizance
to appear il wanted.
Eight-year-old Edgar Ramsey was run
over by a street car near his home.
Crossing Fourth street at Bainbridge
Norris DATE was struck and seriously
hurt by the hose wagon engine No. %,
which was speeding to a fire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11

- 49, .. ~
ierent companies Wh" neeueu ,h,"' q
our old bunch was spHt up p"' wv
ot the ielloWs ! came "elosS VII" "''
'put III the for'E-h'ht"
"That Same night We started for the
front lines. and the next day we
started tho drive in the st. Mihiel
sector This sector hadn't been touched
since 1914. and we expected a tough
battle hut nj 4 o'clock in the morning
our batte,ies opened IN and sent over
a barrage that made the old Heinies
think that the end of the world had
come, for they started running ana dlu
not stop TO do any nghtlns. Al'er
gaining our objective, We stopped anu
our division held the INES LOT WV
days. We were released on the nlght
of the 18th and hiked back TO a WOODS
where We stayed for a few days, theh
hiked about ten more miles 10 a NIUE
village where We slept in trench Dill
let's. After resting "A few lays there'
we started for the champagne 'front.' 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
CONFIDENT
OF RAISING FUND
Monday Expected to Be
Biggest Day in Charity
Campaign
EXPECT TO GET MILLION
No Reports Will Be Made To-
day or Tomorrow-Wolf
Explains Plan

Three features are expected to make
Monday the biggest day in the campaign
TO raise $4,000 for the Federation Of
Jewish Charities.
y report on the contributions to he
made by Jewish lodges tomorrow, SUBJ
scriptions obtained by the Junior Fed
Grafton Of Jewish Charities, who's mem
bers nave been soliciting from Jewish
children of the city, and the general
returns for today and tomorrow are ex-
pected to send the campaign far over the
top.
No reports were turned in today and
none will be made tomorrow, so Mon
days returns are expected to be UNI
usually large. The $40 mems and
womenis teams are continuing their eff
forts with nc abatement.
Not only are directors of the fedora
ton expecting 81, 900. 600 in subscriptions
before the close OF the campaign We'd
nesday, they are busy with plans for
the banding together of more than
sixty Jewish charitable organizations OF
Philadelphia.
The first step in bringing the organ-
izations together was the raising of
funds. As soon as this Is completed
the federation. which previously included
onlN fourteen Jewish charities, will be
reorganized and expanded to include
representatives of all the newly affiliated
bodies. There will be a beard of trustees
in charge of the disbursement of funds.
Before the campaign started experts in
vestigated the situation here and set
S'5O.000 as the amount that would cover
the work of the charities for one year.
1t is probable a special committee will
consider the requests of Jewish organiza-
tions for funds and, after thorough ex-
animation of records, apportion the
money.
There will be no interference on the
part OF the federation with the manage
mcnt of the various %affiliating bodies"
said Louis Wolf, president. THE sepa-
rate charitable organizations will mere
~ be relieved of collecting funds. The
federation is just the dispensing agent
of the committee IN finance acting in
common for all the Jewish organizations.
1t will do away with this constant solici.
tation which uses up valuable time, en-
ergy and none on the part of both the
solicitor and the person solicited"
With several large subscriptions. in
! Guiding $4,000 from John Wanamaker
and his son. Rodman Wanamaker. and
$500 from +. r. Stotesbury, the grand
total to date is nearly 100000.