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ENTRANCING! a * Almost worshipped and highly honored by the savages among whom she has been cast, and ably protected by the sacred amulet which has been bestowed upon her by the grateful chief for saving the life of his dusky child, "LUCILLE LOVE, the Girl of Mystery" Mounts the sacred elephant and is proclaimed all powerful But An Unpleasant Surprise Awaits Her To find out all about it, read the next installment of this marvelous, this grip ping, this really stupendous story, " LUCILLE LOVE, the Girl of Mystery," now being published exclusively in this newspaper and being shown In the moving picture houses supplied by the Universal Film Mfg. Co. WEDNESDAY EVENING QSJUUSBURG TELEGRAPH APRIL 22, 1914. SET OF IWB 1000 GINS SHV Greatest Discrepancy Since Assum ing Duties Discovered by Inspector Boyer j " A". Boyer to show the greatest single discrepancy in weight that has been discovered since he as sumed his duties. On the whole set of weights the total discrepancy was 1,141 grains; the total allowable error regulated by the bureau of standards is 115.6 grains. The difference was so startling that Mr. Boyer brought the whole set along into his offices and put in a larger part of the day testing. The store -1 keeper, he said, evidently was en j tirely ignorant of the "shortness" of his scales as he had been making I some of his purchases of stock over j the same machine, j The bureau of standards makes the ; following allowances for errors: Pour and two-pound, sixteenth of an ounce jor 27.6 grains; pound and eight-ounce, ;a thirty-second of an ounce or 13.7 I grains, and a sixty-fourth of an ounce lor 6.8 grains or a total of 115.6 I grains for the lesser weights. And | here are the discrepancies discovered ; by Mr. Boyer in the weights in ques | tlon: j Four-pound. 288 grains; two-pound, 1 245 grains; single pound, 145; single 'pound, 277; eight-ounce. 150; four i ounce, 20; four-ounce, 8; and one ' ounce, eight grains, a total of 1,141 grains. I Wants $25,000 Heart Balm.—Claim ! ing that he had wooed and won her, announced the engagement at a party, gave her a diamond ring, published a story of the coming wedding in the i social columns of the Telegraph—and | then deliberately threw her over, Es ! ther Fishman yesterday afternoon j filed suit for 125,000 damages against | Michael Capin, for breach of prom ise. The plaintiff is a pretty Philadel phia girl. Discharge Prom Bankruptcy. —May 20 has been fixed for a hearing in the case of Charles A. Klrby, this city, a bankrupt, on a petition to discharge him of his indebtedness. Will Use 14,770 Feet of Water Pipp. ! —Water pipe of- sixteen, twelve, - eight and six-inch sizes, aggregating i 14,770 feet, will be bought by Com missioner of Public Safety Bowman I May 4 and bids will be opened that day lat 3 o'clock. These pipe will be used lin the proposed changes of main in I Front and Market streets. THE REASON WHY! "tJVE GOT A iHIEFf" THE COPPFI* THOUGHT, 11b(JT IT S JUST A COUPLE, (S'ETIiMG t?EAt>Y ELOPE MAJOR GENERAL O'RYAN S\ — =#s=*• Commanding the New York National Guard. 20,000 of whose troops are ready and waiting to he ordered to the front. ITAMjE ANNEXATION MOTION \T RIVERSIDE MEETING Kollowing a discussion of the an nexation question last night at River side, a motion in favor of the ques- Passing Impressions of Finance By H. L. Bennet By H. L. BENXKT One of the surest guides to the fu ture experience furnishes is that sub stantial and permanent improvement In securities and commerce begins in broad demand for high-grade bonds. A comparatively heavy absorption of in vestments Is In progress, a movement that at present finds no reflection In the market for shares, but is practlcally conflned to the best grades of bonds. And It is highly probable that this will prove to be the key of the situation. Similar conditions following a period of depression has so often meant the start of better things that the very sucessful sales of New York City and New York Central Railroad bonds last week are valuable reassurance. With the declines In stock prices and the continued losses In railroad earnings, among other unsettling factors, it was most timely. kast January New York State sold $51,000,000 of -Hi per cent, bonds, and the sale was regarded as a test of the situation. They brought around 107 on terms that netted the investor about 4.2 per cent. Just how successful this was considered may be judged from the fact that when the City marketed a large block of 4H per cent, bonds last May they brought a bare fraction over par, so that the yield basis was prac tically 4.49 per cent. That sale of last January served notice upon a discour aged bond market that capital had ac cumulated during the preceding months of Inactivity and was willing to accept inducements. A sudden revival in the bond market followed, and although it has subsided somewhat there has been a large and constant though discrimi nating demand since. I>ast week's sale was on a 4.18 per cent, basis, a slight ly higher relative price than that of January. The New York Central of fering of $25,000,000 4% per cent, bonds was considerably over subscribed on terms netting investors 4.70 per cent. The price Is not considered especially high, but the good demand reinforces the favorable impression of the City sale. Study of the security markets deals largel- with psychology. Following a period of severe losses capital is timid. Frequently the losses have been due to 111-considered investment, and result In complete unsettling of confidence. In vestment and personal expenditures throughout the community diminish; people save up. When they resume In vestment it is with a chastened spirit and security of principal is the first consideration. They seek bonds of the best grades. The money goes into con structive enterprise and provides em ployment for labor and work for the mills. This Is a rough outline of a pro cess that has been repeated many times in many countries. Attending circum stances differ, but this Is accepted as the usual form of recuperation and the mental Influences that inspire it. No wild flight of imagination is needed to fit 1913 and 1914 to a proper place in such a cycle. Obviously, we have not reached th« stage where expanding business creates new profits, re-establishes a normal de gree of confidence, and conservatism ceac-s to lean backwards. As these con ditions arrive, buyers naturally turn to a wider range of investment, and prices respond. If the bond market Is an ac curate forecast it points the way to profitable investment in junior bonds and preferred stocks which are low in price and should be purchased in ad vance of popular demand. There is no more mercurial com munity than Wall Street, and Its dis ciples adhere to the fashion in lnvest- —By Heath tion was tabled for the present. The annexation question will be brought up in May in all probability. Creatore adn Sousa Are Coming to Paxtang Announcement was made this morn ing by officials of the Harrlsburg Rail ways Company that Sousa's and Crea tore's bands will play at Paxtang Park this summer on August 14 and June 14, respectively. ' Saturday, May 23, the Steelton Band will probably give a concert at the park, it was further stated. Your Small Standing Accounts Start the Spring season by paying all your small bills contracted during the win ter months. We can help you by advancing you money in any amount from $5.00 TO $50.00 ON YOUR PLAIN NOTE EMPLOYEES DISCOUNT GO. LICENSED .... BONDED ROOM 2 36 N. THIRD ST. SECURITY TRUST BLDQ. ments as do the modistes of Fifth ave nue to the latest gowns. The llrst half of 1912 and several years prior thereto are often referred to as the days of the 7 per cent, preferred stock, conveying the Idea that this particular and often excellent form of Investment is obso lete. A greut deal of financing was done through this medium, and the fact that some industrial corporations that utilized It fetched up in the breakers has nothing to do with the form of se curity. Many sound preferred Issues bearing 7 per cent., 6 per cent., and other rates, declined In common with the whole market last year, and have as yet made but Inadequate recovery. Such opportunities ase they now pre sent will repay handsomely those In vestors who anticipate the time when a broadening market and low money rate re-establishes normal prices. There are many such issues among public utilities, a class of company that continued uninterruptedly Its Increase In earning power lust year. A very In teresting complication of earnings for 1313 by different classes of companies shows a gain by railroads In gross of 4.7 per cent., but a net decrease of per cent. A selected list of represen tative industrials Bhows a gain In gross of 8.4 per cent., but a decrease of a hall per cent, in net. The public utility companies, however, increased receipts 8.4 per cent, and net earnings 8 per cent. Railroads certainly, and indus trials as a class, have not yet turned the corner, but public utility reports as they are published from month to month continue to show gains. The cuts In crude oil prices that are associated with the slump In the Stan dard OH group of stocks are an en tirely natural reaction from a long and extensive series of advances. Statistics show the position of the market for oil and oil products Is strong, and a long or permanent decline is improb able. It Is estimated that for one rep resentatives company the recent cuts averaged from 8 to 10 per cent. It seems natural that reduced prices for crude oil should benefit refining com panies, but their stocks have shared the decline with those of producing and pipeline companies impartially. The | fact is that the oil group, as a whole, like the market for the crude product, was entitled to a setback, and, like it • again, has had one. At this writing I the stocks are erratic rather than weak. With the demand for stocks next to nil. the Stock Exchange market has been vulnerable to any selling; pres sure. Many people are discouraged by the cdntinued refusal of prices to im prove, but in the present situation the bond market should give a better idea of the future than stocks. Their turn wil come later. Incidentally, hank clearings lust week were 7 per cent, larger than for the corresponding week of 1913, weather conditions in the agri cultural sections continue favorable, and the money market gives constant assurance of permanent ease. Stocks of merchandise In almost every line are low, which Is one of the best possible safeguards of the situation. If worst comes to worst in Mexico, nnd we are obliged to invade, I do not anticipate serious effects for Ameriran business and securities. Production and distribution would be stimulated, and our politicians would have some thing else to ocupy them than bully ragging the railroads and manufac turers. I think a war would draw our people together and erase their differ ences with a common cause, though some pessimists think not. One thing does seem certain, and that is once we set foot in Mexico a stable Government there will be assured, and securities based on Mexican properties become very much more valuable. No life can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife And all life not be purer and stronger thereby. STANDARD Invrntment* Q We iiuy In Standard W Blld Bell Oil Stock* I , will yield | ' - •• r ■ •' 1 \ Handsome home within 5 minutes' walk of station, in best part of borough, frame residence, twelve rooms, y 2 acre of ground, beautiful trees and shrubbery. Immediate possession. PRICE, $3,500 R. JONES RIFE, Durtcannon, Pa. NOTICF 1 ■^== Sv le To accommodate the work ing people who cannot get to our office during our daily office hours, from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m., beginning April 1, our office will be open every Wednesday and Saturday evenings until 9 o'clock. Business may then be trans acted daily 8 a. m. to 6 p. m., Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. CO-OPERATIVE LOAM & INVESTMENT CO. 204 Chestnut Street f ~~ | Do You Desire , A Good Income? ! Regular Dividends? ; Security of Investment? Raj 6% Cumulative Preferred Stock of the ' American Public Utilities Co. i Kelsey, Brewer & Co., 1 . Banker! Engineer*. Opemtnra ' Grand Rapid*. Michigan I $lO LOANS > AND UPWARDS We want no advantages, care very little about security, prom ise satisfaction and guarantee a square deal. Ask us what you want to know. Convince us of your ability and honest inten tion to live up to your agree ment and we will satisfy you that you will be given a square deal under all conditions. LEGAL HATES EQUITABLE INVESTMENT COMPANY 9 N< MARKET SQUARE Room 2l' 4th Floor I MONEY AT LESS THAN LEGAL RATES We have recently put Into effect very liberal reductions In the rates of all loans, which are positively the lowest In the city. We Invite honest working peo ple without bank credit to do business here at rales lower than prescribed by the law of j 191 S. First and second mortgages a specialty. Pennsylvania Investment Company— -132 WALNUT STREET | Office Hours—B.3o A. M. to 5.30 P. :.i. Saturdays, 8.30 A. M. to 8.30 I'. M.