1 U, Ss 'J ' Hi J t-V 12 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DEOEiAIBER 24, 1910 l h A V fit $A iT v a .: ' WL m c fhi The Great Wealth of American Corporations is indicated by the number of issues of securities that have been called for pay ment recently long before they were due. It would seem that the securities Still out standing of these cor porations arc worthy of careful .considera tion, especially as the income returns con tinue to be so liberal. Write for our recommendations Hemphill, Noyes C& Co. Members AVu) York Stock Vxchanae Franklin Bk. Bldg., Philadelphia eir Tort nonton Si-ranton $950 invested today will pay you $60 per year for nine years, and in 1929 $1,000. In all for the $950 and accrued inter- est you will $ 570 have received r I Ins in I'sltiu'iit is in the well secured Immls of a -ninpan.y manufacturing hi essential product for wliicti the demand lui- for vears exceeded t lie supply. The business has been in successful operation for over sixty years. The net incony for the lat four years has amounted lo over four times the interest on all outstanding bonds. Send for Circular I. 206 E. H. Rollins & Sons 1421 Chestnut St., Philadelphia Boston Xrw York- Buffalo Albany Chicago Sun Fransirco A Stock and Bond Register in which may bo listed the se .' euritie.x held, the prices paid and other data, is available fur J your use. If you will netid iu ! your list of lioldiiiKu, our Scr , vice Department will cnjte" I them for you and forward tho Kogih'tcr to you without i charge. GEORGE II. BURR & CO. Investment Securities f 421 Chestnut St., Philadelphia Chicago Harlfnnl t'lll-hurrli Ts'r'v York feii(tlc (, l,onls Clc)el.ind San I'rauilHco r LIBERTY $50, $100, $1000 Bought Sold Recommended for Investment Nevdurger, Henderson & Loeb tl ANKERS 1410 CHESTNUT STREET lumbers N. v. a 1'iuu. owe Jul. cbancss BARGAIN DAYS IN BONDS Moody, the Financial Authority, Says : "Pereliase of investment Ponds of all classes may be miijlo with confidence. "VtA must itii ba.-U to the JOa to llnd the relative bar gains that uro obtained In tho Railroad bond market today." Wo will be pleased to submit offerings EDWARD V. KANE & CO. MORRIS BUILDING GEO. A. HUHN & SONS STOCKS ANIJ 1IONUS UemberH of tba Philadelphia. Neir lerk arid Chicago Slock Kschansei New Turk Cotton Exchanro Commission Orders Executed All the Principal Market UKLLKVUK COUBT ULDO. 1418 Unlnut St. NEW yOltK OFKICB til Uruadivuy, w York In Vallnt Klncdoui (it. lliltuln & I . 3i.. 102U 41rund Itonidit Ind. It. It. l"lri.t.4V-s, 1041 'onsulldatril Truellon V). of N'. .1. ..5s, lo:(3 n'utrrloo, f'edar Full 1 Northern .Us. lUln 1'iirtland K. Llalit & l'oer llrfs..Sii, 1043 Indiana, Columbus & K, Tmctlun (l. 1 9.' (I 1'nlon Kjillnnr, (I. & 15. Va a, 1030 (iturrla Itwv. & Ponrr Co. Rrfir.. .. 1B.14 I'eiuio. Mairr A I'oiier to. rirt. .In, 1040 Terro llauir. Imllannpolta 4 Kat . .'.. IOC! Thlla. X Erie II. It. Umrral. . . .iiV. 10!l Heading C. Jersey Cent. Collnt ,4k, 1031 Choctaw tt Mem, It. It. Firnt Mt(e..1n. 1010 .'r- IU-k Co. rtrst MnrUurr . .fl,:, lortt Jake Xuperlne Corn, l'lrt .litre !in, mil lndlamipoll Troetlon ft Terminal Co.Ba. 10J3 Samuel K. Phillips & Co. Member I'lillndrlphla Stork Kirhance. B07 CIIKSTNDT NT. U'alrrlno, Cedar Kalln ir N. Uy. B, 1910 IMIon liy. Uaa & Wee. C, 1039 Empire fJas & Fuel (la. J02U l.uterne Co. Uaa & ICIw. 0m, 1918 8un Ceinpanr On, 1020 Heading Oenrrul I a, 1U0T AlleihroT Vul. Gen. 4a, 10 IS I'enna. (len 4 Via. 1 005 Penna. Ota. fl. 1068 Krle & Jerer (). 1050 L'onnectlnc 11. 4a. 1081 HENRY D. BOENNING & CO. STOCK nXrllANOK UUII.DINO Dlreet I'rlrate-, Telephone lo New York ' Urrolxra I'blla, Block Uxrtian i Ktprrt rreparallon and Itetlew of INCOME TAX RETURNS sftf$fatTtl,'!i partnefahlpo, loJIMdulB, etc. ibon Tux Service Co. .')tit' Kt,lU Trvtl.'VM. BONDS li. -liP "JlbtH Sptd vt (? JVlt NEWS OF FINANCIAL WORLDNEW STOCKS DRIFT SLUGGISHLY IN PRE-HOLIDA Y MARKET Dealings Dwindled Steadily Under Influence of Yulctide Spirit and Tight Money New York, Dei'. 11. Trailing in to- day h Mock mnrkrt was o the stereo type pre-hnlidiiy character, and abso lutely without Mgnillcnnce. It was merely a drifting traders' affair from the start, to the liuish. with little or no at tention paid to the usual market en velopments. Price variations represented uothing save the fractional scalping by the room trading contingent. The so ealled public were conspicuous by their absence. There was a fairly strong tone to the dull and listless opening with the in itial quotations ranging from small fractions to over a point in the more Important issues over biMt night's clos ing level. A geueral disinclination was in evidence on the part of the trudlng contingent to do little until u line was obtained on the money market. When the renewal call loan rate was lixed at 1(1 per cent, repeating yester day's initial rale, they were disposed to do even less. Dealings in consequence dwindled steadily after the lirst hour and by mid -day the market had vir tually come to a dead standstill. Th imilnr twM'tii.n if tint nrnfow- in IJU '"l I Mill lit (III ""''' I ' 'l""l i sionnl element were evidently inclined I, Coppers uud tobaccos were added to to play for a further reaction. The I the stronger issued of the. afternoon, thinness of the market, however, put n Moderate shading of prices resulted quick clamp on any aggresslveuess ni I from call money's rise to 10 tier cent this side of the market. The possl- !'" the market rallied in the iiuiil dcal bility of some stimulating development ings when the money rate dropped to 10 turning up over tint holidays likewise per cent. WHITE OILllAKES NEW HIGH ON CURB! Phillips Petroleum Another of Group to Touch Top Fig ures Asphalt Strong MONTGOMERY WARD DROPS New orli. Iee. :M.--Tlie feature of) tho Itrnud Slreot Curb market today was the heavy trading in 'While Oil, more than 70.000 shares of that stock ''hanging hands at prices ranging from 44 to above -IS. making a new high record. 1'hillips I'etroleiim was also ex tremely strong, making a further ad vance of " points to the new high rec ord of Sl'L.. In contrast with the strength shown in these tw issues, there was pro iiniineed weakness in Salt Creek, which dropped to below 10 armim' midday, showing a hiss of ."i points since yes terday . Curib Syndicate was again uclive mid strong, advancing - points to .Vi'fc. Texas Co. (new) showed a better tone with sales nt JVrVi' to ."S. TJiere was continued accumulation of Siinnis IV trpleiini. which ranged from til'.i In U.V.. The rights were traded in at f! ninl "s. 'os()en was steady, selling at S'-s l S"',. Montgomery -Ward continued to move in n disappointing manner to those who Mihserilieil, for the stock at 45, dropping to "P's. a new low record. INIiL'sTUIAI.Si "M T. iiIonUcs S 7". S Mr U.-'lu.'tlnti .... lo'i no Till Ann r Man-oil Am. r Safe iv ni,i...r . Mi "'V .1 11'-' JlHi IV a Kill 211 la H 111. 1S n:i :i:i i 1H ia' 1V 2."i'i a u. 211 'i B"i W l!l a.iv! ajT. m 2U', a', ITS 20'4 Hr.tii.li .m,.p Tob roup.. i r I.I8I1T (.en Asphalt I iniawu i Havden Chem . . . . lllupp Motors 1 indian Parkins . . . I.os lnr I Mpt'-i r Motors Montgomery Ward N'or Am Pmir . . . . , rerfLrtlun Tire . . . I Itfi.ulilli Tire Hub . i Submarine lUiat .. Tol'i ' I'rod Kxp. I s Mrani.hlp . . . I uil-1 lt.-tiitl I'aniiy I Mailou Inc . . 1 i"r.J nim .t 14 -'Hi, ao'i a:i"j u 4 Hi xH Mi'i I IS 21 'i :i IMJKrK.MIK.ST OILS 5GJi 1 W . Alhatieo Arllrs OH 164 4 30 1 1)1 21 2i fi.1 4 414 H't 33 34 3.-.' (1 i M 4 34 4 su 2(14 163 111 184 BU .rkansan Nat Llaa 40 Kuuue (III V,1 IJuBton VVyomlnff 07 Hrazus OC 21' Hurknelt Vun Cleave .... 2H a rib Snillcae 541 CUIeM Servlre "II" ctfs... II 4 C'owlcn & Co 8T-s IJ.nnlnlun 33U I'i'derol Oil I'd ClenruUt Oil 3V. i,ulle (lllleaple . ;SS. Hum- Oil 0 Hudson oil ; Intl ivirol 04"- InMmlble 311 Inland Oil II Iiidlaliomu RkC 10 30 ii ; P3 41S 8. 33 14 au 3.-. a'i 3" 34 S3 2114 1113 1H1 18 (V S'i 1 lUvinKaion r... -A4 I .Mararaibo 2il I Midwest lief 1111 Merrllt Oil 19U Ilex Pan IK'i Niirlll Amer OH ."i'i Omar Oil ! I I'ennok Oil IH, 0'i OH l I'hlllipa I'etrol .... I I'rod 4: lteflnera . . Hyan Oil Salt Creek I'rod . . Sequoyah Oil Simma Petrol i 'pemer Pet Te.xaa Ranger I 'IVxaa l'.tcille Coal 1 Teia h Co w I I Vleiorla Oil new. . 84 SOVj 804 in 0 n4 4; 4i 44 414 304 40 9. n.-i fli u us 10 111 10 15. 14 14 132 132 132 f.S 57 as 1 IU 14 (14 I4 04 4SI 44 47 li 17'.t 47'a 474 0 8?i 8i Vulcan oil White oil (illllland Magna MIMNO Alaa-Ur Col Arizona Silver Atlanta Helcher Divide Illc Ledge Uooth Boston & Mont Candelaria At rona Vlrslnla, Cona Cop M Creaaon Gold Crqscent McNamara .... 1V i IU 4 r 71 4 (14 44 20 12 II l 20 5H 71 4 04 5 20 12 a o 34 14 (II 42 32 20 SB 13 7 20 3A II ?4 21 17 21 11 17 10 k fi 4 5 71 4 ? 24 20 12 n (.old Cona (Jold Silver Pick (Ireat Ilend Ilecla Mining Jumbo Intension Knox Divide McKlnley-DarraKh MrNamara Cold Zone Marsh Mlnlnc Mother Lode National Tin KlplsBln? North .Star Rochester Mines Itopo Uroup Silver King; of Arizona.. Tonopah Caah Boy .... Tonopah Divide Tonopah Eitenainn ...... Touupah-JIm Butler 1 nnopah Midway Tonopah Mlnlnc Tonopah Montana Vlriory Whllo Caps Wllbert Terlneton IIOMIH -MUM Park 8s A T T a of Si 34 34 i n 14 13 (14 (14 42 40 32 32 20 20 .'.'. US 04 !4 15 13 7 7 20 20 13H 10U 0 II .14 34 24 24 21 21 17 17 21 24 11 11 18 1.', in in 7 7 34 34 784 784 4 4 72 71 22 21 8U 4 80 874 874 I It T 7a .-. Itusstan (lovt BJ Nwedlah (lovt o sif:;:; BwIbs (lovt 6a 874 BAR SILVER Commercial bar" silver wos quoted in New York today at $l.!l.'l un ounce, n decline cf Vic In London the price was "ndi down M.A, Tomorrow, Christmas Day, I J Ij wit aittI li 4Aiuli n.f Hit Vf-ta.t iiki p Mtp n? vfifiyv jw? n INO invited caution" 'iPMilrs. signs were not lacking indicating the market was again npproaching an oversold condi tion. The shipping and equipment shares and related industrials were the chief attractions in the opening dealings. Ad ditional features Included such diverse issues us Amertcau Woolen, American Tobacco Securities, Mexican Petro leum, Kmlioott-.lohnson, Hemington Typewriter, California Packing aud other food shares The market lind one weak spot In Trans-Continental Oil, which broke sharply over '-' points, in the second hour, vthile most of the other oil shares were moving forward. It begins to look as if the hurriedly formed pool in this Mghlv speculative specialty had run up against the locus. Trading became more active in the earlv afternoon, dormant specialties de veloping sudden strength. Columbia tlrafopboue, liarrctt Co. and Anicrlcnu Linseed led at gains of !' to t points, .,i,il,. Vmiii.iiit ..liilinsnii extended its advance to 7 points. Ktniiimril steels nml itl I luni'lit M n.M 1)00111110 iirUUT. SECURITIES AT AUCTION The followinfj securities were sold nt niictioti today liy Ilaruos & Iiollnud : Si-are-. STOCKS 200 Si'e.niil anil 'Ihlrd Slreeta Pas- MMU'.er Hallway Co 212 L'OO Krinkforrt and Southwark (Klfth auri Sixth Slreeta) Pausenaer lUllway 2St 3 Penn.vlanla Academy of the Kine Aria n 170 I! I. ou Pont de .NVmoura Co.. 300 u in 3 I Philadelphia Hours" common... .I II K. Mulfonl Co 100 ohl.i Traetloii Co. ntnimnn.... 2S0 Kort Wiivne. Van Wert and Lima Traillon ( o. prcierreu ISO l'orl Wayne and Northern In dl.i.ia Traction Co. preferred lot J30 267 Fort WaMio and Northern In dln.ia Traction Co. common Lot $12 S., Soutli Texas Telephone Co., tur ion : iit tin Phllad.lpllla aud llaplon l-.l trie llalhuiv Co. pref....Lnl 40 l'hlliilelphla and Canton l.lectrlc Itall h Co. i iil.Hiiou lllllt rerlltli-ale I -.t 2."i Tellnnsee Ilallwav. Llcht and Power Co common ll Tenum""- tailwa. I.lRht and Pi........ C-r. tireFerreil .'l J.'. 3 24 74 ISO r.l1). r.l 300 Cniled New Jrreev Hallroad ami Cali.ll Co oo llnlln.1 dun I innrnvotllr nt to.... inn United Has Improvement Co.... 2.1 Tennessee Hallway, l.leht snd Poa.t Co. preTerree r.O Tennessee Hallway. Lisht and 1'ower Co. nommon 100 Lrhlnh Coal and NavlBatlon Co.. SO Terre Haute, Indiana and l'.aat ern Trip'tlon Co. preferred .... Lot J 34 1124 77B so I'nlon .Traellon Co. (Indiana) .omiuoti . .......Lot l.iO SO I'nlon Traction Co. (Indiana) '- oud preferred lal Jlio Itln Mauren Tobacco Co lot 3.i 200 Weal IVim Traction ami Water $ Pow cr Co - -' 121 Huntingdon timl llroud Top .Mountain Hallroad and Coal i'o preferred (votluK trust certlflentes) r.l) Ilourne Maflietir Truck Co. preferred Lot .-iO Ilourne Macnetlc Truck Co. com- tri 1 I L S 52 2 1000 Alaska Conner Corporation. Lot $23 101 American Public Utilities Co . par JlOO I'll .T0 100 KMion-irvan Mniifcturlne ' ...... preferred, par JK10 Lot U0U 10 Pacllle Timer Co. preferred .Lot MO 120 Mi-tropolltan Slreet -Hallway Co Lot tit 10 American Pipe and Cnnstrurlloii Co in Kneel Aeroplane and Motor Co. common Lot 1 16 Kneel Aeroplane, end Motor Cu. preferred l.ol 51 Lit InlerflHte Oil llcflnlwr Co.. Lot J4S COO American Water Work" nnil Electric (Vi. (Incorporated)... 34 1100 (iunnison Vallev Oil and (laa 1m- nrnxemerit Co Let $1 33 1-3 Maneaneee I'roduelH Co. of Vir ginia common: 27 phare Man Kaneto I'roducts Co. cf Dela ware preferred I-ot $2."i 1.'2 Interstate Hallways, cumulative preferred 6 374 Sunbeam Water Co. common...' 1 10 Sunbeam Water Co. preferred.. lta 1000 Two tlold Mlnlns (.'o. 101)0 Tun Uolri Mlninir Co. ..Lot S20 Lot :o TiS Kmplo.erH Indemnity Philadelphia 22 Lmolo-.'rs' Indemnity Phlli'fleluhla 7 Uinolnyers' lndeninltv Phlladelnlila 10 nniplnvers' Indemnity Co. of Lot Co. of Ia)t Co. of . . . Lot Co. of T V $t $i 6 B0n I'h lac etnii a. 2."0 Whltmer ContractliiK . Ji ..' l' ( o. nre. ferreil 2.".0 Whltmer Contractlm; Co pre- ferred r0c 1fio Vulcanite i'orttand Cement Co.: par i.-.n r.o lot Inlertiatlonat Kducatlonal Iub- llbhimr Co. preferred .- 12 440 International educational Pub lishing; Co. commorf 2 211 International Text Hook Co. of Scranton (12 7 International Text Hook Co 0()U 300 Maxim Munttlona Corporation; par : Lot I74 (.03 International Caa nnd Ktectrlc Co. preferred Lot 123 40 Tho Laguna Co. preferred (trust certlllcate); 7 sharea the Lacuna Co. common I.ot $r.O (10 Ilowman &. Itoeder Co. (Incor- IKirated) preferred Lot $200 20 Ilowman &. Koeder Co. (Incor- lKirated) common Lot $10 1000 The Uoujthton Flying Machine Co Lot n 440 Delaware Keductlan Co Ixt I5 100 Acrea Leflore Emigration and De velopment Co. (Indiana) ..Lot $125 100 Manatawny-nessemer Ore Co. preferred ' Iit $30 50 Manatawny-Ilessemer Ore Co, common I,ot $10 10 National Hubher Tire Manufac turing Co. preferred Iot $20 10 National Itubb?r Tiro Manufac turing Co., co-nmon Tx t $10 100 Philadelphia and liulf Steamship Co I-ot $2 Heservatlon Units. CuthinK Devel opment i-o., .viusKoeee, uaia.ixji oi. S HarrisburB llrldce Co I)t$IS 25 The Hock Inland (V,, preferred. Lot $1 200 The Unlin Mines Co., preferred. Lot$1 200 The Union Mines Co., common. Lot 1 10 Hulfalo GaB Co Lot $11 70 The Kock Island Co.. pref. ..Lot $10 410 White Knob Copper and Devel- onment Co., Ltd Lot$225 50 The United States Lisht and Hentlne Co Lot $05 B0 The Gottlieb-Bauerschmldt-Straua Drewlne Co . . . '. Lot $50 230 Keen-o-Phone Co. Lot $70 24 Wallace t Co.. preferred: 10 Wallace & Co., common. It $35 130 Hudson County (laa Co S3 (1 Corpus Christl Railway and Light Co I.rt $3 ID ltvt .lersev Securities Co 54 230 United Equities Corporation, pre ferred Lot $3 iro nun n.OfnS. American Petroleum Co I.ot 255 Kentucky Securities Co', Com mon ...Ixit 25 Costlllo Estates Development Co. (Nevada) preferred. . .Lot 55 Coatlllo Estatea Development Co, (Nevada), common ...Lot 131 West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co 100 North Maryland Coal ind Min $5 $1 5 $5 230 ing 1.0, ceriiiii:. u '.;- posit) innzarlne Mining Co ......Lot 15 Consolidated Paper, and Mllllue Co 1ot 4000 floldfleld IMmont Mining Co. I.ot 30 $5 $1 $t f.o Morris nan vo. ot i-onaori- nhla I. 25 HOI) Lone Star Petroleum Co Ixit 20 100 Meridian Oil and Uas Co ..;t $20 400 Pioneer Oil and Oaa Cp. Lot $70 Son Inler-Contlne ntal Jtubber Co. . Lot ....$400!) 10 Carter Carbureter Co. (Trus- tee's certlflcates): ino shaiea Carter Carbureter Co. (Trus- tee'a certificates): 212 ehares PiHir Carbureter Co. (Trus- tea'a certificate) . . ..... . . Lot $225 0000 Houtn American uoio. anu riai- Inum Co .,..... 160 Chalmers Motors Co. Preferred. Par $10n. (Certificate of de posit) , loon Penn Wyoming- Oil Co 1000 Penn Wyoming Oil Co. , 4H0 City of Philadelphia 3 per cent; due 1031 "A Third National Hank ... . 10 40 4.1c SOo 8(1 225 24H no so turn IS Tradesmen' National Han. . 5 Central Trust nnd Savlnxs Co. 8 Merchants-Union Trust Co, . , 1 Wayne Junction Trust Co, . 10 nittenhoui)l Trust Co.., ., .. 10 KmDlre-ntlo and .Tnjab Co. .. :sti viciorn i'.'!"'w-J?"r.,r . " so r.oDle'l. NktjMMkiPlrfl Insurance 'a a,.-. I ........ fm. . .. vicaorjt ' r'ixw eJ ' " '. jlo" 375 Illdits AvefHW ,lanier Railway . 7cZ. VQ ....... ,i.., j,.T..r.i.i sew NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS 1 Balea 10S 200 300 1409 800 990 700 inn 1200 .too coo loo too 400 400 Lino 800 800 .1000 o!00 A 100 otJOO 2700 .100 noo luno i:uo 4300 48000 1(10 700 100 200 800 31 Ml JDII 300 ion 4600 1400 400 200 ltlah . . Adams Express flOyj .. Advanco Ilumcly .... 41 0 AJnx Ilubber SJ4 .. Alaska Cold Mines ,. ! . Alaska Juneau O M .. 8(4 .. Allls-QlialmerB 4fl?i 8 Am Acrlo Chem Dlyi 3 Am Bank Koto 4J s Am licet sugar 94 8 Am Bosch Macneto' .,111 .. Am Can C3?S 7 Am Can pf 09Vz 2 Am Car & Fndry ....138U 4 Ani Cotton Oil 48 V .80 Am Druggist Syn.... 11J4 .. Am Hide & Leather.. 81V4 7 Am Hide & Icath pf ,1151a . . Am Ico 48 Am Internat Corp ...ll'i 3 Am Linseed "SI'S (I Am I.ocomotlva f!80, .. Am Ship & Commerce. X8I4 4 Am Smelt & It'ef 67 7 Am Kindt & Kef pf... 0(1 3 Am Steel Foundries . 7 Am Sugar Bef. ....', 10 Am Sumatra Tol . . . . 44 V: .13814 . 07 . 8714 8 Am Tot & Tel .. Am Tob Sec temp otfs. 73 H 20 Am Tobacco . . 7 Am Woolen . . . 7 Am Woolen pt ,370 .120U .102 . . Am Zltid Lead & Sm.i IB 5512 58 ii ro?i 7914 89 'A C Am lno li & S pf 4 Auacondit Copper ... . AssctH Realization . . . Asso Dry (loods 0 Asso Dry Odn 1st pf.. (1 Atch Top ej Santa 1'c. 5 Atch Top & H V pf.. 7 Atlantic Coast T.Ino . . 10 All Unit & W I S 8.. 17314 too Auto Sales C tern ctfs. 19 15300 3.50 Baldwin Locomotive 110 100 i lialriwin loco pr . . . . . Baltimore & Oh'o . . 1 Baltlmoro & Ohio pf, .101 . 33?i . 40 .1342 .111 . 28' . . 'Mi 4400 700 14Q0 1C0 1100 800 4101 100 200 2)0 XBJO .1900 20 n 200 200 100 300 200 nooo inn 200 2500 inn 2230 noo i-.'on 110.1 30 noo 550 .1000 1000 2500 2nn 151)0 ADO 200 iroj 700 1000 too I'll) I mm (100 oo coo 100 2700 700 590 200 2210 100 2000 2(100 23)0 1390 300 12Jn 13)0 200 inn 100 loo 1200 .1019 1100 11)0 3290 200 too 2200 2'.'1I) I HOI) 200 100 1300 1100 1(10(1 330 SOO 5G90 1011) 500 200 200 1200 f.MO 13JII 2noo 1500 2371) till) 100 2200 4700 5510 noo .100 590 M0 200 590 300 400 100 Harrett 7 Uurrett pf . . Bethlehem Motors . . .. Bethlehem Motor rts. llellilelinin Klnol B . 7 Bethlehem Steel 7.. 08& 8 Bethlehem Stl 8 pf..llly2 .. Booth Fisheries iVA 8 Blilyu Itupld Transit.. 135a . . BK'lyn li T ctfs of dep. 8?i .. Brooldyn Union Gas.. 63 7 Brown Shoo 10594 . . Ilrun.H Term & It II . . . 7U . . Buffalo & Susq 7314 .50 Bulto Copper & Zinc. . 8 . . Butlo & Superior (Jop. 28 H 4 California Pnuk'tiB ... s 7 California Petrol pf . V1V 3 Calumet & ArUonu . . C3 10 Canadian Paclflo 131 V4 7 t'aso J I Thresh M pf . 99 5 Central Leather SO 4 Cerro do Pasco (!op.. CO 4 ilcrtaln-teed Prod .. 8 Chandler Motors . . . 4 Chesapealio & Ohio . , (10 .124'i' . 5l?4 . 4 . 814 . 37(4 .. C'hl & East Illinois... .. Chicago CU Western.. .. Chi Mil & St Paul . . Chi Mil & St Paul pf. 7 Chi & Northwestern.. 53Ks 8 rhl & Northwest pf..ll8yS .. Chi Ilock Isl & Pao. . 30 J4 0 (111 11 I & Pao G pf. 7 Chi It I & Pac 7 pf. . . Chllo Copper 3 Chlno Copper 0 Chief. Peuhody . . Coca-Cola 3 Colorado Ktiel & Iron. 51) yz 70 18 H 304 D7'2 no?; 3 C'JJs 20 0394 1:1 79 8391 3194 19 84 9, 4 Colunih this & Klec. . .. Colo & Southern 1 Col Graphophono .... .. Continental Candy ... 7 Con Cls.'ir pt 7 Consolidated las . . . 3 Consolidated Textile. . . Con Textile rLH . . Con Interstate Cat M . Corn Products Itef.. 7 Com Productii net pf. 10794 13 Crucibla Steel 313 10 Ciibiui-Ainer Sugar . .399 . . Cuba Cano Sugar .... 61 ' i 9 Delaware & Hudson. . 1)0 to Del Lack & Western . . 191) .. Pemer & Ulo Grando. GI's .. Denver & lllo G pf... 13 I Doino Mines 13 .. Durham Hosiery.. .. . 0Ui 3 rcik Horn Coal 2594 . . Kmerson-Branting . . . 39 5 Mndlcott-Jolmson ....143 .. l'.Ylo 13 W .. lCrin 1st Pf .., 19ft .. lTrlo 2d pf lift 8 Famous Players-L. ... 87 3 l-'ederiil Min & Sm jt . 37 .. Kisher Body 131 V .. Flak Jtubber 0 3 Frceport Texas 35 'A .. Gaston Wins & Wig.. 17?j 0 General Chem p( . 99 0 General Clear 71 li 13 General Motors 333 H General Motor.l del).. 87'4 4 Goodrich BK 70& .. Granhy Consol M & S. 48ft .. Gray Si Davis 17y2 7 Great Northern pf ... 7854 4 Gt Northern Ore Ctfs. 38 .. Grceno Conanea Cop . 33?i .. Gulf Mobile & North. 714 . . Gulf Moh & Nor'h pf. 30 7 Gulf States Steel 09 5 Hurl man Corp 98 7 Illinois Central 87 . . Interboro Con Corp. . 3ft .. Inter Con Corp pf ... . 1114 (i Inspiration Con Cop.. S4?4 5 Int Aerlcul Corp pf .. 80ft 7 Int Harv pt now ..... llOyi .. Int Mer Marina 4S'2 0 Int Mer Marine pt ..10894 .. International Nickel.. '-I? . . International Paper . . Iron Products Corp . . Jewel Tea 7 Jewel Ten pf 3 Jones Bros Tea . . . . . Kan Citv Southern 1 Kelly-Spg Tire . . . . 8 Kelly-Sps T 8 Pf . . Kelsoy Wheel 7594 37 V 10 & 40 20 15ft 137 102 7514 28J'2 13 Yl (1100 3 Kemiecott Copper 5100 1.20 Keystone Tire & Hub Total sales. 3.071.500. 010,300 shares compared 200 Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets Passenger Hallway Co....... 18J 0104 Philadelphia and Boston l'ro- leum Co otic 125 United Uas und Electric Corner- atlon, common ....Lot $oj 80 French Finance Corporation of America .I.ot 101 Alaska Securities Corp I.ot 000 Keen-O-I'hnne Co . . l-ot 3 Phlia nnd Gulf Sleamehlp Co.Lot 200 Union Traction Co US Kant St. Louts and .Suburban Co. pref .-.' ,-i4 Kast Ht Louis nnS Suburban Co. common , 22 American Water Works and Llec- trlc ftrf t preferred 35 American Pipe and Cons Co. 40 Portland llwy. Light and Power common , . ., 0 Oretron Walnut and Flbert Co. preferred Par $100 11 Orecon Walnut and Filbert Co. common !. 40 Tortland llwy Light and Tower common Lot 30 Bmnloyera' Indemnity Co,..I.ot "'ill Ilnv Htnte-OaM Co Lot ttt $1 $3 2 34 10 10 50 10 r. $7' IT. 10 Union Passenger Ilallwav 1211 . ri iiaryiana ana renmr- jiauroaa. S.'Oo Illit Casino Mln. Co.: par $l..Lot 307 United oil and Fuel Co. pref.Lot 500 Loralne Hotel Co. of Phlla, . .Lot $20 noms $50000 Chattanooga Railways Co.. 5 per cent; first consolidated mortgage: due May 1, 11)50 00000 Aurora. Klgln & Chicago Rail road Co., 5 per cent: flrrt and refunding mortgage; due 104R ..- 50000 United Traction Co. pf Pitta. 41 40H burgh. 5 per cent: general mortgage; due 1007 ..,.. 23 2000 Lehigh Valley Traction Co.. 5 rer 'cent; '-reiunuina una mprovement"; due 1000... 2000 Philadelphia and Itattlmore Central Itallroart Co,, 4 per cent; first mortgage; duo lOSt 2000 rhlladttplila Suburban tlas and ISIictrln Co.. 0 per cent; first and refunding mortgage; due 1940 ... . tt'r, , '., , , . .. JOOO Allegheny Valley Railway Co., .per cent! jflrst general ortai: rluft tB4.,.w.(. IfMtMioo PanenKer .Kalwy Co.. 4 sw cent 1 Drat tnltw! 0114 70 In $ Ife, ou, "-. YORK AND PHILADELPHIA STOCK QUQTATIONS Today's Net Wv. Today's Net Sales In $ Jtlih 7ow Close Chte. 100 .. Lncledc-Gns of St li,. 39 39 39 .. 1600 II Lnckavannn, Steel ... 85?4 85 85 ft 100. . . Lnko Krlo Si West ... 9 0 0 100 .. Laho Hrlo & W pf . . . 17 17 17 lft 200 .. Lo Rubber & Tiro... 37 37 37 ft 1300 3.50 Lohlffh Valley 1294 4294 4394- M 1100 .. Loft Corp .2594 2ift 3594 H lOO 13 Lorlllard P Tobacco.. 181 180 180 3 M)0 7 Loulavllle & Nashvllle.114 110 114 3ft 100 4 Mackay Cos pt..,.., 04 Gl C4" .. 100 . Mnn.lt 1 Sugar 137 137 137 87 T Manhattan Kiev guar. 47 43 45ft 4ft 200 .. Martin Parry Corp .. . 25 34ft 35 ft 1700 .. Maxwell Motor 3394 33 3294- '4 700 .. Maxwell Mot ctfs .... 33ft 31 32ft- 94 300 .. Maxwell Mot 1st pv. . Clft 01 01ft- 94 300 .. Max Mot lBtpfctfs.. 01 0094 01 - H4 .100 .. MpxwcII Mot 2d pf... 30 30 30 - ft 5300 10 Mexican Petroleum ., ,218ft 315ft 218ft 3ft 600 3 Miami Copper 33 3394 3 V 900 1.30 Mlddlo States Corp .. t3ft 0114 C3ft ft 3200 Midvale Steel & Ord.. 4894 18ft 48ft- ft too .. Minn Si St li new.... 13ft 13ft 13ft- 94 200 7 Minn St P & 8 St M.. 73 72ft 73 94 100 7 M St P & S St M pf. . 0394 0394 9394- 1 300 .. Missouri Kan & Tex.. Oft 9ft 0ft ft 20,1 .. Mo Kan & Tex pr. . . . 13 13 13 ft H00 .. Missouri Paclflo .... 25 Ji 35ft 35ft ft 400 .. Missouri Paclflo pf. .. 40ft 40ft 40ft- ft 200t 3 Montana Power 58 68 58 ft 100 3 Mlllllns Body 48 48 48 ft 900 3 National Acme 30ft 3094 3flft- ft OTH .. Nat Anlllno & Chcm.. 07 00ft 00ft ft 300 7 Nat Aniline & Ch pt.. 88 88 88 - ft 3700 .. Nat Conduit & Cable. Oft 094 914 ft 300 5 National Lead 8094 80 8094 ft 20(1 . Nat It It of Mex 2d pf . 4ft lft 4 Vi 94 400 1.50 Nevada Con Copper , . 14ft 1454 1494 Ji 700 .. New Or Tex & Mcx.. 40ft 40 40 - 94 300 in New York Air Brako. 10994 109ft 10094 1 1400 5 Now York Central.... 09 ft 08ft 08ft 54 200 .. New York C & St L... 37 37 37 500 1.50 New York Dock 44 43ft 43ft 54 4C00 .. New York N II & H.. 20ft 30ft 20ft- ft 300 1 Now York Ont & W. . loft 10ft 10ft 100 .. Norfolk & Southern... 11 11 It 1100 7 Norfolk & Western... 03ft 0'ft S8ft VA 200 4 Norfolk el Western pf. 0094 6054 0094 V 000 5. North American 55ft S5 55 - ft 5103 7 Northern Paciila .... 80 79ft 7994- ' 300 5'Nova Scotia S & C... 70ft 70 70ft .. 13000 4 Ohio Cities Gas 45ft 44ft 45ft ft 300 .00 Okla I'rod & Rof.... Oft 9ft 9ft .. 7no .. Ontario Silver Mnc... Oft 0ft 0ft ft 300 5 Otis Klcvator 138 135ft 135ft ft 3000 .. Otis Steel 3594 35ft 3514 ft 409 3 Owens Bottling Mach. Cilft 68ft 5ft 194 100 .. Pacific Coast 32ft 33ft 33ft 100 1 Pacific. Gas & Klec 59 59 59 200 4 Paclllo Development.. 77 7794 7094- ft 000 5 Pacific Mall 3554 35 35 - lft 1500 .. Paclflo Tel & Tel 40 ft 38 40 3ft 40911 0 Pan-Amer Petrol & T. 101ft 10394 10394- ' 9300 Pan-Amer (B) 10194 10094 llft ft C0!i 3 Parish & Bingham... 45ft 45ft 45ft - a4 11100 3 Pennsylvania It It loft 40 40ft- ft 300 .. Penn Seaboard Steel.. 33 33 33 - ft 5519 .. Peoples Gas Chicago. 31 33 34 f 98 8093 .. Porn Marquette 2994 3854 3994 I ft 300 . Pero Marquette, pf ... 61 60 51 1 , 300 5 Pero Marq prior pf... 08 08 OS ft 3000 .. P'erce-Arrow Motor ..70 75 70 94 1000 8 Plerce-Arrow Mot pf .tOOft 10014 10014- 94 800 .. Pierce Oil 1954 .1914 19ft- ft .8700 3 Philadelphia Co 39 37 3 194 900 5 Pittsburgh Coal of Pa. 03 0194 0194- ft 1300 .. Pittsburgh & W Va.. 28 28 28 500 I Pond Creek Coal 3794 37ft 3794 94 mo 8 Pullman 113 11314 M3J4 ft too 8 Pressed Steel Car 09 99 99 94 noo 6 Punla AlcKro SuRar . . 93 9394 039i V2 900 2 P.ay Consolidated Cop. 20ft 20 30 3299 4 Heading 7 70ft 70ft 'ft 109 3 KcadliiK 1st pf 34 34 34 I 1300 .. Remington Typewrit.. 93 no 9flft 3 15530 4 Republic Iron & Steel. 11394 1H54 11314 2H ISO!) .. Republic Iron Ai Stl Hb. lft lft lft r U 100 11 Republic Iron & S pf.. 100 10(1 100 1400 8.70 Royal Dutch N Y .... 9714 97ft 0794 ft 100 .. St L Southwestern .. . 1394 1394 1394 ft B 330 .. SI Louis & Western pf.' 31ft 3314 33ft- lft 300 0 Savuco Anns 74 7tft 71ft- 394 100 .. Saxon Motor 14 14 14 100 . . Seaboard Air Line pf . 13 13 13 - ft 509 I ShattucU Ariz Cop .. . 1394 1194 1394 H- 94 31400 .. Sinclair Consol Oil ... 43ft 43ft 4394- Ji 100 (1 Sloss Shfff S & I.... 71 71 7t 5700 (i Southern Pao'fla ....103J4 10394. 103ft f- 54 3900 .. Southerly Hallway ... 33 3154 3154- 94 1300 li Southern Railway Pf.. 50 65ft 6554 1- ft 450'.) 7 Studebaker lol 103ft 104 -1 54 300 7 Studebaker pf 99 99 99 - lft 330 5 Stilts Motor 110ft lloU 110 ft- 15i 109 3 Superior Steel 47,ft 47J4 47 ft) J4 fl0 .. Teiin Cop & Chem Oft 994 0J4 I- ft 17,11 10. Texas Co 330 323ft 333ft- 194 700 .. Texa3 Co rts 68ft 68 68 ft- 54 7000 .. Texas & Pacific 4394 40ft 4194- lft 000 .. Third Avenue lift U H - !a 3S00 Tobacco Products ... 0394 03 8354 194 18900 .. Transcontinental Oil.. 3794 3594 3iift- lft 100 5 Transuo & Wins Steel. 03 03 03 100 8 Underwood Typewrit.. 188 188 188 1800 .. Union Oil 30T4 30 30 - I O'.'OO 10 Union Pacific 133ft 12194 13314 ft 809 4 Union Pacific pt 09 07 07 - 3 709 .. United Alloy Steel ... 50J4 50ft 50ft .. (100 10 United Fruit 200 19S 19S - 3 "(ill .. Un Uy Investment... 13ft U94 13 ft 31011 .. Un Ry' Invest pf 37', 2(lU 3094- ft 10109 3 United Retail Stores.. 93 91 filft lft too 3 V S Food Products... 7094 '094 .7094- J4 400 .. u S C IP & Fdry. ... 33 31 J4 3lft- 94 100 fiUHCIl' & Fdry pf, 63 63 53 - 1 2300 8 U S Ind Alcohol 110 10894 109ft .. 1200 8 U S Rubber 121ft 123 Jt 134 loo 8 V S Rubber 1st pf...iU94 11394 11394 ft 200 0 IJ S Smelt R & M.... 71ft 7494 7194- 54 100 3.50 U S Smelt U & M pf.. 4014 40ft '40ft ft 15:100 6 U S Steel 10194 101ft 10154 .. 950 7 U S Steel pf 113 U3ft 113 94 2309 C Utuh Copper 73)4 73ft 73ft J4 1000 .. Utah Sco lift 10ft llft 1J4 3S0O .. Vanadium Corp 5094 5 ft 55 ft- 1 1300 4 Va-Curollna Client ... 0054 5ft 5ft ft 200 8 Va-Car Chem pf 113 113 113 1 1700 .. Wabasli 894 8 8 - 14 1509 .. Wabash pf A 2394 23 H 33ft 14 400 .. Wells Fargo Kxp 6394 53 53 - 94 300 .. Western Maryland... 11 10ft ,10ft- ft 400 7 Weatlnghouso A Dr.. 11554 114ft ll4ft ft 4300 4 Westlnghouss E&M.. 3ft 63 53ft .. 100 4 Westing; K & M 1st pf . 01 04 04 - 1 3100 .. Wheeling & L Krle... 13J4 13 .13ft- la 600 .. Wheel &Li Erie pf.... 19 18ft 18ft- J4 3301 4 White Motor 69 58 68ft- ?4 IC00 .. White Motor rts 3ft 194 3 1400 5 Wilson & Co 70ft 79 791 8100 1 Willys-Overland 37ft 37ft xhr, 300 7 Willys-Overland pt .. Soft 88ft 88ft ft 400 .. Worthlngton Pump .. 85 8494 85 .. I loo SWoolworthFW 133 133 12 54 4 Ux-dlvidend. yesterday. Thus far this week 2.378,200. Same period last week. Low .10 V, i lose i;ncc. 30 ft- 41ft- 83.94- 194- 411-g 8394 l4 4(1 OH! I5H 40 - ft 01 ft- ft 4ft- 194 83 ft 'ft 123 1ft 5394 ft 09ft .. S3Ka 120 H 5394 00i2 13814 48 1194 34 11594 47ft 111 70 9 9794 37 Vi IT. 954 44!4 130 90 90ft 68 Hi 370 120 J 03 94 to 51 57 ft 6ft f.O's 72 82 ft 78 ft 8894 173 19 109 ft 101 3174 45 ft 121 ft 111 28 ft 9.194 98 ft lllft 13 ft M94 lb 53 105 ft 7 ft 73 ft 25 82 ft 73 ft (lift ino !)'l 95 6594 51 133 51 3 894 3094 63 ft (IS ft 118 30 ft . 59 0994 18 ft 35 3 j 97 3994 39 X 03 9a 20 8'4 1294 79 81 31 ft 18ft bllft 10794 VP9?4 398 60 ft 95 190 oft 13ft 13 0114 2594 39 133 ft 13 ft 1994 14ft 80ft ' 20 l'Uft 40 ft 3194 17 58 ft ttft 329 ft 80ft 79 94 48 ft 47 ft 8 37 ft 33 ft 7ft 30 08 91ft 8fi 394 11 5394 80 ft 110 ft 4794 107 2194 7494 37 1594 30 20 15ft 137 102 75ft 28 ft 40 94 138 ft 18ft lift 2 P 115ft 47 ft HI 75 9794 3794 07 85 ft 14(4 138 ft 00 -97 - 73ft 194 270 0 130ft 1ft 103 H- ft 10 - 94 65ft 1ft 58ft ft 5ft- ft eoft- 94 8294 i9ft 80 - 173ft 19 - 110 .101 33ft 45ft- ft tft 124 ft 35 111 38 - ft- 9394 98ft lllft 12 ft llft- 894- 53 - 10594 7ft- 73ft 854- 25 ft ft ft ft 3ft ft "ft 94 14 94 ft 81 3 73ft- 94 otft- tft 131 - ft no 80 I- 194 60 ft 00 5 121 ft 3ft 54ft - ft - ft 894- ft 37 ft .. 394 94 8094 H ft llsft ft 3014 4- ft 59ft f 94 70 1 18ft .. 3594 94 97 3994 I- 94 3994 - 34 03944- 20, - llft-- 1394 -I-711 -814 31 I 94 f 18 ft I- 84ft-r I 10794 .. -'12 (- 1ft 398 -! 13 50 ft - ft OB - 94 19!) -- ft Oft . 13ft- ft 13 filft 3 94 39 139 13 ft-1094-14ft-87 -37 Yz ft 9s 13114 ft 40ft ft 31 ft- ft 17 - ft 118 ft- I ft 71ft ft 333 ft 1ft 8094- 9a 7994 18 ft 17 ft 7814 714 30 08 98 80 - 3 llft ft 'ift 14 94 ft ft 'ft 594 194 80 J4 llo ft - 114 "ft ft "ft 48 1C8 31 7194 37 -lllft 39 ft 2(1 15 ft- 137 103 75 ft 88ft 13 94- 94 ft ft 1 "ft 'vvlth 808. 100 shares 400 National Properties Co., 4-0 per cent 1000 New Orleans Hallway and Ligbt Cc. 5 per cent: gen eral mortgage: due 1040.... 456 Fort Wayne and Northern In diana , Traction Co. (pre ferred dividend scrip.) ..Lot 1O00 Schuylkill County Light and Fuel Co. Ti per cent; first mortgage: due 11)33 25000 Tennew.ee Power Co , 5 per cent: first mortgage; duo- 11)02 United States Patent No. 1,311.403: 30 42K $2 21 4794 oaieu juiy .j. lum; "AUIO Tire Carrier" 500 1000 Western NeW Vorlc and Tenna. H It 5 per cent; llrst mort gage; dui lu.17 00' 1000 Independent .Irewlne Co., 0 per rent; duo 10IS...1 4 20000 Drooklyn Ferry Co., 5 per cent: first mortgage due 1048. lyit 540 1000 Porto Itlco Uas Co., II per cent; first mortgage; duo 1053... 12 00 Porto Itlco Uaa Co,; bond scrip t.rfjt $1 0000 Lindsay Wale- Co., 5 per cent: ' llrst and refunding mortgage; clue 1H2D , ;o 10000 Bumex Uaa Co.. a per rent; first mortgage ....'.. 42 10000 Sussex ads Co., ! per rent! llrst mortgage 40 5000 Lowlston Land and Water Co,, Ltd.. 7 per cent: refunding mortgage; du 1010... 5 6000 Porto Itlco flas Co.. B per ;'nii "C"' mortgago (sinking 'fundi: duo 1053 4000 National Gas nnd. Construction Co.. 0 per cent; collateral 10 .. un. iiriiLirrcaii ouo iviv 00 20 47 7 10000 Aurora. Klgln & Chicago HalW road Co., 5 per cent; first and refunding mortgage; duo 100000 Wheeling. andLaiiV Krl'e'ltalY way. 41i per rent, refunding mortgage: Hvr(M "A" duo 4 toon KOOOQNrv Vfik Connecllne Railroad Jp, 41i per rent, flr't mort ! , , .HUB ll)d,....,,,,..J imm laska Gold Mining: Co.. per- X. ent! conaollddled and, -J'- 5 .ttfCl5?5ifVOf frrnM .La '. . flj and Moacow yrVr MT W-rtV Hallway Co., 4 per cent; sec ond mortgage: duo 1054..1ot $J 3000 corpus cnristl uaiiway as i.isni Co.. 0 per cent', first mort gago; duo June 1017 5000 Corpus Christl Hallway & Light Co., II per rent; first mort gage; duo June 1017 5000 Newark Tassenger Hallway (N. J.) 5 per cent: consolidated mortgage; due IPSO. 40000 New York. Westchester und Hoston Hallway Co,. 4V4 per cent: first mortgage; due 55000 IXarauet' Vlu'b ' of' 'phila'd'e'lphia 6 per cent, second mortgago due May 1, 1020 .. . . . .. ... 5000 Lewlsbure (Pa.), Gas Co.. 5 per cent 42300 Fort Wayno and Northern In diana Traction Company 5 per rent, llrst and refunding mortgage; due 1031 ...... oiuo iTavera rtecuriiiea omimuy. 5 per 'cent collatfral trust morttragea; due 1008 ... .Lot $15 4000 Torto Itlco Uas Co., o pc: cent first mortgage; uui due, 111"..! 8 10000 Philadelphia niertrlc. Company. r. per cent erfct mortcaijo: due 10(10 87 60 Capo May Yacht Club, flrat mortfaee: due loll 2.. 41000 Arkansas. Oklahoma and West ern lltallroad Co.,, per cent flrct morteace; duo 1047 .....I. 5 20000 Bchuylklll pounty Llrht and KueL Co., 5 per cent, col lateral trust: due 103.1 ,.., 25 700 Homo . Bulldera' Co, non-ln-lerent-hearlnr cold bond ($70 paid on account of principal) ...I , 100 2000 Indiana, Columbua and Eaat. ern Traction Co. ft per cent, xenerat and refunding f.u; due 1020 3( 2000 Tunkv Mlulne Co. 4 per cent. l.ot ....-.. -..$200 luuu uemnnu noie, naieg 4ov. 1. lull. Louis Hturr 300 Demand note, dated March .1, 1013. Wllllnni Jackaon Mer rill V... ,......, .4,,.,4..a 700 Demand note. dt4 lta. SO, 1U. William JacWwMerJ m jUvVou,: Jttwi'ayjia 20 10 CONTINUED SELLING. OF U. G. I. LOCAL MARKET FEATURE Liberal Offerings Carried Price to New Loiv Level Light Trading in Other Locals Continued free selling of United Ons improvement wns the overshadowing featiiro of the otherwise diill trading in the local market. Tho stock was on tap m. . "V 0lltsct "id met increasing liquidating pressure us the morniifg advanced, which carried the price to n new low level for the year nt G0V4. Home time ago when tho stock was sell ing considerably higher it was predicted that the market vine would bo carried down to nnd below par. At today's lows wnter mark it is only CO cents from par. The popular explanation of the weak ness of this once regarded staid in vestment issue was that it rep resented further selling to establish losses in income fax returns. Pcnusyl vaniu Hallroad appeared to lm under the same influence nnd was likewise offered freely. The demand- however, nt most times equalled the offerings, so that the price wits kpt relatively steady between -lOVs and -J0. Little is to be said concerning the dealings in tho balance! of the local shares. As n matter of fact, most of the trading element were more en grossed in the Christmas relebration than they were in tho tape. The holi Philadelphia Stoclts Net I.OW Cloe chgo. 27 27 45 45 Vi 8 8 .. 50 50 1 110 110 3 - . lllrh, 50 Am S&O 27'. 302 Am Gas. 4R 10 Am Millg 8 100 & S t c pf.. 50 200 1 1 We ... V.i 200 Gen Asp. 110 10 1 O N A :tn 150 Lk S Cor 20 320 Lcli Nav. '12 504 T,cli Vnl.. -Ill 183S l'n It It. 40 HOI'hlla Co cum pf. ',?.t. 30.-. Phil Klec 24 :o 30 20 20 01 (12 42 43 .. 40 -JOVi 33 33 24 2458 27 2714 M 77" V It T to 27A inn I'll Trad rn on 011 .. 300 Ton Hel. 2 2 2.. 553 Ton Min. 2,i 2A 2A 112 Uu Tract 34 33 33'. 20110 II G 1.. 51 50 51 ".. 20 V O N.I.1S5 185 185 7 500 til H Stl. 101 101 104.. 100 Westing K & M 53 53 53 S Wcls Co. 52 52 52 . . 25 W .T&S. 3S 38 3S '4 K. dividend today. $2.50. tNet change made bv comparison with last sale on New York Ktock Exchange. Total sales, 0.110 shares, compared with l.l.lss shares yc&teniay. Thus far this -week, iri.27I) aharcs. Hamo period last week. ( R07. Sales In IKINDS , Net C'losM chge. 81.. 80".. 35 . . jmnn iiieh Ikiw 3 15 & () I'.ViS, 81 .T It & O 0.x.. 8(1 5 KI H Hat 5s 35 3 Klec & Peo Tr 4s . . . 50 4 Lehigh Nav cons 4s. SO 17 Loh Vnl grn 4s .... 78 80 50 50 8!) SO 7S 7S, 3111 LID Hontts ,2d 4",h.. 01.32 0t,30 01.32 .OS 35 3d 4'4s.. 113.2(1 03.21 03.21 .12 75 4th 4'4s. 01.28 01.24 01.24 .14 100 Vie 4s.. HS.00 0S.80 08.004.04 10 Pa gen 5s. 00 00 00'.! 1 Pa gen 4s 81 SI SI " '. 24 1'hila Klec 1st 5s ... 8(1 SPuh Srr 5s. 57 24 Head gen 4s 70 10 l'n Ily Inv 80 57 70 SO IV. 57'. 70 r.s .. 71 70 1 1 -1- ItondH, $4111,000. compared with $501. SOO yesterday. Thus far this neck, $1,200,00(1. Samo period last week. $523, CmO. Raised Bills Flood New York New Yorlt, Dec 24. Coincident with the scntenerVig yesterday of two more counterfeiters, Assistant District Attor ney .lovpph S. Johnson issued a warning to shopkeepers und merchants that "the city is flooded with raised bills." Strict ly speaking the raised bills uro not coun terfeits. They arc one dollar bills upon whose comers the ten dollar bills have been pasted usunlly clumsily. FOREIGN INTERNAL BONDS Wc have established. ' Direct Cable Communication . with Belgium, France, Great Britain and Italy and through our agents in these countries can offer subject to change in price Tuesday Closing TricoBt7'ur v rrlceo JSxchunze Normal Belgian Govt. Restoration 5s 106 per 1000 frs. $193 French Govt. Victory 5 90j per 1000 frs. 193 French Goft. 4s of 1917 74 per 1000 frs. 193 British Govt. War Loan 5s 387 per 100 486 Italian Govt.Consolidated War Loan 5s 75 per 1000 lire 193 Wo arc prepared to give information concerning these and other Foreign Securities and invite correspondence on this ' subject. EDWARD B. SMITH & CO. Bankers 1411 Chestnut St, Phila. t The Ideal Christmas Gift Liberty i Bought, Sold and Quoted Call, Phone or Write Liberty Bond Departmmt West & 60. 1417 CHESTNUT STREET M, 3ywt . 1 v ' adM ' day spirit pervaded nil parts of tho flunnclnl district. Furthermore, be cause of tho uncertain money market conditions everybody seemed determined to defer further mnrket ventures until matters in this direction became more normal. Philadelphia cumulative preferred followed up the movement in the New York market nnd ndvnnccd to S3Vj. American Gas on small sales was also 00 cents higher, while BufTulo and Hus nuehnnna was up !pl from tho previous sale at 50. General Asphalt common jumped up .$3 to 110 on light trading. Union Traction shaded under 34 to HSii n new low record for tho yeafj!Ui.i i-m laucipmu Jiiipm Transit, was jt higher nt 27',. Philadelphia Klcctrie sold up to 124 buti later fell back to IM1.. United Itnilrnads of New Jersey sold at. IS.', ex-dividend of $2.50, on a small lot, or $4.50 under the previous sale. Bond transactions continued heavy but price changes were slight, apart from the Philadelphia Klcctrie lirst 5s, -which yielded to 80. Pennsylvania General, l'fcs were VI per cent lower nnd Lehigh Vulley General 4s sliudcd Vs. EASIER CASH POSITION CAUSES DROP IN CORN Distant Months Show Firmness Early, but Weight of Offer- ' ings Is Too Heavy GnAIN BELT WEATHER FORECAST Chlcuto, Dec 24. llllnoln Cloudy and unsettled lonlnht nnd Thursday. Mln' nourl Cloudy tonleht. Thursday fair, tvln conaln Unsettled und warmer tcnleht, Thursday cloudy. Minnesota Unsettled and warmer tonight. Thursday fair. Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kaneaa lair tonleht and Thursday, warmer. North Dakota Partly cloudy tonight and Thura. day, warmer east. Montana and Wyomlnc Fair tonight and Thursday except rain or snow wcRt. Clilftico, Dec. 24. A slow und easier murkct for the cnsli article, with farm ers more willinr; lo sell und elevators In the country well filled, suggesting a free, movement ns soon us the transportation situation improves, weakened corn fu tures today. For a time distant positions displayed firmness owing to steadiness in hogs. But tho weight of offerings was too heavy aird the rntire list finished lower. Business was dull, with much of the trading in the way of evening up for" over the holiday. Weather conditions were mostly favorable, but the receipts were light. Shipments of corn from Argentina for the week arc estimated at 1,000,000 busjicls, iiguinst 1,108,000 bushels last year. Oats also sold off from the top, afier having been strong influenced by heavy purchases of tho cash article by cr-, porters nt the seaboard. More than fiOO.000 bushels were taken in all posi tions, including 250,000 bushels here. The movement continued light, al though it was reported that Iorwa was offering a little more freely. Shipments of oats from Argentina for the week are estimated at 200,000 bushels, against 5-10,000 last year. Letndlnc futures ranged aa follows: Corn (new delivery) Tost open ingii low cioso closo Pec. . , .ion .May . . . July . 1.14 l.-H. 1.44J4 1.42V4 1.4.1 1.-14: i.ooa; i.:i7'I 1.35V4 1 ri 1.30V! 1.3.11 1.3'.-j 1.32'J 1.33'fj ... MI. 77 R.l 70, R3H 711 'i 'is1 7014 "ors Jan. . M..S Lard .Ian ...sn.tn 2.1.70 May 21.10 21.60 nlba Jan 18.80 10.00 May 10.2,-. 10.07 Hid. tAnked. 33.00 8T.JO u .u ut,i.. 23.4. 21.20 23.70 T23.22 21.63 24.10 18.1)7 M8.77 10.50 10.20 18.80 20.25 BANK CLEARINGS Hank clearinss loday, compared with cor respondini; dav laHt two ear ; HUH 1018 1017 I'lilla ...$1R,748,7.'lt Holiday JB3 1)42,(11111. Boston... 71,(l8.'t.7 Holiday 52,730.02.1 N. York Sr7.742.IS,1 Holiday 633.726.42l) ELKINS, MORRIS & CO. Bankers Land Title Bldg., Phila. Bonds 'gggKHM. tm 'j; , aikst a IftTMffc: M i3 -M t -jW.. SSSHffl ii-i-rv iiiiilrl'(niiiir.ii..-ir t-r