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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-04
q. 8, GETS PROPERTY

Toronto, Aug. 3.-The United states
government today acquired ownership
Of 100000 worth OF property at Brant-
ford, Ontario. as a result or Judgment
by Supreme Court Justice Kelly. Inc
property was claimed ny Motor IruckS'
Limited. which made howiuer shells 1or
the American army during the war.
When other contract adjustments had
been settled. the question OF who owned
certain buildings and other property
used by the manufacturers was taken
into court.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-04
BODIES OF MANY
SOLDIERS ARRIVE

New York Aug. 3.-Conveyins the
bodies Of Loo American soldiers wAo
DECD on French battletlelds. the army
transport Cautleuy locked az ll"h"ken
today. Memorial service for IA. dead
VII be held at the pier undny.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-04
OBITUARY {
|N|N. F. CRUISE
PASSES AWAY
PROMINENT WEST LIBERTY FARM
Err WAS ILL FOR TWO YEARS.
NAtive Of Kentucky But Lived hero tof
Quarter % Ce1tury--FuneFH'
Friday.

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twrn;y-n,,. >...:~ a.,S r's.d"l n"ar West
Ithcrty .n.! yesterday afternoon 81
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r.. deceased 49, 'o,rH IN k"ni",>-
on \;.,,r~; =. lSn.. 4" ~ reared and
educated In ;Ar ~'h'"Is ~ krntu'k'
Invent, Eve Yeas n" p" :r"N"i - go.
court where he has ~l"r" r"~.'''t
It,. N,s ., farmer ..ud a.,. ''.,"wrA
;h.S ".ruHa,.on uut:, his Illness w."
years .,Eo where b" lad - retire. His
sons hay" been .urA!rg after tn" work
while he haa been doing - c"w odds and
ends about his home
He leaves 20 ;.ourn has loss mis- Wiz"
and four sons q" WAS \ member OF
the Lutheran church.
rtlncra. services Will be held at his
late hom" FRIDAY mora.HS l; ~ "r,Nck.
Or T.. .. toward. pn. pastor ~; "a"
FIRST k.nG,:>h Lutheran church, ~;
Wheeling. viii oitS.a:r. ic.;"r'1"al WI,
be mad" IN Mes; .A.cN.:,tc. cemetery.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-04

The amusement tax Is 50 called be-
cause there ~ nothing amusing about It.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-04

saw LES.N NID\i9rIIILN1
Ali y. la u Il do
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-04
The Unit of Advertising Value
Is Circulation

BUT mere number of printed copies nothing un-
less they are actually delivered paid mbsu1bsrs
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number of papers printed it looks into many other
things too
SOME PUBLISHERS print large number of papers,
but allow liberal return from newsdealers You get
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When you buy space
from an A. B. Newspaper, you are
buying with all the facts before you
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the last report of the A. B. c. 4aa8BEAsg<*5
PLACE YOUR ADVERTISING with A. B. c. t1eets al
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The New York herald., 1921-10-26
A Guaranteed Investment.

The Morris and Essex Railroad Com
pany's guaranteed 7% per cent. stock
nets a return Of about 6.61 per cent.
free Of normal Federal income taxes.
at its present quotation. Its dividends
are guaranteed by the Endorsement OF
all the certificates by the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Company. Railroad bonds. subject to
normal taxes, would have to yield
around per cent. to give net return
as high as this guaranteed stock. The
highest class railroad bonds on their
present prices yield around 5.35 per cent.
The Morris and Essex Is a vital portion
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern system. The company is leased in
perpetuity to the Lackawanra for a
rental covering interest on its bonds.
dividends on stock. &C. The Morris and
Essex owns the HobolSen terminals. used
as passenger and freight terminals by
the Lacka wanna system That prop
erty alone is estimated as worth the
amount of the outstanding bonded debt
Of the Morris and Essex.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
New .Am.terdam Gas 81.

A comparatively high yield can still
be obtained on the New Amsterdam Gas
Company's first consolidated mortgage
per cent. bonds, which are selling for
between rs and rs. or on about Z per
cent. basis. The company is controlled
by the Consolidated Gas Company of
New York through ownership of 99%
per cent. of its preferred stock and 80
per cent Of its common stock. The
bonds are direct obligation Of the conf
pany and secured by mortgage on all
its property, rights and franchises.
owned now or which may be acquired.
subject to $s,50o.000 Of prior lien
closed mortgages. A sufficient amount
of the consolidated 5s Of 194s. have
been reserved to retire those prior liens
at their maturities. The New Amster-
dam Company was incorporated in 1898
as a consolidation Of the Equitable Gas
Light Company of New York city. the
New York and East River Gas Com
pany and the New Amsterdam Gas Com
pany. The company supplies water gas
in Manhattan from Canal street to
18TH street. between the North and the
East rivers, and In the First ward of
Queens serves more than $4,000 con.
sumers. 1t has also the right to operate
in any territory on Manhattan Island
and In The Bronx.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
INVESTMENT NOTES.


The American Smelling and Refining
Company 5s of 1947 are selling around
S0a to yield about $50. in contrast
to 95as In 1918. They are secured by a
first mortgage on all the company's 8
property and by pledge OF the common
stock of the American Shelters Securi-
ties Company and other valuable col
lateral They are to be secured also on
any additional land that the companl
may acquire and the stock and bonds OF
every company owning land or an inter-
est in land which the company may ac-
quire. The properties covered are in
Colorado, Utah, Montana, New Jersey,
Nebraska, Texas, California, Illinois,
Maryland, Washington, Arizona. Mexico
and Chile The bonds were issued to
acquire American Shelters Securities
Company's series A and B preferred
stock. They are limited to an aggre-
gate principal amount at any one time
outstanding which shall not exceed the
aggregate par value of the company's $
then outstanding full paid preferred and
common stock The bonds are redeem
able at 100 and interest on October l..
1880. or any subsequent interest date on
thirty days notice. They are sold In
denominations Of 500 up. For the six
months ended on June 80, 1921, one OF
the worst periods in the history OF the
company, its net earnings applicable to
interest charges amounted to $l.919,0
or "a times the interest charges on this
issue.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
Average Bond Prices
BOND NEWS AND NOTES.
*S.ooo,ooo steel Offering.

The Central Steel Company has sold
to syndicate. headed by Blair & Co...
Inc. the Cleveland Trust Company. Kis-
sch Kinnicutt & Co. and Otis & Co.,
s5.000.000 of its twenty year first mort
gage per cent. gold bonds. due on
November 1. 1941. and the issue is to be
offered to-day at price slightly under
100. The bonds are noncallable.
The issue will be secured by a closed
first mortgage on the companys plants
I'm Massilon, Ohio. appraised for more
than SIS. 900. .000 The company's net
assets are more than SEQ. 900, 900, includ-
ing upward OF $4,000 of net quick
assets. The company will have no
funded debt except this issue.
The bonds will have the benefit Of a
sinking fund. to be pused to purchase,
up to a price of 107h and interest.
per cent. Of the issue yearly in semi
annual instalments, beginning on July
/. 1923. and until July 1. 1881. After
1881 the sinking fund will be sufficient
to purchase yearly 10 per cent. of the
amount of bonds outstanding on October
81. 1881.
The company reports for five years
and eight months, ended on August 81.
that Its net earnings, after depreciation
but before deduction OF its Federal
taxes, were at the rate Of approximately
six times the interest on its new bonds
and after deducting its Federal taxes
averaged 4.3O times its bond interest
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
94.O2 FOR ILLINOIS
FIRST BOND ISSUE
5000, 900 Securities, Sold to
Obtain Road Building Funds,
Go to Chicago Bankers.

Special Despatch to THE NEW York IIEnIp.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Oct 25.-A pool
composed of five of Chicago's largest
banks and Marshall Field. Glore. Ware
& Co. of that city bought yesterday
afternoon the s5,000.00O of bonds for
the construction of hard roads in Illi-
nois, the first of the issue of $50, O0o, 900
authorized by the people and the Gem
eral Assembly to be issued for that pur-
pose. The bid was made by the pool
through Edward Schranz of Chicago at
the end of three hours Of bidding by a
dozen bidders. The bonds were pur-
chased for $4,70I.o 900. making the dis
count on them slightly less than s per
cent and their interest yielding basis
ass per cent. The price realized by
the State was 94.02. The bidding start
ed at $4,000. 900.
The banks represented in the pur-
chase are the Continental and COM
mercial Trust and Savings Bank. the
Harris Trust and Savings Bank, the
First Trust and Savings Bank. the Illi-
nois Trust and Savings Bank and the
Merchants Loan and Trust Company of
Chicago.
The bonds are serial bonds bearing
4 per cent. interest. Their first $500.000
is payable on May ], 1926, and the re-
mainder of them at the rate of $500. 1000
on May of every year until 1896, when
the last bond Is payable.
The issue Is the first one put out by
the State. The law stipulated that the
bidding must be open and competitive,
although sealed bids were permitted to
be presented
The New York herald., 1921-10-26

The latest quotations for the Penn
sylvania- Maryland Steel Company's con-,
solidated Joint 6s. due on September I.
1888, show them to be out of line with
the Bethlehem Steel Company's twenty
year 5s of 1896. which they underlie
The Pennsylvania-M Maryland company's
6s are quoted In the unlisted department
of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange at
94h. at which they yielded 7.60 per cent.
to their maturity in Eve years. The
Bethlehem company's 5s yield about
7.20 per cent. The Pennsylvania Mary
land company's Joint SIS were issued in
1895. That company was absorbed by
the Penn-Msry steel Company. which is
controlled. through stock ownership. by
the Bethlehem steel Company. which as
sumed the bonds. which were secured by
q second mortgage on the plants at
Steeiton, Pa. known as the Bethlehem
Steel Company's Steelton and Maryland
plants. The only lien prior to that Of
the bonds il $i,903.000 OF the Maryland
steel Company's first 5s. which mature
in February and are first mortgage
on the Sparrows Point. Md. plant and
after their maturity tho joint IS will
have first claim on that property.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26

In response to the popular appeal for
the names Of corporations issuing bonds
in denomination OF 500 TIE NEW YORK
HERALD has compiled the following list
Of baby bonds. supplementing other lists
that havo been printed in this column !:
Industrial American Smelling and Re-
filming So. 1S47: Anaconda Copper Is.
1929; Armour & Co. Is. 1890: Atlantic
Refining 6hs. 1911: Atlas Power TVS.
1896: Barnsdall Corporation SIS; Cuba
Cane Sugar Corporation rs, 1880; Cud-
ahy Packing Company Is, 1928; r. I.
du Pont de Nemours & Co. 715s. 1891 /;
Goodrich Rubber Is. 1926: Goodyear
Tire Ss 1941; Kelly Springfield IS.
1881: Kennecott Copper Is. 1880; Loril-
lard Tobacco SIS. 1851; Mexican Petro-
leum ss. 1896; National Cloak and Suit
IS, 1925: Sears-Roebuck Is. 1922; Sim
clair OIL TVS. 1925. Railroads: Canadian
Pacific 6s, 1924; Burlington joint 6hs,
1895; st. Paul convertible AIS, 1892 :
Northern Pacific general 3s, 2047 +;
Southern Pacific San Francisco Termi-
nal As, 1850; Western Pacific first SIS.
1946. Foreign Government and Munich
pal: Bordeaux 6s. 1894; Lyons IS, 1894 I;
Marseilles 6s, 1884: French IS, 1945 /;
French 7hs, 1871; Danish So, 1945
United Kingdom ias, 1922: 5Ms, 1929,
and 51as. 1897. All those bonds can be
purchased at prices to yield from to
we'll over 8 per cent
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
Bond Ira ding Quiet.

The volume OF business in the bond
market yesterday was about equal to
Mondays turnover and its price move
ments were Of no great Importance
The changes recorded, with few excep-
tions, were toward higher levels. A
good deal Of irregularity was noted In
the foreign bond group. In which
strength was displayed by Queensland
Is, which made a new top. City OF
Toxic 5s and United Kingdom bonds
while heavier tendencies were displayed
by Scandinavian and Mexican issues
Liberty bonds also lost ground under
fairly heavy selling. although the losses
in that group were small. Fluctuations
in the rails and industrials were In
signifcient.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26

The Belgian Government has out
standing 5000. 100000 francs of its 5
per cent. three year Treasury bonds OF
December /, 1918, which are due for
payment on December ] next. The
issue was the first ones iioated by the
Government after the war, and was
designed to retire from circulation the
large volume Of German mark notes
then outstanding in Belgium. The loan
has been known as the Monetary Res
toration Loan. II is announced that the
bonds of that issue not presented for
payment on or before December L.
1921. after that date will be prescribed
as to payment In cash and exchangable
into a new issue of 5 per cent. Treasury
bonds, due on December l. 1926. at the
rate Of 1O5 francs In new bonds for
every 100 francs of the Monetary
Restoration bonds
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
Ksn.a. city Power Project.

The Missouri state Public Service
Commission has authorized the Kansas
City Power and Light Company to sell
$4,000. 900 of its first mortgage bonds to
pay for property purchased and improve
ments made. They are to run twenty
years and pay Z per cent. Interest. The
application specifies that the securities
are TO be sold for not less than 90. The
last financing OF the company was
handled by the Guaranty Company Of
New York and Halsey Stuart, Inc.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
RECEIVER ron CANDY co.

BosToN. Oct. 25.--Receivers for tho
Touraine Company confectionery man.
ufacturers. we're appointed In the
Superior Court to-day tho action was
taken In friendly proceedings on petition
Of the Duane Corpanv OF Ma,no. with
Claims Of .tts.o55. Tho petition said
that the company owed others an az.
gregate Of s1,f67,o0o
The New York herald., 1921-10-26

At the sale in Oregon yesterday of
S1.5o0.000 of Oregon State bonds, the
bids resulted in no award. The tenders
could be made on the basis Of four and
a half years per cent. bonds or serial
sh per cent. bonds. due in 1927 to 1946.
The high bid for the skies was 102.07S,
made by the Chase Securities Corpora
ton. and the high bid for the serials
was 1o3.31, made by a syndicate COM
posed of Stacy & Braun. Kissel. Kinni-
cutt & Co., Eldredge & Co. and asso-
ciates
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
Telephone offering Coming.

A block of little less than $4,000
900 of the Ohio State Bell Telephone
Company's bonds will be offered by J.
7. Morgan & Co. soon TO complete a re-
funding operation. on December ! ap-
proxlmately ss.soo.0oo bonds OF small
subsidiary company OF the Ohio State
Telephone Company. which was absorbed
by the Ohio Bell Company. will become
due and the Bell company. through the
new refundinr issue. will take care OF
the contract
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
HOUSTON OIL REPORTS.

The report Of the Houston oil CONF
pary for the quarter ended on September
80. shows net earnings after expenses.
taxes. &C., but before depreciation and
depletion. Of s363,25s. Its gross earn
ings from oil sales for the quarter We're
sfi1.S!S. and ito miscellaneous earnings
s1o9.e54. Its operating end scacrai cx-
pcnses were s15s,41i.
The New York herald., 1921-10-26
Pennsylvania and New York Canal

A small block of the Pennsylvania and
New York Canal and Railroad Com
pany's first mortgage As and AIS. due
April 1, 1899. has come to market at
prices to yield about $40 per cent. They
are secured by a closed first mortgage
on 1858 miles Of road from Wilkes
barre, Pa. to the New York State line
near Sayre. Pa. 96.56 miles Of which
are double track, with branches. The
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company guar
antees the principal and the interest OF
the bonds by Endorsement. The Penn
sylvania and New York Canal and Rail-
road Company was Incorporated in
Pennsylvania in 1858. All Of its stock Is
owned by the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company. which leased the property for
ninety-nine years from 1888 for rental
equivalent 20 its interest. taxes and
maintenance expenses The bonds un-
derlie sf,640,000 OF debenture 5s, all
owned by the Lehigh Valley and pledged
under its general consolidated mortgage.
The present quotation for the bonds Is
around s4N. although they have sold as
high as 100.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-01
ARTICLE II


The capital stock of this corporation
Is iisreby fixed at Fifteen Thousand tSl5j
ooo.uo) Dollars, represented by One
hundred fifty lisuj shares OF one HIM
dred (Sl0o.oo) Dollars each, with the
privilege of increasing the capital stock
to Twenty thousand ISIS ,000.o0)
Dollars. Each share to be of the above
banned par value and this corporation
shall te au:;iorized TO begin business as
soon as One hundred twenty 20 siiares
shall have been subscribed and paid for
in cash or merchandise or it's equiya-
lent, and such stock to be issued at
it's face value and to BE- full paid stock
and is to be subject to 10 further assess
pent or call BY the Board Of Directors.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-01

fzy Tn case the bid exceeds the lore.
going. then the phrchsser is to ASSUME SUM.
bro tanto, the payment ofa certain mort n,
gage note for Twenty five hundred ,o oo1
lars, ls2soo. oo], payable April 49, i fya,,,
with s per cent interest@baereen, no ION
OCTOBER IS, 1920, secured BY mortgake
on the said property, and all tEs s.,,"';a =,
tons concerhire the SAME as set out -, -.
Act of Sale from Mrs Lucy O. Preseot'
to Maurice G. Wogan, Agent, before A'
eustus G. Williams, Notary Public, o pa'
risl, of Orr ans. dated October IS. lszo
and recorded in St. Charles Parish.
~ The remainder of the price II an,
to be paid in cash. The said sale 70 n'
made without the benefit OF appra'se
ftieiit.
Parish of St. Charles. Sept. IL 1871
leon c. VIAL.
Sheriff
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-01
ARTICLE III

The objects and purposes Of this corr
poration are hereb, declared to be: To
dos & Il IA MT chat, is busii e.s, either
wholesale or retail, such as buying and
selling merchandise ofsyery description
desired BY said company and to this EN-
and i,lorder to secure itse,r in it's bust
hess venture, it shall lave the right to
make my advances desired under it's
regulations and by laws. ann to secure
me same. shall have the authority to
receive mortgages, pledges and ether
securities and if desired it shall have
full authority TO lily and hold lan6s and
other property and to Iess or sell the
,ame; also TO lease buils ings and land.
for the conduct Ct it's lrsiL.ss.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-01
2Stli. judicial District Court
Parish of St. Charles,
State of Louisiana.
No. 1920
Lewis d. Prescott,
Maurice G.. Wogan, Agent

Nv virtue of and in obedience to witt
of srixure and sale issued by :he above ell
titled Court in the above numbered and
eot}tled cause. have seized and will sell
at public auction to the last and highest
bidder on saturday the 22nd day of
October, 1921, beginning at eleven
O'Clock "A. NJ, at the principal front
door of the Court House of the Parish
of St. Charles, the following described
property to-wit;-
A certain tract of land situated 6n the
left bank of the Mississippi River i'll tile
Parish of St. Charles, about Is miles a
bove the City of New Orleans. measuring
-Four Arpemts and IL J.. feet upon the
right of wty of the Louisiana. Railway and
Navigation Company and extending 10
Lake Pontc!iartrain, bounded on the up
per side by the property of Mrs. Lucy q.
Prescott, and OIL the lower side by prop
erty now or formerly belonging to George
/ F: Kusler, which property forms part ~
/ the double concession hereinafter describ
ed.
The said double concession of which
the above tract of land forms part, be-
ing described as follows;
ton of land commencing al the 40arpent
line of Sections 8, 9, 10, IL, and portion
of IL, being tracts firstly and secondly
described in all act of Partition between
Adam Keller and Emile RI st passed be-
fore J. b. Marti,'. Clerk Of Court and ex-
officio Notary Public oil the 2lst day Of
Iant;ary, 1895. and being composed O.
Sections IS and IL i'll T. IL, S. R. 8 e.,
and sections 46, A. 50, 40, AZ and Is, ,l,e
last two sections facing Lake Pontchar-
train, and being i'll I. i, S. R. SsE., the
whole as Per plat of the United States
Land Office.
Being the same properly acquired by
Lewis d. Prescott from Augustin Las
seigne, BY act before Leon c, Vial, Nota-
nv Public, on February a., 1907, register
ed in St. Charles Parish, La, In c. Q. B.
"Oc'. folio 4.
Said pro, erty will be sold upon the fol-
loving terms and conditions, namely:
ny For sufficient cash to pay and salts
fv the slim of 81 500 90. Twe,fty five hun
dred dollars, with interest thereon at
per cent per anuum from October IS,
1920. until paid, and the further sum OF
per. cent of tire aggregate amount OF
principal and interest as Attorneys Fee:
! Also for sufficient cash TO pay al! costs
of these proceedings.
(2) In case the'bid exceeds the fore.
: going, then the purchaser is to assume
, pro tanto til. ravnient of certain mort.
gage note for twenty-five hundred dol.
lars, ls2sOoOol payable april Is, 1922
wi II per cent interest thereon, iron
October IS, 1920. secured by mortgage or
ths .aai property. and all the stipulation;
i concerning the same as set out Il Mas, Act o.
a'1 W t5am f Agent before Augustus ,e c
! Williams. Notary Public, Parish o.
+ Orleans. dated October 10. 1920 and re
corded in St. Charles Parish.
~ The remainder of the price, it any
to be paid in cash. The said sale t" b
made without the benefit OF appraisemen
Parish of St. Charles, Sept. 18th, 1872
Leon {. Vial,
J. Sheriff
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-01
ARTICLE v

This ACT of incorporation may be
amended or modified, or said corpora
iionsii,ay be dissolved by vote of the
stockholders, owning a majority bf tn.
stock, at meeting convened for the
purpore. Upon the expiration of tia
charter Or it's diss olution. the affairs {
said corporation shall be liq'tdated b,
one .stockholder, selected by the stock
holders from their number, by majority
vote IF the stock.