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JTSasa ....... p. ...........vvcaAav4ata Am&TwMm ...............,,, Citv Btat I nmacroT or A(XAimrrAinm FINANCIAL NEWS NEW, YORK MARKET CLOSES STRONG AND ACTIVE FOLLOWING WEAKNESS Talk of New Financing for Bethlehem Steel Results in Bear Activities, Which Are Offset Late in Day. Bailies in Most Issues High Points in Today' Financial News , Net Iforh itoch marktt beoamo ttrong in afternoon following wcaknetn bvrly. Curb vrioea wen effected by fitaee talk. Corn closed higher and aotton declined after showing strength. Foreign exchange dealings moderate. EhtdebaJtar Corporation, reduced dividend to i per cent per annum basis from 10 jte: cent QatiS. JJaveilver at new high record price in New York New York Stock Salet NUW Yonic, Auk. 7. Stare-was hardr? nouch outeldo lntorest.ln the stock market to make the ..Jprteo) xaovements morally. pososs BlKiilflcnnce. Tho moat that can bo raid fcbowt today's trading was that unconnrmcd storleo of new nnanclim' by Uotli !ohaIKel had encourased bear traders to put out fresh llnca of shorts and had catlanS a ceitdntlon )f pool octlvltle In a number of easily moved spo claltlos. netfilehcm Utcol wns weak during tho forenoon, when It tliopped mora than 2 points, scJIIns; below 124, but In tho last half of the day It recovered a good part of this loss. Unltod States Steel declined IK points, rawilntr In tho forenoon from 1277i to 126, but thero was no disturbance of outsldo'holdlngH nnd n modcrntc rally quickly occurred. The mass of security holdors scorned to bo willing to retain their present lines and add to tliem at concessions, making n substantial and strong undertono to tho market gonerajly and ghlng evldonco of Increasing strength In tho near future, Lator on tho completion of tho war rcvenuo legisla tion and tho accurate measure which may then be obtained of tho taxes to ho Imposed on tho consolidated Industries will find a rcsponso In a new upward movement. Tho market for tho last few months has been hold bock by uncertainty as to what tho taxc? would bo, but with that uncertainty removed nothing re mains to act as an obstacle to a net adwmce. Studobakcr acted Independently of tho general list today, moWng up 3 points to CO, and then dropping to C2K on tho unnounccmont of tho reduction of tho dividend rato from 10 per cent to 4 per cent, Tho feature of tho bond market wns tho decllno In tho Liberty Loans. Around midday tho loans sold In lots down to &f).fi2, nnd a fow $fi00 bonds sold at 99.60, or exactly 89H, as tho bonds nro now quoted In decimals. Only a trifling change occurred In tho fow railway bonds which wero offored. Illth. Alaska Gold M... AllU.Chalmcrs Co. 30Vi do pref ....... so Am Agr Chem ... VTSi Am licet Hugnr . . vV Am Can 4S!4 do pref io Am C A Fdry Co.. 70Vt Am lnt Corp. . . . toy Am Cotton Oil .. 10 Am Ice Hec 1SH do pref ........ S4 H Am H & I.enth pt o Am Llnsocd 29f, do pref .....'... 04 V Am Locomothe. . . is do pref 103 Am Malt 1SH do pref .. . ... 70 Am .Smelting ... 104 do pref .. . . 114 Am Hum Toi ssh Am Hteel Kdy. ?(. Am KURiir I lift Am Tel & Tel..., 1 1 Am Tobacco 210 Am Wool B34 Am Wool, prof .. UK', Am Zinc A Ld. ,. 23 Anaconda .... ?s)t Atchison 100 do pref .. . . 00 W Atl CJulf ft W I ..100 Clue. S ICW. a 20 80 01 t 4SV4 10SH ""ft 10 Net chse. H 20T4 St SI 40 1H MM flaw ts H u 10SM ISM. 09H V ih w SOH Mi 4y. w 70 40 V, 1SH 1 4H 1 Mi Sales in Philadelphia OS 04 , 78 1014 ISM 70 loH 101H llaldwln Loco Co. 74V4 Unit & Ohio HOtt UntopllaH Mining U4 Ilcthlehrm KKel .I37H V Jyv -h..-" PEACE TALK CAUSES UNCERTAINTY IN TRADING ON BROAD STREET CURB NEW VOniC, Aug. 7. Tho trading on 4!h Broad Htrcet Curb today wns Influenced by tho con tlnually clrculatod reports of peace offers, nnd statements about penra prospceti mado many In tho speculative element offtr and sell stocks on tho oiitsldo market at frequent Intervals during tho day This caused a lower rango of prices, especially In Industrial shares, nlthough tho declines from recently established high lev eh were not large enough to causo any disturbances of outsldo holdings. Wrlght-Mnrtin ranged from 12 to 13'i, nnd Curtlss Aeroplano was traded In at C4 to 52HJ. Bubmarlno Boat dropped 1 point to 28, Aetna Explosive sold down from 1 to 6, and Air Reduction was traded In at 97 to S5. Tho Independent oil stocks reflected pfollt-taklng on a fulrly large sculo nnd lower prlcoi wore tho order In that group Midwest Refining dropped from 18G to 181, and Northwestern Oil, n newcomer In tho samo field, which fold yes terday at 100, reacted to 90, followed by a brisk rally. Mining stocks wore fairly active, with tho Jeromo group showing n strong tone, Jeromo Verdo selling itt 2H and 2; Mllford was steady, with sties nt 11 nnd 1T. Magnate sold at 1 6-16. Motor stocks wero steady, United selling at 23 and 23, and Chovrolet at 94 to 93. Canadian Govornment new notes, which wero placed by subscription at 98, wero prominent In Curb doallngs, about $700,000 soiling nt 97 and 97. INDUSTBIAI.8 Ypi. clone, AekeJ (SnU ( nia. Air Reduction 04 Am Stores 24 Aetna explosives T Am-Brltlsh Mfg 0 Am Marconi 2 American Writing Paper sy Canadian Car Co 2 Can Car & Fdy pref .... OS Charcoal Iron Vi Chevrolet Motors Oi Cramp 78 Curtlss Aeroplano ,.,,.. SSHr Carwen Tool 11 Carbon Steel loo Emerson Phonograph ... fl4 Federal Dye 40 Eastern Aniline R Hendea Mfg 28 Kathodlon Bronio pref. . 1 Lake Torpedo Boat .... 7 Lehigh Coal Sales 18 Lima Loco SS Maxim Munitions Iff, Marlln Arms 112 N T Shipbuilding 41 Nor Amer Pap Pulp .... 4 Otis Elevator Bg Peerless Motor 12 Poole Eng 15 Redden Truck 14 S S Kresgo w 1 05 Standard Motors 11 Steel Alloy 1 Submarlno 2 St Joseph Lead 20 Todd Shipbuilding SO Triangle Film 1V4 United Profit Sharing .. Vi U S Steamship 4 Unltod Motors 28ft United Sugar 84 World's Film Wright-Martin Air IS Zlno Concent SH STANDATtD OIL STOCKS Illinois 22S 2S0 Ohio 890 89C Prairie Pipo lis 287 Stand Oil of California.. 280 80S Stand Oil of New Jersey, 810 015 Stand OH of Now Tork. .100 298 INDEPENDENT OIL 8XOCKH 00 87 7H 12 4 88 78 I) 03 S3 68 11M 101 7 "ti 34 2 7V S3 S7 2 118 44 4 SO 16 SO 18 100 12 7 20 20V4 82 Itt 4H iVH. 28 18Vft 194 00H "n 04 SSV4 UVj 100 7 31 118 " IV 20V4 10 vi 4W 24 " IS 1 008 .203 Harnett Oil 4 Oas lji 2 Cosdsn Oil 11H 12 is Coiden & Co ll 12 Elk DaBln it 12 18 Federal Oil SM ttt IH Inter Petrol 18 18 18 Houston OH io 20 Merrltt Oil 40 40 41 INDEPENDENT OIL Midwest Rcf Met Petrol Ohio I'uol Oklahoma Ref Oiage Hominy , Rico Oil Sapulpa Ref Sequoyah Sinclair , United West Oil , Alaska Standard Atlanta Dig Ledk'o lllsbt stopper (a pros). uutte copper & Zinc Butto New York . . . Cal & Jerome Con Ariz Emma Consolidated . First National Ooldfleld Merger ... Coldfleld Cons Ooldfleld Florence . Ooldfleld Kewanas . Oreen Monster Hccla Mining Howe Sound Independence Lead . Jeromo Verdo Jumbo Extension . . Magnate Copper McKlnley Darragh . , Magma Copper . . . . , Mother Lode Mines Co of Amer... Nevada Hlllr , Nlplsslng Ohio Copper Ray Hercules , San Toy Stewart Tonopah Extension ., United Verde White Oaks White Caps Ycrlngton STOCKS Continued Vni. rloar. I'M AelceJ (Malu) ..180 1ST 187 rV 1 1 .. 18 10 . .. 10 10', 10; .. 0 0 0, t M . ' 1 11 11 .. 1 1 1 .. 25 27 TOPICS . . 80 35 .. 10 11 10 1 1 1 .. 8 HT, 14 1 1 111 14 . 2 2n V4 1 If, 2 3 a 7 ..80 OS " 87 . . 20 25 .. U 13 L. 1J iJ 8 84 8 . 8 8 11 13 A 23 20 25 81 S3 C4 ..50 88 52 ..30 37 37 1 1 .. .. 18 20 7 7 7 y i ii S"4 4 13 13 13 A .. do IJ Brook It T Burns Bros B ft Sup Cop . Cal Pet prof Can Pac . . . Cul Packing Central Leather Chandler Motors Ches & Ohio Cerro do Pasco Chic M A .t p do Iirrf Chi R I A Pnt t do C p c pf t c do 7 p c pf t o Chill Copper Chlno Con Cup . Col Fuel k lion Col Ons & Elic Consol Oas Corn Produds do pref . Crucible Steel do pref Cuba-Am Hub ir pf 107 Cuba Cnno Sugar. 4014 io prer Del ft Hudson Denver ft 11 O pf Dome .Mines , , , OlMIIIcis Krcur Eilu . iislim Williams lienor.! 1 Eke 'o (em r.il Motors do tiref . Oreat Northern pM05 do Oro hubs . 35 Greene Can Copper 43 lnt Agrlcul prof . 58 Inspiration Copper 58 luUibor.Cons Cor fiy, ao pref .no 110 61 97 SB 81 102 88 08 83 . 60 S44 . 00 108 a 3 Hi no 71 . 20 . 53 80 . 40 .111 81 07 85 103 S0,i .112 . 10 . 10 20 -13 'ISTfi 151 115 68 87 1 1 23 2 88 3 1 23 BONDS Bethlehem Cs Cosden Oil 6s Cosden & Co Os Cudahy Ci Erie Cs Russian Govt 6 vis ... Russian Govt 0b... Southern Railway 6s. Sinclair OH 6s Todd Shipbuilding 6s.. N T Cities 4 08 08 f7 08 01 05 05 100 07 08 73 75 82 84 01 07 01 .100 102 .101 101j 08 08 73 82 MONEY-LENDING KATES NEW YORK Money on tall opened at 2V4 per cent, high 3, low 2, last 2i, closed 2V,0iyt; ruling rate, 2 per cent. Rates on good mixed collateral aro quoted unohanged at 4 per cent trading figure foi sixty days; 404 U per cent ninety days; 4V404Vi per cent for four months, and 4Vi 0494 per cont for Ave and six months. On Industrial loan rates averago V4 pel cent higher than the above. A continued good business Is noted It prime bank acoeptancei, with SHCP3 pel cent quoted for member banks; 3H0JV4 on eligible nonmembers, and 404 on non. ellgibles. PHILADELPHIA. Call, 6 per cent; time, 6 6 per cent Commercial paper, throe to four months, 6OS per cent; six months, 6(26 per cent. FOREIGN EXCHANGE NBW YORK. Aug. 7. Dealings in for eign exchange In the first hour of business were on a moderate scale. Rates showed an Irregular course. French and Italian exchange was easier, rubles held steady at slight advanoa over Monday's closing and Scandinavian disclosed renewed strength. Quotations wero: ' Demand sterling checks 4.79 916, cable 4.717-16, slxty.day bills nominally 4.72U. ninety-day bills 4.70. ' Frs.no cables 5.76, checks 6.76. Lira cables 7.10, checks 7.31. Swiss cables 4.87, checks 4.88, uuuuer caoiss tsvi, cnecKa 43, Pesetas cable 22.71, checks 22.15, iiUDia caoies zi,o, checks 21.45 Stockholm cables 21.10, checks 31.70. Christian! cables 10.10, checks 30 50 u,Casnh4tn 30.20, checks 30.10. M TljSf' SjMOWSas tSt'a44IhiMrts "T-L'MMsVH!P '?a .'A.SKHH ' r -', I NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET NEW YORK, Aug. 7 Tho market for coffee futures opened Inactive today with sales on the call amounting to 1000 bacs First prices were 1 point below last night's tropin8 ' W"h M&y the 0nly p""'" Yesterday's September December January. ...,, March Mar Open. Hlsh. .. TD1 7.66 . SOI 8.08 i. 8.10 .... . 8 22 kin . 8.32 8,83 L?W. Cloen. Cloi T.87 7.02 7.98 8 08 8.18 8.24 8.34 7 6T 8 02 1,A4 8.27 BANK CLEARINGS Bank clearlnxs todar compared with eorre. pondlns day lait two years: oorre- . .. ... mo ints Chlcaao fit. Louis. 77.28n.88S 18.480.835 62.744. Tno 15,419.180 40,208.070 Sugar Futures at Record Prices NEW YORK. Aug. 7. New high records wero made today In sugar future contracts September going to 6.41c, Ootober to 6.38' November to 6.20o and December to 6 93c. The whole list made new records On' the call bid prices were 2 to 15 points hlaher ,with sales amounting to 8500 tons Oner ators. Wall street and outside speculative Interests took the buying side, with the selling scattered and In the nature of nront! taking. Further advances In refined sugar and the unusually strong position in spot sugar caused the active opening in futures. New $10,000,000 Motor Company DOVER OeL. Aug. 7. The Automobile Corporation, which will manufacture mo- ,ir-u; w...uuiie., was ineoi iSi"!. """"" PWU S404SC-OJ 10, .v 'J Wt 1 ..... -i . i. it( i lnt Mor Marine do pref . , Intcrn'l Paper . . do prof sta Bit Nickel . ... Jcuel Tea Kan-as CIt South. Kuimcott Coj) . . . IjioI .Steel Lehigh Vallny . . Lociso Wiles Us Co Loulsv At Nash . Max Motor . . . . do 1st prof do 2d pref , Mox I'otrol , Miami Con Cpr. . M!dale Mo Kan & Tox.., Miss Poo .'o ctfs nn Not Homo sj Nut Con rnblo . HT Nat Enam & Stpd 44 N'ev Con Cop .... 2314 New O Tex & Mex S5Vt N Y Cent toll N Y N II & II.... 30 Norf & West ....132 Nor Pac 1011J4 N Scotia Steel... 104 Ohio f!as 5s 20 80 3(1 07 40 43 32 44 03 64 17 121 85 68 28 07 80 80 6 88 114 81 00 123 110 814 8204 06 23 77 00 00 103 73 60 1 117 113 60 07 88 30 161 86 04 81 60 84 60 108 34 88 71 20 83 80 J', 4U 111 84 07 83 103 105 10 89 112 16 10 28 2474 88 161 113 88 104 34 42 88 87 83 211 7 an 67 30 4.1 114 84 09 118 110 216 82 08 28 77 100 00 106 78 60 1 94 V4 121 4 124 1 61 1 07 Vi 2 38 80 102 38 04 82 60 84 60 108 84 88 .. 78 20 65 30 1 n Net Low. Clone, chst. 108 103 . 00 00 ! t43 .. 185 162 1 60 60 24 26 10 19 01 61 .. 28 28 17 17 V 76 76 04 641 80 80 1- '. 82 82 .. 20 20 80 30 77 77 .. 03 03 1 4 4 A 6 0 43 45 78 76 126 121 ' 40 40 .. t" .. 31 Vi wfpr" vrTOjp; : ; ,, pSJ'T . r V 4, p. 'f'rt1 31 1 40 1 1 1 34 1 84. 103 107 10 80 10 10 28 SVfc 38 181 114 88 103 31 !- 88 87 0 GO 211 80 30 1 i Vi V 07 1 60 26 82 S 67 40 88 08 74 1 1 2H 81 Ohio Fuel Pacific Moll Penn It R Pitts West Pitts West pref .. Pierce Arrow Pitts Coal ctfs.. . Pierce Arrow prf. Pressed steel Car Quicksilver do pref Raj Con Copper, . Heading Hep Iron & Steel 01 It do pref 101 Rojol Dutch .... 64 StLBFwl 16 Saage Arms .... dsh Sinclair Oil 4S Seaboard A L pref 27 Sears Roebuck . . 100 Hup Steel 46 Sloss.Shcff S & I.. 65 South 11 R do nref Studcbaker 05 28 87 86 Tenn Cop & Chem 18 Texas Co do right: Too Prod 104 22 70 Undernd Typo Co.ioo Union Paclfio do pref United Clg Stores, United Fruit .... United Ry Invest. V S Bid Alcohol . , U S Rubbor do 1st pref ,,.( U S Steel do pref Utah Copper Utah BeoiCorp..., Va Char Chem . . , Wabash do pref A do prof B Weet Mrtryland . West Union Tel . , West'ghouso 'Mfg , White Motors .. Wheel ALE. . Willys Overland 186 10 128 44 01 03 11 124 88 63 21 01 30 58 8 32 88 81 86 43 23 .14 88 ,86 122 101 102 86 60 26 88 81 Vi 66 Vi 40', 4 61 08 71 1 1 27 04 01 103 64 16 83 42 17 100 40 85 04 27 80 82 18 103 '1 68 100 186 70 "8 40 43 22 44 Vi 03 64 17 14 34 05 21 07 3D 60 6 83 88 31 36 44 28 S3 so . . SO 112 Vi 101 103 1 87 1 SO 20 02 .. 1 33 67 40 88 88 71 1 1 f" 1 1 03 02 ; 108 0 .. 10 . 03 42 160 1 40 1 68 03 28 87 88 18 102 1 1 2 ?1 183 183 0 8 103 l(i 61 70 109 136 70 121 1 1 ' 183 1 1 H 106 106 106 '4 117 120 120 Zj9 118 1U , 106 100 106 -It -7 mit, lgiA . . 41 11 40 26 20 02 40 47 15 SS 41 11 49 26 20 02 40 40 13 32 1 J 0 .. 0 .. 20 H 01 1 40 46. yt !? 32 .. f and St. pJtS8 aWVfeSSfSlffilu.M,lw-k' ..me period JStt'XtJi&L Total !, 461.SO0 ..,iw nnarrs 002,400 shares! shares. LONDON STOCK MARKET Orders Are Small, but the Tone Is Generally Steady LONDON, Aug. 7,-Ordera for securities for Investment that had accumulated over the holidays were trifling, but the tone of the Stock Exchange markets generally was steady today. The feeling with regard to Russians was mora cheerful on Improved riews from Pet rograd and the placing of a further parcel ?f,.n.'i"lBn threo months' credit bill, at 4 13-16 per cent. ' The gilt-edged. section was good In soots Tho 4 per oent conversion loan dlsolaveci the most strength, being Influenced by fte Government's preparations for a new fssii. Americans moved within narrow llmiu' but sentiment was optimistic, owing to th. firmness at New York. Canadian Pacifies ..... MMk ...u iwu. rus were Irregu lar Thar va mrAvnt. ...... I - -lu lar. There was moderate buying of homa lines for Investment. B l nomt m. lurwer auvance occurred In n-..j on favorable earnlnss and th. fw the ..- .. v. i..,v.m'S. . r Trunks nadlan Governments Trunk raaias.--'''-''- . . .jrt; x.. Hlsh. 28 Am Oas ..10s a Am Rys pf 00 Comb Irpn .. 12 Cam Steel. 162 810 Elec Stor.. 60 800 Erie 23 100 O Asphalt. 10 10 do pref. 61 100 lnt Mcr "M 28 400 Lit Sup C. 17 10 Lch NaV . . 70 .17 Lch Valley 64 40 Mkhale ..80 ISO Pcnna R It 52 107 Phlla Eleo. 20 11SS P It T t c. 31 2.1 Phlla trac 11 Heading .. 08 10 Ton Bel .. 4 81 Ton Mln.. 6ft 1 Union Trac 45 131 U ft I ... 16 3110 U 8 Steel. 117 8 W Jor & S 40 Yolk ltwy. .. in dn tiref . . 87 tQuotatlon given Is yesterday's close. Ex dividend. Tntil phIm. 0186 lisre. eompsrril jllb 7IM olmres ywierilan Inns far ' "" "' .Imrrsi came period Inat week. 7337 (.narra. nnNDft ei " Hlsh. Low. Close, chce 14000 Am Oas A Elec 6s.. 01 91 91 2000 Leh Valloy gen 4s... 88 83 83 4330 I.lli Bonds W I. 09 08-100 09 00 4000 ICll A New Eng 6s.. 102 1000 ProVLAT ctfs P Co cons 6s. . 09 12000 Pennn Co temp ctfs 4s .... 04 04 04 18000 Phlla Eleo 1st 5s... 100 100 100 .. T0I1I Hales. 2,330, compared with SM.700 e.lcrilii thus fir lli la week. tOi.oWi mime period lust Hrek. S33.400. INACTIVE PHILA. STOCKS Follow Ins nro quotations for Inactive stocks listed on tho Philadelphia Stock Ex change and In which thero wero no trans actions today. Tho price given la the last previous close Alllsnc Ins ... 20 Amer Stores 37 60 pref ... 116 Am (Ins war.... 1 Am Mill . .. .0 11.1,1 l.orA . . . 7r nrlil J II .r. mitt I'mnaHnlt .... Hurt Hung, t 0 fin lVnn TrnnMo .... do pref .. 40Vi J'hIU Co ratawlesa 1st pf Bi PUT Con Trac N J . . 71 Itendlnr ... . Ins Co of N A . 2" t.'n C'oa of N J .2 Ke stone Trl 11 VV N Y A P .. . Kejstono Tel pf. 66V4 Warwick .. .. Wrstmoro foal Local Bid and Asked rTrSTrciNESS ON LOCAL-STOCK EXCHANGE IISIN U. S. STEEL COMifl ... -.i:n MonHv a Point, With SalesTotalinrr m! Than 3000 Shares Before Midday-Market a Little 1 .asa tiia Mn n f v?n isli -v 11 ai a a Broader, but Home qiimv. lve ciin On on sjmalt tnnaettons ii There vas broader trading on Phlla- Stock KKchanw i.y. -- a greater 101 102 00 00 dolphla thougn asrcuirr - ;' -tl.lly m any dealt In. thers, was II tie nctlv ty . tbe loss, Brokers had ery few orders to execute for sellers or buyers. Rapid Transit trust certlflca Us, which led the local list In jestcrdays session, wero without feature today. Only a small turnout 'took place, and the price was frac Uonaly lower. Other traction shares were Inactive, thero being only one mall saleof Union Traction, with the price unhanged, nnd Philadelphia Traction was also taken at vesterday's last price. Lnso Superior Corporation showed a little momentum, and the miotat on was ft Itttl. below that at the end ' Valley Railroad was itio of the few .tocK8 showing any vigor, ndvanc ng a PMon an odd lot transact on. Mldvale Steel was a fraction higher nnd York Railways pre fcrred gained hntf n point Tonopah Mining was off a trifle, as was Eric, Lehigh Navigation and Tonopah Be -n ion . Philadelphia Electric and Amerl- Pennsylvania Railroad, nfter beln. ! Battery developed some strength and i Bnir a point Dcioro tno close. n.air vancrd 1 points late In th .:.alni The subscription lists for the tins'aJ nna ltnlled Ktatoa TnM.nn, ... "v"."i certlflrnfes of Indebtedness dntci f.' nnd due November 15, T917, closed irl Federal Reservo Bank of Phlladamhi. day ot 3 p. m. ""! The following notice Is being soni a.'J Qlrard Trust Company to holders a J tincates or deposit issued for stock , Lehlirh Vallcv Transit nnmi,.. M "Ths Electric llnnd nmi ui.. 1 having exercised Its opUon, under an?" ment dated February 7. ln. h... " . tain holders of stock of tho Lehlsh vJ nd Share Company, to purchase ih, ferred nnd commoh Btock of th n.v,J? J ley Transit Company, nnd havlns- 5.J tho depository the sum of 148 per s1 earn snaro or preierred stock and n. share for each shore of common stLi posited. In nccordanco with the term. 5 ' nirreement, you nro hereby notln.T. sent your certificate of dcnonlt .L . dorsed In blank, to ihtJffitZLEl&r celve nayment thernfnr." " ra I New York Bond High. Low. Closed Sales 4000 Am Agr " clttj lyeh Vol Tr iln pref .. Mlnehlll .... N Penna . . Phlli Co pf ao cum pi Today Amer Stores I trill .1 (I .. Hurt ft 8us t do pref . llaldwln . III.c Mnrnro Hid. 864 26 r,s no 78Ti '!) Cm Asphalt 10ft do prir ,, Key Tel ll'.i do t o iv I.ako Sup Corp I.ih Nov I.eh VoIIpv I.rsh Vnl Tr ilo prof IVnnsW-nla l'nlla 1 lc l'hlla Co ... ... do 5 per ent pf .. do il p r ct nt pf . P It T I c Heading 'Ion Hel Ton Mln Union Troc l! n I U H MOfl ork uy do prof .... Wm (ramp ft Hons. . 1 . oiK . 211 . 411 . mh 211 . .17 V4 . 31 . HNi . m tk . mW . 7S'4 .127 . 11i . .17 . 80 Ask. 28 07 B 74 i l,il 20 (IJ 12 ns 77 !!4 47 nj; 211'. so ".. 80J :u U-,14 IM n'i 41 S7 bi Yesterday SK. 111(1. A 36H 211 sun 2S'5 63 67 4M nt 74f 74". r.'t iw 111 111. 1,1 tu ll'i Wi 01 117 7i'l 7714 .1 114 2ll 27 411 47 nj r,i, 211 SOU .17 3U 111 .'10 8li 39 4 81 ,11'i Ul'fj 04 i 4! ii ',4 n 44 43 7hJ 711 127'i 1274 11 14 8lH. 8S 80 83 INACTIVE NEW YORK STOCKS Following are quotations for Inactive stocks listed on tho Now York Stock Ex change nnd In which there were no trans actions today. The price given Is the last previous close. .dml.nspress,..lli Advance Humelv. lp Ailv llumely pfd. - AJax Ituhber .... J Alislta Juneau . . 08 AlllsChal pf ;, Am Asr Chem PLIOJ" Am Ileet Su; f';,?i.. Am Can A ldy Pll5 Am Hloo ft L H' A II a ft P""0f do ctfs pref.... 101 Am Cot Oil pref.. 03 Am Kxpress ..... ,, Am Hmelt pt.A.. 0W Am Smelt pfO W Amer Sugar pfd..ll8V Am Sumatra yrct 03 Am lei t Cable.. 60 Am loo Pf new .ll'l; Am Zlno''ft L Pf aj Am Writ Paper pf 81V, Asio D 0 1st of J2 Atl O Line HI Ml 11 ft W I Pf"'! nald Loco pref ..100 Halt ft Ohio vt .. Uarrett Co .0.2 larrtt Co pref..U8W Urooklyn Un Gas 10 Hrown Shoo 71 Vil l'etro, .. ,,?! Cent Leather Pf. 1124 Tent ft H Am Tel 11.1 r.tA a Alton iv do prel . riii Nwn rhi fit Wept rl.l .. Vn.thlllt Chlno Copper ... 85 Col ft So l"t pf. 5J do 2d pref 40 Cluott.Peabody pf.110 Col ft South..... 26 Comp Tab Re..,J Con O B L ft P.. 113 Cont Can ., Cont Can pref... 112 Con lnt Cal Mln. 174 Continental Ins.. 81H Clllt PI P... 7 Cuba Am, Sugar. 200 Deer & Co pret.100 D 8 B ft A pref.. Den ft IUo Or... . Detroit iMlion..ia Klk Horn Fuel lileo Stor Bat n, , do 1st prei .... 01 Erie 2d pref.... 284 an Cigar Stores SMi Ooodrlch B P .. 4 5 Goodrich B T pf. 104V. Dranby Mln , ?J (lulf StateBtl..ll0 Haskell ft Barker 88H Ilartman Corp... 62 fn..nnA VI n ...mi trnm tclra 100 Illinois Central... 10V lnt Agrlcul !'( lnt nary. worp.. 1 .IUO May Dept Btores. 684 Jlay Dept Str pr.loi Mex Petrol put.. 03 Manhattan lleach, i Manhattan Ciar.,113 filth Cent no Minn ft St L new 16 U Mont Pouer .... HH Morris ft Kssex.. 804 , do pref 114 IJ St P ft 8 8 M10S4 Mo 1'ae 0 of d t p 01 4 5Jt Ilecult 109 Nat Unam pref.. 00 4i National Lead .. 80V . do pf 1084 Nat nil Mex 2d pi 8 n t c ft fit I,.;. 2a n Yo 1, w .::: 224 do 2d pref r,04 N Y Dock nu ..do pref '. 40 Norf ft South.... 24 i Norf ft West ....lSlW Norf 4 West pf.. il &?thAm 1 Ohio Oas rts 03 Ontario Silver.... M, Owens liot 00 Pao Tel A Tel... 2 Pan-Am Pet pt. . on do prior pf ct.. 03 ?,.& ?i'i. ...... 23V4 I lerco-Arrow pf . us preh.109 Pitts i Steel prif . k .l,8. r,"d Htl Car vl.HM jwest Ki Pullman Pal Car 1444 7Miii Am Fore gu nco. ii.i 61000 Am Smelt ft Hef a., 1000 Am Tel clt 4s 7(10011 do 6s... . .... ' K.00O Armour Co 44 s . ... 1600(1 Atchison sen 4s... ' 200(1 Atchison cv 4s lOOO.i 2000 Atl Co Line 1st 4s... 1000 Halt A Ohio 34. .... 80U0 do 6s..,. noon do cv 44s ... . 1001) Halt ft O Hwn 84 s . toon Ilrk Hu Ir B 1018 iionu Hurt lloch A I'M"" 2000 Csn tiovt r,s 1820,... 300(1 do fls lU.ll..,. 1O000 Cent I.eath 1st Ss.... 1000 Ches A Ohio 44s 2000 do Cs 3000 do conv Ss 01100 do conv 44 s 1000 Chi A Nwn 84 s 7000 Chi 11 A , Joint 4s.. BOdU O M A fit P rfd 44s,. 18(00 Chi It I A P rfd 4s.. 811000 do Cs 1 sla 4000 do 4s. . 20(11) Col Industrial Cs . .. i'OOO Col ft South 1st 4s,. r.VOO (!llv nt Pnrlfl (g Sotio Col V A I gen Ss.. 1800(1 Con (Ins conv Us ... CHOI) Cumberland Tel Cs. iiiiiid (.HI Hallas ns .. no COD") Corn l'rud Ss 34s l'i 1000 Dm A ltlo Or 6 78., 17000 DiH becur Corp 0s ... 73JI 1800(1 L'rlo convr 4s Her II,. BS 100(1 do conv 4s Her D.T OV. 2000 Hrlo gen 4s HI1,. Coil") Interb U T rcf C U-Vi 3100(1 Hud ft Man rfd fs... 01 , J0OII Houston A Tex Cs....l034 10(10 HI Steel d(.h 44s...,i 801. HIOOil Indiana Htid Ss ,, 101 1000 Iowa Cent 8s s ..SI 1J0QO III Cent 84 s " 78 1000 Interb Met 44 03 C'i(Kli) Interb It T ret 5s .,., IU'i 1(100 Inter Mer Mar Os 1)14 10000 I C C A St L Cs 01 1.1000 K C Kt 8 A M 4s..., 004 joint Kon City So 1st 8 i."4 6000 do Cs XI 1000 Keokuk A I) M Cs... 3d 4000 I.acka Steel Cs IO."!.. OK'i 2000 IX Mh deb 4 1I1JS... 1)14 0000 do deb 4s 1031.. .. OP. 4000 Lie A M T .Ir .... too 20DO Long Island Cs 37s. 2000 Lorlllard Cs . ... 10000 do 7s 1000 I.nuls A Nash 4s... 004 8SU 87k 1104 COTTON GETS WEAK ON PROFIT-TAKI Drop Occurs After Augus('j rt 4j- XTa TTI-T "r i. nuw xiign record of I a .1 uc -xraaing Active- i .1104 . "7 (134 so'! 914 Sift 084 1)14 01 If 804 01)4 804 1)114 lin nnU 76600(1 Liberty Bond w 1 3s vu (r:-i(ai uu 4siou 09 ikmoo J44 peadlng 1st nf liny stl Spring. Ity Steel pref.... si ; l ft s iv..;:; Bt L ft swn .... Kcaboard A L pf. Bhattuck Arig .. Bloss Sheff sieei sE IPnn ttH 80 P Rico 8..!.. Hnuth Iljr pt .; tandt Milliner Studebaker pref. Muts Motorsv . . . TJ?7A". P9"ne.. -Miru AY9 itK , tiuoiT.ier till ., 40 r.a 98 174 80 81 27)4 24 83 207 sou; 88 884 414 17"i 21 V. ,203 104 r B r. a .r.V.1 .I1 - : vvciia lu 00 ctfs 14U S2.nw!IIIa.ms.. Vi ..:"l,,-"y. . r., s34 "as Taper 1144 Tob Prod of 101 01 u west Un do pref lnt Harv SJ . .JjaV lnt Harv N J pf.117 lnt Nickel pret.,.101V ,r II tnwa Pent Jewel Tea pf . . . K O South pref. KtlTy Bprlngnell If.nG Mr n M I. M A W'oref... 30 I.aclede Has 08 le Hublier Tiro 21U I.lg ft iljer Tob.. 231 I.on !sl ctfs pf d 40 Lorlllard P .....JOS lorlllard P pref. 116 Mackay Cos .... 80 klackay Co pf... 63K Manhattan Kiev.. 113 May bept Stores, D2Vi un tvtaor n 1" V.ncJr R'pf.'illi) H H Cast lr PIm 21H I ,,'V. apar uoard. 29 it V."1.1. Ally Meei 444 Un,"e2 Wood 68 A unites- Drig ;;; nn S'lisr""" 51 20 H ElPrss..,. ii vi r;v?;"i" jii Weet M.vI.hV .W.v .--.. r" " ':.v " Y.,ifJn,?.n T' !.. 84 Wheel ALE pref su W?'.h,h 'ff'.'.12S w" p m .::: ssv 71 21 IX :; H 6 103S jU RAILROAD EARNINGS TEXAS ft Fourth week July Month ..: From January 1 Increase 130,092 47,938 PACIFIC 1917 1334,433 1.633,718 CHICAGO anEAT'wiin.Vn..,'D2('"129 Fourth week July 1369.661 lisiin Month ...j.... 1,80,4B3' Vs'Sis From January 1 o.los aaa Altai SOUT11E8N nAIt.WAv'oVo..SS"'07 RnIV,-rn Tl.llw.V (f.lr, 1.1 -. i !? . rourtn wstK rrom July 1 July V (U"i2 aYiinM W"- :".,.'.:::: 'omI'SIs ,,X52-9 Oho 0.224,618 2,014.018 Mobile and Fourth week July 885,188 From July 1 1.186010 Oeorgla Southern and Florida Fourth week July .... 69,064 From July 1 206,848 WESTERN PACIFIC June groi 1902,633 Net 870,729 Blx months gross .... 4,444,079 . 1,DUZ, 'uecrease. 02,298 212,287 10,020 18.914 I2J0.286 181,424 929,790 480,294 t Rolling Mill Co. Increases Csplttl CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 7. Director, of the American Rolling Mill Company "a Increased tha authorlied capital of ill ABmSLily from "'000:0' common to $ao! 000,000 common, and from 1100,000 nre ferrad to l,500,0po preferred, Action reducing th. jmtJ value of commw staiS from tioa.ta SaVS aaai -... .""V ". "$$&? y Ms;." y'swemmmu. u.-1i 80000 Met West of Chi 3s .. 01 C000 Mo Pao W I. Ss 1923.. : 1060 do W L Cs 1063.... 81) 04000 do cm 4s (10 2000 do (Is 1014 C000 Mont Power Bs 93 i 31000 N O Ten A Mox 0s.... 04 6000 Nat Tube 3a 1014 1000 N Y C L H 84 61 1000 N Y ft Hock Beach Cs 904 42000 N Y i ft II 0s 1014 1000 N Y City 4s 1"C0 94 1000 do 44s 10(13 1024 1000 N Y (1 1U PO 78 bOOOO dn Cs ,,,.. 084 2000 N YNH ft II cv34s. SO 400(1 do 6s 074 2000 N Y Queens 8a 904 8000 N Y ltwy 4S 68 10(10 N Y Stato 44si 774 J200O N Y Tel gen 44a.... 934 11000 Nor Pac 4s. , 874 800(1 do gen 3s (12 'i 2000 Ore fihort L, 4s 8(1 1000 1'aclfto Tel Bs (is 8000 PaolHo Uas Ga , 874 27000 Penna gen ct 44s.,., 044 4000 do en 44 s loi'J loon p 11 i.w 4s..:.: ... j 7000 I'ubllc Servlco N J Cs. 87 1000 Pero Marquetto Bs.,,. 874 211UU iirpuD cuna ns iui)4... tiov im.n, jieii 1000 8 1 'f Ir 1 B Cs 100V A N Alabama Cs-3s.l00 . .. 6(14 ..074 ..1024 .. coy, .. 1184 . H4J ..inj .1044 .. 014 .. 61 .. 08 .. 094 1 .. 01J H -. 8 CO 1014 1114 04 1014 (11 0(14 10 14 nl liu's 78 984 S?4 S64 63 034 874 024 86". 118 1004 100 06 49 7fS 814 iisy. 87 21100 HI L 1 A f ill 1O000 do In 9000 Bouth Pac 4s 7'.00(l do cv 4s... 7200(1 do cv 3....( .iiiiimi tio ria ss 2000 Bouth ltwy gen 4s.. soon do Bs 1200(1 Texna Co 6s 0000 Tol Bt L ft W 4s... inoo Trenton Oas r. 4000 u 8 ltubber Cs 2000 IJ 8 S A H 6s 17000 U 8 BUel 8 r Cs... nooo Union Pao 1st 4s... innft un Rwjs at I, 4s .. 54000 U K of O II A I Bs. 73000 do r.4s 1018 70000 do 34 s 1010 11B0O0 do 34s new 1010. 10x000 do B4s 1021 loon Vn Car Chm 6s..., 7000 Va Bviys Ss Total sales. S2.60O.O00, compared with S3 84 s . 000 jestenHyj thus far this week. SS.MlOotiT sameiperlod last week. S2.638,00oT D,M4lWl DIVIDENDS DECLARED American Cotton Oil Company, regular onar. terly of 1 per cent on common, payable SodI tember 1 to stock of record August 13, 1VI til tiivfAn b at ab. . """""" Y"."ipaiiT.. semiannual of a TOTTON BELT WEATnKIt CONDITIfrl -iL?iL ."! A.- '--The follow.l02j '.. H.u.rf. wrro rrrorueil In the rail.. 1 this morning! Atlanta nnd KnJJlilB ' Macon nnd Kntelgh, 72i Abilene 32S IHf Port fimllli. IJttfe 'Rock. "lemphKVsB Hhreyeport. Vlckibiirg. Pensa" iff .VlV SOntllle. 16l Cnmn. Vh.l..i . " ft ve.To'nT so".' 6avannah nn"d npa. 78n ,JnTViJRVJ .'ffi'Wtatlmi st Inch at SlonUomenrVnd .80 inch AtlaS NEW YORK, Aug.11!! r.nnf!.l.nl,l n. ..., ' ."". 11 v.u,,s.uc.,w,u ,,. u.i.-mnniK vveaKened I cotton market today nftor It had ril.niu strongth. August at ono tlmo sold at l 11 new iiihii retum tor me season, west Intorests were credited with reallifng 1 mo UVIIU4IIU 11 wm nuuiiB uiipearea to uueu iiruiiy wen eaiiHiiea, Contint.ed talk of (strength In t5uoti factor early. BUfilncna was moro tctlttl a ,o iiiaiAc. o.iuwcu renewed stri this morning. Tho demand wss goneral than It had been yesterday 1 buyers again found very few sellers.' i nftor opening firm nt an advance ofi ,w i7uio, uaijuii urueri were uncover which sent October up to 26 COc, or 44 pot abovo last night's close nnd 21 pottiH th mo iuw iovci vi last inursuny.v i-jf Reports that cotton had sold ojt of Hal iucui omen at io points on August yu u.ij uuuuiicra niurciiHoa tno nervousntNa tbe near month's short rhtereM burttal vvaB covering all alone tho lini .( 1.. months wore rclutlvcly firm at the start.! j.iiu iiurciiawes 01 cotton out of the sta hero were said to bo bv "an ornon.. . bad freight room engaged nnd wanted to 1 uui un jiuBU3i siiipmcnt. Yes'da'a closq Open October. December January.. March..., Slay Spot 26 07 20.15 28.87 21.73 23 07 21.78 21 82 26 0.1 SI 76 20 18 27.80 ..... Hlah 2(1.44 26 13 2(117 26.21 20 30 I.OW 23 97 23(4 2.103 23.77 23 94 Liverpool Cotton LIVERPOOL, .Aug. 7. Thero wag t J demand for spots, with prices strong.1' 1 Kuiei woro suuu oaies. tho receipt! 1 uuuu uaies, including uoo Dales Amsi spot prices wero: American mlddllm zu.BSu; good middling, 20.15d; mldiS is.BBdj low middling, 19.40d; Eood on ib.ioq; ordinary, 17.95U. STUDEBAKER DIVIDEND CUT TO 4 PER CB 044 r 1 to stock of record August 13, mlngton Gas Comnnnv. .-.(-.. per cent on preferred, payable September 1 t3 slock ot record August 20. "v"noer 1 to Coppi Bangs Company, regularouarterly o 11,30 and II extra, payab e Henternbei t ,X stock of record August 22. oeDIe,Iler 18 to. Chsmplon record Creamery Company, Connor rnmnin. . ..,, 16 40. cavabla Aueust Sii . ' .. .."'"""hi of August 10. 'ut OI TtsMI t rlft strata m a tw rtM. terly of 24;-per "cent Sn common aWu": ofntre?onrdPAuyur.'t,'7faabl9 AU'u5t K '?? Quaker Oats Company, .quarterly of a ... eent. an Increase trom 24 per cent frr.S. Pfr last declaration. v" c'nt 'rom the Bt. Mary's Mineral Land Company ..i-... A,iaStIiK"l,I AUrU" 8 "a oftl&'rS stock ot record August so. usus 81 to Lanston MonotvtM Kf.-kiK. .. lar quarterly of 1 V ir cent mSHE"? W' to siock 10 record August 21, "ausi at Business Increases, but Provision III Bo Made for Excess, Profita m 1 ! SOUTH BEN'D. Ind., Aug. 7. Tho'l rectors of tho Studebaker Corporation t declared a dividend of 1 per cent oa I common stock. This placfbs the Issue I a 4 per cent per annum basis, ' compi with 10 per cent heretofore. The last ( trlbutlon was 2 per cent on Juno: The regular quarterly dividend of IS ceni on tna preferred stock was dei tuuay aiso. yl ino initial dividend of the common 1 was per cent in June. 191B. A dlri of iyt per cent was paid in SeptemUfj inai year, in December, 1915 ; Marcai June, iiiih, y, per cent and 1 per I extra was distributed. Slntfe that tlniit company nas been paying 2 per quarterly on tho common. Following the meeting President AJ arsKine gave out the followlns: stateo "The net profits of tha corporate I tno nrst six months of this year amoa to 12,960.198. after deduction of exls corporation Income taxes, hut without! Vision for excess profits taxes about tq enacted by Congress. Since July 1 of cars have Improved, nnd present 1 mand Is for about 1000 cars per week.j "Tho condensed balance sheet of I corporation and subsidiary companies I of Juno 30, 1917, shows total tanglblol eeta of 355,400,000, including 141,10'.! or quick assets and 314,300,000 of anfl property account. . ..alnst stands 316,900,000 or llabMlles'. IncW 313,200,000 of bank loans. Since JnMJ outstanding bank loans have, been rei to less than J11.000.000. The dW are payable September 1 to holders of I ora August 2." BAR SILVER (,, New York (cents) 814f 4 I Last Tues. London (pence),. iV. Yes. Holiday 304 ir M ... m BIC.D. ' Hlsa. 81H-J 414 Excess Profits Tax V vjontfreis -ai'll .i . i .n . . -- .... vuua rjsisa a k.11 . . . a. . . -. r "" ynB, "Wr ix siii Fronts. 1 l tt ;. 1 o. .' . 11 . unitea Dtatcs steal Company buf A " V 0i 5318,872 for tti. purpo,e. .- -pr.pwa,., to meet your taXe. witWt ,'ncon venience A A i ... .. : " " pian " t0 y aide a reservs out or prent earning and deposit it in .peoial' ount a.t intereat with 31$CksitBtSt ' -' yMifWiKt , National bank otSmMmnit,- i4fj ,v