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New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
I'm Wall Street
Brooklyn Union Resumes Dividends

Before the reaction that set In dur
ing the last hour yesterday Brooklyn
Union Gas ran from ia up 10 lio fol-
lowing the announcement that directors
had resumed the payment Of dividends
by the declaration Of n quarterly dis
tribution Of 2 per cent. The dividend
was passed at a meeting on December
~, 1919, previous TO which the com
many had been raging ~ per cent
auarterly. The decision Of the United
states Supreme Court In March hold
ing invalid the S0.cent gas law In this
state had the effect Of releasing funds
estimated at about $500 600, which
the company and It's subsidiaries had
collected during the period OF litiga..
tion in excess OF the amount permitted
under the S0-ccnt rate.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
What's Behind
Actiue Stocks 4?
l6-Southern Pacific

The Southern Pacific Comnanv
operates ll.lSs miles Of railroad
through nine states Of the West
Southwest and South, and in addi.
tor controls ,2i0 miles Of road in
Mexico, the latter properties a
doubtful asset while economic dis
order prevails in that country.
Southern Pacific oil lands were sold
TO the Pacific oil Company early in
1921, but the company still retains
vast timber resources. Az of De-
eember 81, 1921, the company had
investments in road and equipment
and miscellaneous physical propertv
valued at sls4.267 900 and invest
ments in securities Of affiliated COM
panies and other securities total.
ing S627,s32,000. The Southern Pa
eite's own funded debt and debt 10
aiilliated companies totals S236, ,6s5..
600. There is $344,3S0 ,905 OF stock
outstanding in one class. Earnings
in 1921 equaled S.93 per cent on
the stock, compared with 1857 per
cent (2.93 per cent actually earned)
in 1920. BY bringing expenses un-
der control the company reduced lis
operating ratio from s6.l9 TO 1880
per cent last year. The corporate
surplus on December 81, 1921. was
sls2,47l 900. The present dividend
rate Of 6 per cent has been in force
since 1908. Range Of stock since
1908: High, 1874 in 1909; low, 66h
in 1908: yesterdays close. ssh.
The stock sold "ex" Pacific Oil
rights in 1921.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
WHY'S Corporation Plant.
Purchased by Duran
Elizabeth, y. j., Factory ToL
Used for Manufacture Of
Star Gar

William {. Durant ysr.rS,y g..
chased az the rsceiyers' sale for K ss
900 the Willys Corpogation -, 7
Elizabeth, y. J., covering about n
eight acres ard with q ser.s, a =.
forced concrete buildings eos,,...
more than 1000, 700 square i,st N ~
space. Joseph r Day Representa- n.
Durant at The sale, other BID, -.
put in by the Maxwell snd stis,s,,.
companies. Charles s. Gerth s,,,s !.
auctioneer.
In commenting upon the sessI,.-
Of the plant az the conclusion q y.
sale, Mr. Durant said that ,, ~.
sidered IL one Of the mos, rsnnn
automobile plants IN the word.
MY plans are not definitely s,-.
lated as yet anc will not Be !or 'u
days" Mr. Durant continued 7 :.
chased this plant % use for the "a,
facture of the neW star car. whl,s
be produced az the rate q sbss, q
cars a day az this plant"
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
German Loan Temporarily Deferred

The banking community concluded
yesterday from the tenor Of dispatches
from abroad that fotation Of Ger
man loan at this time was out Of the
question and that the entire problem
would temporarily be put over. II
seems 10 be the consensus Of opinion
that negotiations will be resumed after
relatively brief hiatus, but on this
point political considerations are recog-
nized as dominating the outlook
Frances attitude momentarily appears
as the chief obstacle to a loan. but Bel
gium or Germany might we'll balk II
put 10 the test. Under the circumstances.
il was not surprising that the foreign
exchanges extended their reaction, al
though declines were not great.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10

Ousstloo-f have some National BANK
Of commerce stock. for which ! pad Nts'
,hnre and some Missouri Pacific Rail
rosd comoanv 4 oer cent gold bonds. series
ID rnaturlne Fsbruary l. 1913. fOr which I
pald se1 Will you kindly state IN what
cIsss you regard these securities an1
whether or not you think ] ppffhes'H o.
top prices:--K. y. e.
Answer Both Of these securities are
good investments. II you thought so
when purchasing them, We do not see
that there Is any need for worrying
shout the level at which you purchased
them. We could not undertake %
state whether you bought at the TOP
without putting ourselves in the posi-.
tion Of market prognosticatst1. That
is not the purpose Of this column.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
Allied Chemical

Allied Chemical and Dye directors
are scheduled 20 meet on June ~, and
according 10 current financial gossip
there Is chance Of the stock being
placed on n SO annunl dividend basis
M that time. In some quarters, how.
ever. IL is believed that no change viii
be ordered in the present 81 rate, al
though earnings might justify an in
crease. Last year was bad one for
tho company in point Of earnings, but
IL paid of a floating debt Of sii,0O0,OoO
and nj tho end Of the year owed no
money TO the banks.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
seripps- Booth Not an "Orphan-

The Seripps-Booth automobile. which
was mentioned as one Of the products
OF the General Motors Corporation In
the analysis of that corporation in
this column on Wednesday, was
abandoned after the manufacture Of
few cars during the first quarter Of
1922. The Seripps- Booth is not ex-
actly what might be called an orphan"
car. for an organization has been ef-
fected 10 handle parts for the accom-
modation Of owners whose cars are still
in operation. Tho Scripps- Booth
passed out quietly IN conformity with
the General Motors Corporations pro-
gram Of serapping Improbable models.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
Investment
Information

Question. Of general int,rsst 10 IN
y,sfoys Oiu BE- answered IN thi' coy,
umn. IN wkieh ease Only Initials vin
BE- nssd. Others wiH BE- onswersd oy
mail. Address all inqviyfss, tHelos-
inc stamped, addressed envelope, 70
Financial Editor. The Tribune, ~
Nassau Street, Nsv York CITY.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
Paris Market Quiet

PARIS, June 9.-Trading was s.s
on the Bourse to-day. Three per 81. 81.
rentes, 81 francs 95 cenlimesi ehe,','
on London, 80 francs go eentin,s... =,
per cent loan, n francs 10 cent?, esnsa,'i,
The dollar was quoted at II if''"'
centimes.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
Silence on Mexico Maintained

There we're further sessions Of the
Mexican debt conference yesterday, but
information as 10 It's progress or ac-
eomplishments Is still withheld. Mexi-
can government bonds. after their
sharp break on Thursday, settled down
to a rather uncertain course.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
Money and Credit

Call money ruled at 3 Per Soy
throughout is,asy the ses''9H The OT renewal rate
Exchange '.,re ygre' established new low
a. th'. .,e trend Of interest eharges
since 'ne nseav,rward Some loans were ,,
trrnea 1o~ o1n."ide the board at below
I "lf'' E,c,si Ey1 quotation. Time money
iD. -.ir offered in large amounts
wa, aes'r q rr,rewais v. and new loans were
end , bon .. IgngST%4i anS a.. per cent, with the The
nxsu sl.,,~ AZ rate holding up 20 sixty days avs
former .Lo IA ~,,eiority Of loans for longer
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
.lnsinr stnck nnotations were.
Inndnn Metal Market

LONDON, June 9.-Standsra e'y .s
spot, ss2 2s Sd; futures, fes 10. ri m
trolytie. spot. f69 los; Iu.s'ss;ia .
Tin, spot, fi5S rs Cd futures ,',,s,s,
Cd. Lead, spot, f24 It's 90; iSN N
f2s It's Sd. Zinc. spot, 40 -
futures, f27 It's Cd.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
London Market Easy

LONDON. June 9.-Trading We, r.. r..
and prices we're easy on tnc Stoe. :, =,
change to-day. Bar gold was que,f. 20 q
9is Cd; money was loaned az lrhT
cent. Discount rates were: sho,,,. -, =,
2 5.l6 per cent: three month oi,s ..,,,
@27-i6 per cent. Consols tof 80 30,
were quoted al 55A: British Pc. 81, 80,
loan az s9i4, and British IA per W
loan at 95k.
Ciosf,,., s,ocL cuota.ions were.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
in Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange rates eonl,nterd n,l.,.aserday "
move within a narrow range -. cen
md quotations at the con c.tl. rates on
erally slightly lower OaO''
ro,don rose 1-l6.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
Bid and Asked

Following are the closing bii n
asked quotations o. stocks listed ~
Stock Exchange in which tasse va
no transactions yesterday:
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10

rank Clearings-Bank clearings c,I 90. az
Nd~ DS"S York Yesterday were: o66 LScnonses' ooo
Siiyer-London, 95%d; Ne" gi4.c. iS'n'
,.Ia..ic al,'ti lar. 9ossc; foreign lee'
Wo~ican dollars, Doc.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-10
Liverpool Holiday

LIVERPOOL, June s.-HolIday ~
on the Cotton Exchange TO-DAY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03

park will be made self-sustaining and will in addition bring some reve- nue to the city.
 T am opposed to spending the peo ple's money at rhls resort until ] know whether or not dancing will be permitted, for is it is not l will prob ably turn the park into a recreational center and not try to operate it as an amusement park at all.
 Dancing is the biggest revenue producer East Lake has, and l pro pose to have the dance hall so regu- lated and supervised that it will meet with the approval of everyone. Ali I want Is an opportunity. and l in- vite committees and individuals to visit Pershing pier if dancing is per- mitted, and If 1t Is not the best regu- lated and supervised amusement place of the kind in the country then I will gladly close 1t up. I do not want to operate a dance hall that will in any way lower the moral stand ards of the community, but l realize the necessity of giving young people wholesome amusement. and that Is what l want to do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03

 COMMUNITY SING
Commission Cuts $500 From Each Department to
 Continue Work

Members of the city commission agreed to appropriate s6,o00 for the community sing and other municipal amusements of this kind following a conference with committee of prom inent men and women.
 The delegation was headed by Mrs. W. J. Adams. chairman of the com munity sing committee, and was com posed of Miss Sarah Mallam, Mrs. Charles J. Sharpe, George McCleery. J. Ellis Brown, M. P. Messer and o. Gordon Erickson.
 Mrs. Adams spoke of the urgent need for these sings, as 1t gave hun dreds of people some place to go and amuse themselves on Sunday after noon. and was a great factor in rais- Ing the standards of tue community.
 Other members 0 fthe delegation spoke of the splendid work that had been done in the past, declaring that the appropriation last year. which was s4,000, had not been sufficient to carry on this work. After a lengthy discussion. members of the commits sion agreed to reduce the appropria- tions for each department $500, mak- ing a total of s2,ooo. which was added to last years appropriation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03

district commissioners, and other of ficials carrying on" with their groups of boys.
 Has Two Hobbies
 His hobbies are camping and hard work His aim Is to visit as soon as possible every least little Scout troop in the city.
 q am eager" he related, ito be of actual help to every scout master In order that Birmingham boys can have the best there is in scouting. l want to be the real service man to scout masters and council. My office wilt be open at all hours to those who want any service l am able to fur nish."
 Mir. Shine >plans to check every angle of Scout work, and he vii. make a close survey and study of local questions. He says: T also want to come into contact with civic organizations with the Idea of CO., operation. looking toward the better ment of civic conditions
 Mir. Shine has been In Birmingham onoe before. This was three weeks ago, when he came to look over the field. and was taken to Camp An drews for look ar und. Concerning it, he Is quite enthusiastic.
 For Scouts
 Mir. Shine gave me this message for the Boy Scouts:
 T am glad to be here. I've been looking forward to this work with a lot of anticipated pleasure, and hope, through your leaders and com missioners, to make your Scout work even more beneficial and attractive to you. My hope is that Birmingham Scouts will not only hold their pres. ent high position in scouting in the United States. but that they will con- tinue to increase efficiency and repu- tation."
 The new executive has been asso. ciate Scout headquarters man in At lanta for the past two years, and comes to the Magic City with words of high esteem from many persons there. As token of that city's ap- preciation of his services, MT. Shine is wearing a handsome gold watch presented to him in the name of the Atlanta Court of Honor, the district commissioners and the 1.400 Scouts of that city. It was given him at 8 rally at Wesley Memorial church last week, on the occasion of the creation of three new Eagle Scouts for Att lanta. The gift was complete sur prise to MT. Shine. He has been in Scout work seven and one-half years and had a troop in Houston, Tex which is his home, before the World war. After serving two years in the army. he returned ot take up Scout duty. He broke into the game as as sistant scout master.
 He has place to live yet. bu. has already taken up hts work officially at headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03

Unless dancing Is allowed at East Lake 1t cannot be operated as an amusement park, Mir Harrison stated. as the cost of operation Is s4S,o00 year. and during 1921 the city lost s14,coO on the project.
 Mir. Harrison made survey of East Lake yesterday to ascertain just what Improvements were necessary to be made at the uark. He declared that several thousand dollars would be necessary to make the improve ments he had planned for this re- sort, but unless he was assured that he would be able to give theNpeople well regulated amusements he did not feel that 1t was right to spend the peoples money at this park.
 q am going to push the matter of dancing at East Lake" he sad, "in order to determine just what the at- titude of the commission is regard ing the operation of this park. am being urged by many people to call a referendum and submit the matter to vote of the people If the majority of the commission vote against open ing this municipal dance hall under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03
LETTING IF DUNN
 CONTRACT ID BE
 PROBED BY JURY
Investigation of North Besse- mer Road Contract Will Be Made by Grand Jury Ac-
 Cording to Tate

Investigation into the award by the board of revenue of contract for construction of the North Bessemer road to the Dunn Construction com pany will be made by the Jefferson county grand jury, Solicitor Joseph R. Tate stated yesterday.
 According to the solicitor probe of the circumstances under which the board Is alleged to have agreed to all low the construction company to build the road on a basis of labor and ma teriai prices In the spring of 1920, : instead of reletting the contract for its construction on a present day bas- is, by which it Is charged the county will lose $100,000. will be gone Into thoroughly by the Investigating body.
 May Call Witnesses
 Preparations are being made to summon many witnesses. who will be called on to testify In the matter, and 1t Is possible, 1t is stated, that indict- ments may be returned as q result of the evidence submitted.
 The grand jury, which was organ ised yesterday, has fourad day docket of criminal cases set for its consider alton. Whether or not the jury will remain over another day and begin investigation of the Dunn matter or whether they will take the matter up at it's next session has not been de- termineu.
 Confer With Solicitor
 Several persons who are known to oppose the carrying out of the al-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03
COUNTY COLLECTS
 S4,742,3O3 TAXES
 SINCE OCTOBER 1

Tax collections totaling $4T42,30S were received by the tax collector from October l, when the taxes be- came due, until it's delinquency Sat- urday night. according to figures compiled yesterday by James F. Hawkins, tax collector. This is ap- proximately s2.00O,000 short of the total of $7,00O,000 due, he stated, but in excess of the amount collected in 1920, when the totals reached s3,997,S1S.36.
 Payments on the last day of 1921 reached s1.13s,3S2.57. while those on the last day of 1920 totaled s2,530,- 4SS.14. Smaller number of payments this year, however, he stated, are due to many corporations paying the taxes earlier in the year rather than waiting until the last day, as In for mer years.
 The last Is days of 1921 registered total payments of s2,920,511.h1, tho same period in 1920 netting $1,920,- 224.66. A total of 10,500 persons all lowed their property to become delin. quent in 1921, as against $500 In 1920.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03


 You've read above some of the things MT. Shine is going to busy himself immediately about, and In the meanwhile he Is trying to assiml- late the volume of news concerning scouting in this city, and says this thing that ought to please Birming- ham fans very much:
 High Praise
 s.Birmingham's Scout. camp Is the best In the southP'
 And MT. Shine comes from Atlanta where there Is much to be bragyeo about. But he says that city Will have to admit it hasn't gone as far in cabin building as Birmingham though it's troop membership-l,4oo 400 boys-is about the same as that of the Magic City.
 MT. Shine Is not married. How he ever escaped 1t in Atlanta Is a mys- tery, but we feel sure that Birming- ham girls, as a matter of civic pride will never let him get away from the Magic City with that record.
 MT. Shine Is the right kind of a man for the Scout job he has accepted. Clean-cut, clear-eyed, youthful. he has every qualification for being a pal to the hundreds of Scouts who are in this city: and splendid and ver- satile leader to the scout masters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03
LOVING CUP PRESENTED
 TO PASTOR BY CHURCH

York. January 2.--(special. )-The congregation of the York Presby- terian church presented their pastor with beautiful silver loving cup as token of their esteem and loy- alty. kxs8
 The presentation was made just before the preaching service Sunday morning, and came as "a great sur- prise to. the pastor. The presenta- tion speech was made by J. H. Wal lace. mayor of the town. and an el- der in the Presbyterian church.
 Mir. Partridge has been pastor of the Presbyterian church here for the past four years and under his min istry the church membership and Sunday school enrolment have been doubled. During the past year a handsome new Sunday school room has been built and equipped. Fol- lowing the presentation of the cup the pastor preached a New Years sermon before a large congregation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03
MORE WOMEN QUALf
 THAN MEN FIRST DAN OF VOTE REGISTRATION

Initial sittines of the county board| of registrars yesterday resulted inl the addition of go names to the vot- ing strength of the county, accord ing to NJ E. Morris, chairman of the| board At Warrior sss new names were added and 6l at Morris. Of the| total number registered Te.were| women, the chairman stated.
 Registration of those qualified will continue in the county until March 31, during which time the board will visit every precinct in the county Today the board will sit at >RobbinsI Cross Roads from g to 12 a. m. stop ping at West sayre and Linn's Cross ing between 12:S0 and 1 p. m., and sitting atAdamsville from to ?. m.
 Tomorrow the board will siT at Brookside city hall from to 3 a. m, and at W. J Wheelers store atl Dlossburg from to D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03

proper supervision, and I think I win do so.
 For City's Interest
 Operation of East Lake comes un- der my department, and have not interfered in any way with the other commissioners in the operation of their departments, and I propose to operate 1t in 8 way in which the clty's interest will be taken care of, and at the same time the people will be given a place to dance which will be well supervised and regulated at all times and will also bring in som revenue to the city.
 Unless dancing Is permitted 1t will not pay to operate the park as an amusement resort, as the city Is los- ing money on 1t.
 Records show that the dance hail will bring s10,OOO revenue to the city. and besides will he drawing attrac- ton for other concessions at the park Cost of operating East Lake last year was s45,000 and the revenue amounted to approximately $s1,oo0. making a total loss to the city of sI4,000. Under my plan I believe tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03
HOWARD COLLEGE
 REOPENS TODAY
Classes Will Be Resumed Fol- lowing Holidays-StudentS
 Return Yesterday

Classes will be resumed this morn Ing at Howard college after holl- day vacation which began December 2S, and practically all the students returned last night and yesterday. The last faculty member arrived yes- terday afternoon when Prof. P. F. Burns returned from North Carolina where he had spent the holidays with relatives. Classes wlll begin at a.3O thls morning, and strict assignments for lessons were given before the pre- Christmas session ended.
 With four months of the seventy ninth session already past and stu- den activities with records better than ever before, on account of larger en- roliment, officials of the college OK pect the students to establish new records In all lines of activity during the five montha remaining of the present session. The Glee club, which toured northern Alabama and ap- peared several times in Blrmingham win immediately resume It's work, preparato tory to trips throughout west ern and southern sections of the state Debating and dramatics will soon be shown the public in intercollegiate debates, and tour of the state by dramatic students. A new scholastic fraternity, to which admission will probably be granted only to students who have won a place on the honor roll during eight quarters work. wdfi be inaugurated in January by the ad. ministration.
 With no holiday scheduled for sew eral weeks, with the passing of the Christmas vacation, and the close of the football season, students will set- tie down to a long period of routine class work preceding the final quar- terly examinations in March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03


 All but two women have been taken from the hospital and these will be released upon arrival of relatives, pr. Bowling states.
 Those inmates against whom cases have been instituted in court were released on bond to appear for a hearing when the eases are set for trial. Five of the girls were sent back to the Girls Industrial school
 Will Close soon
 As soon as the taking of an in- ventory of the property is completed the staff will be disbanded and the watchman will be left on duty to look after the building and contents.
 Since the establishment of this de- tention hospital two years ago the number of cases of venereal disease have decreased 25 per cent" said pr. Bowling. "The isolation hospital and clinic are the only places where these cases may be treated
 Efforts to save the free clinic which has been maintained Jointly by city and county for the treatment of social diseases, will be made this morning when pr. Bowling will ask the board of revenue to reconsider It's recent action in reducing the ap- propriation by the county to the health department.
 Wants $1,OOO a Month
 Dr. Bowling will ask the county board to vote him an additional $12,-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03
GROWTH IS SHOWN
 BY TRAFFIC BUREAU

Birmingham Traffic Bureau has is- sued a new year circular letter to members reciting its growth from II members in March. 1917. to the pres ent time when 1t has 265 members
 After recitins some of the things that the bureau has accomplished special request is made of each ship per-member that he secure member for the bureau. Several eligible names are enclosed in each communi- cation and special effort to land one or moro of them 10 requested.
 Among other showings of the Traf- fic Bureau is that of having saved shipper members more than $500.000 by adjustment of claims for loss and damage in transit with the railroad and express companies.