TVHr;w,rrf'' rm a EVENING TTranTOn-PHlCADEEPflia:, EBIDkY, SEPTEMBER 25, JOl'-f. 13 Hnancial and commercial situation at home and abroad-market reports WAR WILL LEAD TO EARLY DISSOLUTION OF STEAMSHIP POOL English Interests Ate Ex pected to Ask U. S. Court to Formally Declare the Agreement Abrogated. The Tlmopean wnr nltuatlon may lead directly to a complete dissolution ortho North Atlantic steamship pool, , which lias evlsted for many years between the principal Knglhh nnd German steamship lines operating between this country, Canuli nnd Uuiope. Tho basts of Oper ation of tho pool was an agreement whereby each of the lines affiliated with It waH allowed every year a certain nl jotme it of tho totnl steerago travel on the North Atlantic It Is understood that because of the txtiemo bitterness which now exists be tween the English and Germans, tho Eng lish numbers of tho pool will make an agreement with tho United States Gov ernment to have dropped by It the suit recently brought under tho provisions of the Sherman nnll-trust law to dissolve the combination A consent decree will prob-iblv bo entered In tho Ignited States Supreme Com t which shall enjoin tho English lines from entering nny future agreement with German steamship In terests covering octan passenger tralllc. This action may bo taken within tho next two weeks by counsel representing fame of the Kngllsh lines. Under tho terms of tho agreement, which was mado In London In 1001 the various steamship companies afllllated with the pool were nllottcd percentages of tho total steerago tr.ivcl on the North Atlantic as follows: Westbound, Allan Line, .62 per cent; Anchor Line, 3-10 per cent.; Cunnrd Line, 13.7i per cent.: Hamburg-American Line, 19 Gl per cent.: Holland-America Line. 6 03 peremt.: North German Llod Lino, 26 VI per cent., Red Star Line, D.71 per cent.; International Mctcantllc Marino Company (White Star), S GO per cent.: Ameilcan Line, c 6S per cent., and Dominion Line, 4 47 per cent On oastbound traffic the allotments wero as follows: Allan Line, 4M per cent.; Anchor Line, 3 93 per cent : Cunard Line, I'J.77 per cent.: Flume Trlcste Sen Ice, 2 33 per cent.; Hamburg American Line. 12 33 per cent ; North Ger man Llnjd, 18.79 per cent.; Holland-America Line. 6.10 per cent.; Hcd .Star Line, 8 53 percent.. International Mercantile Marino Company (White Star Line), 15 19 per cent , American Line, S.72 per cent.; Do minion j-.ine, 150 per cent.: Canadian Pa cific Line, 4 40 per cent. BANKERS DENY THERE IS ANY MONEY HOARDING Wiro Secretary McAdoo They Know of no Extortion. WASHINGTON, Sept, 2S.-Donlal that tho banks of the oountry were engaged In hoarding money nnd "refusing credits, came from four directions today In an- swer to Secretary of the" Treasury Mq Adoo's telegram of warning sent Jes Icrdny. Telegraphic responses wero re ceived nt the Treasury from Ohio. Ore gon, Alabama nnd Connecticut. In each case co-opcrallon with the Government to prevent extortion or extrcmo conserva tism was promised. IJmory Lnttcnner. of Columbus. Super intendent of the Ohio State Hanking De partment; S, G. Sargent, State Super Intcndent of Hanks of Oregon; A. E. Wilker, State Hank Superintendent of Alabamn, and Trcdorlck P. Holt, State Hank Superintendent of Connecticut, all promised to assist tho Federal Govern ment In every way possible. Other re plies are expected during the dnv. Tho State officials declared iiey had no knowlcdgo of e"'',,",,en by tho banks In tho matter of Interest. They also de clared their Ignoranco of any attempt pn the part of tho banks to withhold ad vances to those who applied to tho banks with safe collateral. CLAFLIN CREDITORS HAVE FINAL PLAN FOR REORGANIZATION RAILROAD EARNINGS' WIU'BMKO AND LAKE EME. 1014. Decren-e Mii?ut gross ...... ffil0,l)41 -.20(1407 Not 140.481 01, 218 Two month-' gross . 1,047,014 1516,110 Net 202,783 123, 80J Mtssoum FACinc. Third week Sept. .. $l,1M,00n JH7.000 1-rom July 1 . 14,000,011 230,200 LEHIGH VALLEY. August oper. rov.,.. ?1, 770,140 1,10, 120 Net 1,281,021 28.8S0 Operating; Income.... 1,142,012 30.81S Tnn month- opor. rev. 7, .112, 4 2" . 2.'i2,TCll) Net 2,330,138 1IB.712 Operating income .... 2,001,000 127,031 CHESAPEAKE AND (JHIO. Creditors Will Get 15 Per Cent, in Cash and Balance in Interest-bearing Notes. New Corporation. Third week Sept ?RU,M2 from July 1 0,057,700 increase. centoaIi or OEOnOIA. Year ended June .10: Operating revenue 114,210,741 Net 3,4ffi,474 Surplus 101,012 $17.1.18 033,800 $3S5 870 01,114 112.42J FISH BIT OFF MAN'S TOE Roosevelt Tolls of Strange Creatures Met in South America. Weird stories of fish monstrosities havo been told by many disciples of Isaak Walton Ju this country; but It has re mained for Mr. Roosevelt to tell us of some finny freaks whoso performances will want a. lot of beating. During his lecture nt a meeting of the Itnjtl ideographical Society on his South American trip he related that ho camo across one kind of fish, no larger than n trout, that bit off ono of his party's little toes, took a pleco out of another man's leg and the tips off two dogs talls-a titling companion, apparently, to tho fish that went bird-nesting, drove the mother bird away, and was found wagging Its tall over the edgo of tho nest while gobbling up the eggs. Mr Hoosevelt also mentioned another fish a nlno-foot cattish which was found with a monkey Inside It. The fish. It ap pears, had jumped and caught tho mon kej when It had ell mod clown a branch to drink Very extraordinary, too. Is a horrlblo deep-sea angler fish, exhibited at the ltojal Society recently Tho mouth of this fish is so largo and its stomach so dfetenslvc thnt It can swallow other fish throe times Its own length Foitu natel. It lives several hundred fathoms below the surface of tho wnter. It hangs over Its snout a lino and bait that ahine llko ,i glow -worm and attract many In quisitive fish. DIVIDENDS DECLABED T.ehlRh Valley Coal Sales Company, regular quarterly 2'i per cent , pajable October 17 to Block of record October 8 i Penman?. Limited, regular quarterly Vi rer cent nn preferred add 1 per cent on common. I'referreil Is payable November 2 to stock of record October 21. and common paablc No vember lit to stock of record November 3. Tonopah Mining Company, regular 21 r-rnt , riyiiixo uctoucr zi to stock or i per record September ,"0. National 1 (reproofing Company, regular quarterly 1 per cent on preferred, payable October IS to Mo-k of record October 3 EPISCOPAL LOOKS GOOD Have Six Veterans Back as Nucleus for Fast Team. Kplscop.il Academy Is looking forward to a very successful seuson In football lids year .six veterans from lust jear'a team have returned to bcliool, and ns there U lots of good muterial to (111 up the positions left open by graduation, Conch Washburn should have no trouble In turning out a good team. Tho six var Mty men who nro back In school this fall nre Captain Applegato. Stowiut, Bonsack, HpuM, Ollmore nnd Earl Some er piomlsing plajcrs are Diddle, Cuplt. McCall, iMrp. I'ugh, Walton, lonnsend and McElrnj. The schedule Is as follows October 2. Iiryn Athrjn, at 62d and Walnut streets; October 9. Haverford. at G2d and Walnut streets, OctobelK 16, Swnrthmore, at hwarthmoio: o r 23, Chestnut Hill, nt I -il and Wnlni "eets. October 30, St. Lukes at Wa Xov ember fi, German tnwn. at 62d and Walnut streets. Novem ner 1.. I'enn fhartei. nt Queen lune: No vember 20. rrlenda' Central, at 62d and valnut streets, COMMODITY KATES SUSPENDED WASHINGTON. Sept. 2o.-Kre!ght tar iffs of tho Atchison and other rnlliondi proposing to withdraw the concentration lates on eggs, butter and poultry at Omaha and other Western points. wer suspended today by the Interstate Com merce Commission from October 1 until January 21. Under tho proposed tariffs tho rates on such shipments would bo 45'4 cents per 100 pounds Into tho concentra tion point plus 35 cents from tho concen trating point to St. Louis. The commis sion will conduct an Investigation Into tho reasonableness of the advances. Soccer Xeaguo for Boys' Club The Athletic Council of tho German town Bovs' Club aro planning a leaguo of soccer teams composed of boys aver aging about 18 jears of age, who are to pby their league games at night on the club plaj ground which has been lighted by electricity tn such a manner ns to make tho plavlng of Boccor at night a pleisure. The teams will be named after tho various colleges. The managers of thi Junior league teams aro ns follows: I'ennsylvnnla, Larry John; Princeton. Walter Dohertv; Yale, AVilllam Ward, Harvard, Joseph Kllcullen: Haverford, wuniiru uramie) ; Cornell, Hobert Cross Dartmouth, Prank Ilea, Lafayette Is unoui a. manager ami a volunteer desired. Is FRANCE HOARDS FUNDS ? 100,000,000 Reported Held Small Notes Issued. H has been intimated that during the month of August bilvnr coin to the amount of JIOO.OOO.000. oi 2.000.0iO,000 francs, went into hoard In Trance, says tho Wall htieet Journal The difficulty of making ,0!? I 'h,n"RL' "'x10'' theso circumstances leiiilted In issuing notes of denominations .pi". d ,ha" franc to : rrancs each nils fractional currencj Is undo ex rnaneablo nt the Bank of Franco for lirger hills If Suvcr currency in the nn eountrlcs of Trance, England. Ger man'., Austria-Hungary and Italy tied into Hoard to jbout the same extent, then as much as i200 0flflooo In silver alore. or . .? iha 1uhllc rtebt of Ult United States, must have dlsippeared In little more than a month Assuming that as much gold nnd silver 'went Into hiding, the rive coun tries must have withdrawn from clrcula- !.f jirJte b?nk ,1e"oslt a ramt total of l COO.COO.OOO of metallic tunency WONDERFUL SEWERS IN PARIS Personally Conducted- Tour Made of Two Mains. The sewers of Paris, which havo suf lered severely from the recent sOrms. Ill ..'.' !nost wf"lorful In tho world, and constitute one of tho sights of the city. Vis tors are allowed to Inspect th-jn on certain das each week, and It Is cer tainly an experience to make a "per tonally conducted" tour of the two main ewer. The journev 1h miirf. Mn .i..t..i a. end launches, which draw up occasion clly at brlb.lly.Uuailnatca taUon. Nines to Play Off league Tie Additional Interest la centred In to morrow's play off for the West Philadel phia Baseball League championship be tween tho two tied leaders, Mt. Morlah and Paschal!, by reason of the fact that tho Vlctrlx Independent team has ex pressed a desire to play tho winner for the district championship. By mutual agreement tho game will be played on tho neutral Southwestern grounds, 67th and Ulmwqod avenue, starting at 3 p m .... .,.i....ia win o; i-ascnail, "BUI" oung and Hartllne; for Mt. Morlah Jake Hovener and Foley. Umnlies Fletcher and Fltler. --ipiies, HORSEMEN TO MEET NfiW YOltIC, Kept. 25.-The annual autumn meeting of the Meadow Brook 'Steeplechase Association, which takes place tomorrow at Belmont Park Ter minal promises to eclipse all provlous meetings that have been held under tho auspices of this association. Hunt meet ings In tho past on Long Island have nl was been exceedingly popular with race goer, and aro alwas well attended. MRS. RAYMOND VICTORIOUS NBW VOmC, Sept 25 -Mrs. Cdwnid Kavmond, the Middlo Mates champion, defeated Miss Marie AVagner, the national Indoor title holder. In the deml-tlnal round of the annual women's metropolitan lawn tennis chumpionshlp tournament yester day by a ecoro of 62, 63. The match, which took place upon tho clay courts of tho West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, Long Island, was witnessed by a brilliant gallery. Final plans for tho reorganization of tho H. 1. Claflln Company, which re cently went Into the hands of receivers, have been completed nnd will bo pre sented today for final approval by the Merchandise Credltois' Committee, which will meet In New York, James S. Alex ander, president of tho National Bank of Commerce, Is chairman of tho Note holders' Committee which formulated tho plans, Failure of tho CUflln Company was ono of the worst blows received by the business world for many years. Tho company operated a chain of 23 largu stores throughout tho country nnd millions of dollars of Its paper was out standing at the tlmo of the collapse. A large amount of this paper was held In Philadelphia. Tho reorganization plan provides that the Claflln creditors shall receive 15 per cent. In cash and the balance In three year Interest bearing collateral notes of a newly organized corporation, re newable for another two years. This new company will bo known ns tho Mercantile Stores Corporation and It will acquire tho assets of the H. B. Claflln Company, the assets of John Claflln or such portion of them aB may bo deemed by tho committee to be ad vantageous. Including all of tho capital stock of the 23 companies now In the hands of recelvors, all of the capital stock of McCreery & Co., of Pittsburgh; of the Wllkes-Barre Dry Goods Com pany, and of MacCallum & Clouthlor; (2,230,630 par value of tho capital stock of tho Scruggs, Vandervoort, Barney Dry Goods Company ($2,103,630 of com mon and $187,000 of preferred), $400,000 par value of the capital stock of the Hlgbee Company, $100,000 par value com mon capital stock of James H. Dunham & Co., $6,268,000 par value of the com mon stock of the United Dry Goods Companies, and other assets and equi ties owned by John Claflln, which havo been transferred to representative!! of the noteholders' committee for the benefit of tho Mercantile Corporation. THE NBW CORPOBATION. The Mercantile Corporation will cause to be organized a new corporation to bo known as "The II. B. Claflln Corpora tion," to carry on such portion of the wholesale business now conducted by tho H. B. Claflln Company, a New Jersey company, as may be deemed by tho board of directors to be advisable It Is con templated that there will be transferred to this now corporation approximately $6,000,000 of assets of tho present H, B. Claflln Company In exchange for Its capital stock, all of which will be owned by the Mercantile Corporation. The valuu of tho assets transferred to tho II. B. Claflln Corporation shall be as agreed upon by Its board of directors and the board of directors of the Mercantile Cor poration. Tho notes will be dated December 1, 19H. and will bo Issued in 21 separate aeries, ono series to be delivered to the general crcdltora of tho H. B. Claflln Company nnd each of tho other 23 series to be de livered to the holders of notes executed by one of the several companies nnd In dorsed by the H. B. Claflln Company. The collateral trust notes will be se cured by stock collateral to be deposited under a trust agreement with tho trus tees to bo selected by the committee. The notes received by the direct H. B. Claflln Company creditors will be secured by one-sixth of tho capital stock of tho proposed H. B Claflln Corporation, tho nnoiesaie trading company. Each of tho remaining 23 scries of col lateral trust notes, being tho notes re ceived by the noteholders, will be se cured by tho entire capital stock of the particular company, which executed tho notes to bo exchanged for the new notes. REPORT OF RETAIL STORES. A Bummary of tho assets and liabilities of 20 of the 23 Mores that executed notes In favor of the II. B. Claflln ComDanv follows; WHEAT EASIER TODAY; CROP REPORT FAVORABLE Russian Harvest "Was Better Than Expected, Say Advices. CHICAGO, Sept. 26. Wheal wan eerier today. Restlnpr ordera to buy were reached at $1.10 nnd below for December. Considerable export business was done late yesterday. The market nt Liver pool was lower. The Russian harvest, according to a semi-official report, was better than had been expected. In India the weather Is more favorable and the general crop out look has Improved, but holders are Arm, Corn woa .quiet and easier. There were export sales of 200,000 bushels of corn hero late yesterday. Receipts of old corn are light and there la no pressure on the market. The arrivals here today wero 97 cars. Oats was active and the market was steady. Some cash concerns sold, while export houses bought Additional sales of 400,fiCiO bushels for export are reported. The receipts here today were 212 cars. UTILITY OWNERSHIP BY MUNICIPALITIES SHOWS GREAT GAIN Number of Plants So Oper ated Increased 91 Per Cent, in Ten Years Says U. S. Report. Ixtr, 1 OBj 1 IB! 77 TO1 73 clone. 1.07 i 1.1014 4J t!.17 77 m LAf1lnff futures ranged aa follawa: ,t Yetrdy' ivneai crpen. mrn. Reptember . . . . .. .... December J 10 i.lOH May ., 1.17 1.17H Corn (nw delivery) Reptember 77W 77W December ......... 70-), 71 May 73H 71H Oat Reptember December ......... 40H 4AT, May r2H M iam Reptember October (Ms n ro P41 January ...001 10 VI DPI nibs- Rentcmber ,. October 107V January 10 37 10 40 10 37 Pork R'ptamber October , January 10.r,1 19 75 10 BS lJid tAsked. tt 2H 62 47 P40 B 41 ops 11 37 10 f0 10 S7 tl7,S2 17 62 10 70 PORT OF PHILADELPHIA .5:54 p. m Ails d. m. .12:53 p.m. 3:07 p. m. Sun and Tides Sun riies.. .6:50 a. m.Sun eeti. PHILADELPHIA. High water 5:45 a. m.lHIgh water. cow water.. z:ti a. m ixw water. rtEEDV ISLAND. High water 2:34 , m., High water. Low water. 9:11a. m.iLow water. 0 54 p.m. BUEAKWATEn. High water .. .. a. m.illlih wter.l2:22 p. m. Low water. 0:45 a. m.jLow water.. 6:38 p.m. Sailing: Today Sir. John D. Itockefeller, 'Whit. Copen hagen, Joseph C. Gabriel. Sir. Bellucla (Br.), Kiddle, Hideo, Joneph C. Gabriel. Sir. A. A. Haven, Hccker, New Orleana, Philadelphia-New Orleans TrannporUtton Com pany. Str. Sun, Ockelman, Sabine, rla Newport Nens, Sun Company. Str. Delaware, French, New York. Clyde Steamahlp Company. Str. George VV. Clyde, Forreat, Norfolk, etc., Clyde Steamahlp Company. Str. Anthony Groea, Jr., Ilrlatow, Balti more, Erlcnion Line. Schr. Ellen Little. Teazle, Humacoa, P. It , A. D. Cummins & Co. Sehr. Francis Goodnow, Blaine, Boston, A. D. Cummins & Co. Schr. Delaware Sun, Janssen, Newport News (In ton str. Sun), Sun Company. Steamships to Arrive) PASSENGER. Nam From. Dst Mongolian Glasgow Sept. lfl Stampa.lli Naples Sept. 18 Dominion Liverpool Sept. 18 FREIGHT. City of Durham Calcutta Zuiderilyk Ilotterdim . Amsteldk Rotterdam , Start Point London . ., Man Mariner Manchester Aaoiro Hueua ..Sept. 1 ..Sept. 15 ..Bept. 1 ..Sept. 12 ..Sept 10 . -Rnf 1.1 SturmfelB Calcutta Sept. Canadla Stavanger ... fcept. 15 Zerenber?en .Pnrriirr ... a., id Rapidan Lelth Sept. 10 California Copenhagen ...Oct. Missouri London Sept. 22 nakotan iriln r. . Greenwich Newcastle.N.B.Sept.' 22 TWnlaton St.Vlncent.C V.Sept. 17 Steamships to leave FASSENOBR. For. Date Glasgow spt 20 Liverpool Oct. 3 Naples Oct. S FREIGHT. Copenhagen Zulderdyk Rotterdam" "' '".": ; copennagen Name. Carthaginian Dominion ... Stamrallx .. Uranlenborr Aiaino London ii7- I'hrlstlanla California Copenhagen PORT OF NEW YORK Sept. .Sept 2S Bept. 20 .Sept. 23 .Sept. 30 ..Oct. 3 . Oct. Vessels Arriving Today Str. Mauretanla (Br.), Chvrles. Lirernnni Sept. 10, to the Cunard Steamship ci W' with paBsenaers. Docked at 8 a. m malls and merchandise. Steamships to Arrive DUE TODAT. . Vam? From. Adriatic Liverpool . r,u a , ... DUB SATURDAY. Philadelphia Liverpool . Duca D'Aosta Naples...! Steamships to leave Name. Sailed. Sept. is Sept. 10 SPt. 15 Co., Co , Cardington Team Drops Out Tho American League of Soccer Clubs held Its semi-monthly meeting: last night. A B finest. laat season's secretary, re turned tho cup won by the Philadelphia Klectrics and also tho funds left over at the finish of his regime Cardington no tified the league of Its dlshandment, leav ing a vacancy to be filled A schedule was adopted for the first linlf of tho seuson, which ktarts Saturday, October 3. Jourdet to Coach Perm Five Lon Jouidet, former end at Pennsylva nia and captain of the 1312-1J basketball team, has been appointed this season a coach of tho cage candidates. Tho ap polntment has jet to be ratified by tho board of directors or the Athletic Association. Detroit Drops Catcher Peters KANSAS CITY, Sept. 25 -John PeJerg a catcher for the St. Paul American Association Club, announced jeeterdav that ho had signed a 1915 contract with the Detroit American League team by whom he was secured In the secret draft. New Coach for Columbia NBW YORK. Sept. 25.-The Columbia soccer team Is slated to begin practice next Monday afternoon under a new coach. Graduate Manager Fisher has secured the ,er"'ces of Adarason. of the BrooUyn VpotbJtvfJ.ub.. ' ' ,no S Assets. Liabilities. IS72.020 Jl.118,075 H0.SD0 1,450,834 710,600 773,035 402,655 1.105,473 642.050 1,471.105 1.037,037 2,088,607 1,720,120 1,037,700 713.3H2 ns J4- 303,855 1,532;S85 SlO.OOfl 2,180,708 430,468 1,473,600 530,700 080,433 014,130 2,03.,J34 451,038 1,337,711 525,013 2,030,112 432,808 1.321,806 200,231 J 338 328 570.701 1.836,664 412,180 1,772,748 100,057 1 018.206 Totals 113. 270.461 I2S.339.767 .iiPo,Ln0tJLnclVL J nucon & Sons Louis ville, K) , The Fair Company Cincinnati O If t 1 d1100' Ur a00j' Company, Terrs II. Ratterman Brooklyn . . , The Bedford Brooklyn Castner Knott D Goods Co.. Vahiit M. J Connell Co , Butte, Mont . . Defender Manufactur- . Ing Co., New York, Jlennessy Co., Butte, Mont Jonea Store To., Kan sas City . ... The Joslln Dry Goods Co., Denver . Kline Hrot., Altoona. Lion Dry Goods Co , Toledo ... Lord & Gage. Reading The Geo. VV McAlpIn Co , Cincinnati McDougall & south wick Co, Seattle Montgomery Fair, Mont gomery, Ala . . TbH People's Store Co , Tacoma Spring Dry Goods Co , Grand Rapids Watt, Rettew i. Clay, Ino , Norfolk .... Torn. C Waiklns, Ltd , Hamilton, Ont . .. J. B White i. Co.. Augusta. Ga. Whltehouso Co , Spokane Cretlc Chicago America L'ameronla .... Olimplc Mlnnewaska ... Virginia . ., N, Amsterdam New York .... Mauretanla ... Adriatic ....... For. ...Naples ... Havre ,,,, ...Naples . , .Glasgow . ...Liverpool . .London .. Bordeaux . ... Rotterdam Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool Date Bept. 26 . Sept. 20 Sept. 26 8ept. 28 Sept. 20 Bept. 2tl Sept. 28 Kept. 2u Sept no Sept 30 Sept 30 Municipal ownership of electric light, heat and power plants In this oountry It making rapid strides. The theory that municipalities can construct and operate publlo utility plants more economically and with greater efficiency than can ex perts representing private corporations, while It has not been proved to any con clusive extent. Is, nevertheless, gaining ground. This li mado plain In a report Just Issued by tho United States Census Uurcau covering the tn-year period from 1002 to 1912. In the period, the number of municipal plants increased from 815 to 1562, or 91 7 per cenL, whllo the privately owned plants Increased from 2S03 to 5660, or 30.1 per cent. This total of 6121 central electric sta tions Is considerably less than the num ber reported In commercial directories The report explain1) the apparent dis crepancy by stating that where several plants are under ono ownership they arc reported as one establishment. In the directories each plant Is regarded as a unit for the purpose of listing. The re port takes no account of electric stations constructed primarily for tho heating or lighting of hotels or factories, even If somo of the electricity Is sold to the neighborhood. In 1902 more than 2 per cent, of the stations were municipally owned. Ten years later the percentage of such sta tions had Increased to substantially 30 per cent, of the whole number. In total Income the commercln stations had 92 3 per cent, which was ''greater than In 1902, when the commercial stations con stituted a larger percentage of the total. In that year they received only 91.9 per cent, of the total. MUNICIPAL OUTPUT REDUCBD. The municipal stations. In output, fell much behind In the decade. In 1902 they produced 7.8 per cent, of tho kilowatt hours, while In 1912 their production fell to only 4.7 per cent, which Is less than their percentage In 1907, when It was 4 9 per cent. While their relative production fell off so greatly, the municipal plants greatly Increased the capacity of their gas and oil engines, having no less than 20.2 per cent, of such engines in 1912. But, while tho percentage of gas and oil englnos owned by tho municipal plants Increased so largoly, the total horsepower of all engines, turbines, waterwheels, etc., fell off from 8.7 per cent. In 1902 to 7.4 per cent. In 1912. The kilowatt capac ity of the municipal dynamos also ran down from 9.4 per cent, to 7.2 per cent In 1912. Tho total income of municipal stations Increased from J6,9GS,105 In 1902 to J23, 21S.9S9 In 1912. or 233.4 per rent. That of the commercial or privately owned plants Increased from S5,700,6C6 to 1302,155,699, dr 2S2.S per cent. The total expenses, Including ordinary repairs and a proper depreciation account In the municipal plants, Increased from C245.9S7 In 1912 to $16,917,165 In 1912, an Increaie of 222 5 per cent. The total ex penses of the commercial plants rose from J6S.031.375 to J234.419.47S, or 244 3 per cent. For that increase in total expenses the commercial plants brought about an In crease In kilowatt hours from 2,507.051 115 to 11,532,963,006, or an Increase of 3b0 per cent. For their Increase of expenses the municipal plants brought about an In crease of kilowatt hours of only 174 4 hours. In the Increase, In figures, being from I93.90t.439 to 537.526.730 During the flvo-jear period from 1907 to 1912, approximately 106 commercial stations passed into the hands of municipalities and E0 passed out of the hands of muni cipalities Into the hands of private opera tors. The greatest Increase In municipal stations took place In a group of s'ates composed of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, the Dakatas, Nebraska and Kansas The number In those states Jumped from 274 to 399 Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas come next In the number of Increases, from 55 to 122 0LNEY BUSINESS MEN FINANCING NEW BANK Site Still Undecided, Hut Charter Will Be Granted November 30. Olney business men are organizing th Olney Bank, for which a charter will be granted November 30 The site has not yr-t been selected, but tho bank will be In the centre of the Oerman-Amcrlcsn population of Olney. It will be some where between Rising Sun lane and Broad street and between 4500 and 5800 north. The capital stock will fTe JGO.OOO. This has already been subscribed at $50 a share among Olney residents. Ifi ad dition there Is an undivided profit fund of K-000 A. l. Stilton, who organized the South Penn Bank at 29th nnd Dauphin streets, Is nt the head of the temporary board directing tho preliminary work. "The bank will be In the centre of the bus iness section," said Mr. Stilton today, "and It will nil a long felt want In Olney. There Is no bank near tho loca tion we are considering. Those Interested In the plan, who prob ably will be on tho board of director, aro Alfred Stelnhouse, Sixth street and North Tabor road. H A. Kahbach, Fifth street and Olney avenue; V. U Franck. 219 North Tabor road, Tohn H Coon, 4Ri North Tabor road, Thomas Tansey, 561 Rising Sun lane, nnd Henry Franz, 2309 North Front street. FEWER LOCOMOTIVE DEFECTS INFLUENCE ACCIDENT DECREASE BRITISH TRADE CRIPPLED IN FIRST MONTH OF WAR Manufacturing Centres Are Hit Hard In the Midlands. IX5NDON, Sept 23 The trade returns for August the Mrst month of the war have Just been Issued As was to bo ex pected, they reveal a decline In trade without precedent In tho recent commer cial and Industrial life of England Com pared with tho corresponding month of last year exports show a falling off of 19,000,000 (195,000.000), or something like 50 per cent., whllo the Imports are down by 13 000,000 (J65,000,000), or like a quarter of those received In 1913. It Is the manufacturing trades which have been hardest hit, and the way Lan cashire has been punished is shown bv the fact that the exports of cotton goods have declined by nearly 5,000,000 Iron and steel, machinery, ships, wool, chemi cals, all, to use a word which has now a rent meaning, arc "going " Tho Continental trade cannot, of courso. be recovered while the war continues, but much of the disaster that has bffallen British Industry is duo to apprehension and dislocation, and Is therefore tem porary. Already trade Is beginning to adapt Itself to the now condition-' In many directions there are signs of new life, and it Is clear that tho losses in some directions will be balnnced bv galni In others There will be much reshiftlng and reshaping, and those will do best who are able to take occasion by the hand and adapt themselves to the now condi tions It will go hard with those who have got Into grooves and find their routine suddenly destroed, but for the man with a (Uick and adipUvble mind there will be a period full of opportunity and rich In reward Government Inspectors Re port Greater Care Being Taken by Railroads of Country to Insure Safety. Greater caro Is being taken by tho railroads of the country In keeping their locomotives In good condition This Is shown by reports of the tnteritate Com merce Commission covering the Inspec tions of locomotives by the commission's 60 Inspectors In the last threo years. The reports show that the number of locomotives Impeded ha. Increased and tho number found defective In nny way has decreased. For Instance, there were 71211 locomo tives Inspected In 1912 Of this number 63 7 per cent, were found with some slight defects Last year the number In spected was 90,356, and 60 3 per cent, were found defective. This year 92.716 have been Inspected, and only 52 3 per cent were found with defects Many of then defects, however, were not In violation of the law. The defects that wero In violation of the livv represented 4 5 pe rent In 1912, 5 2 per cent last jear and 3 6 per cent this vrar 1 he greatest trouble from accidents has been, according to Frank McAfan amy chief Inspector of locomotive boil ers of the Interstate Commerce Com mission, with the failure of arch tubes, and four out of five of the accidents are caused by their Improper application The greatest caro being exorcised In this direction by the railroads It reflected In a material reduction In the number of nccldentR duo to the failure, of loco motive boilers and their appurtenances. Tho accident record for the last three years follows: Number of AerMrrHi Tvl!!f1. Tnhtrrf ll'll 1014 V! 01 1005 wi an nu .-.1 1 21 374 NOTES OP THE RAIL PUBLIC UTILITIES The Commonwealth Power, Rallwaj and Light Company. In which local cap ital Is largely Interested, has asked the Michigan Railroad Commission to ap prove an Order for the Issuance of 15J1 -000 In bonds to be divided among Its subsidiary companies The Monongahela Valley Traction Com panv. Hutchinson W Va., will build a J300 000 electric plant to develop 5V) horse power for electrical transmission 100 miles FINANCIAL BRIEFS FREIGHTS AND CHARTERS &i!Spw " &" .TSlm'-K STEAMSHIPS. jilluH,0Vi?,n P-)- Montreal to pkltt Dort. 0!,OctoKbl.'VtdOm rTa,n' M00 wrursfS! rrlanta (Br), 2fl 000 quart. r Mm. oWartir'S.0 "5EF" "'"' Cam fnr.n mr fln' ,ir.. II- . Au.tralli and vVi ..i.'?' -?.r.w " t (Nnl rrn-. t -,. 7" "4' ' Panama romp?" "'' """" ar' PrtwUlemi; Nicholas cuneo (Nor), V1 tona, um. fitamboul (Nor ). 1501 ton., .am- ?f0b., ybrand (Nor ). 12 ton., limtl Oc,ohtt "J2L(!Vor?' iM7J,?.n"' tran.atl.ntle trad. u ,,lp' ?"la 7 dvry Mobil., redtllV.rv candlnavia, prompt. ury 0UIMET ON WINNING SIDE Amateur Champion, With Low, De feats Travera and Marston, 5 and 4. NBW VOItK. Sept 25 -A gallery of nearly 1000 golfers saw Francis Oulmet the, amateur champion, figure on the winning Bide of a four-ball match at Baltusrol jesterday Oulmet. paired with George Low. the home profes sional, took on Jerome D Travers of Upper Hontclalr. the former title holder and Max It Marston, of the home club and at the finish of the round Oulmet and Low had won by 5 up and 4 to play. SCHOONERS fa"M- Jte' " t0Q- Savannah or n.N fa..t J,a J? Utn, lumber, private t.rm. noM tatted uCdr?eVSa. BANK CLEARINGS Bank clearings today compare with cam, ponding day lalt two )ear ?IK!S?; s!?I0.2 i.i2s rnllada. NEW YORK BUTTER AND EOQS NBW TOIIK. Sept 25 -IJutter-670S pack- SgH,r.,oelv,1- market .teady. creamery eitrai S!0 ' ""' -'-"HcVh.ld cxraif ncx.-Rocelpu. JO 040 crate, tone of mar- He . firat, glgiac. refrigerator flret.. 2ff2Jc. LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS nr,n,SAH0.' fie;". -H(XJH -lUcslpt.. 11. Mi'mffww" oc ,l"r, mixed and butcheri. (8 1031)05 good heavy, I fiftHS 05. rouah U- J7,?5'?.,5?. "hl- IS43y08. p.,. Id lBon' 't'..8 W 78 J-'ATTXE -lie!' pi. inoo market et.adr beee. IT 40311 in co. and heifer. .440 M Vto'ker. tni tttdl jr. .rt.40HS.lv Texan.. IT aoflg BU ealw. 19 60 (HJ 60 BHEKI -Receipt. "aooO m"i &tJ,,Ss-iJ,.,,M" ini '" 3tS. SOUTH AMERICA ORDERS STEEL PlTTSHrnClH. Sept 35 -The largest export order reoelved In this country since the European war started has been taken by the Lackawanna Steel Company It calls for from 3000 to 4000 reinforcing steel bars for Government work at Buenos Aires. Argentina ANOTHER CUT IN OIL PRICES The Imperial Oil Comnam h, . nounced another reduction of five cents wa .....'ii.iji.7j. B.S.iaj fcB&SIa .. r afi iii bS wlci ?oi :u As Indicating tho general better feeling which Is apparent, ono of the large bond hotises In this city has, within the last ten days, had average dallj sales of from $23,000 to $30,W worth of bonds Tho aver age number of transactions dally has been seven to ten. These sales were principal ly In unlisted bonds and were mado vlth out the aid of salesmen Tho report of the Chicago and eastern Illinois Railroad and the receivers' ac count consolidated, Including tho Evnm vllle and Indianapolis Railroad, for tho jear ending June CO, 1914, shows total operating revenue of $15,61t,2!5, net operat ing revenue, 2,o75,271; operating Income, $1,041,774. total income, U'J3i,5w, deficit, t!,525,S93. William S Evan., who Is associated with Henry & "West, of this cit. has been unanimously elected president of the American Institute of Banking at the annual convention in Dallas, Tex Mr Evans Is the first Philadelphia to occupy mat omce. The subtre&sury gained $200,000 from banks yesterday and since Friday, II,. T90.W0. The Standard Horseshoe Xall Com pany, of New Brighton. Pa., has re ceived a large order for horseshoe nails, presumably from the Krench Govern ment. Copper exports for the week ending September 25 were 3027, decrease. 2S5ti. month to date. 14.0s7, decrease 6732, from January 1, 23,273. Increase 17,119 CINCINNATI BUYS COTTON Starts Movement to Take $200,000 Worth to Help South. CINCINNATI. O.. Sept 2J -Cincinnati buslne.g men have started a movement to buy 1200.000 worth of cotton at o0 a bale The .Merchants' Association has Initiated the movement to purchase the cotton In the Interest of the South More than 2200 bales have been subscribed for at the standard price of 10 cents ; pound committee has been appointed to solicit subscriptions Returns received bv the Electrical World from the central station corrmn- nles of the Mountain nnd Pacific .States for June. 1014, do not show as large gains In earnings and output over the corre sponding month of 1913 as did those for May, and the latter also wn behind April In these two respects Returns from t-x large cities In Cali fornia. 'Washington, Oregon Utah nnd Colorado, representing over 60 per cent, of the central station indtistty in tho Mountain and Pacific States show gross arnlngs for June, 1914. of $1 553 50J. an Increase of 5 1 per cent over June. 1313 with output of 1)0,194 562 kilowatt hours, nn Increase of 8 5 per cent The standard of lflclenc of train serv ice rwn on the Pittsburgh Division of th Pennsylvania has been raised ns the re sult of a method known as the "progres Mvc plan ' Uhey havo to piss a first. second and third enr examination on air brakes, machinery and knowledge of a. locomotive. The new shops of the Chicago and Alton at Bloomlngton, III, to cost il.OOO.OOO, are nearlng completion They will replace old buildings of small size that wero erected SO years ago. What hat been known for many oars as tho American Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents has been changed to that of American Association of Passenger Trafllc Officers, which is moie In keeping with Its membership Th president is Oertit Tort, passenger traftlo manager of the L'nlon Pacific. Tho .Massachusetts Public Service Com mission has suspended to November 1, 1911. the proposed changes in certain pas tengcr tariffs on Boston and Albany Rall load A hearing will be hold October 11. The tariffs suspended withdraw fiom sale Kfl-ride intrastate and 10-ride tickets. Tha changes would make certain Increases In rates of fates. Effective October 1, M E. U ells ha been appointed senior inspector of motive power, division of valuation. Interstate Commerce Commission, for the Southern district His headquarters will be in Chattanoosa. He Is now engaged on the appraisal of the Pere Marquette for the Michigan Railroad Commission Automatic block signals are being In stalled bv the Texas and Pacific Railroad on Its line between Addis. Ij , and Don aldsonville, a distnnce of 21 miles. The Cininnati. Hamilton and Dayton plans to build 103 caboose cars In Its own shops The company is also in tha market for twelve all-steel coaches, eight all-steel passenger and baggage cars, four .ill-stel baggjgc and mall cars, five all steel baggaie cars and one dining and two wrecking cars M. A Mulligan, tialnmaster of the I hlgh Vallev Railroad at Jersey City, has been appointed general yard Inspector His offices will be In South Bethlehem. PHILADELPHIA MARKETS GRAIN AND FLOUR V.WIKAT lleieipt. 00 "00 bu.hel. Uttle trading and ,rln wheat lc lower hui no change In winter ir Int., in export elevator "Jl1. - i"" P'H unl Septemher trr) Duiuttli Wsj ' um ls No ! s'nrlhern nf.?ltN'7"I,'.c"'" i'0 hu.hel. Trade quiet but prUea eiea.lj vUth moleraie offer-lns,-rar iaXa for ,ncal 'rade. as to loatl,in o- - eiio -VfSJ-'-rC bteamer yellow S7i, steo1 in' i-ream rhn - ool 1 VV- a 1 i ttale Tuft Vfff ii'sfiltsv l) I" ran kim dsilc York fll lo. fair 'to POULTRY RKc OVT Itecelpte 30 717 bu.hel. I- - - - - ..s..s.H. ,,, luiinein Jrcennci moderate and prlc. stead hut trdo 'iu!ri No. 2 white .MU.2SV .tindard white, ",fl Mhc No 1 while .VUsfMc " Jo . V 4fKSft7fl l5.:ri.V SO. An I rhl. Uun e 'inin ju. .prinir first siralght V HSS 40 do lo favorite brand. MB- cv nitent 105 -Winter, clear, patent JfteritiEii tt 16 ik. 'il "T"'"'".' r,3 barrel. l.OTS.ntS It In lark. Trtle .low arid tallies Urselj "'. -ina marKu .lull and w.alc unijtr ,....,., . nrii ,, inter i lear e4,6a v., u, Km, wi, , rjT patent jvnaa, .iraignT jme sacks i-uieni juio .ark., l.ar. 7.VSJ5 .lo patent tVoftSfVoS B!ft city mill, choir and fanc n ..i cii nuns, regular erale t nafi Jo .traight SVpSSO do V fiO-iffl PROVISIONS Irado slow ami prtca. unchain.vl City beef In et amokeJ anl air irleU IHjn2i West ern beef, in ct. amoked, .lltTSJi. , city beef knuckles and tender. m..ke 1 and air dried 2n&v4.V iV?irn l""i hnucklM and undiS. jrroked. TJJM4. beef ham. 40.JM3C pork famlb IS'VS'.T Ham.. 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Of k, 4oi ,tfhln. ) .b. apiece 20c do pl.ked, 11V, brollinit hi. kens nearby m I1""" l tSC "" P"" """' brellln chl(.kns narb fair to u.mi t,ti .ul'l. pn u'aii.m Dt.i ,. r. -:!V J VI1I1.- i: v.- ,v tu- in apiei-e. nn , do do. .H-W3 lb. apiece 156 1- brotlini chliken. VV .stern UflS Its aplecu. ITlJ.!.. bro,lm chicken. Western falr to E d, ljinao K,a,, rT.a'1 Whlte ehln 11 to 12 -I nPfr An,.K. 4,,4M hlt. ielih '", 2. to P lb "r '' B TS- white weUhlnK S 11, per d.,x 13 sWs.Jo do. do 7 lli per 1e. 51 75fiV do. Hi Igu,' lb. tl 10 '" d'uk an1 No- - 9 FRKSII FRUITS nrnn qmel and easier. Oiher ebowe-i little change .-iprtea. tier bhi -nntenttain SI 50r! :n si J . .i . . " i lllu.h w ro unl other 1 Slff renn.ylvHnla. frulta ; Jl k..- . .j. ' ""i." 1"11' "" 'aneie. - . nitHiiuni sin i -vo Annies rela hunper. Sr350c. -- -. . 'i.j ititnia. nrr RSfo-nS' ftlJtfi Siit&'lHSr lt tier bhi nari) 4 'J Black par SUGAR THE MONEY MAKKET Tha nt.s for money at all the leiin. financial centre, today w.r. quoted a, fju.?in, Philadelphia C ' Tim. Nw York , ... .' " fig. 5a, Boton . ..... . . " '" S"'8 2? J iS.lPhym.n'.r.,;, r.pVr hr.. , T. I ?lti - !- wau curiucs. iBTia pax cent, CILCKSE-OffuUwH Badcrat Quiet, but eteadlly hell Standard granu lated b.Siv fine granulated fl 75c p,iwdr.l SL-n'e',"ne,'5' A 885-' "' gratw' DAIRY PRODUCTS IH1TKK yulet with modern... but am ple offering, at former rate. VV e.ioru f r.h .olid packed creamery fanc .pedals, c extra. Sic extra flr.t. .Jik. firsts 2iVfi 2Wi. seconds 2JfC7l,c . laUI. p.eked. 21 -. i 5i.. 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Jersey ber 100. flats f!0.'5. VEGETABLES Dull and without Important chant VVhlt potaioe. pr buh r.im 8(.IU Jtr.ej ' " "J Kr rase. ao.. seconds. Iwiviiii ianjij and recrated ftuii . Mr do as tj per aie (94 valuu Dr I.IXkh PannnU,. .1. d. New York Umie i a?" trr hrfkt ACiatJ.. - T Ea.iern 's hffr" ",".. XiM!t d .lo d No J, 15. 9r to Si. TTorlh Carolina, per b 1 No f fl Tiwj. d do i? Si ? " '1o do d No 2 i ,, 1 T5 do do Jer.iy per b.kt 40a50c , J er tha VVe.i.ru and. iJvnnectii-ui ailey chi t aoj ' ai"" Ptr 100 , Vorlc. rer i unrh lfrfa)r tI A-i. fcsit. 8c.St 60? lis lr TV,'X rilct' which '-' .-r.tj Bg-iaaUir.-, ., .-jL": !A' .