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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-22
MARKET NEARLY
At STANDST|LL
atin-American Republics Are
Seeking Financial Accommo-
dations in This Country
MIXED PRICE MOVEMENT

New York. Jan. 22.-Thn New York
Evening Suns closing nrancial review
today says:
Today's stock market was quite as
dull and unintcreSting as the previous
sessions this week. The bears con-
tinued to seek out weak spots and those
who had stocks were no less determined
not to part with them. The result was
the striking of Il stagnant balance IT
prices reflected in mixed movement
which has lapsed.
! In this condition the market has got
beyond the influence of day-to day
events; it seems incapable of being dis
turbCd or stimulated. 1t was ueroS
Sary again for those who have bascC
stheir course on what may be done ir
regard to the rediscount rate hy tn,
/ Federal Reserve board to endure uncer-
/ tainty for another twenty four hours al
! least, since no announcement was forth e
coming from Washington on that sub
! ject.
/ Tomorrow there will be the banking
conference in Chicago, following which,
| it is possible. something will b4 given
out. but it is doubtful if the stock list
will register anything definite no mat
ter what the decision may be.
| 1t will be something. of course. 10
/ have the uncertainty of the situation
! rcmoed. and the shorts may be impelled
/ to take to cover in measure, but u
! bulge of that nature is rather far re-
/ moved from bullish incentive inspired
/ by the promise of relief in the money
| supply. And developments abroad are
not of a character to inspire confidence
! what with the continuance of MARTA
, law in Germany and the menace of the
Russian Reds entailing further military
/ operations.
/ The most direct reflection of these
things was to be found in the foreign
exchange quotations which once more
declined broadly. although there was
pretty good recovery from time to time.
! In addition to the financial burdens
relative to this cOuntry's loans to
Europe, the Pan American conference
row in session in Washington has dis
closed a desire on the part of the Latin
American countries for accommodation
in this financial market.
The one bright spot in the days news
was indications that the conference on
the railroad bills We're not finding iE-
surmountable obstacles TO agreement.
| The railroad shares did not make any
very material response TO this, although
sentiment could not remain unaffected
naturally.
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TARLO IS QU|zzED
IN fire TRAP PROBE
Owner of Factory Where Six
Lost Lives Questioned by
Fire Marshal

After hearing witnesses at the start
of searching investigation into the
Tarlo factory fire, in which six per-
sons were killed and eight injured last
Tuesday night. Fire Marshal George
Elliott said today that there had un-
doubtedly been negligence on the part
of some one at the factory.
He announced his determination of
learning the extent of the negligence
and fixing responsibility.
Mr.. Elliott spoke after having ques-
toned Albert Tarlo for more than two
hours. Mr.. Tarlo is active head of
Robert Tarlo & Sons, at whose factory
at 41S Addison street, the fire occurred.
Mr.. Tarlo insisted that his firm had
complied with the fire laws. IF any
law has been violated" he said, 81 have
no knowledge of it," He added that the
fire damage was about $50 900.
The fire marshal said that the law had
been violated because there was no fire
escape, although manufacturing was
done above the second floor.
Alfred Lloyd. foreman at the Tarlo
factory, G-17r1ped the building as a
fire trap" This, he said, was due to
the age and construction of the build
ing and not to the neglect of his en-
plOyers. The Tarlos, he said, We're more
careful than any other cabinetmakers
for whom he had ever worked. He as
sured the fire marshal that oils used in
the factory were carefully watched.
Lloyd had narrow escape from
death in the fire He jumped out of a
fourth floor window TO the roof of a
lower building next door.
Fire Marshall Elliott is inquiring
into A report that the fire started in
the engine room from a hot pulley.
When the investigation is completed
a report will be sent to Director OF
Public Safety Cortelyou, who will sub
nit it TO Mayor Moore.
All factory and mill owners in Phila
delphia have been warned to overhaul
their buildings and see that the fire
laws are complied with in every de-
taii
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moved up to 61s yesterday f-a,, A.,
initial price of 5%, fell bacl 'toln ta the
small offerings. The narrowness of tIn On
market was reflected in the declino" " IL 'ss
in Ianston Monotype, to 81. H,.a u. p
the drop Of $1.25 in Pernsylva,;a sS g.. N
to 20. Most of the leading local vtas, SAL,
ruled steady. at least, this seenoJ ~
apply to United Gas Imnrovouu, 10
Philadelphia Electric and IJnion IJi1nent' Tt'
ton. Electric Storage Battery dronaea ,ae,
5Oc on single transaction, to 13o 3opped
Recent developments in tho c,,rr.u.
week, more particularly CONCERNING ~. 81.
foreign. exchange market and the now ,ne
tary situation, contributed tn n,aoa
still further restraint upon market /.
terests. While these conditions han. an.
only an indirect bearing upon The ma; %afe
tion and future of the securities - fVIL. th
local concerns, still, measured fro,, .ns
sentimental viewpoint, they have "a,
reaching effect iar'
Another factor which has heIned :.
curtail market dealings was the rsc,s, W
offerings of the attractive note iun. issua.
of United Gas Improvement q ueS ""s
the Philadelphia Electric Co. ybs hu ah
sorption of these issues totaline s1o
800, 900 virtually exhausted, for tbe t;r,.
being, the overflow investment funas ,,,is
and left only the core for the matt0t S
1t, however. demonstrated there Is stiI
good demand If the offering is mad.
sufficiently attractive. 'uV
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new YORK, Jan. 22.--Today STOCK
market was tiat, professional AFFAIR.
Little of anything in the way of novelty
developed during the day to relieve the
monotony of the program of the swap
ping operations of the room trading con T.
tingent. As Il matter of fact, the market
was duller and less interesting than that
of the three immediate preceding ses
sions.
Dealings were largely of perfunctory
type, as indicated in seemingly growing
Indifference to current events. For in .
stance. the further decline of British and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-22

MARKET FLATTENED OUT
AFTER EARL Y HESITANCY
Further Collapse in British and French Exchange accepted
Matter of Course

In way the operations of the fore
noon were almost a complete reversal
of Yesterdays movements, in that the
declines sustained in the first fifteen
minutes were followed by general re-
coveries The market, however, fat
tened out toward the end of the first
hour, with the dealings falling to less
than the average proportion. The minor
steel shares and shippings met moderate
pressure, declining I to = points, In
tcrnational Mercantile Marine being
about the softcst spot on the list, max
ing a new low for the current move
ment.
Around midday the railroad shares
became little more active without any
particular incentive other than the un =
, derlying confident belief that the rail-
road problem will be ultimately straight
cned out satisfactorily to all concerned.
Southern Pacific took the lead and was
supplemented by Pere Marquette. in
which the buying seemed to contain
some significance. The group, as a
whole, quickly regained most of the
earlier concessions, and some showed
substantial gains over last nights clos
ing quotations.
The movement in the railroad shares
was given additional impetus by the
scmiofficial reports from Washington
that certain Objectionable features of
the Cummins bill probably would be
eliminated. Otherwise the market re
tanned all its sluggish and uncertain
characteristics of the morning, con-
tinuing to ignore the foreign exchange
situation as we'll as other conditions.
Steels, motors and equipments led
/ the very gradual recovery of the hnal
/ hour, mainly as a result of short
] covering.
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DIVIDENDS DECLARED

cities Service Co.. monthly cne-half of /
cent on common, payable in cash. and month
~ 1 u per cent on common. payable on COM
mon al par. The monthly one-half of | per
cent on preference B shares was also de-
cared. All divide Ids are payable March l
to stock of record February Is.
Alaska Packers Corporation. quarterly Sc
and extra 90 per cent in Liberty bonds and
81 In cash payable April ~.
B. +. Goodrich, an additional " per cent
on common Which. with the per cent de-
clared last October, makes q total of IL
per cent. payable February 10 to stock
holders Of record February 5: The second
riared payable May IL to stockholders of
record May .. A dividend Of 3h per cent
was declared on preferred. TX per cent pay
able April / and tx per cent payable July /.
kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co,
quarterly . per cent. payable January 81
to stock of record January %.
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BRITISH BILLS AT NEW LOW
Demand offered at $3.6oH in For
eign Exchange Market

New York, Jan. 22.-British ex-
change fel. to new low record at
the outset of today's trading in foreign
remittances. Demand bills were Of
fered at $3.60H, which was 1sc under
the previous low record,
With the exception of marks. which
showed a rally of points from the
extreme low of yesterday and Swiss
francs, which gained centime, the
market generally was confused and
weak.
Quotations were:
Demand sterling 3.60A, cables
3.61h; franc cables 1904, checks
1905; lire cables 1412, checks 14,14 !;
Swiss cables 5.57 checks 80; guider
cables 37as, checks 37i4 pesetas cables
1915, checks 1855; Stockholm cables
20. As, checks 20.40; Christiania cables
1870; checks 1850; Copenhagen cables
II, checks 1855; Belgian cables 12.15,
checks 1917 marks, 80; kronen, 80.
At mid day the market showed par
tial recovery. with sterling up II from
the extreme low level at 1904 for de-
mand and 3.62l3 for cables and francs
3 centimes higher at 1905 for cables
and 1907 for checks. Marks were up
7 points at l.51, and Belgian exchange
showed further loss of points.
Italian exchange failed to show any
recovery, being quoted at 14.12 for
cables and 14.14 for checks, this be-
ing attributed to the discouraging po-
litical news from that country.
In midafternoon foreign exchange was
steadier for the allied exchanges. De-
mand sterling rallied to 1862 and cables
were 3.62A. Franc cables were quoted
at II .0S. checks u; lire cables 14.0S,
checks 14.10; Belgian cables 1912,
checks -. 13, and marks 1.52.
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WHISKY As "FLU" CURE
Resolution in Congress Provides
Modification of Dry Law

Washington, Jan. 22.-(By a, P.)-
Representative SABBATH, Democrat. Of
Illinois, today introduced a resolution
declaring that whisky is needed as a
"cure for influenza, which is alarmingly
increasing" and proposing suspension
for ninety days of provisions of the ma
tional prohibition law requiring special
permits and reports from druggists. doc
tors and others as to the use Of liquor
for medical purposes.
The resolution declared its purpose
was "to the end that whisky may be
prescribed and obtained for medicinal
purposes without unnecessary hin
ORANGES and delay"
Amendment of the national prohibi-
tion law so as to permit the manu-
facture and sale of beer. ale and por
ter of 3 per cent alcoholic content. and
wine of per cent alcoholic content was
proposed iu bill introduced by Mr..
SABBATH.
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BAN PLACED ON FREIGHT
Severe Storms Prevent Shipments
East of Buffalo

New York, Jan. GA partial en-.
barge on shipments of freight from tbo
West to points east of Buffalo was i'm.
posed today by A. T. Hardin, regional
director of railroads, as the result Of
severe snowstorms and cold weather
which have seriously hampered railroad
traffic in New York state during the
last week.
Only perishable freight, livestock. coal
and a few other essential commodities
are being accepted from the West. The
embargo is not expected to last more
than few days unless the weather
again becomes severe.
No embargo has been placed on freisbt
bound west from New York, because
there is no large accumulation. lis
movement, nevertheless, is being ssri.
ously delayed.
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NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

New York. Jan. 22.--At the start
today the market for coffee futures was
. to 10 points higher on better cables
from Brazil and buying by Wall street
and commission houses.
The turn for the better in the San
tos futures market, which was evil
denced by a special cable received here
after the close yesterday. reporting an
advance of 250 to 400 reis. was again
noticeable this morning with further
advance in futures of 25 to 100 reis
and in spots of 200 reis.
While these advances quite naturally
Influenced local sentiment to some ex :
tent, there is a disposition to trade
with caution, consequently the early
business was of small volume.
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BUTTER, EGGS AND CHEESE

New York. Jan. 22.-BUTTER-s,eady
Receipts 1863 tubs. Creamery, higher than
extras. 65h @86c; extra (92 score), e1h q
Csc: firsts, 59ls @s4c; packing stock, cur
rent make, No. .. 43c. "
EGGS-Firm. Receipts. 9eos cases. Fresh.
gathered extras. 73@74c: do. extra frsts
II @72c: do. firsts. 6007Oc: state. Pennsyl'
vana and nearby western hennery whites
first to extra. IS @s5c: do, btowns. 75G77e;
6o74c. 10
CHEESE-Easy. Receipts, $50 bore,
State, whole milk. fats. current make, spe.
Gals. BIZ D32c: do, average run. 80 y bale;
state. whole milk, twins. current make sne.
cials. 311A 932c; do, average run. 3os3ic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-22
EMBARGO ON FREIGHT
WEAKENS'CORN PRICES
News Creates Impression That
There Would Be Accumula-
ton of Supplies
GRAIN BELT WEATHER FORECAST,

GRAIN BELT WEATHER FORECAST
Chicago. Jan. 22,Elil'nois and Missouri
cio9dy SS'1 'Sm and continued cold tonight and
aqa{ Fa4 tonsht SnG day HSq oSer tansh
1owa-7srosty cloudy tonight and rrtdsyI'
sS soptS Sh tGfEAt iof6
by fair tonight and Friday. Nehraska,--
Cloudy tonight and F'rLd2E; prooaoiy light Ehtt
n sno% east tonEd' aEd soGtS SGSef FrdaS
settled tonight and Friday probably snow.
and 1G'v9 oontnucd i cold tonight: Friday gener;
aiiy fair. wyoming-Cloudy tonight and
Friday. probably snow south. colder east
Chicago. Jan. 22.-Liquidation
brought about by reports that permits
for shipments of grain eastward, either
for domestic use or for export. were
not being recognized by eastern rail
roads, weakened corn today after the
market had developed stcadiness fol
lowing an irregular start
At the outset, there was feeling ot
nervousness because of probable action
by the Federal Reserve Board on dis
count rates. which caused recessiOns in
deferred futures, but January then was
frmer. on small receipts.
An advance in hogs helped to check
selling. Later. all options dropped below
the previous close. the embargo news
having created an impression that there
would be au accumulation of supplies
here.
The bad position of foreign exchange
attracted most attention. Shipments
from Argentina for the week were ex-
pected 10 be large.
Oats closed easier on the deplorablC
shipping situation. Trading was small
Early in the session buying by lOca
professional helped to check reeessions
Receipts remained light.
Leading futurrH ranged as follows.
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MoNEY-LENpING RATES
NEW YORk-Money on call r

NEW YORk-Money on call ruled
all day at q per cent.
Conditions are still very firm in the
time money market. No money is Of
fered on good mixed securities, collateral
loans, ard that class is quoted nominal
ly at the bid of 7Ha pei. cent. A little
money is occasionally offered on indus
trials at the recent high of S1a per cent
and very rarely transaction can be
put through in small way on indus
trials at s per cent.
Prime mercantile paper is slow at
6 per cent, minimum discount figures.
Prime bank acceptances are quiet at
unchanged rates.
PHILADELPHIA-Call. 6 per cent
time, 6 per cent commercial paper,
three to six months, per cent.
LONDON-Moneyi is quoted at 81
per cent. Discount rates, short bills,
5 per cent; three months bills, 55s
per cent.
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Leading futures ranged as follows
Hnrn lnntLt dalI Nar l.
Extra Dividend by American Brass

New York. Jan. 22.-The American
Brass Co. has declared the regular quar-
terly dividend of ~ per cent. and an
extra of 11A per cent, payable Feb
ruaryl1 IA TO stock Of record January 81.
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MARCH AND JUNE HIGH
DELIVERIES IN COTTON
List Again Under Pressure,
Covering Rallies Prices From
Lowest Of Morning

COTTON BELT WEATHER CONDITIONS
New York Jan - The following tenn
peratures were recorded in the. cotton belt
this mor7ing: Abilene and Oklahoma. %;
Little Rock and Memphis. 81 Fort Smith
shreyeport ssiT 90 "T1cksOurg. 44"'Gc -; Corpus
Christi. 46, Galveston and KNOXVILLE. 52;
Augusta and ThomasYlle, 81; Macon, A.
lanta and Charleston, So oWilminEton, 6s;
Jacksonville, "a New orleans and Persa
talon at Pensacola, and Corpus Christi;
san sSD Antonio. IL at Oklahoma, % at at
Shreveport, As al Knoxville. ,54 at Fort
Smith. go at Abilene. 30 al Nashville.
l.18 az Memphis and l.3G at Little Rock.
New York. Jan. 22.-Thc cotton
market was under pressure again this
morning and. except for March. which
was s points higher. and June, %
points higher, showed an opening de
cline of / to II points.
The selling was led by MverpooI
and spot houses. and seemed to b'
largely based on the feeling that com
modify prices. reSnonding to the Re-
serve Boards possible action this week
with regard to rediscount rates, must
go lower.
The support was poor this morning
although enough covering developed
after the opening to rally prices about
20 points from the lowest.
Receipts at the ports for the day ar,
estimated at "a 600 bales. against 30.
227 bales a week ago and %, ,001 bale
year ago.
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Reserve Banks Discount Rates

The first column gives rates for all
periods up to and including a fifteen :.
day maturity; the second for a period
of sixteen to ninety days. The third
and fourth columns give rates for re-
discounts of collateral loans secured by
government bonds or notes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-22
BANK CLEARINGS
New York Metal Market

New York, Jan 22.-Copper--Spot and
January. offered. lac; February and March,
offered lOh C. Market easy. Lead--Spot,
January and February. sl9 6ps% c. Market
uLiet Spelter East 81. Lous-All months
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PHILADELPHIA-Call. 6 per c

per Cent. DlSCOUHI TdItb' NHUTJ UI
B per cent; three months bills,
per cent.
Washington telegraph., 1920-07-09
TWO MILLION PATIENTS
NOW TURNED AWAY

-Four hundred hospitals, supported
wholly or partially by church funds.
which serve more than 1000 free pa.
tients year, will benefit from the ma
ton wide campaign to be Conducted
April Fl to May by more than 30
Protestant denominations co-operat-
ing in the lntcrehurch World Move.
ment according to DR.. Frank Glare
English, superintendent Of the Inter.
church Hospitals and Homes Division
In a statement printed and sent broad.
cast over the country.
A number of homes and hospitals in
this state, which have heretofore ex
isted on half rations," will receive
adequate support and it will be DOS.
slble for thousands Of needy persons
to obtain treatment and refuge, great
many Of whom cannot now be admit.
ted ON account Of lack of funds.
MANY of the ohu-ch's hospitals are
now in a life and death struggle. ba
cause of the high cost Of living" D.
English says They cannot take cara
Of their free work without help from
the outside. This help must be given
them. More than 100000 free pa.
tents are taken care Of by the church
hospitals in the course of a year ans
as many more are turned away he.
cause Of limited facilities"
Washington telegraph., 1920-07-09
RURAL CHURCHES
LOSING GROUND
OF THE COUNTRY
CHURCHES MAKING NO PROG.
REss 5 OTHERS SLIPPING.
SHOWN BY MO. sURYEY
Appalling Conditions in Many States
to Be Met BY lnterehureh World
Movement Program.

Dr. A. w. Taylor, director of the
Missouri Rural Church Survey Depart.
ment of the Interchurch World Move
ment, turned over to the pastors, con,
ference recently held in Kansas City
some vital facts pertaining to partial
surveys made in the state, in which
he stated there were too many
churches in many given communities,
Similar facts with reference to sur
veys in Arkansas will be presented to
the conference Of pastors from that
state, to be held In Little Rock, March
1912, as well as in other states where
surveys are under way.
lie declared that two-thirds of the
rural churches Of Missouri are making
no progress and that 35 per cent to
40 per cent of them are actually slid
ing backward
fourteen churches out of a score
in one Missouri county," DIR. Taylor
said, in speaking of the church survey
are ready to be abandoned.
Too Many Churches.
why are the churches falling IN
this state? The answer is that there
are too many Of them. The average
number of people in church in rural
Missouri is 200 In some places there
is a church for each so souls. There.
suit is they are unable, in many In
stances, to obtain competent pastors,
There as so many Sunday schools that
skilled teachers cannot be foundD
DR. Taylor said that It was com.
monty believed that the country was
THE home of churehgoers. The survey
was showing, however, he said, that
only from 16 to 40 per cent of the
population in rural Missouri attended
church, and he declared the showing
in the cities was better.
How the world of heathen countries
can be taken for Christ in few years
with a united program by the Protest
ant Church was shown in the world
survey by means of pictures and maps.
The tremendous needs of the world,
ghicA'are challenging the church at
the present time, as shown by the
movemsnt, have thrilled pastors, who
are giving burning new message that
will mean much for the church and
for the world.
Washington telegraph., 1920-07-09
j. III. NJ KELVY
Confirmation Notice

In the Hampstead Chanoery Count.
E. G. Porterfield Plaintiff
VS.
Mrs.Ruth Wyatt, Widow of James
F. Wyatt, Decreased, and Mrs. Ida W.
Pippitt, (born Wyatt), and Mrs. Mae
w. Bynum, (born Wyatt), his sole
and only children and heirs at law
Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that the
Plaintiff E. C. Porterfield has flied a
petition in the Chanoery Court of
Hampstead County. Arkansas, for
confirmation of title In him to the
Northeast Quarter (NE1-D of the
Southwest Quarter (SW la of Sec
tin Four (4), Township Thirteen (19
South, Range Twentyfour (24) Wes,
and all persons claiming any title or
interest in said lands are hereby
warned to appear in said Court, With
in six weeks hereafter and show
cause why the title Of petitioner
should not be confirmed.
And the defendants Mrs. Ruth Wy
att, Mrs. Ida w. Pippitt and Mrs.
Mae w. Bynum are hereby especially
warned to appear in said court to an
swer the complaint of thte plaintiff
and show cause fany, why his title
to said lands should be confirm
ed.
Given under my hand and seal OF
said court this 10th day of Jmo 1920
o. C. Baaey, Clerk Chanoery Court