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The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • 15

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1 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18 1915 Terms of Dissolution of Guggenheim Company Are Not to Liking of Metal Stockholders There in Lies Reason for Declines of Yesterday inancial acts and igures Edited by Paul Donald Brown Difficulties in Obtaining Vessels Noticeably Im pairs Vigor of Export Inquiry for Wheat irmness at Liverpool Has Only Passing effect 15 JJrnph'H iBank b'ELIX McWIllRTER ounder ANOTHER BIG HOG RUN REE SELLING MARKS IRREGULAR CLOSE RESOURCES New York Stock Exchange In the Cotton Market $iuouoooo DAY IN WHEAT TRADE IS SOLD AT DECLINE Total Sales IN WALL STREET 14S31OSO $64781210 Total $64781210 Total Loss With Undertone Am Steady a about fresh declines today 63 RAILS ARE QUIET THROUGHOUT 230 230 10337 EXTREME RANGE IN HOG responsible BOARD Ob1 DU SECTORS 143 144' Lt tel I a McWhirter 44 Electric un fiea Corn ollows Wheat Lower 126 fallows: 1 i I gh 90 BREED ELLIOTT HARRISON 1 2 OR 1212 A UgUSt 124 tho Largest Bond Home In Indiana 1149 52 1155 1143 INDIANAPOLIS New Orleans Cincinnati Chicago 1 1 3 MONEY 02 LOAN the Pittsburgh Coal Dip I RUITS AND VEGETABLES $122 ID) Vondersaar Co GRAIN PRICES CURRENT 1 6 16 cent 27 27 8 6 116 ROCK ISLAND ANNUAL REPORT 59 NEW YORK BOND QUOTATIONS Celery Michigan 2025c per bunch New 104 Total Sales 3 1 0 3 4 whim inancial Notes of Interest TTT 07 I I 'I Rfi QUOTATIONS 61 II HO 8c 13 for HOGS 37 ft 700 Wli 160 lb and MONEY AND EXCHANGE 6 4 5 685 TOO and Du In 645(5 IP Hl 11 $110 per if 3 8 950 THE CRUDE OIL MARKETS 92 li THE METAL MARKETS ar quoted as follows: 1190 Elect 1550 S00 I air to 140 In al I change quotes lead offered $540'625 7 0 23 KO steers futures 89 A 8 4s rof rH 650 700 light 1 00 I 6 prime export tn 98 bull: Bld 6 TO DISSOLVE GUGGENHEIM CO 'OP 6 Bethlehem Stocks Rise rom $28J to $600 ft) a nd 4 00 dL LIVE STOCK BY WIRE iONDON' sh are $22090000 the no the high 660 At 600 the stork 6000 bld and io CT EARINGS yester (utn pa riy INDIANAPOLIS PRODUCE OTHER PRODUCE MARKETS will slmw at a glance the course travc kd hy the stock RISCO PLAN ANALYZED the 31 32 un'V 2 I nu lh Hioli rfflpts bUO guC'jje 10 lbs and over Receipts medium $665 col pl day that the thr voting trust is CAPITAL LARGEST IN INDIANA 'Uli the Missouri Public Service Commission last 34 0 ma ver MO'd ZO $777 II c'C'iiimon $710 prices High ii $8 08 1910 53600 will help you to save safely baled 18 29 7S367 11'14 selling 5 I icccnibc $211 166309 gallon 3 DIWI TOWN OICE Am Am Dash May Good to air to 0 (ft 00 (ft 00 no Annth ITokhr 94 20 64 144 Yesterday Week ago Year ago Nov Nov Nov mark of pigs $6 it GO (' Me 94 482 68 60 108 March May 1912 1211 IJ Am Am New Haven Air Brk Central medium cows and cutters Exports far this Pacific 4a pacific 3r letter to and Mo Peerless Sheep $560 (ft I Ht Erin on cen 8Q Sugar Ref Steel dv Tel Tel Tobacco Woolen Trading was nulef Rentes 65 franca 35 on London 27 francs steady at $67 Panama 3h con 101 A i A gf kul Ch 1 02 1 4 Good to best lambs Common to medium lamb Bucks per 700 lbs 6 5 (i 7'1 stags $: rk et I 1 vania Merger black $42032748 7602636 2ooooo 24686 22 78 6 n0 860 800 450 1 ogs 1 1748 17 1 7400 119 3000 64 470') 129 200 230 100 2 the for a Bitua drain 645 625 stock 1 ptl ren Sales 50 90 link la nd llllnhlH ansas Gkla Plymouth Sf9'i() 1 :5 1 00 18700 165 27 83 63 108 47 Choice Heavies $6 90 ft 725 71 0 01'74 5 710(51 74'1 7 680(710 665700 lima 1 90? 19UG spelte hjh 1 ter A Joint 4s A gen 4r Steel pfd Copper 22900 16200 300 op in gump has b' a in 'This nf 1 'Tiin'in nt proposed dlRHolut jott rtork iim well hr ni dccll nrd odern ely Norf West North American Northern Pae Pacific Mall Pennsylvania Gari 550'31 55 0 (ft October DecemberBid 1 160 1 186 Pr rank Hutchins Neurologist 785 70 0 600 which are cor exctuslvely to 90 3 2 (I 98 ISeabd A ml 1 fR 1 Ton Joseph 1 bach Judge Indiana Appellate Court 28 44 24 44 rs so Knisley Johnson Lawyer 87 i IIS Albert 1 Hueber Secretary Trens Gregory Appel Inc Clarence Weaver Cashier racin 'I1 I nn thin 4r 94 66 orir Prosucr 84 80 35 Condensed statement showing condition at close of business November 10 1915 1 1 ih GUI) creamery 33c hu 31 6 6 80 143 103 31 56 sheaves 'if the nnjinnn this year wlmii 98 U6 34fj35c 2 rod $117 Mexlcsn bonds easy 'lime loans 2 '2 par call othm' than top or about steady horses was The following quotations reeled dally arc furnished 'The Star by 7 i' 60 119 82 36 Erie 1st pfd Erie 2d pfd tien Motors Goodrich Gt Northern nfd Gt Ore Ctfs10700 uuggennm kx Insperation Tnterboro Corp 1 nterboro pfd Inter inter Paper and associates who 1 240000 shares of the stock had not formed ronstArs he ST IO1DS Mo $1 I So ary $IO5u 65 0 steady a 1 ves Rec 1 19 41 157 5 9 103 24 CHICAGO 2 red 113: No 2 red 1 03 ft 1 09 No 3 L'H i 'T Lm Utah Vir Car Chem Wabash Wabash pfd Maryland Western Union Westing Elcc 29 Willys Overland Woolworth ter demand for trimming purposes Worsted yarns wpio In fair demand with prices tend ing higher Loans Bonds Vault and ixtures Overdrafts CASH and in banks South Llm Peppers 75c per bu basket Potatoes 75c per bu Jerseys 8350 bbl Swrets Virginia $225 per bbl Squashes Hubbard $150 doz Tomatoes 30 lh box $221 i'MtIS Nnv 17 he Hum May tlnms Exclmngc centimes In connection with the new exchange rangement the London Post expresses belief that the government lias decided to press government remittances to 16 29 44 Best heavies Medium and nn Good to choice lights 180 lbs Common to good lights 160 lbs Best pigs up to approximately 13 were about 15c lower than with the extreme top at one or two remote ln The bond market conditions in stock aggregated $5475000 registered 4s declined per on call Gains Scored by Professional Activities at Start 450 YU 50 13'10 a ton C( rn S0r On is 30 67 a bu Straw Wheal $5 ft 6 a ton oats $7 'n cl fie I nt 90 Ave adj 6s 80 pacific 4 97 fir (V 4h NEW YORK Nov 17 Extensive specu lation at higher prices in securities of all descriptions except rails and similar invest ment issues attended early tradng with sharp recessions In the last half of the session During the forenoon all the cop pers automobile issues sugar shares oils and lome recent favorites like Lackawanna Steel Crucible Steel and Baldwin Locomo tive were lifted 3 to 13 points while Bethle hem Steel waking from its long torpor rose 84 to 494 Motifty wan In good demand nn dlsrrmnl rates were steady The romplcflnn of th A tigln A umrtcan hanking credit had a steadying (fferd exchange and cable trans 70 62 108 4R3159" 1 rdny $177906 764 which compare with $117289172 for tlie corresponding dar of aMt year LINSEED OIL QUOTATION'S Linseed nil (Indianapolis wholesaleIrnM) Ilit'J 66c a gallon boiled Southern Pae Southern Ry Studebaker Texas Co Tenn Copper Tex A Pacific Union Pacific I Pipe Rubber Carriers 'Barely Hold Their Own With Moderate Strenqth in ew High Grade Issues and Some Minor Shares 228 50 89 107 101 120 92 478 89 186 58 63 55 Again Lower a Except for a short period in the last half of the session cotton the pressure chiefly from the liquida tion of speculative long lines Tim imirlcM: opened at the decline and was at Ils lowest hi the early trading when prices' were 8 to 9 points under yesterday's last quotations In the early afternoon prices were sent 2 to points over close on a rumor that a private bureau was out with a report of 8730000 bales ginned up to Nov 14 Only momentary strength was shown the market ST JXJUIS Mo Nov 17 Lead steady and strong at $51730 Spelter higher and firm spot medal quoted today at $173utfb again hog market yes numbered 11748 the holdovers Oranges California Valencia $4 75 malca $3 per box lorida $3 per box Onions Yellow white $1 per basket clearance was gnd especially in demand tn a The only Good to choice and upward Common to fair and unward Common to fair steers under 700 lbs Medium Medium 89 89 107 108 101 3 0 120 94 461 Mercantile paper Sterling slxty day bills $467 cables $46776 Mixed Weight $665(710 6 8 5 ft 1 3 0 685730 720 660700 685 I DI A A IM AG N' The following are the imil DOMESTIC Exrlinng on Nw York ChlcHgn Cleveland and St Lnujs 1 or rlfs munt Cincinnati Pittsburgh Boston Philadelphia ami Minneapolis par San nelflcn 30c prpniliim U47 $35 $6 $625 Gas 9200 146 continental can 400 Corn Products 4500 crucible steel Cuban Sugar Del Hudson Den Rio Grande 200 A pfd 2900 Sec 4400 Dome Mines 1000 sequence of lL liberal crop movi the snuihom section of (Im belt OHlCaddo 37k'Hdili crude 32cj inula 7 oj Jf nnlng nn Mnrkliam North Texas Sour Lake Humble Houtheastcrn Ohio ttl A the ofllre of lameH Lusk in charge Widely circulated reports concerning the immediate future of the Cambria Steel Com pany including the rumor that It was to be the nucleus around which were to be gathered in one corporation some of the most Important Independent steel interests In the country were not confirmed yesterday by Babcock when he declared to the Associated Press that the plans of himself and associates whb last riday bought yet been 152 152 151 16 28 LETCHER AVE SAdNGS A LOAN ASSOCIATION 3 1 6 30 Lomcke Bldg KANKAS CITY 10e parking SEED QUOTATIONS Nov 17 Timothy 5 ft 8 do Average Loss Is Placed at 15 Cents With Top at $685 Ex cept in ew Remote Instances Trade More Active LIABILITIES Capital stock Surplus and undi divided profits DEPOSITS kel down Sm $3 down $5 Prior to Ugar stocks had yielded vanee while lehem Steel advance closing at 480 had risen over a point to 88 87 closing at that prior an Increase of 23 Income In 1918 14 amounting to $450621 Was changed to balance deficit of $734676 last year Since the receivership payments of inter est on the bonds and notes of various un derlying properties amounting to about $70000o have been discontinued in addi tion to which about $100000 has been saved In salaries of general officers and expenses of the New York office The receiver has written off as worthless approximately $1300000 of preferred and common shares of the Peoria Railway Ter minal Company Rock Island Company Ne braska Central Railway and Construction Company and the Union Terminal Railway of St Joseph Mo Other securities owned by the company including Chicago Alton preferred stock and Memphis Railroad Ter minal Company have been written down to estimated values The annual report was prepared prior to Che receipt of the report of Kendrick railroad expert who es timated that it would require about $27 000000 to rehabilitate the system 1065300 Shares Closing bid 33 73 elix IM McWhirter PrcHldent ar thn not 5 United States upon the exchange market at present so that the committee of bankers which hits been working for some time on the exchange problem will be left free to hnndle the slnititlon created by ordinary niin 1 1 zi i uHiibaviioDs i nerei ore ynsi argues iiere is every prospect rapid Improvement tn the exchange Hon sufficient even to cheek the gold upon the Bank of England Tirbfon crude itHHo ITS" 26 PIO 5 SOO 5700 3600 300 110 11 $5475000 Par 4h 'A ref that and other much rails gradually receded lost 14 points of 11 12 13 15 Nov 16 Nov 17 NEW YORK Nov Rather heavy offerings were absorbed on a comparatively moderate decline in this morning and1 an uary advancing per 100 lbs $15018? pe 39c live $1450 Lard MINN EAPOLI8 her 6i 99 hard $106: Sharp Recessions in inal Hour Do Much to Offset Material Omaha The gulf sales wore sold tn been at the lowest busts so far on this in rn ion lorn uh pur vslue of Blor Is $25 Guggenheim Ex pl oral Ion sold At urther advances were recorded In the crude oil markets yesterday North and South Limas Wooster Indiana Princeton and Illinois are 5c higher Corsicana heavy Is 10c higher Henrietta and Electra 15c higher and Corsicana light is 20c higher Bankers report a better demand all around for money especially from mercan tile sources with a good many manufac turers again in the money Rates have not advanced but are said to be rather firmer at 3 to 4 per cent for prime com mercial paper four to six months and 4 per cent to 5 per cent over the counter to customers Note brokers do not admit that there is any appreciable stiffening of rates or any noticeable change In the trend 50 ft 550 00 ft 1 0 25 of though steady nt Constantly is tiresome and in time tells in face Letting the burden down now and then is a good thing Are you so fixed that you can afford to rest a week or so? Get a bank book and deposit a few dimes each week and see how it rests von and heartens von of some export business by way of the Gulf of Mexico having been made possible owing The tnarknt Im In a stnte o( anxious ex pent iimy rogurdhtg the oulcome nf th 1 Ikuti situation MTid the? visit jf the mem bers of the Cabinet to and the d( filings today were moderate Copper shares were strong features on the rlo in th prh of 1 lie metal uml Tn ternntlonal Mercantile Marine preferred advanced points but rubber stocks were active Inmhs (ft1) pigs ind fight Cattle 17 Bar silver 2 1444 an ounce Mnney 4 per cent DlHcount rates short Tillis iind three months 5 pep rent CHICAGO STOCKS AT CLOSE CHICAGO Nov T7 American Ship Build ing 80 Chicago Bnutmatlc Tool 8tj Dia mond Match 107 Stewart Warner 86 Swift Co 126 Union Carbide 166 $ia 14: loose 2 5o ft) on: Spot copper £79 15" electrolytic 93 IOh Kpot itures £173 5s imthnony NEW YORK Nov 17 The annual re port of the Chicago Rock Island fc Pacific Railway and proprietary companies now un der receivership for the year ended June $0 last shows total operating revenues of $70947890 an increase of 33 per cent operating expenses of $53521615 an in crease of 37 per cent and net operating revenues or 1 1 4 2 4 per cent Balance of Shearson Hammlll Co in a stockholders of the Peerless Truck tor Corporation state that the company as well as the General Vehicle Company are now engaged in filling large and profitable orders for trucks automo biles aeroplane motors ammunition parts etc In addition to export business both companies have an extensive domestic busi ness at remunerative prices In the manu facture and sale of gasoline and electrio vehicles The General Vehicle Company controls the exclusive rights for the United States for the manufacture of the aeroplane motors of the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft of Stuttgart and Berlin and it is proposed to develop this branch of the business on an extensive scale The trustees are 1" issue certificates in exchange for the shares of stock ami are to pay divhL'nds to the rcrtlficato holdors At the ''nd nf five yonrs the stock reverts back In the storkhnlflers Shareholders can sell fletcljcr atotngg ana Company YORK Nov per cent dvniumt demand $593 cables $592 Marks Guilders de idr demand Good to Good to choice butch Common to fair bulls Common to best caivt SHEEP AND LAMB: Good to choice sheep Common tu medium on hies 32 dollars 39o Hall road hondn steady sixty and ninety days cent six months 2 (ft 3 per cent money steady high 2 per cent low per cent ruling 2 pr cent last loan 2 per rent 'dosing bld 1 per cent offered at 2 pep rent 15700 4800 100 152 1 6 The voting trust is to consist of estus 'ado of st Louis Jarnos Speyer of New EASTERN SUGAR PRICES NBW YORK Nnv 17 Sugar Refined quiet powdered 610c fine granulated 6c Steady New Orleans open kettle Raw sugar Easy centrifugal 501c molasses 424c utures opened weak on reports of freer new crop offerings and increased competi tion from beet sugar Prices at noon were 4 to 16 points net lower The list contin ued to decline under commission hous selling and the closing was weak 7 to 31 points lower Sales 11050 tons December 349c March 802c May 311c July 321c (Sugar prices of the American Sugar Re fining Company subject to 2 per cent dis count for cash reight to Indianapolis 25c per 100 lbs) Ain Am Anaconda Co 62 800 91 Atchleon 900 108 Atchison pfd 200 101 Baldwin Loco 21100 124 0 2100 94 Bethlehem Steel 1500 494 inber 57 Mac No 2 Willie May No 2 rod Tuesday and the bulk ranged from 25c to 60c lower Receipts were only moderate but the demand was sufficiently curtailed to reduce values Receipts were 279 and the top was $1026 Sheep and lambs vre active ami fully 1 ne top on neep was uncnangea while the ton on lambs was a dime higher for one deck that sold at $860 The bulk of sheep went around $525 and $550 and the bulk of lambs was placed close to the $850 mark Receipts were 735 all of which were placed before Hie dose Good Run of Horses on Hand As the result of announcements last week to the effect that agents of foreign govern ments would be on hand for the regular market 10r lower 159 Dates 7c per Ih igs Per lb 16c Grapes Tokay $165 case 4 basket Grapefruit $4 per box Horseradish 10c per lb Honey New $375 Lemons $350 box Limes Italian $125 per 100 Lettuce Leaf 8c per lb Jiend 48 head crate Malaga Grapes Per bbl $5f( 5ni) Nuts California walnuts soft shell to good stock heifers to good feeding cows BULLS AND CALVES We Bny and Sell STOCKS AND BONDS StrrliiiK 1 Ire Inn Nlonl Inderwrltlnr Cnnipaax Aetna Indiana Nallonul Life I nan rance Compan Ceninerlal Xatioaw1 Rank Money Vonn nn Ileal atale CHURCHMAN CO liX" 25 44 43 117 117 64 64 COTTON SEED OIL MARKET Nov i'otlon seed oil ndvnneed some 8 to 9 points early on short covering Inspired by the strength In lard PRICES Good Light Mixed $625680 6 850'7 0i) 685 dT 700 67 5 ft 6 90 fl 60 df 680 645Q665 ELLIN TH Huiirr at 3ie 'H 1 Hull er Unchanged Lower rrepti 3740 ciiHeN firsts 29c: at ruark Included 2O'q29 Poultry Aliv iinsidilfd fowls 12c springs 12c: iu keys 18 ft 22c J'onlt ry Unchanged ex RprlngH 13c: goose lie unchangcrl Eggs 27 But ter ('n umery I 'lrKl 28c young ruouters 12c broil NKW TOTIK Nov 17 Tb 'loKfrenbrlnl Exjloratlnn I'nmpnny nne of thr leaders in the copper world will fllwlvetl I' nrin'iinrr'l tnhey 1 1 h'ddlnga of Utah Copierlock Wil) be IftVn ov by the new Kn nncott Corporation whloh wlll rive the hurr conipnny ovn clock In cx' lianke Tiro CuKKentirln onniirnny will 1 Isl rlbuto to Its altnreholrlera tlx lr pro nun share of Um ImldlnKB of Hay onnol I'la I Chlno Scarcitv of Ocean Tonnage Brings Aboiit resh Declines and Close Shows ll95: 'pbrnary I 2 1 0 a reh rash $1035: Ma rrh $1057 rn ot $360 Erbruary $370 March 500 steady: kimtiN rtndv AND (J Dogs eeiptS 4000 Gnh ata'kR In a ldIHnn storrklinld i will riddve Dm npHon nrtvpiing $37 cash nn hi oi inc 1 1 £86 Cupper irm electrolytic 1 9c Steady and unchangnd Tin irm EXEMPT INVESTMENTS Netting rom 390 to 6 No 2 hard rod white GU) rpilE above figures as taken from our ledger as of the date indicated above represents growth of almost seventy thousand dollars in a little over four time An analysis will show that it has been a steady substantial growth and wo think represents a satisfied patronage This Old State the oldest in Marion County can serve you in any of the departments commercial banking savings safety vault boxes domestic and foreign exchange or in a fiduciary capacity Open Saturday afternoons 1200 990 7500 34200 7800 8000 3500 400 1200 1500 600 1200 800 4100 1100 10290 1000 i 100 2800 117 200 4100 500 100 I 5 00 4800 790 22100 10100 3300 800 2400 500 400 200 4 00 5 00 400 6800 2700 7300 168 8200 18 5 3600 60 59 59 69 vv lb 15900 139 138 138 138 OUV I i tonnugo brought 1u the 5700 1200 800 178 4100 405 2700 73 1700 126 with a consequent rlnn netback inal i toinr lower to 2 higher A1 700 barrels T'rlmn mule 660 nalps prim summer ycllmv Bpnt $775 November $777 perembpr 770 January $775: ebruary $73) March $790 Anvil $791 May $803 8 ft 3 $462 rance dctiiund 80c rubles 80(l iiuind 41 cablOR 4 1 48 Ctthlm $647 Rublrn demand 33c unr silver Govern menl IXiNnOM Nnv 17 American snrurlilei maintained a firm tone on a moderali amount hnelnrsH drspHo Hie rlwo In ex chiingn Denver Rio firnmle xharefl wer firm feal urrw while United State Steel wax LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS Cattle 1065 SA VANNA Ga irm 66 Rah 1 00 IIR Rlo'k 11695 irm sah 1004 rfet 1172: shlpnmnts 690 stuck 62882 BUALO Cattie Receipts 560 Rlnxv and steady Vais Receipts 125 slow $4 ft 1 0 25 Hogs Receipts 5nnn artfxo hcavv $690(407: mixrd 1 vrk era $6 0 roughs $57' 585: stags $4 50(0)550 Sheep and Receipt 41)9') siow ings $)(57u0: wether 525: sheep mlrd 8 I' ITT KH1 RG 1 1 I Receipt a 3000 20c lower: heavy $h7 5 ft u90 heavy York erH $65 0'9 6 56: light Workers mid pigs $676 lambs lieeelpls 1000 JG25: top lambs $9 109: Rt'adv top $112 Hogs Receipts 6'i0v: liberal supply yesterday About 430 were in the yards and although prices not materially changed the trade was satisfactory and the Top kinds were not and as a rule those sold from $160 down demand for commercial fair 300 1200 55 54 54 54 I 1 5 1300 116 116 nos in goods Rumors of private ginning returns showing 8730000 hales ginned to Nov 14 were in circulation during the afternoon A private crop estimate was issued of 12G65UU() bale? excluding linters today 24761 making 1633996 so season ort rec Ipts 2604 6 States port stocks 1349062 Active cotton futures ranged as Am Smelters Cs113A in 'Lib 6k I 1 Anglo rench 98 Armnr co 4 93 CRTGAGO Hoas Receipts 48000 slow talk $6645: light 5 6 0 ft 6 4 5 mixed $5 806 70: heavy $5900)670 rough $590 pigs $370665 Receipts 1 7000: firm native beef steers $90 ft) 1 03 Western steers 3n (ft 3 4 cows and hNf em $275(825: calves $6 25 ft 1 02 14 000: slow: wethers 61n: lambs $659'875 ST LOUIS Mo Ifng RrijtJ lower: pigs and lights $576 ft 6 aim ft 6 i 000: lower: bulk $9156 660 packers and Lute light $6 10 ft 6 4 0 pigs 150) EEDERS 700 lbs $70Q 700 lbs 72 72 68 69' 6 0 6 0 197 108 OM KARMS AM) CITY PROPERTY AMERICAN MORTGAGE GUARANTEE CO A 1 ch av 4 60 1 07 i 'on 4 iM A 4s 9 1 A eV 4 96 HI eel icf 5U'0t4 'Tran 6s 101 of Ga 'on 5k 10 1 I eafher I 00 raeine si 4 PREPARED 1VI ON ARMSAND TO MAKI I CITY PROPERTY THOS DAY CO TRUST STORES Nov 7 Ina ST LOUIS Mo Nov 17 Detailed amination nf the reorganization plan of St Louis San rancisco Railroad which bramn available In complete form here to day revealed that tho plan places control of the road in the hands of trustees for five Apples ancy Jonathan per bbl $4 fancy Grimes per bbl '850 common per bbl $2 Beans Green $250 per bu navy $4 per bu Bananas 3c per lb bbage 75 ft 9Uc Carrots 73c per bu CocoanutH Per 100 $6 Cauliflower 1150 per crate Cranberries Barrel $7503 bu $250 WHEAT AT THE MILER The local flour mills arc paying $1 1J110 for wagon wheat delivered at the mill Bethlehem 8tdc) common which sold fit $600 a share not long since han ha as stated in these columns isoveral ttmea recently the innst sensational fluctuations of any stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange except in the w'e of Mtockn where a corner has existed such as Northern Pacific when that Iksuo touched $1000 A half A score of years ago Bethlehem has been going up on phenomenal earnings resulting largely from the European war which is taxing the various departments of the company to their utmost rapacity Bethlehem yesterday sold between $461 tnd $494 JhirningH available for the current year will exceed $100 a share nnd tiexl year $300 a Khnro if mills and ordnance works continue tn ojh rule tn juij capneny ings in 1915 and 1916 will almost equal the present market vahm The record high of Bethlehem Steel wns mode on rt 22 of $600 a share was reached record low was a share In 1907 Vimk Lpcii nn ai vancr from the inw record per cent showed an advance of 552 from the low' of 1915 which was 46 on Jan I A year ago Bethlehem Steel was quoted in the outside market at 20 nsked Total trading since January 1000 nmounfed to 20S3700 shares and the yearly average trading to 3(i837l shares The lotal trading thus fur this year nmounts to 1 156600 shares which is th: record for any one year The common shares outstanding amnunl t) a little less than 150000 shares tbizej with the wrakutss of other Some purcliaaes for the seaboard Imwe helped to sternly the market to a ieriuln lent Isions scored gains in uearlv nil Hons notwlt hstandhia decided break the prices or hogs TIiq upturn was tiibuted chiefly to buying orders from Sales High Low Close AlliS 6009 Allis pfd 1100 Alaska Gold 26700 Agricultural 1100 tseet Sugar Can Can pfd SAI ER HOGS A SIP cv iSlOG Ht 4 S1 01 Py ref 4s 69 $542 $552 I $67 5 VW i 56c I Hill Illi I INEi Advance Paint Company I rrtpct 1211 INDI AN AOL)S Nw 1S 57 51 1774 177 177W 395 402 402 72 72 72 126 84 Rubber 6s 102 '4 74 IU 9 mel 5r 104 Elccfrlc rs 1 or Ivir rar CPcm rs Gt No 1st lK' 1 III On ref 4s 00 West UnInn 4m 04 70 6R 71 99 Pttclfie cv 5s 107 Pacino ref 4x 90 Southern Hy Dt I 0 Ry gon is 1 1 1 2 ft) 2 hard No 3 hard Coin old 65c: Nn 4 y'llnw 4 white new Oats 3 36 r' I standard 33r) airs Barley 57fl8' Pork $883 Rihs 0 ft 10 50 Mmu Wheat Deesm May $102 Cali No 1 1 Northern $101 2 Northern 97 101 t'orn How 6869C No 3 lour ami bran Un I esh ca it'Tiige 27 ft 30c Thrift Success Dividends ON SAVINGS Rnv fnn 6s 136 Pending Ken 4" ieri fR '40 Hi A rf 4h con 4s The New York Stock Exchange ix likely to have another added to its list in the near future the Aetna Explo sives company securities The hankers who recently purchased the 32000000 treasury preferred stock Intend tn apply to have both the common and preferred issues listed Wheat T'ceomber 1 1 5 May Deccnibor 67c May 71 December 50c May 3c uary $1857: May $19 Lard $1012 May $1022 Ribs January May $1030 Lehigh Valley Lackwana St! Maxwell Motor Miama Copper Mo Pacific 8 Mex Pet PEST STEERS Good tn choice steers 1300 lbs and upward Common to medium steers 1300 lbs 8 7 5 Good to choice steers 1150 to 1250 lbs BUTCHER CATTLE choice hei fers COWS 1 1 uel lower with Ducembcr at $103 and May at $105 05 Corn finished (Gfc down oats off fir and provis ions unchanged to 32c higher Selling Is Order of Day ree selling by holders formed lie order of the day moat of the time in wheat J)it fleuities In obtaining vessels had noticeably Impaired the vigor of export inquiry and had cuuned almost from the start an evi dent currespuiHlIug loss of confidence among the bulls Relative firmness In quotations at Liverpool seemed to have only a tran sclent effect here and other bullish news such ns an estimate of 20 pur cent reduc tion of the domestic winter crcp acreage in seven of the leading states also was lacking In any peinitmont Inthienue Near (he end of the session a little rally tier Whole milk airy fancy 22e J'h'gH I 'Hr nn) JhH 131V: broilers 2 lbs find unde towlN 4 lb find over 14c fowlsirul over 13c ducks 1 lbs and un spring ilucks the cotton market hero rallies followed with from 1160c to li72c and closing at llC5c The general list closed steady at a net decline of from 2 to 7 points Tho market opened barely steady at a decline of 5 to points under a continua tion of tho selling movement which was in progress late yesterday and In response to relatively easy cables Rallies of 5 to 6 points quh kly followed on buying by bro kers supposed to be operating for local spot interests and of another ppell of unfavorable weather for saving coiiou tn the youthwest but the market soon weak ened again under continued Walt street and scattering liquidation The cotton seemed to be pretty well taken on a scale down to 1143c for December 11 86c for March and 1 202e for May or a break of about 30 to 35 points from the high level of the last Monday morning however and pressure then became less urgent with the market steadier during the afternoon covering of shorts buying for a reaction and reports of a somewhat better spot demand particu larly in the Southwest There were also rumors that I'uRslan trade interests had been among the early buyers and some of the local spot people gave the market moderate support on tho upturn which carried prices back to or a shade over last close with December selling at 1155c March 1197c and May 1212c during the middle of the afternoon inal reactions of 6 or 7 points were at tributed to reallxing Tess dispatches from London denied recent rumors that the Canal had been closed and some of the early selling may have been encouraged by re ports that recent war developments In the 3550: steady Mo Hogs Rec? mt 9 40: heavy $530 ft)hers $620'7 645 ruit Comes to ront Tn addition there was a further rise of 8 points in United ruit to 163 while Consolidated Gas and other utilities as well Rs express company stocks recorded aver age gains of 3 points Incidentally Mer cantile Marine preferred which recently made a meteoric rise of 18 points to 75 declined almost 7 to 68 and Texas Com pany which was rushed up 12 yesterday fell 5 to 1S1 AIL this time rails were doing little more than holding their own with moderate strength In' a few of the high grade shares and some minor issues like Denver Rio Grande preferred Seaboard Air Line and Rock Island Partial explanation for the movement in tho copper group was furnished in the afternoon when announcement was made of the forthcoming dissolution of the Gug genheim Exploration Company which has Urge holdings in some of the more active metal issues 'Evidently the terms of the separation were not to the liking of holders of these stocks some of which ceded 2 to 3 points Prices Mixed at End incident however inactive specialties if not all of their ad Beth Its extreme Steel which fell back to Prices were mixed with an irregular undertone at the end Total sales amounted to 1065300 shares Of conditions in the steel industry an authority stated that new orders were run ning steadily far In excess of current pro duction Copper metal is on a firm 19c basis with a marked Increase of demand shared the Irregular Total sales par value Ray Copper Reading Ren I Rep I pfd Ry Stl Springs St com St 8 2 pt Seaboard A Sea A pfd Sears Roebuck' Lp biinba $875 (rives Receipts market smrtny inp $ji Lol'ISVi ILE Ky Receipt market 5 ft 'i at 1 1 I el 1 IU11 It Cl 3 ft 8 Re fj fl looding receipts were for a decline in the local terday The fresh supply head which together with from the preceding day brought the total number available 000 head Prices those of Tuesday $685 except In stances when some fancy kinds were placed at $690 and $7 while the bulk of all good swine weighing 140 pounds and over went between $635 and $680 Pigs were changed selling between $6 and $625 Cattle Trade More Active A larger run of cattle Included more de sirable killing grades yesterday than has been noted for several days past and with a better demand from all sources trading was more active In that section of the yards yesterday Steers brought up to $9 and heifers were high at $775 These quota tions represent a stronger tone than at any time during tho last week Cows were also more active and sold ns high as $6 or about steady The undercurrent in the market for Stockers and feeders was more favorable to the selling side and although prices re mained quotably unchanged a prompt clear ance was effected as the result of a bettor demand Receipts were 1065 NEW YORK DRY GOODS NEW YORK Nov 17 Cotton goods uml il dvb Is 9 'I iigef Myn rs ioi a i rr Ililr LA nn 4b im 4h Mo Pacific cv 44 1 1 A I 4 ft i zu (Vl fl 1 1 1 4 105 Sialo 4 1 1 IlvN adj 5h 50 NIIAII I ft 6 His Ss aSereDflfifi RBiib "I lf rjgifitgPj SBBBiEtr Lifting CHI Am Car dry 9300 84 82 83 83 Am Cotton Oil 7u0 59 58 58 58 Am Ice Sec 400 27 26 27 27 Am Linseed 2600 25 23 24 23 Am Ijocomo 34100 73 70 70 70 Am 15800 1 00 97 98 98 600 112 112 112 112 Brk Rap Trans 1000 90 89 89 Canadian Pac 4800 187 185 1 86 Cent leather 2700 59 58 58 6200 63 62 63 Chino Copper 1 7300 57 54 56 Chi Gt Western 300 16 15 16 St 1400 95 94 94 Chi I 8700 21 20 20 Col 1 10800 56 54 5 90 88 90 88 20 19 19 19 79 75 76 76 143 132 133 133 50 50 50 77 77 77 45 46 46 21 21 21 78 78 78 109 109 109 1 1 1 3 3 33 3 3 81 81 81 80 84 84 77 77 35 35 35 7 7 7 123 123 122 9 2 9 2 9 2 29 29 29 66 66 66 79 79 79 140 140 139 102 102 102 31 31 31 16 16 16 118 1 118 72 72 72 116 116 116 32 32 3 2 59 69 59 119 119 118 83 83 83 3 6 3 6 3 6 6R 6 9 68 163 164 1G3 26 2G 26 82 82 82 51 52 52 107 Ti 107 107 46 46 46 6 6 6 9 9 9 1 8 1 8 18 40 40 40 157 157 157 58 39 58 102 1 02 102 24 24 24 163 164 164 180 181 181 Active futures ranged as follows: Closing Wheat High Lnw Nov 17 Nov Dec 1 05 104 May 107 105 105 100 Corn Dec 60 GO io May 64 63 63 64 Dec 38 38 38 38 Mnv 40 39 39 40 Dre 1450 1425 1450 1417 Jan 1670 IG77 1667 1647 May 1667 1662 1667 1647 La rd Nn 882 875 XR2 R67 Jan 915 907 ft 10 900 May 932 915 91 5 Riba Jan 912 900 tl2 902 May 930 91 5 927 917 Active futures i losud a year ago as fol 600 81 79 79 79 800 48 4 7 48 48 900 16 16 16 16 100 21 30 30 30 600 33 32 32 32 700 88 87 87 87 400 71 69 69 69 300 245 245 245 240 100113 113 113 113 No Av Dk PrlcelNo Av Dk Price 03 $6001 72 190 80 $665 9' 625' 84 1 97 320 605 51 101 6251102 205 40 675 37 114 62 51 7f 40 75 81 143 63S 65 21 4 200 675 27 154 451 43 223 6 75 61 161 655' 80 228 1 20 675 Q8 1G" 655' 42 230 280 GS5 87 175 120 6551 62 235 1 20 6R5 80 180 80 6651 57 277 200 6S5 84 1S7 40 6651 ref 2s reg 98 1 1 ref 2s ru 99 1 3b reg 1 3s cou 101 4 reg 1 0 9 4 HO Tho following (junta lions are enrirciftd dully HUTTER U(ks Jbjracking stork 18n Ducks fwhlte) 13rStitfi prints 30o Indian Runners IbTCIgln prints I 0 J'nwls 4 lbs and Slate tulrn 2J0 EGGS Hrvl 4 Ihs 1 Ocl resh ggs (loss Springs under Off) rmw sVbRA 2 bs 37r wood cases ln Hprlngs over clixlrd 2o 2 lbs 12c resh eggs loss brirliorn hns 10o off) cases ie ee 10 lbw up 11c turned 32c hen turkeys Dirties and ks 22C 8 lbs and up' ISe April eggs selling torn turkv nf 12 lbs anl up 18c CHEESE Gid 1 1 rk pys 1 11 ck 18c cnll turkeys 8rlN Y' full creain 'luabs a uj i 0 new He lbs und oV' $3001 Wlconsln full Guineas vn'JnR rfuim 18c 1 lbs and up iLnng hnrns lc pr rp1? Lfn! Llmburger drawn new pfr (ins $1751 Eh1 cream IMMMbIbIIH i.

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