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The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-12
SPRING REUNION SCOTTISH
 RITE CLOSED YESTERDAY

Special to The News.
 Little Rock, May 12.-The Spring reunion of the Arkansas Consistory Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite closed yesterday evening. It was one of the most successful reunions ever held, with more than 1000 members registered during the thre days ses- sion. There were 368 members of the class, making the total membership of the Rite in Arkansas more than 41O0. The closing feature of the re- union was the oration delivered by Baker Clark, who was chosen class orator and who is grand lecturer of the Grand Lodge F. & A. M. A large number of the members are in Hot Springs today taking the Shrine de- grees. There are nearly 400 mem- bers of the class which is under the auspices of Al Amin Temple of Little Rock and Sahara Temple of Pine Bluff.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-12
kTRAGHAN WELL | HOLDS THE STAGE
r,o Karnak Oil Company Test Well Near ROsstOn Said to Have Excellent Showing of Nl at Depth of 1165 Feet.

rho center of interest in the oil .orotions in Nevada county has sud Lar,v shifted to the Karnak Oil Com ,.rv test well in 16-13-21, near Ross |too and better known as the |ctrouphan well No. 1. Col. Straughan u,s in Prescott this morning and ,totod that the drill has just reached |s depth of 1165 feet and is now in a |s7 foot sand which has produced an |ovcellent showing of oil and gas and all operations were stopped at once. Tho drillers are now waiting on the arrival of perforated pipe which |vas ordered from Shreveport by wire land which is due to arrive in Prescott |todav for transportation to the well. As soon as the pipe arrives, according |to Col. Straughan, thorough test will be made of the showing. The hole will be bailed out and an effort made to bring in a producer. Scouts and local enthusiasts visiting the well are highly optimistic and feel reas- onably sure of getting oil at the well in commercial quantities.
 In the face of the wonderfully sue
 
 cessful record achieved by Col. Straughan, who opened up the fam ous Tampico, Mexico, oil field and also brought in the first deep we'll in the Oklahoma field, the general opinion in the local oil circles here is that Nevada will have Col. Straughan to honor as ElDoradoans are honoring Dr. Busey. Col. Straughan centered his operations for oil in Nevada county after looking every every county in Southwest Arkansas, and his outlay of money in leases and options around his Rosston test run into the thousands of dollars, which is concrete evidence of his faith in Nevada county structure.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-12
HAY ACREAGE SHOWS BIG INCREASE IN STATE
Special to The News.

Special to The News.
 Little Rock, May 12.--Official in formation compiled by the Bureau of Crop Estimates indicates that about l5OOOO acres has been added to the tame hay crops, bringing the acreage 10 nearly SO0,000. This is one of the results of the agitation which has been made in recent years for diversi- ncatlon. The hay acreage in 25 east ern counties has been increased at least one third
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-12

Dr. Holt and Roy Holt passed through this morning en route from Little Rock to Tokio.
 Dewey Stripling, son of Mir. and Mrs. J. NJ. Stripling, who has been taking a business course at a college at Fort Worth, Texas, has -neturned home and will be associated with his father in the Farmers Supply Com panV.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-12
PREVENTIVE MEASURES

"Why are you so anxious to play bridge
 Somebody will play the piano if we don't J,-Louisville Courier-Jour- nal.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-12

amendments meet the same fate as those offered from the minority side of the chamber. All were swept aside by practically the same vote.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-12
TO HELP LIQUIDATION

Prohbitionists have no objection to prices taking drop.-Chaparal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Stock Prices
Irregular i'm
Dull Trading
Huying to Cover Commit
ments Continues i'm Some
of the Specialiies; Re-
action Causes Losses Later

Yesterdays stock market was not a
thing unto itself, but organically a
part Of the speculative movement which
began last Thursday. After the out
burst of covering in the last two hours
of trading on Tuesday, it was to be ex-
pected that the technical position of the
market would have become changed, As
result yesterday, there was irregular
ity. The so-called standard issues were
quiet, whereas special issues where the
impulse for extensive short covering
still persisted scared strikingly higher.
In the latter group were such shares as
Studebaker and Inspiration Copper.
Several Of the other specialties were
firm, but most Of them lost their gains
before the close. On the average both
railroad and industrial stocks closed
moderately lower, after the present force
of the covering movement had spent
itself.
Mexican Petroleum climbed to a new
high for the movement, fell back some
five points, then recovered, closing at
par, off one-half point. After their re-
cent upturn all the Mexican oil shares
closed slightly lower, in spite of dis
tlnctly favorable item in the days news
The Mexican Supreme Court in a case
brought before it on Tuesday granted
an injunction to the Texas Company
restraining the Mexican government
from enforcing the retroactive features
Of Article XVII of the so-called Car
rama constitution, which has so long
been a matter of contention with for
eign oil interests. In the financial dis
trict, the view was expressed that this
decision brings recognition Of the Mex
lean government nearer. The opinion
was expounded, too, that a compromise
would soon be attained on the ques-
ton of Mexico's new export tax on pc
troleum, which oil men have considered
prohibitive
Call loans were made at per cent at
renewal time and 55 per cent subse-
quently. The foreign exchanges were
firm, as arrangements for the German
reparations payment were completed
without causing any disturbance.
In the cotton market many of those
who had profited by rising prices in the
last fortnight rushed to sell at the open
ing to take profits before the govern
ment crop report is published at noon
to-day. The break in the first fifteen
minutes was spectacular. In the first
quarter of an hour trading January con-
tracts sold SIS bale lower, as recent
buyers hurried to liquidate. There was
some recovery later in the day, but not
sufficient to Offset losses, which at the
close varied between So and IS points.
Grain prices, which had been weak on
Tuesday, recovered yesterday on COM
mission house buying.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
In Wall Street
Germany Pays Up

IN the absence Of official advices
from Berlin, bankers who have been
handling German separations payments
at +b,s end assumed yesterday that the
navment due yesterday had been com
p pleted according to schedule. The big
p post nart Of the transaction was put
s e So, oh in London. The payments made
in in dollars here we're arranged aur'n ae
the foepar # h e f funGs were me1ss So
s sary w Yesterday. Approximately ~, ,,
in German e s'SS News vs. York;
70 Bsr liz al as a part Of the Transaction.
Tbis amount represents, the balance
Which his Germany was unable l, to provide
so or in sterling and dollar exchange
~ TIE cold was withdrawn from the re-
sa ~ so Of the German Reichsbank. Ac-
v vesta rdav. aside from the tax levy upon
German exports payable In November
cleans up the reparation payments, IN
til next February, when new billion III,
mark installment must be mace. lha1
transaction, in the opinion, Of the bank
ers. will likely be bookkeeping ar
ranpement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Mexican News Cheerful

The news from Mexico City has ere
ated a favorable impression. The an
nouncement Of the decision IN favor of
the Texas company in the case arising
out of the Interpretation Of Article 81
of the Carranza Constitution, an
nounced exclusively in The Tribune,
excited much comment in banking and
market circles. 1t was looked upon as
a long step forward an adjustment OF
all the differences between the United
States and Mexico. At the same time
the reports of satisfactory progre So
in the conferences now going on at
Mexico City were viewed as construc-
tive. In high banking circles it was
asserted that recognition of the Mexi-
can government is now in sight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Break in Cotton Prices

The reaction in cotton futures, ex-
pected by those who had witnessed the
sensational upturn of the last several
days. came yesterday, with net break
of Il to q of cent. Liquidation By
longs who decided to take profits in
advance of the governments monthly
crop report due at noon to-day start ed
the crash, and the weakened technical
position of the market helped it along.
There were rallies at times on reports
of firm prices and increased activity in
the goods trade, but the market as a
whole lacked support and the closing
was slightly above the 16-cent level,
which represents a great improvement
over the lows reached in June.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange rates continued to
show strength In yesterdays trading
and cable rates on London got above
1878 at one time, although the close
was slightly easier. A net gain Of l IS
cents resulted, the final quotations be-
ing $3.72a.
Continental exchanges ruled firm
with the exception of Berlin, which
sagged Il points to 1.16 cents mark
Swiss rates held above II cents, and
guilders advanced to within a quarter
of cent of 80 cents.
Changes in other parts Of the list
were small,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Market Views

Although the action Of the stock
market yesterday was somewhat disap-
pointing to the folk who think that
prices should only go upwards, most
observers thought that stocks acted
we'll, in view of the vigor of the re.
coverv of recent days. 1t was pointed
out that stocks had recovered in four
trading sessions practically all Of the
ground lost on the decline since Au-
gust 2 9. A reaction, then, was natural,
It was asserted. On the other hand the
Street, while much more cheerful than
few days ago is not overly optimistic
on the immediate outlook. In the words
of some of the bankers there are
number of hurdles yet to take
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Report Discredited

Private cable advices received from
Paris yesterday told of reports current
there Of the fall of the German govern
mcnt. The Paris reports emanated
from Strassburg. Bankers here dis
credited the reports and said that the
comparatively steady tone displayed by
German mark exchange indicated tina.
all was well in Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
To Concentrate Funds

Preparatory to an early settlement
with Germany, it was reported in Wall
Street yesterday that the Custodian of
Alien Propertys Office is contemplating
the concentration in New York of all
the cash accumulated during the war
period. This amount is said to approx
innate $80,000,000, and it is expected it
will be gathered in from various parts
of the country and deposited in New
York banks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Money Tighter

Although an increased demand for
funds for first of-the-month require
ments was generally expected, the re-
quirements on the Stock Exchange
were larger than anticipated, and call
loans, after renewing at per cent, ad-
yanced to - per cent. This was in
the nature Of a surprise to traders, in
view of the fact that the rate on the
previous day had dropped to Az per
cent before the close.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Markham on Consultations

President Markham of the Illinois
Central Railroad, referring yesterday
to the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion's tentative plan for railroad con-
solidations, said: "The plan is an
nounced to be merely tentative and its
main value will be that it provides
matter for discussion. Uncertain con-
ditions do not permit undertaking any
mergers at present, and negotiations,
when begun, will undoubtedly be pro-
lOnged."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
quotations on stocks We're
Paris Market Improves

PARIS, Aug. 3l.--Prices showed i'm
provement on the Bourse to-day.
Three per cent rentes, Sc francs so
centimes; exchange on London. AZ
francs SO confines; five per cent loan.
81 francs as centimes. The dollar was
quoted at IL francs 771s confines,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Firmcr Market in Copper

A somewhat firmer' tone was report
ed yesterday in the copper market and
price of Use a pound for September
delivery was quoted by most of the
selling interests. Domestic inquiry is
moderate. The larger consumers are
said to be willing to buy ahead on q
fairly large scale if given satisfactory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Securities at Auction

Il shares Fulton County National
Bank. Gloversville. New York,
400 shares Utah Copper Com v
pany, $40 each. share Al
20o shares Chino Copper Com
pany, S. each, share q
DO shares Textile Banking Corpn.
A'oof shares lndependent Cold Min
ing Company. 500 each. lot
5l1 shares Butterworth Judson
Corporation. prfd., share :
1855 shares Planographic Eouin-
ment Company, iot........
oof shares Tubi1e Artificial silk
company Of America. prfd.,
III shares Tubize Artificial silk
Company of America, com
e1 n nm - ~
'iV'uVo surolk County Land Com
pany certificates of interest
~ "a mortgage. due June /.
ls23. with unpaid interest
from December /. 1916, lot 4,
10000 Suffolk County Land Com
pany certificates of interest
in I'd mortgage. due June i
1928, with unpaid interest
from December l. 1916, lot, & j.:
shares Imperial Machine q
Foundry Corporation. prfd.
$500 each. lot .....,.......
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01

All Am Cable. 1929 1862 Jones Tea M II IS
Am Realty .. 70 -, hcFs&si pr coz -
Am Bnk Note 5oh 5Oss do is, pr'' O. li5
do pr -; go. a5 40 Kelly spr pr es 20
q " !: : e. & REX 3 T'S n 3 70
Am Can pr. SOFA SO Kresge s s. 100 19s
4 & F prl0Ss lllh do pr ...l00 -
Am Chicle l0l3 IA Kress & Co s. Is
Am Express. ia 100 Laclede Gas. so Sc
Am Ice 49, 80 q % Lake & w 10 is
Aui La France ~ ,sN Liss ( T145 rs
Linseed pr Al SO do Il .l42 las
Am Loco pr. lo2 l04 Lima Loco g. e.,
Am Malt & G. IL do pr * on
Am SIN pr 63 60 L-W Il LIST Or a. 90
Am Snun 9S 100 do ID pr % NIX
An syn Wb IT pr ~ 50 a s Cos. ak g.
Am Wool pr. 90 IS Nah Coal $50 700
a 4 ]. pr. q % Mallinson -. II IL
Art Metals II Is do pr 49,. 5SX go
Assets RI Co. lh l% Manati Su mr. - "a
Asso dpTy u Ky ~ ~ Sianhat Beach y q
n Al, * sss sIa Man n'S sn S9 q q ~
A aiaA,t ~ Il .. 8. Man st Ry... IA g.
Atlantic r st. l5A II do sd pr l4% l &
Atlantic Ref $40 SIS Msrl'd oil 1su al
40. 40 r r.. - l9s lVs MAJ Rockwell. 6H II
Austin Nichols 81 sA Mat Al W w. II =
90 pr -, 81 g. SIas Mot ctfs "a i
I'd. DO pr ~. !! j. do "a pr ct
Bald Loco pr 50 % do 49,. 39Il -
barnett Lea 50 % do u ..... Is. 81
90 pr .'.' 20 80 May De st pr 75N II
naIisIalI A.. 10 - Mex Pet pr. rs 81
10 X. ltia Il q NSP& $ s NJ 81 50
6a,opiias M. n % do lsd lines. 81 s.
beih Steel % As NJ & t.. TX i
do S pc pr. $685. SO Mont Power AZ AZ
Boesa Fish. =. 81 3ss Morris A. Fs e5 so
Bhn Edison :. 80 9S Mullins Rody u "a,
b I cifs.. OK do tr g.
Brown Shoe. SAX SO Nash & chat AZ ia
W 90 pr ..., 70 SO Nat Biscuit. .ll2 lis
osehs"icA "a Shl do pr .....l07 il3
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Bid. Asked.i
London Metal Market

LONDON, Aug. 31.-Standard con-
per, spot, e67 It's Sd; futures, s68 15s.
eslnectr.olytic. spot, e71 los; futures. sra
los; tin, spot, fl57 Is Cd; futures. s159
IS I'd; lead, spot, s23 5s; futures. e22
,os; zinc, spot, 924 lbs; futures, SIS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
London Market Steady

LONDON, Aug. 81. - Prices were
steady on the Stock Exchange TODAY.
Bar gold was quoted at HOS 4d; money
was loaned at 3l2 per cent. Discount
rates We're: Short bills, AS per cent;
three month bills, 1l.16 per cent.
Closing quotations on stocks wara.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Bid and Asked

Following are the closing bid and
asked quotations of stocks listed on the
Stock Exchange in which there were no
transactions yesterday:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
ARGENTINA <par 42.44 cents

peso)
. Demand ....2o75 2e.75 ss.12u
Ca les :...... 29.S7h 29.S7lA 1926
BRAZIL (par 3245 cents a paper milreis)
demand ......12.25 12.12h 1921
Gables .......12.S7A 1926 1875
- Checks .,...... S.22 s.22 40
checks .,.,....23.95 1926
CHILE Cpar s65 cents peso)
', Cheek, Checks ......... s.75 e.S71a 1000
>, Checks .........64 so GAPS
VEN EZuE Ella (par 1913 cents bolivar)
Checks ........15.55 1856
Canadian Exchange-New York funds in
Montreal. ION per cent premium; Mon
veal funds in New York. s}5 per cent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Money and Credit

A shortage of funds developed ON the
Stock Exchange yesterday and the rate
for call loans. after renewing at
s per cent, advanced to 51a per cent
The "money pool" was appealed to and
the necessary funds were obtained
No explanation Of the tighter situa-
ton was given other than the usual
first-of- themonth requirements.
Yester- Year
day. ago.
On industrial collateral. s 8
On mixed collateral $500. 8
Time money (mixed collateraD:
Sixty days. .5& 06 808A
Ninety days SIX 06 $685.
-Four months ..... $685.
-Four to six months. .... 6 S0SA
Bank Clcarings clearings at
New York yesterday were: Exchanges,
s499, 100000; balances, S47,9o0,00o.
Silver-London, 377s; New York, do
mestic bar, 9914c; foreign, 62Ac; Mexi-
can dollars, 477sc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Dividends

St0CK-
Pay holders
hats rerioo able of rec.
An An iooacco Pr 1123 % oct / Sept 10
NJ & Omaha. 90 s-A Sept 90 SAINT 70
do pr .......Sl1qS s-A SEPT 20 Sent ept =
illinois Bell Tel so Q Sept 80 Sept 20
5AqS pr .....1Aqo @ Oct Sent IS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS (par 6s.s cents
dollar}
Demand ATS 4275 A9on
Cables .........4 1900 1900 43.25
THE AMERICAS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-01
Transactions Yesterday i'm Listed Stocks
Record of Stock and Bond Averages
Stocks

copyright. 1891. New York Tribune Ino)
Stocks
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-29
100000 PERSONS LISTEN M
WITH RADIO PHONES AND HEAR
GRAND OPERA EVERY EVENING

NEWARK, n. J., Dec. 2S.- Mary
Garden singing in dish pan-Christ
mas carols on a chicken wire
The preachers sermon, down a wa
ter pipe
BY radiophone!
Do you know that while you are sit
ting in the parlor playing cards after
dinner
Your next door neighbor may be
sitting at home hearing the Chicago
Grand Opera?
The air about you is buZZing with
CAB for miles around?
More than 100000 persons are get
ting news of the world through their
bed springs, radiators and drain lead
ers?
Sick persons in the hospitals are
cheered by comedians far away?
This goes on every night all over
the country.
Riding On Radio
Riding on a 360,-meter wave length
concerts, church choirs, lectures, mar
ket reports, come through the air for
hundreds of miles.
Listening in is easy.
There is not much to it-iust a
small box the size of a dictionary,
several wires. and the usual house
trimmings bed springs
and fire escapes.
Since the development in the war,
the radiophone has been popularized.
A receiving set can be bought now
for fifteen dollars.
1.-The bug has got them ALL" said
c. B. Porenoe, supervisor of the large
sending plant here. City folks, far
mers, grown-ups, children-all are
listening in
A clamping of the ear piece, an adj
justment of the detector, and the
world is brought into earshot.
All Very Simple
Rigging up is simple" explained
the expert. while 1t is better to
have the antenna-the wire that
catches the message-strung outside
it is not necessary. 1t can be hung
on loop-behind a picture frame.
at may be grounded to water
pipe, radiator-or other house fixture"
A bank official who was i'll in hos
pital connected his phone to bed
spring and water pipe.
In home in Hillside boy rugged
up his set to dish pan.
Each night these fans listen into
the program radiophoHed from the
studio at the w q station-atop of
large electrical plant. The service
is free.
1t begins at seven o'clock. After a
summary of the news of the day, the
Man-in-the-Moon reads his stories.
Then comes a concert for an hour
followed by the report of the weather
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-29
HIDES WILL NOT
Be ON FREE LIST
Shoe Manufacturers Advised
Senate Will Keep Duty in
Revision of Schedules

WASHINGTON. Dec. %. - Shoe
manufacturers appearing today be-
fore the senate. finance committee
were given to understand by Acting
Chairman McCumber that hides
would not be on the free list when
the permanent tariff bill is reported
to the senate.
Charles E. Jones. of Whitman,
Mass. representing the National Boot
and Shoe Manufacturers Association
declared that the result of a duty on
hides would be to place control of
the shoe industry in the hands of the
big meat packers without any bene-
fit being derived by the cattle rails
ers- Senators apparently did not
agree with this conclusion.
Through John S. Kent, of Brocton,
Mass, the manufacturers association
asked for Is per cent duty on shoes
and boots. declaring that this was
necessary to equalize differences in
labor costs in the United States and
foreign countries.
Members of the committee suggest
ed that there be a duty on hides with
compensatory rate on shoes, but
Jones declared there could be no com
pensatory duty. He asserted that
with an import duty imposed foreign
manufacturers could buy hides in the
American market cheaper than the
domestic manufacturers could, and
that the export business of the Amer
lean manufacturers would be DESTROY
ed.
Bisbee daily review., 1921-12-29
We TTEST TOWN
IN WYOMING Is
SCENE Of RAID
Dry Agents, Heavily Armed,
Arrest 40 Persons, Con-
fiscate Much Booze

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., Dec. U.s.
Raids by federal prohibition agents
from Cheyenne here today in an at
tempt to make dry the "wettest spot
in western America" resulted in the
arrest of 40 persons and confiscatiOn
of nearly six thousand gallons ,Of
Illicit liquor and more than score
of stills.
. Late today, Is members of the
posse of 40 that conducted the raids
here, left for an unannounced desti-
ration, supposedly Superior, Wyo..
where further arrests were expected.
The men were armed with pistols
and United States Marshal Hugh L.
Patton, who headed the posse, carried
search warrants. Raids were also un-
der way at Green River, near here.
The alleged moonshiners and boot
leggers submitted meekly to arrest;
and not in one instance did officers
report meeting any resistance in the
Rock Springs raids. AS fast as the
arrests were made, the defendants
We're arraigned before United States
Commissioner L. H. Brown, who ac-
companied the posse in an automo-
bile.
Thirty places of business, mostly
soft drink parlors, were raided in the
morning. The confiscated liquors. IN
Guiding 5000 gallons of "dago red"
wine and several hundred gallons OF
whisky, were placed on chartered
railroad car for dispatch to Cheyenne
as evidence.
The arrests were made under the
direction of Marshal Patton and Carl
Jackson, FEEDER ! prohibition directors
for Wyoming.