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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18
WILSON BODY OFFERING.
Lee, Higginson e Co. to Float
s1,5O0,Oo0 Preferred.


Public offering Of s1.50o.0oo per
cent. cumulative preferred stock of the
C. R Wilson Body Company is being
made to-day by Lee, Higginson q Co.
The company Is a successor to the c. r.
Wilson Carriage Company, which manu-
featured carriage and wagon bodies In
1898 the company began to manufacture
automobile bodies With the growth of
the automobile business to present large
proportions the company Increased its
output of automobile bodies until It pro-
duced that class of material exclu-
sively.
Among the customers of the company
are the Ford. Hupp. Overland. REQ.
Paige, Oakland and Liberty motor car
companies. With plants at Detroit and
Bay City, Mich, the company Is the
second largest producer Of automobile
bodies in the country.
The preferred stock being sold will
have sinking fund (first payment April
l, 1920 OF 20 per cent annual net prof
its after preferred dividends But in
1921, 1922 and 1928 the payment need
not exceed 7. and 12 per cent respec-
lively OF the preferred stock outstanding,
at the end Of every preceding year. Pre-
ferred stock may be purchased for the
sinking FUND at not exceeding $110 a
share
The net assets of the company are
sS,A97,S97, or equal to over $23s a
share OF the preferred stock without any
valuation for patents. trade marks, &c.
Net profits for three and a half years,
January l, 1916, to June 80, 1919 CATER
depreciation and Federal taxes, but
without deducting interest charges to be
eliminated by present finances), were
approximately t1.150,0o0. an average OF
sSzS'oO0 year. or more than three
times the preferred dividend requirement
OF 100000.
The stock Is being sold at SOS a share
10 yield approximately 7.40 per cent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18
FINANCIAL NOTES.

J. s. Baehe a Co. ana s. NJ. schatzxin
announce that the syndicate which under
wrote the 10000 shares OF V. Vivaudou,
Inc, has been dissolved.
shattuck Arizona Copper Company re-
ports production for August of 3S6O27
pounds copper. 70S, S26 pounds lead, sS,sss
ounces silver and 5,i6s ounces OF gold
The syndicate underwriting the b. F.
Goodrich Company SIS. 200 900 per cent
cumulative sinking fund preferred stock
onering announces that II is offered at
lOt " nat for delivery after September 20
and does not carry the current dividend
payable October !.
Edward A. st. John, president and
assistant to the president of the National
surety Company. has been elected a direc-
TOT OF that company.
Application has been made to the New
york stock Exchange to list Sinclair Con-
soildated OH Corporation $500, 900 shares
capital stock without nominal or par value
International Banking Corporation has
opened a branch at Lyons. France. and the
National City Bank one at Placetas Del
Guaranty Trust Company has ;. m ap.
pointed trustee under the Atlanta fermi-
nal Company first mortgage. dated August
l., 1919. and securing an authorised issue
or s2,bo0,ooo par value first mortgage
tw nnn,, per cent gold bonds due on
darrArd Comfy ana w. N. v, Hoffman
have been elected trustees OF the Green
wich Savings Bank Mr.. Comfy is vice
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18
FRENCH FINANCES
CAUSE OF ANXIETY
Government Criticised for Not
Acting in Face Of Serious
Credit Condition.
BY StGr Correspondent Of TIE Sun.
Copvrioht. 1919 all riohfs yeserped.


PARIS, Sept. 17.-With the American
dollar worth almost nine francs and with
British pounds selling for thirty-seven
francs, the financial condition of France
is causing gravest concern. Friends Of
the Government are criticising its mac
ton in the face of credit position be-
coming worse daily.
American business men here seeking
orders complain that they might as well
60 home as long as American exchange
holds It's present level. The declining
value Of the franc plainly is causing re-
sentiment in many circles against Amer
lea and Great Britain and giving rise to
talk OF an Anglo-Saxon peace of which
France is the victim.
A characteristic article OF that nature
appears In louvre, which, in addition to
reciting other advantages obtained by
the United States and Great Britain,
stresses the present value of the franc as
the most humiliating and the most
fragrant sign of our vassalage."
Continuing, the article says: '"The day
will come when France will raise Its
head and say to England and America
"A war of Righteousness should not re-
suit after the victory In the exploitation
and wiping out of one ally by another.
In justice he who receives most should
pay most in peace. France cannot be
the victim Of your victory"
FIGARO calls on the Government TO
act Immediately, calling attention to the
existence Of the Grain Corporation ana
the war Finance Board in the United
states. which could render assistance II
the French Government would enter
into negotiations Another plan urged
is for France to encourage American
purchases of French securities, guaran-
teeing that the purchasers would not
have additional taxes Dhposed for
certain period
The British STU rsfuse to permit
transfers of funds into foreign securi-
ties, but Americans could and would
purchase millions OF dollars worth at
present exchange II they should receive
such assurance. Unless the situation be
relieved. Figaro says. the country must
expect a new increase of wages and
prices.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18

Company. Inc. common, $500 lot
sls,7oo Superior California Farms Land
Company. adj. mortgage 9 per cent reg
istersd income bonds, due June !, 1928,
reduced amount, $4,000 lot.
$SS,ooo Louisiana Debt Committee for New
Orleans Mobile and Chattanooga Rail-
road, . per cent. bonds, certificates of
depositi $4,000 Pittsburg. Wheeling and
Lake Erie Coal Company per cent.
mortgage bonds, certificates OF deposit.
1907 lot.
81, 900 Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
per cent. adjustment bond, due 1854.
June, 1919. and subsequent coupons at
tached. l5h,
200 shares Alaska. British Columbia
Metals Company; 500 shares Jim Butler
Tonopah Mining Company 500 shares
Mckinley DArra gh Savage Mine OF Colbot,
Ltd; 500 shares Temiskaming Mining
Company, Ltd; 500 sharos La Rose
Mines, Ltd 200 shares Tonopah Exten-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18
SECURITIES AT AUCTION.

BY order of Justin L Miner. AZ trustee
Of Morgan, Truett a CO.. bAnkrupts:
100 shAres Rutland Railroad preferred.
ass SHARES Merrimae Valley Power and
Buildings Company, v. T. c., $40 lot.
ITO shares Rotary Ring Spinning Company.
SIS lot.
tiiSo Maxwell Motor Company, Inc. Sc
ries "a" nrst preferred dividend certih-
cate, Si7 lot.
For account OF whom It may concern;
i2B shares the Machine Tool Engineering
Company, Inc. 5000 lot.
50 shares the Yerxa Company preferred; 80
shares the Yerxa Company common,
81 lot.
90 sharss Mills Besbs Corporation, 500.
1900 shares Clinical Film Company. Inc.
preferred; s.1oe SHARES Clinical Film
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18
OFFER wuLYs STOCK.
Issue Consists OF sIB.OeS.OOO
Per Cent. Preferred.

Montgomery & Co.. John Burnham &
Co. and Estabrook g Co. are Offering
s15,OO0,000 WHY'S Corporation per
cent. cumulative convertible sinking
fund first preferred stock of par value
of 800 for subscription at 500. The
stock Is redeemable as n whole or In
part or for the sinking fund on any
date at $40 and accrued dividends on
thirty days notice.
The Willys Corporation. formerly the
Electric Auto-Lite Corporation Of To-
ledo, is acquiring the New Process Gear
Corporation OF Syracuse and the Duesen-
burg Motors Corporation of Elizabeth.
The new corporation proposes to manu-
facture on a large scale a new light six
cylinder car. which will be sold by the
Willys-Overlnnd Company through Its
branches and q special sales unit In ac-
oordance with the purchase and sales
contract recently made between the two
companies
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18

sion Mining Company: 80 shares Kerr
Lake Mines, Ltd.i 500 shares Standard
silvsr-Lead Mining Company. 1?t77.5o
lot. T.
500 shares United Mines Company yot
AS shsres Atlas Yarn Company comhnIi.
tsS lot N
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18
Report French Mission to U. s.

PARIS. Sept. IT (Havas Exchange).--
A report that the French Government
has appointed a special mission OF imam
cial specialists to proceed to New York
is printed by the Gdulots to-day. The
reported object Of the mission, It states.
IL to study In that city the measures
necessary ito reduce the tremendous
losses suffered by France through the
tension In exchange"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18
Belgian Communication DELAYED.

BRUSSELS, Sept 1.-THE Belgian imam
eial mission to the United States was
unable to sail for New York on Mon
Gay as it had planned, there being no
accommodations on the steamship. The
evening paper lie Soir states that Alloys
var de Vyvere. Minister OF Finance.
VINO was named president Of the mission,
has decided not to go TO the United
states, owing to the rather cool re-
oeptlon given his nomination.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18
BANK WANTS MORE CAPITAL.
Citizens National Stakeholder 10
Vote ON October 22.

The Citizens National Bank has called
special meeting OF the stockholders for
october ~ for the purpose OF Increasing
Ns capital stock from s2.550,000 to
sS'oVo'0oo by the issue of $500 addI-
tional shares to be offered to the share
holders ratably for cash at the par vain.
OF 800 each. The plan would give hold
ers OF shares Of existing stock the right
to subscribe to three-seventeenths OF a
share Of the new stock.
The directors also have recommended
an Increase in the surplus fund to
100000 by transferring $3.50, 900 from
undivided profits The combined capital
and surplus OF the bank thus would be
100000, and It is expected that the
present dividend rate OF ~ per cent per
annum VIII be continued on the increased
capital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18
BELGIUM APPOINTS
U. S. FISCAL AGENTS
Morgan-Guaranty Trust Group
TO Place All Belgian Loans
in This Country.
PLANS NOT FORMULATED
Bond Issue Has Been Talked
About, but No Loan to Bel
GUM Imminent.
PLANS NOT FORMULATED

BRUSSELS, Sept 17.-Premier Della
eroix announced today that the Belgian
government had concluded an agree
ment with ]. p. Morgan & Co. and
the Guaranty Trust Company of New
York by which they become financial
agents Of the Belgian Treasury in the
United States At the head Of a strong
group of banks, they will be charged
with placing all Belgian loans In the
United States and will assist the Belgian
Treasury in all other operations, the
Premier said.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-18

Pennsylvania Crude oil Market.
ON CRY, Sept 17.-Credit balances
St25. Runs 6S.s65; average 1897.
shipments 44,53s; average $3.50.
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
Taxis and Other Motor '
Vehicles Must Pay Tax

Taxicabs, jitney buses and other
passenger automobiles operated for
hire are subject to special government
taxes under regulations issued by the
international revenue bureau inter.
preting the provisions Of the revenue
act. An automobile with a seating Ca
pacity Of from three to seven is taxed
SO q year, and buses capable Of car
rying more than seven are taxed so.
Twopassenger cars are exempt. The
regulations provide that ''bus lines, au-
tomobile stages and jitneys operating
over regular routes" and cars operated
BY sightseeing companies are liable
TO the tax. The tax Is assessed against
the car and not the owner, so that II
4 man sells car he may not transfer
the tax to another Car. This tax be-
came elective January I.
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
HIS CRUTCH

He hobbies down the quiet street.,
A youthful veteran
Whose heart is still attuned unto
The drums wild rataplan,
Whose ears are deafened even yet
BY battles dread alarm, -, -.
Whose hating step depends upon
The crutch beneath his arm. -
His good right leg IL gone-afar
In Flanders mud 1t lies.
But there's a smile upon his lips, ,
For still Old Glory flies.
And though a slow and painful gait
His mundane progress mars,
Behold! his spirit vaults the clouds
And strides among the stars.
washington's sword and F'ranklin's staff
And Lincoln's pen shall be
Embossed forevermore upon
The shield of Liberty;s ....
And 10! the doughboy's battered crutch.
Through Times eternal flight.
Will stand a signpost on the road
To Freedoms mountain height.
-Minna Irving in New York Sum.
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
Thrush Has Own Method OF
Slaughtering the Shelled
>@ SnaiIs to Get the 'tGoody"

In districts where shelled snails are
abundant it is no rare thing, says
writer, to come across stone utilized
as slaughter block by some particu-
lar thrush. Even If the bird is not
caught in the act, numerous broken
and empty shells scattered In the
neighborhood betray the place where
the mollusks have been done to death:
The method adopted by the thrush
is simply that Of dropping a snail
from a height time and again until
the shell is broken and the succu1ent
body within is exposed to the captors
beak: But the anvil is sometimes
made use Of in a different way and
with a different end in view. The
other day, in the depths Of Highland
birch wood, an observer came upon
such q sacrificial stone, at which a
thrush was busily occupied. Field
glasses made evident that not snail
but q common black slug was his cap
tive. This he grasped by the middle
with his beak, dashing 1t repeatedly
with resounding smacks upon the
stone, whence It occasionally rebound
ed, only to be caught and hammered
once more.
Subsequent examination Of the
stone revealed with what effect the
operation had been carried out. But
what of its purpose? Here was no
shell to be broken. It may be that
the thrush simply wished to kill Its
prey, but the fact that thrushes swal-
low wriggling worms without hesita'
ton renders this explanation improb"
able. It is more likely that the skin
of the slug was too thick and coarse
to be /palatable and that the thrush
was simply endeavoring to dash out
the edible. portions within; or that 1t
was attempting to render the skin
more tender by a method analogous
to the domestic ''batting" Of a steak.
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
Winiam Sooy Smith Built
the First M-Stea Bridge

William Sooy Smith, builder OF the
Arst all-steel bridge In the world and
Inventor Of the pneumatic caisson, was
born in Ohio July q, 1880; graduated
ut West Point In 1853; resigned from
the army, but served during the CIVIL
war, and later became eminent as .
civil engineer and bridge builder. HIS
invention Of the pneumatic caisson rev
olutionized deep river bridge building,
and he was the first one to overcome
quicksands In making foundations.
He was also a pioneer In moving big
buildings and in the construction OF
skyscrapera He was retired from the
army with rank of brigadier general,
md d3ea Janaaxy ~, 1912
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
Music, of All Arts, the One
Most Intimately interviewer
With Ethical Cons sciousness

OF all arts, music is the one most
intimately interviewer with the eth
ical consciousness of our own time.
The oratorios of Handel and OF
Mendelssohn 80 blend the sacred text
and the divine music that we think OF
the two together, and almost as OF
things SO welded by God that man
must not seek to put them asunder.
When have sat to sing In the chorus
of the 'eMessiah," and have heard the
tenor take up the sweet burden OF
"Comfort ye my people!" I have felt
the whole chain Of divine consolation
which those historic words express,
and which link the prophet of pre-
Christian times to the saints and SIN:
ners of today. In far-oh Palestine
have been shown the plain on which
IT is supposed that the shepherds
were tending their hocks when the
birth of the Messiah was announced
to them. But as I turned my eyes 70
view It, my memory was full OF that
pastoral symphony of Handers, IN
which the divine glory seems JUST
muffled enough to be intelugdble TO
our abrupt and hasty sense: Nay, :!
lately heard a beloved voice which
read the chapter Of Elijah's wonder
full experience in the wilderness:
While I listened, bar after bar OF
Mendelssohn's music struck Itself on
in the resonant chamber OF memory,
and I thanked the Hebrew Of our own
time for giving intensity to tnat
drama of insight and heroism.-Julia
Ward Howe. -- ~ H.. .,.ask... ar4~ r-se
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
New Map Of the World
Outlines Sdll Far From Perfect

We. can get some idea already Of
the new map Of the world. though its
outlines are still far from perfect, OBJ
nal. Along Germany's western from
tier Alsace-Lorrnine goes uncondition-
ally to France, with the Sarre basin
also ceded to her for Is years, the
mines Of that region given over as par
tial indemnity to French ownership
and plebiscite Is years hence pro-
vided for. Luxemburg is freed from
German control. Belgium gets small
area, part outright and part subject to
popular vote, and a plebiscite will de-
termine whether the Inhabitants Of
Schleswig prefer to be included within
Germany or Denmark for the future.
Germany will retain nominal control
of the valley east of the Rhine, but it
is to be permanently demilitarlzed.
German Austria becomes an independ-
ent state, along with the new CzechO-
Slovakia, Jugo-Slavia and Poland.
Danzig will be free city with Polish
affiliations and Germany is forced to
recognize the new states of western
Russia. .... -..,.sl..- a- w
In Africa the immense German hold
ings 60 to the allied and associated
powers as mandatories. Japan agrees
to return to the Peking government all
the territory on the Chinese mainland
which she has lately acquired, but will
have Tsingtao in perpetuity. The vari-
Gus German islands Of the Pacific 60 to
Japan, Australia and New Zealand as
:mandatories, which means that in all
human probability those countries will
be permanently installed there under
the convenient fiction Of the league Of
nations language. Even the 0et1nan
slice of the Antarctic continent is to
be yielded to the entente. viii 1t be
necessary to give anyone a mandate"
for this frigid and uninhabited region?
There are still so many details to be
worked out that 1t may be some time
before the authentic new aliases can
be issued. ~.
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
Reverses as Business Man
Credited With Making Mark
Twain. a Successful Writer

Mark Twain's failure as a business
man is said to have made him great
er writer, instead Of having discour-
aged the humorist in his work. It
was in 1894 that his . publishers
crashed, after having published "The
Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" and
''The American Claimant" The first
work was a success, but the second
met with reverses. When the pub-
fishers found themselves In difficulty
they saddled the whole burden on
Twain, and he took it without muir
mur. ls HI. Il 3.s i. ,
Had he not failed IN business
Twain might have been content to
rest on his laurels. Instead he went
about paying his debts. His tour
around the world was undertaken
expressly for that purpose. It was a
very successful tour, crowds turning
out to hear the famous American.
a product Of his tour was 'Follow-
ing the Equator" which was nnan-
-cial success. Having abandoned his
desire to become q business man he
then settled down 10 YritipR: IN
1a28 he published "Pudd' d'nhead VII
son." and The Personal Recollec-
tions Of Joan of Arc" came out tn
1897. His critical essays and "Auto-
biography" were noteworthy pro-
.dnctions, written in q different vein
than his works before he devoted
his entire life to writing.
Twain always hated sham or pre-
tense. He was a lover Of the frank,
open-hearted man, which explains his
great hold on his public.
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
Great Bodies Of Water Not
Classed Under "Seven" Seas

"What are the seven seasr" .
subscriber asks, and adds: II can find
no explanation about them In CYCLIC
pedias or dictionaries" There Is in
deed q great paucfty Of Information
about this familiar expression. which
Is the title Of one Of SKipling's books.
A note, however, in the Oxford Eng
lish Dictionary under "seven" reads: !:
''The Seven seas-the Arctic, Ant
arctic, North and South Pacific, North
and South Atlantic, and Indian
oceans" Curiously, this dictionary
does not mention the seven seas under
the word seas" but gives instead
''the four seas-the seas bounding
Great Britain on the four sides. -
Outlook.
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26
Cape Prince of Wales Is
Said to Be the Stormiest
Region in All the World

The stormiest place in all the world
Is said to be Cape Prince of Wales,
which is the westernmost point of
Alaska. It Is marked by a considerable
mountain 2,21O feet high, and fierce
winds blow there perpetually. Storms
from the Arctic ocean assail this in
hospitable region all the year round.
Frank Hess of the government geo
logical survey says that August 80 he
found himself In the midst Of deep
snow on Cape Prince of Wales, with a
wind blowing so hard that he had to
get behind q rock to avoid being blown
into the sea. .'.... .>
The weather for the moment was
clear and he could see the coast Of 81
IBERIA, across Bering strait. 40 miles
away. Here and there were rocks that
bore curious masses Of snow crystals,
which stood out horizontally, having
been thrown and compacted by wind.
It was bitter cold, but down below
were vast fields of beautiful forget-me-
nots. h.r .-..~., ... .
On the south side Of the mountain
Mr.. Hess says that he came across
Eskimo dwellings-"igloos" dug un-
derground and walled and rooted with
timbers. No trees grow in that re-
gion, but the natives Of far northern
Alaska have always a plentiful supply
Of driftwood, carried from the Yukon
river by an ocean current that skirts
the coast. b" n
The underground igloos construct
ed to escape the storm and windy were
so built as to form connecting rooms,
with communicating doors that were
mere holes through which the occu-
pants were obliged to crawl on hands
and knees. The only ventilation was
afforded by the vertebrae Of q whale
(Which served as an airtube). thrust
up through the roof. '."~<SSW-
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-26

on the training trip thdt he had re-
gained his old-time form. zs..;
Cleveland has been generally picked
as one Of the contenders for the Ameri-
can league pennant this season. The
only apparent weakness of the Indians
In the before-season dope was the
pitching staff. t-s. .5*.s, r
70 With Morton in form to help the
ever-consistent and effective Stanley
Covaleskie, Cleveland looms up as e1-
tremely dangerous. In fact, the club
that beats the Indians should win the
flag. - =. -.