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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-09-10
FIGURES LARGELY IN BIBLE
AskaIon Mentioned Many Times as
City OF Some Importance-Has
Long Been Buried.

A>kalon Is mentioned IN the Bible
many times. Judges tell Of its cap
ture by Judah when the Hebrew chill.
dren swept across the Jordan from
the desert But It was recaptured.
Samson operated In It's ncighhorhood.
killing In the city the 30 young men
who had induced his PhilIStine Wife
(not DclIlah. hut her pr"deceSS"r) To
heirny the answer To- his famous rid
lie. and thus caused Samson 10 lose
bet Zeponiah foreSaw that ASka-
Ion would come 20 had end. for
GAIA would he forsakcn and Aska.
Ion n desolation." Aud no one can
forget the lamcnintion of David over
the defeat and death of Saul. his king
and Jonathan his Soul-hr"ther. which
opens Tell II not In Gath. publish
il not In the streets of ASkalon lest
the daughters of the PhilIstines re-
ioIce"
In The Twelfth century Richard
Occur dc Lion partly rebuilt the Aska-
Ion fortress. and William Of Tyre, the
historian Of tho Crusaders. describes
the town But II was lost beneath
layers of sand until the work Of eX-
cavation began. and IN the great war
II was for n long time the advance
post Of the British expedition. Its
slow emergcnce brings back ancient
days and shows again how accurate
+ the Bible as book of history.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-09-10
Winnino Nigeria.

There Is no part of the world where
the movement toward Christianity Is
80 strong ~ IN Nigeria In one year
there were more adult baptisms In
Nigeria than IN the whole of India.
Ceylon aud China put together, The
number Of adult haptismS In 1910 We're
ms follows: Nigeria 1924; India and
Ceylon. 2.7l+ and China l.1@ Tn
ike the mass movements In India.
every stratum Of society is equally
involved,
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-09-10

Howell named my hahy after
Julius Caesar
James-What ever did YOU do that
for.
Because he WAS horn TOO late tn
name him before him. - London An.
>werS.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-09-10
A, the Shopping Counter.

81 see this he'd comfort is priced
much higher than the other cover.
ings."
'YcS. madam. thar il on account NJ
- quality. II i marked M because
"kei Down. Baltimore
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Switch Is of Doubtful Value

Question-Do you consider American
passed it's dividend but is selling at % and
Is cumulative. Is Producers and Refners'
Oh an investment or a speculation?
Would you because OF prevailing condi-
tions in the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad,
advise me to sell one of its first consoi-
dated 4s bonds for 6Sh and buy a st.
same price? Would you think better Of
some other bond? 1t must be bought at
same figure less than Denver & Rio
Grande sells for. In what class do you
place Sinclair Consolidated I'D. B. o.
Answer-American Zinc preferred
is, in our opinion, o speculation and
not an investment. And the same is
true of Pr. ducers and Refiners' Oil.
We would not advise you to shift from
Denver & Rio Grande first 4s into St.
Louis-San Francisco. That is, we con-
slider both bonds as of about equal
rank. We consider the Sinclair Con-
soldidated stock speculative.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
The Days Bond Market

Following are the closing bid and
asked ouotetions of stocks listed on the
Stock Exchange in which there were no
.rar sactions yesterday:
The Tribune prints each day the mo-
turity dates Of ill active bonds quoted
on the New York Stock Exchange. The
return on a bond to the investor depends
wpon three factors: the rate of interest
the security bears, the market price
and the distance of the maturity date.
To figure the precise yield on bond it
is necessary to use yicld tables, bat the
approximate yield can roughly be figured
out By the folloaOing formula: Divide
the closing quotation on a bond into
the rate Of interest it pays, and the re-
suit a0iU be the annual return. If the
bond is selling beloao por vou must
alloao also for the appreciation of the
principal. To do this subtract the mar
ket quotation from par, or 1OO and di-
vide the remainder By the number Of
gears the bond has to run before ma
tu,'ity. For example, If per cent
bond is selling at 80 and has ten years
to run, the annual return aViU be 6.66
.,er cent. The difference between par
and the market price ,0il be 10 points,
saotracting 80 from 100. Dividing ten.
points By ten gears, the quotient aoill be
/. This figure is to be added to 6.66,
10hich is the annual return, and the re-
salt 7.66 per cent, aoiU give yom the ap-
pro1imnte Vield.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Canadian Railway
Deficit Grows as
Expenses Rise
Minister Tells House of
Commons Loss Was Due
Chiefly to Pay Roll
and Fuel Expenditure

OTTAWA, March II. Minister of
Railways Reid announced to-day in the
House of Commons that the operating
deficit on government railways in 1920
was $60,593,A41, in comparison with a
deficit of 100000 in 1919.
He explained that the increased loss
was due chiefly to increased expendi-
lures in pay rolls and fuel.
"ln carrying on maintenance the man
agement explained he added, shat
the cost of many materials and sup
plies had increased very much over
1919. They also state that prices of
equipment, such as locomotives and
cars, advanced very greatly, all of
which have added and will continue
to add to cost of operation.
I'm word, out of every dollar
earned we had to pay rs cents for
operating wages and 20 cents for fuel
leaving 5 cents for all other require
ments, which totaled 20 cents.
"The total mileage operated by the
Canadian national management at the
end of 1920 was 1864 SO miles. There
were added during 1920 lao miles by
purchase and 236 miles on completion
of new construction"
The total gross earnings Of the sys-
tenn in 1920 which operates the Canad-
ian Northern Railway, the Canadian
government and the Grand Trunk Pa
clic were given as $125,l41,7 ,752, as
compared with sos ,C36,176 in 1919.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Northwest Roads
Seek Rate Revision
Ask Permission to Make
Cut ON Lumber Ship
n1nfR

WAsH1NGToN, March II. - Rail-
roads Of the Northwest are understood
to be seeking authority from the In
terstate Commerce Commission to re-
duce rates on lumber from the Pacific
Northwest through Omaha to Chicago
from 1877 cents hundred pounds to
661s cents, to meet the rate in effect
through st. Paul.
The roads are said to be preparing
proposed schedules now and it is un-
derstood that the commission proposes
to issue an order within five days afte-
the tariffs are filed unless opposition
arises which would cause suspension
of the proposed changes pending hear
ings.
Representatives of the interested
shippers and the roads have conferred
at Chicago and in Washington and the
matter has been discussed with the
commission. Roads east of Chicag
have not applied to take advantage
of the rates, as it is understood they
are not satisfied with the tentative
division of rates offered by the West
ern roads
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Cerro de Pasco Bonds

Question: should appreciate very much
your opinion and some information on
Cerro de Fasco per cent bonds DO you
Of the business and the security behind
the loan? What is their convertiblity
provision and in what denominations do
tney come? When do they mature "A s.
Answer-Cerro de Pasco is COM
pany owning and operat ng copper and
silver mines and railway connected
herewith, in Peru. The bonds are .
direct obligation of the company, but
are not secured by mortgage They are
convertible into stock of the company
at 33 1-3. The stock is selling at about
27. We bel eve that the bonds are
fairly we'll secured and are good semi
speculat We investment for a business
man, and that the conversion privilege
holds out some prospect of being profit
able. The bonds mature in 1881.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Days Ne,o Issues

blyth, Wittcr & Co. and Bond &
GOODWIN are Offering new issue OF
- ooo,ooo Of Los Angeles Gas and Elec-
tr'c Corporation general and refunding
mnhor,tgage per cent gold bonds, series
-, at 9SA and interest, to yield
ABOUT 7.40 per cent. The company sup
pIles gas and electric light and power
In IN Los Angeles and controls all the gas
business a1, in Pasadena. South Pasadena.
nnlhaambra, q Huntington Park, Eagle
Rock, Watts, Inglewood, San Gabriel
and San Marino. The bonds are sa-
cured cud by property valued at more than
S;SS,ooo,ooo, subject only to the under
lying closed mortgages.
admitted the following securities to
I1st; Bell Telephone Company. of
pennsylvania, s2b,0oo,OC0 twenty-five
year first and refunding mortgage Z
per cent gold bond series "a" due Oc-
tober l.. 1916; State of Sac Paulo.
Speyer q Co. certificates for $4,000.
goo hfteen-year s per cent sinking
fund gold bonds, external loan Of 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Bonds Are Quoted Per Cent


Question--wili you kindly advise mo
reg3rding the purchase Of a good bond
which you consider safe and which would
Have $1,000 to invest. What do you think
of the following: Virginia Carolina Chem
icai TVS, quoted at 9sh Kingdom of Den
mark SIS; Chicago & Eastern Illinois S..
1887. at So: Northern Pacific 3s quoted at
"a? What is the par value OF the North
ern Pacific bonds? II there are any other
bonds which you prefer to the ones men
toned above l would appreciate the in
formation. Desire safety first.-A. r. S.
Answer-Northcrn Pacific 3s, like all
other bonds, are quoted per cent Of
face, that is, at recent quotations you
would pay $540 for $1,000 bond due
2047 so that your current yield would
be 5.48 At recent prices we think the
Kingdom Of Denmark Ss are the best
buy and consider them q safe invest
ment with high yield.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Preferred Holders
Ask Approval of
Segregation Plan
7 Committee Asks Leave to In
tervene in Reading Case;
Holds That the Stock Has
q Right to Share in Assets

Anc committee, recently organized
20 represent the first and second pre-
ierred stocks Of the Reading Company
IN the coal segregation proceedings.
Yesterday asked the United States Dis
sr'ct Court at Philadelphia to approve
the plan filed there. The committee. Of
which Adrian Iselin is Chairman. as-
serts 1t represents S9.6l1 shares of tho
trst preferred and 1l7,7s6 Of the second
preferred.
upholding as just and equitable that
49, p.h; " tne proposed segregation plan
n.n fn wouio give holders of the pre-
..s;.r asliea STOCKS the right to participate
WIN the common in subscribing to tho
shares OF a new independent coal con-
pany at 81 for each sare of Reading
STOCK, the committee argues that &C.
QUESTION OF the Reading coal properties
was made possible through Issuance Of
$10,0o0,000 preferred in 1895.
Inc properties are carried on the
NeAolEgs balance sheet at $4,000 900
pa par val value coal company stock and s69.-
o1s,'V representing advances to the
coal CO company by the Reading Company.
Company from the coal company. ms res
CURED by the United States Supreme
Court, will necessitate eliminating t'r
from the books of the Reading Com
pany this claim for $69,9l977O and
from the books Of the coal company
the same amount now carried "a a
liability.
The proposed segregation plan, the
committee. states ir its petition to the
court to intervene, does not contem-
plate distribution of the Reading Com
pany's $33,000,0o0 surplus, as claimed
by the committee representing the com
mon stockholders, but distribution of
assets, to acquire which the preferred
stock was originally issued.
In referring to the proposal of the
Prosser common stcckh olders' COM
mittee that the par value of all classes
Of Reading stock should be reduced.
leaving the surplus intact. the petition
OF the preferred stockholders declares
that this is contrary to the terms of
the preferred stock certificates, which
provide that the Reading Company
shall have the right at any time to re-
deem either or both classes of it's pre-
ferred stock at par in cash if such re-
demption shall then be allowed by law"
The surplus must rot be kept intact for
the common, the committees petition
states, but is subject to the needs of
the company's business.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
New Haven Receivership
Talk Denied by Pearson
But Stock Tumbles to New Low
Price on Exchange;
Sells nj 11.A

Desplte statement yesterday bv
T. j. Pearson, president of the New
YORK. New Haven & Hartford Railroad.
that no receivership for the road is
contemplated the company's shares
broke on the Stock Exchange to the
new low record price of 14A. At the
"osing quotation Of 15ss there was
net loss of IL points for the stock
market session. Mr.. Pearson's state
Hent was made IN response to the as
certlon OF E. j. Rich, counsel for the
Associated Industries of Massachu-
Setts, that reeivership for the New
raven offered solution for some of
TIE present difficulties of the New
England roads.
The unauthorized talk of receiver
snip is unfortunate at the present
tlme." said Mr. Pearson. Edgar ]
Rich is not counsel for the New Haven
road, and while do not know what the
iuture may bring forth l think it nv
duty to say that no receivership for
We New Haven road is now in contem-
riation. We hope to get justice in
division of rates and labor readjust
Aent.
We need just little assistance to
turn the corner, and with everybody CO.
operating and helpful prosperity can
Re restored to New England, not only
Tor her industries, but for her trans
portation. Coal and supply costs are
coming down and more cars will soon
be moving
ut is pity that pc ,ple should be
frightened out of their railroad owner
ship just at this point. The New Ha-
ven Railroad Company. after charging
on all 1ts bad Investments, will have
IN appraised valuation for it's prop
crty far exceeding its entire indebted
ness and its entire share capital at
par"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
w. L. Mapotller Elected
Head of L. & N. Railroad
Began Career as Office Boy in
Secretary's Office; Then
Rose Rapidly

LOUISVILLE, KY, March IT, While
L. Mapother, first vice president of the
Louisville e. Nashville Railroad Com
pany, was elected president of ne road
at meeting of the stockhol lers in
New York to-day, it was announced at
the road headquarters here to~iay. He
succeeds the late Milton H. Smith.
Mr.. Mapother, who is fort-eight
years Cd has been with the Louisville
was employed as Office boy in Presi
dent Smiths Office. During the war he
served as Federal director of the Louis
Vile & Nashville company.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Erie General Is Speculative

ouestion--will you please lei me know
IL series y Erie Railroad Is a good invest
ment at the present price. about $4lr
Does II pay per cent at this price? What
is your opinion OF Cities Service gold de-
benture series d Nv. ). S.
Answer--Erie General Series ..
convertible 4 per cent bonds. due in
1853. are speculative and not safe in
yestment under the present railroad
conditions, in our opinion. They pay
1 per cent on par. We consider Cities
ST. G, oso. sare 8 per cent Ds rs
good Investments.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Investor Decides to Watch His HOLDING.

Cuestson--A snor. time ago you advised
one OF your readers not to buy securities
keep In touch With conditions ana make
susu.nsr,ents suss.uss from time to time. This is
yeay ssyss apnon nna q wesa ~. nssS sy &
OF which have $1,000 each. Would YOU
snv'se xnN s selling any and with what would
t,ons absolutely safe at time OF purchase:
westsrn Eleetrsc "a. 1926; New York Cen
vnna ra RiirSaa hn,laoas uns e. 1925 pennsy
ssyivana sylvan Railroad ffteen-year sMs, King
waukee & ST, Paul ser erai ia, 1853: A,neri-
can Telephone ard Telegraph IS, 1915:
Tnnasa TnIssd States to-. Rubber s.. is47 Atchison.
Denver & Rio Grande hrst ~. 1856; Rio
Grande Western nrst 4s. 1883; Grand Trunk INK
psros Sraash s Tsspk sss Arssaa Isns su
ard Refining IS. la47: Brooklyn Edison
Company 5s. is4s; St Louis 8 San Fran
g. .ass Hrooksn Union I,s Lsh, priGs ars, 'Isn ss
1852; Kansas City Power and Light S. s.,
1ssoi aaE aHethienem na, Steel marine equipment
oo peneS S. Tnns unsed 10 kingaom Suy
Answer-Your list is an excellent
one and we'll diversified. Under pres.
cnt circumstances we would not sug-
gest any change except that you watch
the railroad situation, and especially
watch the earnings for the first six
months of 1921, as they are made pub
lie by the Chicago, Milwaukee g. st.
Paul, the Denver & Rio Grande and the
st. Louis-San Francisco. Your bonds
of these roads are all we'll secured
bonds, but the railroad situation is so
uncertain at present that while you
need have no anxiety about these
bonds you should learn as early as you
can what the trend of railroad earnings
is likely to be. We consider the
United Kingdom SIS, due 1887, to be
good investment. The same is true Of
he French SIS, if you have faith in the
not sure what you mean by Manhat-
tan Is.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Stern Bros Profits Drop

Stern Brothers report for the fiscal
year ended January 81 profits from op
eratlons of S1,5s0,117, to which was
added sloS,27o miscellaneous income,
bringing the total income for the wear
up to Sl,6S6,S8S, contrastcd with S., ,i7G.-
29o reported for the preceding twelve
months. Last years profits after all
expenses, included reserve of $3O5 OO0
Tor Federal taxes, were $892,385, de-
crease of S474673
The company's balance sheet showed
80, 100 400 Of current assets, against
S BIZ .594 of current liahilitier
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Columbia Gas Net Up

The Columbia Gas & Electric Com
pany reported surplus, after charges
and taxes, for the year 'ended Decem-
Der 81, of $4,839,377, equal to $9,6S
stock, compared to $3,257, 400 to $6.51
a share earned in the preceding year.
Net after expenses and taxes amounted
to S7,234,133, an increase of $1,530,0
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Cities Service Earns S39.53

The Cities Service Company earned
s3o.53 share on the average amount
of common stock outstanding for the
twelve months ended February %, ac-
cording to statement issued yester-
day. Net earnings were $23,O49,36
compared with Sl9,675,3S3 in the same
period of 1919, and the net to common
stock and reserve $16,382 ,372. Net
earnings for February amounted TO ST.
3S4,131. against $2,O49,918 for Febru-
ary. 1920
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Ligrett & Myers Bonds

Cuestion--Will you kindly give me your
opinion of Liggett 4 Myers bonds as an
cured. the bs or the 7s?-A. v. H.
Answer-Liggett & Myers are earn
ing their total interest charges some
three times over, according to the last
report. The per cent bonds due 1851
and .he per cent bonds due 1944 are
equally secure, and, in our opinion. are
good Investments.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
B. & M. Merger Passes

MONTPELIER, VT, March 1.-THE
Boston e. Maine merger bill received
final passage in the Legislature to-day.
In effect it permits consolidation of all
Boston Maine subsidiary lines in
Vermont into a single corporation sub
Ject to the jurisdiction Of the Public
Service Commission.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Investment
Information

Qnesfions 81 general sxtercse to n.
Vestors rai Be ansscerea IN this col
wssH, IN schtch cuae only imitiuis Uill
oe Ascd. Othevs spsu 81 answerrd ~
wall. AdSress all imqutries, smcIos-
ING strapped, addressed ewvelops, to
tsaaactal Editor. TIE Tfibu, ., l5A
Nassau Street. New York City.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18

=, do Copenhagen 25-yr. 5ks. IA 72H 7osA
Frenc,, FFrench Govt Govt, S., one issue. ssK sss
IoVt of Switzerland 8s, 194O 109s' ,o9 ~
Japanese Gvt. AIS stl. In, '25. S2E sS%
do Is 81 IN Iu s1ries' ' iS25. S2A s2%
do Toxic City 5s. 1852 sS1S ~
q. K G. B. e. |. 5-yr. 5hs. '2l. esT az
d. ~ lSz1 1........... 94% 94A
do 20-yr. 5hs, 1887. S5" SSn
Mexico ext. strl 5s, of '0s, 1915 44x 46M
do ext. gold 4s of '04. 1884 Al L % -
San pauHas ,Has o-yr' y 70 gold bds S1a SlA
1900 N'S oS w l. S7In
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Widow Can Obtain Greater Safety

CueHtion-Am a widow with no one to
advise me. about financial matters and
would much appreciate your criticism and
any suggsstion az to changes in the list I
bonds tten to fifteen years) bringing in to
per cent: Seven $1,000 third "A Liberty
bonds at 97h, two 800 fourth Az Liberty
bonds at 9l12. three 500 fourth Az Lib
cry bonds at 1852. one $50 fourth Az
erty bond at SO. ten shares Great Northern
preferred at 7SM, fifteen shares United
States Steel common at 103M, fifteen
shares pennsylvania Railroad common at
- y. eight shares Northern Pacific COM
mon at 77ss. Can you suggest any change
Mrs F. w. c.
Answer-There is biz difference
between the security behind Liberty
bonds and the common stocks of even
the strong companies which you name.
The Great Northern, though it is called
preferred stock, has no common
stock outstanding whose dividends
would act as buffer for the preferred.
widow without any one to advise
her in financial matters would be far
more conservative if she invested in
good bonds. You can get Canadian
government bonds that will yield you
between z and per cent and Union
Pacific convertible 4s Southern Pacific
convertible 4s and New York Central
debenture IS which will yield YOU over
2 per cent income on your investment
and give you a safety which YOU do
not now have.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Bank of England Statement

LONDON, March 1.-THE weekly
statement of the Bank Of England is
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18

Stl & Tube 5s
temp rcts
1921
30 94A
Tenn CI&RR |
5s 1851
2 49,. 88M |
Tex & Pac 1st |
6s 1000 |
l 79L |
New-York tribune., 1921-03-18
Railway, Other Corporations

Adams Ex 4sArmour Co
ls4s .. AVS 1899
Am Ag Ch CIV A r & S F cv
6s 1928 As 1855
3 ...s 88 10 80. 6Si,
Am Cot OH 6s / 80. 6S1s
1861 gen As 1895
Evening star., 1921-08-29
WOOD-FORBES MISSION
READY TO MAKE REPORT
Will Cable President Results of
Investigations in Islands Of
Mindenao and Sulu.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PUERTO PRINCESA, Province of
Pafawan. p. l., August 2S.-President
Harding's Philippine mission of
inquiry, composed of Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood and w. Cameron
Forbes. former governor general of
the Philippines. soon will cable to
the President a resume of its investi-
cations in the islands of Mindenao
and Sulu, which will place in the
Presidents hands a. complete sum-
mary of the missions work. Pre-
liminary reports on other surveys
already have been cabled. The mis-
sion plans to forward this final sec
tion of the summary upon arriving
in Manila next Wednesday or Thurs
day.
The ensuing two weeks are to be
devoted to preparation of the mis-
sion's detailed report Gen. Wood
and Mr.. Forbes plan to visit China
and Japan, and, If Gen. Wood
becomes governor general. he will
return here. otherwise both will
return to- the United States.
Since leaving Jolo last Friday the
mission has visited many islands in
the Sulu archipelago. talking with
tribal chiefs and listening to COM
plants from inhabitants. Among
points visited was a mosque built in
1850, at the top of the Sulu archi-
pelago, the site of the establishment
of Mohammejanism in the Philip
pines. One day was spent at San
dakan, British North Borneo, where
the mission was entertained by
Gov. Pearon-