16
REACTION AFTER
MIXED CHANGES
Trading Dull With Undertone
of Caution; Coppers Under
Pressure
New York, Dec. 23.—Trading was
dull, with an undertone of caution
during to-day's short session, niixcd
changes at the opening giving way to
moderate reactions later. Dealings
were almost wholly professional, rep
resenting mainly the closing of com
mitments over the holiday.
Coppers were under pressure, with
some of the more speculative issues
conspicuous in yesterday's recovery,
notably Leather and other equipments
and munitions, Bethlehem Steel losing
12 points. United States Steel also
yielded almost 2 points, with 1 to 3
for motors, oils, Marine preferred and
Industrial Alcohol, included among
the few gains were Atlantic. Gulf and
West Indies and gas stocks. Rails
were almost ignored. Partial rallies
caused an irregular close. Sales were
estimated at 300,000 shares.
Ponds were steady.
NEW YORK STOC KS
r Chandler tiros. & Co., members New
York and Philadelphia Stock Ex
changes, 3 North Market Square. Hur
risburg; 133$ Chestnut street, Phila
delphia; 3 1 Pine street, New York,
furnish the folio-' 1 "!; flotations:
New York, Dec. 23.
Open. Clos.
Allis Chalmers 26% 26%
Amer Beet Sugar 91 " 90
American Can 471.8 47%
Am Car and Eoundry Co 65 " 64%
Am Ice Securities 30% 30',4
Amer Loco 76 is 75%
Amer Smelting 105% 105 %
American Sugar 109% 109%
Anaconda 83% 82%
Atchison 104% 104%
Baldwin Locomotive ... 61 58%
Baltimore and Ohio .... 84 84 %
Butte Copper 49% 48%
California Petroleum ... 25 25
Canadian Pacific 165% 165%
Central Leather 86% 85
Chesapeake and Ohio ... 65U 65%
Chicago R I and Pacific 35 35
Chino Con Copper 55% 54%
Col Fuel and Iron 46 45
Consol Gas 132% 132% I
Corn Products 24% 24% 1
Crucible Steel 59 r>9
Distilling Securities 30 30
Erie 3474 34%
General Electric C 0..... 168% 167%
Goodrich BP 60% 60
Great Northern pfd .... 117% 117%
Great Northern Ore subs 35% 35%
Inspiration Copper 57 56%
Interboro Met 17% 17% I
Kennecott 45% 44%'
Lackawanna Steel 82% 83%
Lehigh Valley 79 ' 80 * ;
Maxwell Motors 52 53%
Mere .Mar Ctfs 26% 26
Merc Mar Ctfs pfd 92 ii 90% j
Miami Copper 37% 37% '
National Lead 60 1 -'. 60% i
New York Central 104% 103%
Nexv ork Ont and West 30% 30 !
Norfolk and Western... 136 135%
Northern Pacific 110% 110%
Pacific Mail 20 20% '
Pennsylvania Railroad.. 56% 56 %>
Railway Steel Spg 4994 49%)
Ray Con Copper 27 ''6 % I
Reading 104 i 53
Republic lion and Steel. 77% 76%
Southern Pacific 9714 97 >2
Southern Ry 33% 33
Studebaker 112 111%
Texas Oil 209% 210% i
Union Pacific 147% 147 5i
U S 1 Alcohol 111% 111u
U S Rubber i.. 61% 61
U S Steel 107% 106% i
} Steel PMf ... 118% 120%
Utah Copper 100% 100 % i
a Irgmia-Carolina Chem. 4 2 41 %
Westinghouse Mfg 56 56 J
VHi H p K ,.v,UA PRODUCE
Philadelphia, Dec. 23. No srain
market. 6 u
Butter The market Is steady; !
■western, creamery, extras, 41@42c r
Itearby prints, fancy, 44c. I
Eggs The market is steady.!
I ennsyl vania and other nearby firsts.
Iree cases, $14.10 per case; do., current '
receipts, free cases, $13.80 per case; i
•western, extras, firsts, free cases, *14.10
per case; do., firsts, tree <_ass, sl3 80
per case
Live Poultry—The market is steady;
lowls, 11 19c; roosters, I3<fel4c: Sprinu
chickens. 16(&19c; broilers, 16@l8c:
Keese, 15ii/18c; turkeys.
Dressed Poultry Quiet, but firm; j
fowls, fancy, 23©23Vjc; do., good to i
The business of
J. H. Musser & Son
General Insurance
.
will hereafter be conducted
by the surviving partner, |
W. Harry Musser
213 Walnut St.
( |
I Christmas Dinner !
After the day's joys are well under way comes
dinner preparation with its muss and fuss to
mar the Christmas spirit. Give the family a
reul holiday—and especially the good wife.
Take 'em all downtown for dinner where Roast
Turkey, Goose ana Chicken with all the fixin's
are awaiting you. Dinner served from 11:30 •
a. m. to 9 p. m„ at 75c the plate.
Sunday
f £ < L are al , so . special preparations for i
f\V\\ t°- mo "-ow big dinner, if the family stays
flu home for Christmas dinner, then give the wife
.LA-J 1 rest from cooking duties the day before. Roast
Turkey and a real holiday dinner, served 11' 3 0 :
f /jj¥ '{ a - to 8 p. m., at 60c the plate.
IWIL P°l ace Cde
SATURDAY EVENING.
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MARY PICKKORD, AT REGENT, CHRISTMAS, TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY
The management of the Regent Theater announces for Christmas Dav,
l uesday and Wednesday following an engagement extraordinary in the
first appearance as an independent star of the most famous motion-picture
actress of them all, Mary Piekford. iler newest and most elaborate plav
of her lons career is called 'Less Than the Dust." it is the costliest and
Jest directed picture in which she has ever been seen. This production is
shown 111 other cities at high admission price. Due to the enormous cost of
this production to the management, there will be a slight advance in the
price of admission. Special music will be a feature of "Less Than the Dust."
As most ol the scenes are laid in India. The accompanying score will be most
unique and characteristic.
The scenes of this production are laid in India and England, Miss Pick-'
ford playing the part of a castaway, a girl of English birth who, having been
adopted by a Hindu swordmaker, is reared among the natives of the lower
caste. Its story is full of realism and dramatic strength, with an appealing
love story in which the girl and a young English officer are the central lig
ures.—Adv.
choice, 21%@22Vsc; do., small sizes, 16
@2lc; old roosters, 17c; roasting chick
ens, western, 19®25c; broiling chickens,
western, 18®25c; do., nearby, judaic;
Spring ducKs. nearby. au mZ'iu .10..
Western, 18®20c; western geese, Is®
20c; turkeys, fancy, large, nearby. 31®
..2c; do., western, fancy, large, 30c;
do., western, fair to goud, 27®29c; do.,
common, 22®25c.
Sugar—No market.
Potatoes The market is steadv,
Pennsylvania, per bushel, $1.6501.75;
New York, per bushel, 91.65;
Eastern o nuro. No. 1, M er M ,
tel. $2.60®2.75, do.. No. 2. per
barrel. S 1.25 ®> 1.50; Norfolk. No. 1.
per barrel. |Z.5(,®2.75;; do.. No. : I. PBI
barrel, 11.25W1.50; Jersey, per basket.
Jl.nn
Hay—No market.
i-'iour The market is steady;
winter, clear, s6.so<ft 'J. 75; do., straights,
$1.00467.25; do., patents. $7.50® 7.75;
Spring. firsts, clear, $7.75®5.00;
do., patents, $5.25@8.50; do., favorite
brands, $8.50®9.00.
I'IiII.ADEI.I'HI V STOCKS
Philadelphia, Dec. 23.—Stocks closed
irregular.
General Asphalt 28
General Asphalt, Pfd. 70
l>ake Superior Corporation 18%
I-ehigh Navigation S5 "
I-ehigh Valley 79
Pennsylvania Railroad 56' i
Philadelphia Electric 33
Philadelphia Company 42
Philadelphia Company, Pfd 38
Philadelphia Rapid Transit 30%
Reading 103
Storage Battery 62%
Union Traction 46ft
l'nited Gas Improvement 90
I'nited States Steel 106'4
\ ork Railways 15
I York Railways Bid 36%
< IIIC'AGO CATTLE
! Chicago, 111., Dec. 23. Cattle Re
| eeipts, 1,000; steady. Native beef cat
! tip, $7.00®11.76; western steers, s7.oo(ft
10.00; stockers and feeders, ss.oolfi 8.10;
cows an. heifers, $4.00® 10.00; calves.
: SS.O.I® 11.75.
Sheep Receipts, 1,000; steadv.
Wethers, $9.00@10.0; lambs, $11.25®
13.45.
Hogs Receipts. 22,000; slow at yes-
I terday's average to a shade lower. Bulk
of sales, s9.9oCa> 10.30; light, 19.50® 10.15,
mixed, $9.804< 10.40; heavy. $9.90® 10.40;
rough, $9.90® 10.0; pigs, $7.50@9.25.
XEW YOUK IIANK STATEMENT
New York, Dei!. 23. The statement
of the actual condition of Clearing
| House Banks and Trust Companies for
the week shows that they hold $90,-
064,260 reserve in excess of legal re
i quirements. This is a decrease of $4,-
I 383,060 from last week.
New Idea Hosiery to
Pay Big Dividend
j Announcement was made to-day by
the board of directors of the New Idea
Hosiery Company that the usual semi
annual dividend of 3% per cent, on the
common stock payable 011 January 15,
1 1916, has been declared. The semi
annual dividend of 3V6 per cent, on the
preferred stock was declared also.
President \V. G. Starry at the meet
ing of the board of directors reported
that all records for business in the his
tory of the company have been broken.
Total sales for the flrst eleven months
of 191fi exceeded the total for the entire
year of 1915, by .almost $7,000. A com
plete report for the year will be sub
mitted to the stockholders at the an
nual meeting in January, which will In
clude the report for business in De
, cember. The company, since Its or
ganization In 1912, has paid dividends
°f 7 pel' cent, regularly each year.
Kmployes of the company at the
close of work yesterday met In the of
tlce and presented President Starry
with an automobile rug. R. F. Web
ster. assistant manager, presided at the
meetlnr. and Edward Moeslein made
the presentations.
Others who received gifts were H. A.
Bitner. bathrobe, and W. C. Clavson
raincoat, from employes in the knitting
room: Ray If. Harmon, shipping clerk,
an umbrella from employes under his
direction; R. K. Webster, gold signet
ring with tiie emblem of the Order of
Owls, by the management and office
force; S. P Eby. vice-president, watch
fob, with Rotary Club emblem; Harry
S. Smeltzer, secretary, watch fob with
Masonic hniblem. Department heads
each received gold pieces, and each
employe was given a large box of
chocolates W. 8. Simonson. of Boston,
Mass., made an address at the meeting,
telling of his ten years' continuous
Company*? B " d th
$2,000 Fire in Warehouse
of Goldsmith Store
^i re !!\. th /' warehouse of the Joseph
Goldsmith furniture store. Cranberry
SVX™' i hl " tnorn ' n g. caused more than
s—ooo damage to a delivery truck and
some crated furniture. A large num
ber of pieces, ordered as Christmas
e eru remove d only last evening.
♦ h i ?. re Was . ca " sed by tiie engine in
the delivery truck backfiring when
James Piatt, chauffeur for the store
cranked the motor. The flames spread
rapidly before the firemen arrived, but
the warehouse which was formerly a
stable, was only sllphtly damaged. It
Churclf y Stephen's Episcopal
Firemen by quick work prevented
the blaze from spreading to a lame
pile of excelsior and heavy paper The
damaae to the auto and furniture is
practically covered by Insurance.
HARRISEURG I TELEGRAPH
| HARRISBURG REAL ESTATE BOARD
S You Can Obtain Information Regarding These Properties From Any Member
J \ OFFICERS
5 TllP John E. Gipple, President
% Howard M. Bird, Vice-President
i C ' /— < . • Robert A. Carl, Secretary. 11l
j Seasons Vjreetings E. Mocsloin, Treasurer. X •!* |/\
5' rp o * MEMBERS LPCIIC
i Charles Adlcr, 1002 North Third
J You and Yours . Norm rro. Two Perry County Farms
t p pinnj 17 street, Steelton.
J. tL. *jlrrLL Backenstoss Brothers, 15 North On State Road From Harrishurg to Sunbury
J! Insurance and Real Eatate Second street
' H - M * IllrU ' Unlon Trust BldK " No. I—l7o acres, (Known as the Steward
. IKI M AKKKT STREET W . F. Bushnell, 1000 North Third lsland Farm) , two north of LWerpool
-5 v street. 130 acres cultivated (50 acres island) —40 acres
•WAIVWVVWMVMVWVVVWAI 5,1 A * Fought, 272 North street. virgin timber (should cut at least 150,000 ft).
J J- E. Ripple, 1251 Market street. Six-room frame house—large frame bank barn.
' i! John 11. Maloncy, 1619 Green St. v „ „ _
A. S. Miller & Son, 18th and State f®'„ Jj ac " s (Shuman Island Farm)
,i streets " s nort ' l of Liverpool— 100 acres Island
i Miller Brothers A Co., Locust and T" 65 "IM! "' oodland ~ 32s a PP Ie an <l 75 peach
11 Court streets Light-room frame house—frame bank
j! E. Moeslein, 424 State street barn Und outbulldln K"-
i| 11. G. Pedlow, 110 South Thirteenth Price and any particulars you may care to
]i street. have will lie gladly furnished upon receipt or
ij C. Vernon Rettew, 307 Market St jour request,
ji J. F. Rohrcr & Son, Bergner Bldg.
t George A. Shrciner, 17th and Fors- ■■■■ ■ ma* _ _
> ter streets. MILLER BROS ACO nd
i[ James C. Thompson, 2039 North ■ IBnßn■■ II ■rilWWB Wn Court Sts.
| ]i Second street.
■ ] P. Vandcrloo, 307 Market street. Member Harrishurg Real Estate Board
\ Burton Van Dyke, 900 North Six
]i teenth street.
A. C. Young, 3 4 N. Second St.
BREAK TO COME
IF U-BOAT WAR
IS AGAIN OPENED
State Department Hears of Un
restricted Tactics Against
Merchantmen
BLOCK PEACE TALK
Hinders Discussions; Allied
Reply to Teutons Nearly
Finished
l'arls, Dec. 23.—The allies' an
swer to < Germany's peace pro
posals Is nlmost luiished, accord
ing to the I'etit Parisieii. The
|>a|icr says it is a rutlicr long
Uoeumcnt anil sets forth clearly
both the "grievances of Uie allies
and the crushing responsibilities
of the central empires."
Washington, D. 0., Dec. 23. —Un-
official advices to the State Depart
ment that it is the intention of the
German government to inaugurate a
practically unrestricted submarine war
fare against armed merchant liners
served to strengthen the belief in
official circles that a diplomatic break
between the two governments is immi
nent.
Owing to the repeated loss of Ameri
can lives at sea even under a so-called
restricted campaign of German sub
marines, it is believed in the light of a
certainty that amicable relations be
tween Germany and the United States
cannot survive should the central pow
ers determine upon a plan to sink all
armed merchant ships.
Expect Issue to Arise
Following the visit of Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin to the United States
recently high official circles have been
more or less prepared for the issue
thut will arise upon the Inauguration
of ruthless submarine warfare by the
Germanic powers.
It is now believed certain in official
quarters that it was the primary ob
ject of President Wilson in sending the
peace note tp the warring powers to
forestall Just such an eventuality by
the possible conclusion of the war
through arbitration.
NOTE REACHES VIENNA
Vienna, Dec. 22, via London, Dec.
23.—United States Ambassador Pen
field will hand Baron Burlan this
afternoon the note from the American
government to the belligerent powers
suggesting an exchange of views as to
peace conditions. The text of the note
| has not been made public here.
Says Wilson*s Step Is
Nothing but Effort to
Save England From Rain
Berlin, Dec. 22, via London, Dec. 23.
—The Ixikal Anzeiger, though ad
mitting that President Wilson's pro
posal has great political significance,
i wonders whether it conies as an after-
I math of the German proposal to the
entente or is independent of it. The
Lokal Anzeiger declares that Germany
and her allies cannot take a stand
until the entente answer is received,
which, from advance reports, it con
siders gives no cause for optimism.
Count von Keventlow, commenting
in ttie Deutsche Tages Zeltung, de
clares that the character of the entente
Is obvious from the headline, "The
United States Mixing In." Count
Reventlow devotes the greater part of
his editorial to the statement of Sec
retary Lansing, which he terms a
threat against Germany that America
will enter the war on the side of Ger
many's opponents should the emperor,
Instead of consenting to a conference
under any circumstances, use her
naval weapons against England and
dainag6 what he terms the Anglo-
American cause. "Wilson's step," says
Count von Reventlow, "is nothing but
an effort to save England from ca
tastrophe."
The Taglische Rundschau says sar
castically that President Wilson well
understood how to control his peace
proclivities and "humanitarian fanati
cism" while business was good in
America, but. that it was inevitable
that some time America should enter
the world war either as a combatant
or a would-be peacemaker. The Rund
schau asserts that Mr. Wilson should
remember that America, while profit
ing from the war, made its quick end
ing impossible by restricting submarine
warfare.
BELIEVES NOTE. WILL FORCE
GERMANY TO TELL AIMS
Paris, Dec. 22.—The only reference
to President Wilson's note at the pub- I
lie sitting of the chamber of deputies
was made by Deputy Renaudel, who
expressed the belief that it would com
pel Germany to tell plainly her war
aims. Deputy Renaudel made his brief
reference in announcing that the So- |
clalist party would vote for the appro
priations for the first six months of
1917, which were subsequently passed.
GERMAN PRESS VARIES
Berlin, Friday, Dec. 22, 5 p. m. t via
London, Dec. 23, 11.20 a. m.—The
Berlin press receives President Wil
son's note to the belligerent powers
with varying views, scarcely any two
papers looking alike at the proposi
tion. The views range from the en
thusiastic welcome accorded the
plan by the Tageblatt to the unexpect
edly cynical quasi-acquiescence of the
Vossische Zeltung with the middle
ground represented by the Lokal An
zeiger, which prefers to await the an
swer of the entente power to the Em
peror's note before deciding for or
against.
FIGHT TO FINISH
London, Dec. 22. W. F. Massey,
premier of New Zealand, speaking at
Hornschurch, said: "It Is our duty
to go on until the power or Germany
l broken and her armies driven back
over their own horder. Then will be!
i the time for peace."
SWITCHMEN AWARDED
EIGHT-HOUR DAY
[Continued From First Page.]
ment, "is that men need more time to
visit with their families, to take
recreation and to secure the other
advantages of leisure. This argument,
of course, applies to switchmen. A
second argument is that the long hours
result in physical exhaustion, often to
a degree seriously injurious to health.
The evidence shows clearly that, owing
to the nature of the work, there are
frequent opportunities for intervals of
rest and that the long hours testified
to are due very largely, almost invari
ably, indeed, to delays caused by the
interference of other trains and to
similar reasons beyond the control of
the railway managers or of the switch
men. During these delays the switch
men must usually be idle, so that the
long hours do not always imply ex
cessive physical labor.
"Although it has seemed wise to
award an eight-hour day as the stand
ard minimum day, the overwhelming
weight of testimony shows that the
conditions of the various kinds of rail
way work are so different that only a
trial can determine just how far eight
hour shifts can be worked without
prohibitory costs to the roads and
undue disturbance of the work of their
patrons.
It seems to be clearly established
that, under existing conditions, and
probably even under conditions of
traffic less strenuous than the present,
it will not be possible to make the
actual working eight-hour day effect
ive in the case of more than a small
percentage of the switching crew not
more than 10 per cent, during the first
year. While, therefore, it is urged that
the eight-hour day be established. Its
introduction must be gradual. The
percentage, therefore, of the switching
crews that will be directly affected
during the period of this award must
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Harrisburg, Pa.
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3-room and bath apartment on
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steam, on lot 20x155, Myrtle ave
nue. in rear.
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all improvements, 910.00.
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of necessity be small. Most crews will
work ten hours or more.
"Moreover, owtng to the increase in
pay awarded to the switchmen, those
who seriously desire to shorten their
workday two hours for the purpose of
employing the added hours of leisure
in ways distinctly beneficial to them
selves will be able to secure this leis
ure by the exercise of their seniority
rights. Those who prefer the added
wage will generally be able to secure
that. The seniority rules will enable
the men longest in service to take their
choice. If the older men in service
should all prefer the added daily wage
coming from the long hours, the eight
hour shifts must be taken by the
younger and less experienced men.
Isut with so large an element of choice
and so small a number of positions to
A Merry ■[
Christmas Wish ~
9
FROM
i
Forney's Drug Store
p We want to wish everyone the heartiest Christ- ''
mas greeting.
19 May your holiday be fraught with good cheer, :
happiness and contentment. t
. f
r Again a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.
* Vt' M Vt"
Ij The New Store
| Wm. Strouse 1
Wishes to Thank You
for your courtesies of
| Very Merry Christmas | I
| Prosperous New Year
AT YOUR SERVICE FOR
1917 CALENDARS 1917
GOOD SELECTION. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
MYERS MFG. CO.
Third and Cumberland Streets
Bfll Phong 1577-11. HARRISBUnO, PA-
be filled, the award will enable em
ployers. employes and the public to
determine the extent to which the
switchmen desire the shorter hours.
This decision in the switchmen's
controversity with railroads has an
important bearing on the Adamson
Haw, it was stated here to-day by an
official spokesman for the conference
committee of the managers of the rail
roads. "It does not OK the Adam
son act, in our opinion. The Adam
son legislation gave the men ten hours'
pay for eight hours of work, or an in
crease of about 25 per cent, in wages.
The awarfd to-duy gives the switch
men only 9 hours' pay for eight hours
of work, or between 13 and 16 per
cent, in increased wages. We get a
great deal of satisfaction out of this
award."