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The Washington times., 1924-04-28
Commodity Market News.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Domestic
business in textiles has shown little
Improvement the last few weeks,
and trade today continues spotty.
Textile production has been some.
what curtailed, but it is probable
that curtailment has not been as
large as reported. While cotton
mills are operating at from 80 to
20 per ceIU capacity, it is estimated
the textile mills as a whole can
show a rs per cent operating rate.
Lack Of practical anticipation for
future requirements by retailers is
the chief complaint Of textile manu-
facturers. This has disorganized
production, and prevented manu-.
facturers from making commitments
for raw materials. It is believed
the time is at hand when curtail-
ment of production will force a new
readjustment with retail markets,
and bring to close the hand-to-
mouth method operation in effect
for almost three months.
The raw wool market continues
to drift along ainlessly. The best
buying Of new western clip has not
yet made its appearance. Nevada
and Wyoming high quality wool is
quoted around 40 cents, equivalent
to 4S@431z delivered, Eastern
markets. Sales OF Texas wool were
reported today at 46 cents.
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
EST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
BEARS RESUME TACTICS
ON CURB EXCHANGE

. FrS-S--~DADAAss4AA W1AfDe
NEW YORK, April 2S.-Stoclxs on
the curb exchange turned reaction.
airy today. Professional operators
resumed bearish activities on q
moderate scale on the theory that
last weeks recovery had fairly well
wiped out the weak following built
up in the recent bear campaign.
With nothing in the outside news ia
arouse fresh buying, bears con,
fidently exerted pressure against q
large number Of issues,
They directed their guns toward
the petroleum stocks, entirely dis.
regarding the favorable ). news
emanating from that industry. A
break Of about seven points in
Prairie Oh and Gas was the signal
Tor an attack against all active
Standard OIL shares. Indiana, the
most popular member In the group,
suffered a two-point relapse. Sim.
ilar sized losses were registered in
Nebraska, Imperial OIL Of Canada
and q few others.
Fractional recessiona were fire..
Quent in the independent oil section,
Prices pointed downward in the
industrial list, but movements were
not wide and transactions in light
volume. Yellow Taxi and Hazeltine
however. were in good demand ad.
vancing moderately.
Mining shares and bonds were
steady
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
SHOW
DOWNWARD
TREND
Retrogressive Movement Em-
braces Practically All In
dustriaI Groups.
BY H. J. DUIzEND.
Copyright, 1924. BY Cosmopolitan
NawR 9aFviaa.1


NEW York, April 20.--The
trend of prices was downward ii
the first hours trading on the
stock exchange today, Week end
Developments contained practically
nothing to explain the receding
tendecy, and 1t was therefore logi.
cal to attribute the selling to pro.
ifessional operators who were tax
ing advantage Of the lack Of buy
Ing power caused by the long series
OF reactiOnary Mondays.
The somewhat vulnerable position
OF the list due to the elimination OF
q weak following on the short side
was q factor muchly in favor of
those working for lower prices. IT
was even remarked in professional
circles that little II any covering
had been done in last weeks rally
by the big bears who have been
chiefly responsible Hor the extern
stve decline Of the last few months.
Leadership on the downward side
was vested in United States com.
mon, this stock dropping points
before the decline was arrested.
Traders sold the issue persistently
In spite OF the general expectation
that an extra dividend OF so cents
will be declared, at tOmOrrow's meet
ing. Independent steels took their
cue from the leaders. slipping off
rather easy under comparatively
light selling pressure.
The retrOgressive movement EN-.
braced practically all industrial
groups. Baldwin, Studebaker and
American Can suffered sharp set.
backs. American Sugar was con.
spicuously weak closely approaching
its record low. Even Cast Iron
Pipe which had been spectacularly
strong all last week fell back sew.
eral points but not before the stock
made new high for all times in
the initial dealings at 90%. Ship.
pings were reactionary. but coppers
ruled generally steady.
Pressure was only bparingly ap-
piled against the railroad shares, be.
ing confined to those issues whose
March earnings make rather un.
satisfactory showing, such as Atchi.
son and Baltimore and Ohio, Nor.
folk and Western however, reversed
its receding trend Of the last few
sessions, advancing about Q points.
Cotton futures were weak.
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
new OFFERINGS
PLACED ON
MARKET
Bond Dealers Report Increased
Buying in Liberty Bonds
at Higher Prices.
+. BY MUNROE ROBERTS.
COsmOpOlItan News Service.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Bond sell.
ing organizations in Wall Street re.
ported today that the "spotty'' de.
velopments in trade and business
had finally reached the bond mar
ket; and it was hot possible to
count on definite absorption of bonds
In particular channels as well as a
month ago.
Some houses report good business
one day and poor demand the next:
some an excellent out-of-town de.
mand ana an absence Of local buy
ing, and others the withdrawal OF
small investors and the dominance
OF institutional buying. The decline
In prices of good dividend common
stocks, yielding from 6 to 10 per
cent, has doubtless attracted a good
volume Of investment buying. ana
funds are withdrawn from the bond
market for the purpose.
The increase in institutional buy-
ing is reflected chiefly in the lart-e
volume Of Liberty bond sales, and
In higher prices established for ac.
tive issues. This buying does not
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FUNDS from commercial and indus
trial channels, for the demands of
fiduciary institutions, insurance COM
panies, savings banks, trustees of
estates and big private investors
VIII always form the backbone of
the Liberty bond market.
Bonds purchased by commercial
banks, with temporarily idle funds,
find their way back to the market
as soon as credit demands increase,
and the return of better business
conditions will not unnaturally be
heralded by reversal in form in
the Liberty bond prices situation.
There is a large volume OF new
financing to be done this year, both
for home and foreign account, and
syndicate bankers who wish to take
advantage Of the favorable condi-
tons in the money market will
probably pilot some large flotations
through the market before the end
of the summer.
Public offering, was made today
by q syndicate headed by Blake
Bros. & Co. of an issue Of $4,000 900
notes Of the Edison Electric Illum-
ination Company of Boston. The
notes which mature January 10,
1925, We're priced to yield 4.S0 per
cent.
Other offerings included 81, SOC, 900
Liberty central doint stock land
bank Of st. Louis, Mo-, per cent
bonds, due 1864, at 101 and inter
est; 1921, 900 North Hudson Coun
ty Railway Company per cent i'm
provement bonds at par, and $1,000
600 Kansas City school district Az
per cent gold bonds, due 1913, at
1011z, to yield over AS per cent.
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
Bonds Advanced.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-The av-
erage price of twenty representa-
tive high-grade railroad, Industrial
and public utility bonds at the be-
ginning Of business today was $94.51
an advance Of 80 cents from last
weeks average.
The average price Of twenty repre-
sentative lower grade railroad. in
dustrial and public utility bonds at
the beginning of business today was
$81.17, an advance Of % cents from
last weeks average.
The average price of ten represen-
tative foreign bonds was $96.9S, an
advance Of S6 cents from last weeks
average.
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
Chicago Live Stock,
HOGS

Receipts, $1,000; market, to 1oc
heayyweight. 7.1O9T.s5; medium weight GIT
TTi SSt &c.,. light weight s.75 o 5.sO;
sows; smooth, 6.65 @6.S5; packing sows,
rough, 6.b0@6.65; pigs, 4.2606.26.
CATTLE.
Receipts. $4,000; market. steady, Beef
medium and good, 9.50@10.5O; good
and choice, 10.5O&12.O0; common and
medium, 7.50@950. Butcher cattle
Heifers, 5.60@10.50; cows, 4.0O6s.5O;
bulls 4.00@7:00. Gamers and cutters
Cows and heifers, 2.0O@390; Gamer
steers 400 @7.00; veal calves Digit and
heavyweight). 7.O0@9.OO; feeder steers.
stocker cows and heifers, 500 q 500;
stocker calves, 5.50@6.00.
SHEEP.
Receipts, 10000; market steady,
Lambs (s4 lbs; down. wooded. 14.5O@
1850; lambs (S5 lbs. up) clipped, 1850
@14.76; lambs. culls and common, ii. 90
@18:o0O; spring lambs. 1900 90 90 :
1.00QS.50; ewes. 'culls and common,
S.O006.0O; breeding ewes, S.5O@975;
feeder lambs, 146O@1576,
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
FLOUR MILLS EXPORT
IS PER CENT OF PRODUCT

Flour mills of the United States
produce about 125, 100000 barrels OF
Hour annually, Of which Is per cent
Is exported, the Department OF Com
merce announced today.
Flour exports last year were
equivalent to about $4,000, OOO
bushels Of wheat.
Export Of wheat in the form OF
Hour was declared to be more eco
nomical than export Of the raw
: grain, furnishing employment to
American labor In the process OF
manufacture, reducing milling over.
head costs, creating cheaper flour
Tor home consumption, and leaving
grain by-products in this country.
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
Chicago Grain Market.

CHICAGO, April as Grains
were lower and looked weak at the
opening this morning.
Wheat started unchanged to \
cent lower, with commission house
selling developing more general
character after the start. There
was buying of May by the same
interests active that way last week,
Corn started " to X cent lower
and developed further weakness as
the decline in wheat led to more
selling and stop loss orders were
encountered.
Oats started unchanged to u cent
higher, with offerings limited and
some commission Aouse buying oe
July.
Provisions started easier for lard.
Trade light
Opening prices:
Wheat-May, 1.03N @1.O33S; July,
$1.05%@1.05h; September, $1.O6H
@1.Q6h.
Corn-May, 76% @7s%c.; July.
78c; September, 77h@77%c.
Oats-May, 46& @46Hc; July
449Sc; September. 40c.
Rye-May, 661sc; July 67%c.
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
Local stocss.
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CAT TNcS

FURNISHED by W. b. Htbbs q Col
SALES.
Washington Gas 90, 'SS, $500
10ON.
Washington Railway and Electric
AZ. $1,O00Q72A, $l,Q0O@72k, 81, OOO
gg7SS%. sl.OooG7s. s1,OOO07S. $1,000
Washington Railway and Electric
preferred. 5@74h. b@74A, 10@74A,
l0@74.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 4@1ssM.
National NJ. and Inv. pfd., 50@Sts,
50@SR.
After Call
Washington Gas SIS '3S, $1,000
1O1M, $1,00O@101k, S5OOk101X.
Capital Traction Company, 100
93TS, 5@93M, 6D93N.
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, 10@71T.
Continental Trust Company. 100
"a, 10@83.
Unlisted Dept
Standard National Bank, 5O@12.
Money-Cal loans, soc per cent.
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
New York Cotton Market.
BY Cosmopolitan News Service.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Cotton
futures were distinctly weak at
the opening. heavy selling by Liver.
pool. Wall Street and Southern in
terests causing losses ranging from
81 to 70 points.
Lower Liverpoor cables and favor.
able weather reports were the chief
factors in the downward movement.
May opened at 29.40, off ~
points, and July at 27.S0, off 81
points.
The Washington times., 1924-04-28

Crane, Paris and Company and
other local investment bankers will
offer these bonds for sale in Wash
ington.
In connection with the offering,
Mr.. Hearst has furnished figures
heretofore unpublished regarding
the size and earnings Of the pubIiA
cations figuring in the new incor-
poration. Their value, he sets at
more than $40, 000, 900. Mr.. Hearst
has also informed the bankers that
ne, personally, will. guarantee the
payment of principal and interest
on the new bonds.
Hearst Publications, Inc, will own
All the outstanding capital stocks
or Its subsidiary companies publish.
ing The San Francisco Examiner,
San Francisco Call and Post, Los
Angeles Examiner, Los Angeles
Evening Herald, Oakland Post En-.
Quirer and the following magazines:
Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan,
Harper's Bazaar, Motor and Motor
Boating.
These, the figures show, have in
the case Of the newspapers a
combined net paid circulation Of
$4,000 on week days and TIE, 900
on Sundays. The magazines have
combined net paid circulation Of
z,675,O 900 monthly. The earnings
OF the properties to be acquired
under the plan by Hearst Publica.
lions, Inc., are as follows for the
last three calendar years:
Net earnings
@ after deprecia-
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
Foreign Exchange.
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lDemand,I Cable,
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,iS iSa SSsm Msw 9CrE sSSd' In Montreal
~, ce "a d,.,l Montreal funds In New York.
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
Hearst's Guarantee Is
Behind New Bond Issue
Publisher VIII Be Personally Responsible for Pay
ment Of Interest and Principal on New
$l2OOO,OOO Bond Issue.
BY HARRY GUSACK.

Backed by the personal guarantee of William Randolph
Hearst both to the payment Of principal and interest an
offering Of first closed mortgage and collateral
trust per cent serial gold bonds of the newly formed
Stuart Co., Inc and the Anglo London Paris Company Of
The Washington times., 1924-04-28
Oil Stocks.

FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
II Bid IAsk'd
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20
Deaths

Carrie Alexander. 90, 522 u n. Illinois.
carcinoma.
cerebral hemorrhage.
Samuel Booked, Go. St. Vincent Hospital
Carl walker. 4e. city hospital, aostic in
William Gaghan. 40, $40 S. East. chronic
nephritis.
Dennis Kelly, 81, city hospital. chronic
nephritis.
Anne Noel, 80. Long Hospital acute
cholecystitis
Infant Krenzeal. 2 hours, city hospital,
premature birth.
pernicious anemia.
Calvin L. Gogen. 81. Central Indiana Hos
pital aortic stanosis.
VIM. Omar Van Deventsr. 80. 505 n.
Noble, chronic myocarditis.
William Porter. 81, city hospital, diabetes
mellitus.
Marie X Knuth. 3s. st. Vincent Hospital.
pulmonary embolism.
Nettie Duiin, 81. 245O Parker, cerebral
hemorrhage.
tation.
John Fuller Esenbrey. 20. 1895 W. TWEEN.
ty-Fiftn, chronic nyocarditts.
Everett F. Flat. II. city hospital, chronic
Ralph Brown. 40. city hospital. pulmon-
airy tuberculosis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20
HOGS DECLINE ON
HEAVIER RECEIPTS
Shipper Demand Also Shows
Falling 0ff-BuIk $3.50.
Hog Prizes Dar br Dax

The average cost of most good hogs
dropped a dime though the market
was quotably 5 to Is cents lower in
trading at the local livestock market
today, directly as the result Of in
creased local offerings coupled with
decreased shipper demand. Late car
arrivals boosted the days receipts to
around 5000 head, inclusive Of sixteen
followers, and the demand from out
side account failed to create sufficient
competition even to steady prices and
quotations dropped at the opening.
The prevailing price for hogs of all
weights was S7.55, compared with
sT.65 and $40 on Tuesday, but one
shipper and a few small local killers
paid $3.50, compared with $40 on
Tuesday. Kingan & Cos hogs cost
s7.55, compared with $40 on previous
trading while few droves at $3.50
were probably no more than nickel
lower than on Tuesday. Pigs were
weak to % cents lower at 1915 down
for the choice strongweights, while
smooth sows were generally steady at
$3.50 down. Truck receipts were heav-
Ter than at any time this week. due
TO the improved condition OF highways
in many sections.
Prices on good and prime cattle
showed little change from Tuesdays
Jewels, which sustained last weeks
advance in satisfactory fashion while
even the: common offerings found a
more receptive market. Only 500 mead
arrived for market and competition for
the good stock showed some keenness.
Prices in the calf market opened
steady at $15 down, but competition
soon boosted quotations a half dollar
higher to a top Of $3.50 for choice
kinds and s14-50 to SIS for the bulk.
Receipts, 400.
Only twenty-five head of sheep ar
rived at the yards and no real test
of values could be made. Generally,
the market was regarded as nominally
steady,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20
CHICAGO GRAIN
OPENING HIGHER
Dock Workers Strike Gives
Aid to Wheat,

By United Financial
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-The Board Of
Trade opening today was strong and
higher.
Continued buying by longs. who's ex-
pect heavy demand for nearby par
cells at the elimination of Britain s
dock workers strike brought a strong
and higher wheat opening. United
Kingdom stocks are low. English i'm
porters asked eastern seaboard houses
to ship no more grain unless the com
panies eliminate the contract clause
which exempts shippers from uablh-
ties from damages resulting from
strikes.
Light receipts. higher cash prices
and prospects of a small movement,
due to bad roads and Tuesdays heavy
storm over the Southwest, resulted
in a higher corn opening.
Low elevator stocks in Illinois ana
Iowa and heavy farm feeding
strengthened oats.
Povisions reflected the strong hog
market and buying of lard by export
ers Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20
Building Permits

Arsenal Realty Company. dwelling, 2eo1
Arsenal Realty Company. dwelling, 1898
Eastern. 81. 400.
Ida Pike, double. 3469 Kenwood, 81 800.
Ida Pike. furnaces, 546e Kenwood, $500.
Ernest ". Van Treese. garage. 1881 n.
" 4. Philips. dwelling. 1887 Allen,
$4,000
NJ A. Phillips. furnace. 1887 Allen, $500.
Insley Manufacturing Company. factory.
Olney and St. Clair. $4,000.
Emma Hatfield, repairs. 1859 Adams.
s2e5
C. Olsen. dwelling, 7IS n. Drexel, s4s40.
c. Olsen. dwelling, oi48 Eilenberger,
c. OF & Co. shop lot II. East SIS, 600
W. NJ Osborn. dwelling, 44o9 n Ne 4
Elvers & Klein. dwelling. 2s&1 Manlo~e
S2.e70
Elvers s. Klein. dwelling. $40 Z. Iowa.
Eivers 81 Klein. double 1909 Adams
S. II. couarre. garage. s24s W. Washing
ton. 5000
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20
WAR NEAR IN HONDURAS
Three Seek Presidency, One Pro-
claims New Government.

SAN SALVADOR, Republic OF San
Salvador, Feb 2o.-Advices from Hon
duras report that General Carias.. one
OF the three unsuccessful aspirants
for the presidency of honduras, has
proclaimed new government at FL
paraiso. It IS reported also that Gen.
Gregorio Ferrera, an adherent of
PoIicarpo Bonilla, another presidential
candidate, has taken up arms at La
Esperanza City.
The Honduras Congress has been
dissolved and President Gutierrez, hav-
ing assumed the power Of government,
probably viii form a new cabinet com
posed OF neutral clements.
Failure Of Congress to elect Presi-
dent and the expiration Of the four
year term Of President Gutierrez pro-
duced this situation in the country's
governmental affairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20
Births

Russell and Mary Lipes, Methodist Hos
pital
Benjamin and Bonnie Brown. Methodist
Hospital.
Walter and Lula Franklin COL woodlawn.
George and Marie Bateman, 1867 S. East
ern
Claude and Alva Faucet, $500 g. Wash
ingtou. .1TrH ,-
Owen and Minnie Homewood. 305 n Pine.
Ira and Velma Gibson 1l34 Broadway
Louis and Anna Mauser, TIA ~ Warman
Erman and Ruth Person, 92S Pomeroy.
Edward and Mary Davis. 1872 Kentucky.
Jesse and Helen Hamlet, 431 Arch.
Roxie and Elnora Blacketter, 1923 Brook
side.
Walter and Agnes Reed, ALI Smith.
Girls
Morris and Pearl Bruenig Methodist Hos
pital.
Ellsworth and Mabel White, Methodist
Hospital
Arvel and Sylvia Townsley, 213S Avon
Earl and Thelma Webb. city hospital
Charlton and Elsie Lingenfelter, 427 n.
Gray.
Robert and Georgia Martin. sa3 W. ,Elev-
enth.
Green and Estella Smith, 1925 s. fremont.
Ira and Clara Grimes, 4016 Winthrop
Emmett and Rose Cox. 1905 Bacon
Frank and Mary Long. 1870 Bacon. boys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20

Of this sketch.hke tragedy did not
get all the success It merited.
Emil Faktor of the Boersen Courier,
while seeing some Bernard Shaw and
August Strindberg influence, calls
Emperor Jones' thrilling psyche
analytical novel"
Some critics refuse to take Elm.
peror Jones" seriously. AT last"
exclalms Franz Servaes Of the L.okal
Anzeiger, 'the promised island OF the
truly American expressionist-monster
sketch is reached; and Kurt Aram in
the Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
CONTEMPORARY speaks about EN-
peror Jones and his revolver"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20
EMP Error JONES'
IN BERLIN GETS
COOL RECEPTION
Lack of Enthusiasm Shown
by Germans in 0'NeiII's
Dramatic Novelty,
By FERDINAND JAIN,

OntIS0 PT6SS GtQH correspondent
BERLIN, Feb. 20.-Although Eu.
gene O'Neill's Emperor Jones" was
enthusiastically received in New York
and Paris. the applause in Berlin was
mingled with some kissing.
This Is due. partly at least, to the
fact that the German is somewhat
satiated with expressionist shows.
Moreover. the effect Of Oscar Homol-
ka's action as Emperor Jones-ad-
mitted by all the critics to be a cap
ital roduction-suffered from mis-
takes in the stage presentation. The
primeval forest, for instance in which
Jones Is lost on his flight, was repre-
scented by some sticks and shreds,
which is a bit meager, even for the
frugal tastes of super-modern stage
reformers; the light effects We're over
primitive, thereby depriving the ap-
partitions which haunt the fleeing ty.
rant of FEASIBILITY.
Besides, doubtlessly, there was a
certain unfavorable predisposition
failure Of his Anna Christie" here last
year.
Alfred Kerr. writing in the Berliner
Tageblatt. greatly adnires the con-
centrated energy" of O'Neilrs art, but
regrets that Emperor Jones" was
chosen for Berlin instead Of 1.-THE
Hairy Ape, which he regards as the
masterpiece OF the young American
dramatist. According to Kerr, this
new American concentrated art also
requires the concentration OF an
American stage manager.
Norbert F'alk, the critic Of the Ber-
liner zeitung. also points out that It
was the fault OF the staging II the
imaginative and formative power Of
the talented young American author
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20
CAMP COULDN'T SEE HIM
Grid Expert Passed Up One of Ma
tons Best Guards.

One Of the best guards in the coun-
try in 1928 was Mcmillan, the Illinois
leader.
In every game the Suckers played
the giant nnenlan's performance was
one of the big features. Much of
Oranges success at Juggling the leath-
er was due to McMillan's assistance.
But the Illini star didn't place on
any Of Camps three All-American
teams.
Mcmillan may not have been as
good a man as Hubbard of Harvard
or Bedenk. Penn State. but he GER.
tainly seemed to have enough stuff
to earn position on at least one of
the three selections.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20
BOND TRADING Is DULL
IN FORENOON SESSION
Garner Tax Bill Adoption Failed 10
Create Interest.

BIZ United Financial
p NEW YORK, Feb. 2o.-Adoption OF
the Garner tax bill in the House of
Representatives with a maximum sur
tax rate Of a. per cent for high in
comes did not create any enthusiasm
in today's forenoon bond market.
Neither did the low rate of call loans
which renewed at Az per cent have
any effect. Trading was later dull and
prices steady.
Liberty loan third AIS again repeat.
ed the high price for the year.
There was little change in the price
movements in the general list and
corporation issues. In the railroad
group. fluctuations were limited to
fraction of a point.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-02-20
OLD RELIC EXPLODES
Civil War Shell, Used as Andiron,
Fatally Injuries Child.

SCOTLAND NECK. N. c., Feb. 90
An explosion from an old Civil War
bomb shell, which was being used as
an andiron in building IN the col
ored section here, resulted in the death
Of Arthur Smith, 9-year-old child Of
John Henry Smith.
There were four persons in the
building, which was used as a storage
house for tobacco. TIE boy, who was
fatally injured. was sitting nearest the
fireplace when the explosion occurred
He was rendered unconscious and
died three hours later Serious dam
age was done to the building and two
other occupants were slightly in
jured,
No one thought the bombshell con-
tained an explosive, though there was
a brass cap at the pointed end OF It.