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?' "" 1 . ???? Financial News and Stock Market Quotations SILVER AND TIN PRICES SOAR Metals Are in Big Demand Through War, Holland Explains. With Mirer at a dollar an ounce, and tin at a little over a dollar a pound as examples. It 1a possible to . refer to some of the peculiar and un expected effects of the war upon In dustry and finance In the United States. The reasons are excellent for the high price of silver, for they re , fleet the needs of other nations for this metal, which is to serve for money purposes. The silver miners of the fsr West have waited a Ion* time, but they have not waited In valn? or j the probabilities are that for a tear } or two at least after the war Is ended silver will command the market at the price which has recently been es tablished for it. Although tin is one of the humblest * of metals, nevertheless many of the experts regard it as second only In importance, as one of the baser < metals, to iron and copper. At this time it is vital for the United States that plentiful amounts of tin be se cured, since it furnished the platins for cans which are now utilised and are long to be utilised in vast amounts, for food containers. The world would be greatly embarrassed were the tin mines to be exhausted. It is the one metal of important use in industry which is not found ex cepting in small amounts, anywhere in the United 8tates. although the day may come when word Is received from Alaska that large deposits of tin have been uncovered there. Asked Shipment Stlmulas. Horace G. Knowles, who was United States Minister at Bolivia in the ad ministration of President Taft. upon the latest of his visits to the United States before he retired from that of fice. spoke to men of capital in New York of the magnitude of the tin resources of Bolivia. With the open ing of the Fan&ma Canal for naviga tion these tin ores could be trans ported. he said, to the United States at considerably less cost than was en tailed in carrying the tin from Bo livia to the great smelting works in . England. But there were no smelt \\ ing works in the United v States and Mr. Knowles appealed to men of cap 1 ital on behalf of Bolivia, and not as a private individual, in the attempt k to develop a large import of tin from ?? Bolivia to the United States. But his ?> appeal failed. England controlled the tin market of the world. Even when ft the United States did attempt some years ago to establish a tin smelting plant. England was able by diplomatic ^ business manoeuvers to prevent an attempt to obtain tin ores direct from the Straits' Settlements. England was, ft however, eager to sell refined tin to the United States. Suddenly the situation has changed. Men of capital and of experience did venture two or three years ago con siderable amounts of money invested in the establishment of a smelting plant near the harbor of New York. Now. by reason of the war. Great Britain is unable to control the export of tin from Bolivia, and the United States is procuring a large amount of tin ore from that South- American na- j ? tion which finds Its way to the smelter | plant that now has a capacity, and Is using it. of 8?*> tons a month. Having thus "begun the tin Industry , by reason of jthe war ther*j seems to, be no doubt'but that the United States will be able in due time to establish very large -smelter plants and to im port from Bolivia practicaHy al! of the tin that is needed. Tin today is a very scarce commodity, and the gov ernment is somewhat concerned over the situation. We must have tin In order to make the cans in which vast amounts of food, to be transported to our armies in France, can be con tained. The problem has not yet been work ed out and the difficulty of it is sug- I gested by the fact that this humble I metal now commands a hitherto un- ; heard of price somewhat in excess of a dolllar a pound, the chances being! strong that this price will be increased. | Therefore tin, one of the humblest | of metals, and silver, one of the | precious metals, both reflect some of j the unparalleled conditions which have been occasioned by the war. Mean- j time, the purchasing power of gold I 1 has been greatly diminished, for com fiodities at their present market rices. Highly Valuable Serap Heap. Attention has been within a day or two callled to a paragraph in the re ?port, probably written by President iTruesdale. of the L,ackawana Railroad ? Company, which contains 1nforma |tion that appears almost paradoxical. |This railroad company laid down In 1917 12,000 tons of new steel rails f which were of the best quality the j steel rail manufacturers could pro Iduce. These rails took the place of other rails which were old. some of them almost worn out. and which h#d. as presumed, only scrap-heap vafne. Nevertheless, this scrap iron fetuhed in the market 130,000 more than the high quality new steel rails cost. The unusual situation Is explained by the fact that the wise management of this railroad some years ago at a time, when the price of steel rails was low. Invested some part qt the earnings In a purchase of 13,000 tons. If those new rails had been laid down at that time the scrap rails when sold would not have commanded a price sufficient to pay for the new rails. Now. how ever. scrap iron is scarce and the de mand for it is great. For that rea son the market price of It has appre ciated so that the Lackawana Rail road Company was able to make a profit of 132.000 by substituting new high-grade steel rails for old and worn out rails. There Was a Preeedeat. This transaction has been spoken of as unprecedented, so short Is the memory of some of those who have been active in business life for the past quarter of a century. About twenty years ago the iron and steel manufacturers found a great shortage in scrap iron. Diligent efforts were * made to oollect It Considerable quan tities of it were accumulated In the Hst of which Minneapolis Is the1 jr. Cuba was called upon to fvr scrap iron, and many wer the shipped from that island to the The Safest Investments ' t Qoctnate dorlaf dla jJETsetS TflS do Oct dopenl apoo stnwiiij W# can to amount* tr<*ia mm booklet. "Cnnmriag SwsrtxeB, Rheem & Hensey C 727 RAms Stmt Co., (Copyright. 1318. by Tlin WTieeler Syndicate, Inc.) United States. The managers of the New York Central and of the Big Four Railroad companies found it ex pedient to relay a portion of ^thelr roadbeds with high-grade steel 'rails. The old rails found a speedy market, and so high was the price for scrap Iron that these railroad companies were able to market their scrap for a sum which was considerably in ex cess of the cost of the new hundred pound steel rails. THE CURB MARKET. Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs L Co. Bid Asked. A tu Explosive? 10% 12 Air Reduction W B American Writing Paper com. .... 2 2% Atlantic Petroleum 5 Burnett Oil % 9-16 Big Ledge ** % Bingham Mining . 12 14 Boston and Montana. 56 56 Boston and Wyoming 21 3 Buttenrorth Judson 40 50 <Y>UxL?.ia Mining 41 i3 < mlinnet and Jerome 114 l's ? auada ?'opper - 1% 1% <"arboa S?+l ....; - 110 U6 Car Light and Power 2% 2% Charcoal Iron 7% ** Chevrolet ; 118 120 Cities Servht? 206 210 Cities Service pfd <? 77 U-i.ao1idatel ArHoo* ...? *'?% i Consolidated Copper 5% 5% Cocden Co 7 Cosden. pfd. 3% 5% Crspsps 73 80 Cresson (jolri 44 4% Crystal Copper % % Curtis Aero 1 34V* 34% i Davis-Daly .. 5\ W! Denbeigh Silver 2 2% j Kik Basin W f-'? Emerson Phone 2% 3% i Emma Copper ^-16 7-16 Federal OU 2* 3 First National Oopper 1% 3% <ilen Rock 3% 3% <; Jdfield Consolidated % 6-16 lira as Creek 60 ? Jreen Monster % 11-16 (inantanamo Sugar ................ 56 67 Holly Sugar 32 60 Hclly Sugar pfd. W . * Mcustoo OU ...... -. 40 A 44 Howe Sound if 4% Hull Copper 1*16 13-16 Independence Lead 4 6 international Petroleum 13% 13% Jerome Verde % 11-16 Jim Butler 7....* 66 69 Jumbo Extension 12 14 lake Torpedo .... 3 3% I Magma Copper 34 36 Marhn - ? 73 Mam Valley 4% 6 Maxim Munitions 7 16 9-1A Merrttt Oil 16 1*% Metropolitan Petroleum % 1146 Mtdwost Oil com. 97 99 Midwest OU pfd. 1 1<4 Midwest Refining 106 W Mitchell Motor* 13 40 Motherlode 51 52 Ni pissing Mines Co as 8% I North American P. and P. 3% j% I Notthwestem Oil M ? 1 <?bio Copper % 1 Oklahoma PTOd. and Refg. Ca ..6% 64! Pacific Gaa 33 35 Peerless Motors 13 15 Ray Hercules 4% 4% I Red Warrior % % I St. Joseph Lead 15 15% S. 8. Kresgs com. 80 *6 8. 8. Kresge pfd. ? 101 Palpnpa com. n% 61% I Sequoyah Oil % 16-161 Sinclair Gulf 15 .7 1 Standard Motors 12 13 Submarine Corporation 16 16% Sucosss Mining f 9 Tcnopah Iktenaion 1% 1% Triangle Film % % Tri-Bullion - % % C. 8. Light and Heat im 3% 2% U. 8. Light and Heat pfd. 9% 4 United Motors 334 23* United Profit Sharing \ % U. 8. Steamship ? e 414 United Verde 374 " 39 i.n!^ 011 u* u% I nited Zinc . 1^ Utah Petroleum 6 15 Victoria Oil .~...... 4 4% Way land Oil 2% 9% Wright-Martin Aero 10 COTTON MARKETS. New Tort, May 6.?The cotton market _ _ stronger today, although at one time early In the afternoon it .was inclined to sag. Crop news was favorable. little was beard with re gard to the spot situation. Advances of S to 39 points were recorded st the opening with the tone Arm. The morning advance was the result of covering and carried price up pretty sharply with July selling at 25.00 or 92 points net higher around li o'clock. The more urgent demand from shorts ap-1 reared to have been supplied around 21.60 foe I July and 24.92 for October during tbe middle | of tbe morning. TOe market turned firmer again in the late afternoon on a renewal of covering, deman 1 from spot firms and support from several Well Street booses. Bpsines* was only molsrstcly active on the advance. The dose was firm at a net gain of 97 a a points. Recepts at the ports for the day were 1,973 { bales: no exports Spot st Nsw Orleans was quiet and changed at 3%c; sales 1.4? bales. 8pot> l*re J was quiet at an advance of 46 pofnta at 27.20; no aaka. Furnished The Washington Herald by N. L. | Carpenter * C* New Tort: Opsn. High. Low. Close. January - 91.14 91.46 23.63 *.49 May ? ** *? 2IJ6 M July M 2169 ** *31 October - 24.39 34.92 24.00 H.T] December It* 94JT 2191 *M New Orleans: January M M 23.11 9A May ma mm *.* mm Jnt? ? 94.15 34J6 23.T1 w 55 M M It NEW YORK MARKET HAS BUOYANT DAY All Stocks Rcact from Strain of Liberty Loan Drive. By BROADAN WALL. New York, May 6.?Stocks were bought early in the session today, and again at the close. Steel was in leadership all day with the To baccos. Sugars and Distillers well toward the front. The movement was largely due to relief from the strain of the liberty loan drive, but was probably also a result of the government's determination to make a market to relieve it of the neces sity of financing too many private corporations. So strong was the market that the absurd peace proposition made public by Ger many had no effect. Trading was' on a little more liberal scale than for sometime. Steel torched par and held it ic the close, being an advence of 2 1-2 points. Tobacco stocks were under lead ership of American Sumatra and Tobacco Products. The former was up on announcement that the Dutch povernment had placed an cmbarero r.gainst shipments from the East Indies to the United States. With tha American embargo against leaf tobacco this would seem to give American Sumatra a monopoly of the wrapper business. American Ice is receiving the at tention of an important pool that be lieves the stock has not yet re flected its strong trade position. The stock was about 13 when attention was called In this column to the situation in the trade. It Is now 27, but the abnormally warm weather early in the year has given it a strong trade position. BALTIMORE PRODUCE. Baltimore, Md. May 5-POTATOES-Whit*. Western Maryland and Pennsylvania, per ICQ lbs., 1.15al.25; do. New York, per 100 Ibe., No. 1, 1.15al.25: do, Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virfinia, per 100 lm*.. 1.00a 1.10. Red po tatoes. per 100 It*., 75cl. New potatoes. Florida, per bbl.. No. 1, 3.25*3.75; do. per bbl. No. 2, 2.00*2.?. Sweet potatoes, yellow?, Vir ginia, per bbl.. 4.80*5.00; Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware, per bbl. 4.30a5.00; do, ki hampers, per baa., 1.60s2.00; fancy, kiln dried, per bbl. ,4.50*5.00; seed sweets, per baa., LOO. Yams-Virginia and Maryland, per bbl., 5.00a6.00. EGGS?Western Maryland. Pennsylvania and nearby, per do*., firsts, 35c; Eastern Shore Maryland and Viriginia, per do*., lints. 35c; Western (Ohio), per do*., firsts. 36c; West Vir ginia. per do*., firsts. 35c; Southern (North Carolina), per dos., firsts, 34c. GREEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.? Apples. Western Maryland and Pennsylvania, packed, per bbl., 3.50a5.00; New York State, No. 1, per bbl., 4.00*6.00; do.. No. 2, 2.50*3.50; as paragus, Maryland and Virginia, No. 1, per dos.. No. 1, 2.00*2.75; do. do. No. 2, 1.50*1.80; beans, Florida, ?*??. fancy, per baa, X00*2.75; do. do, wax, per b**., 1.90*2.85; do do, pearl, per baa, lJOal.75; beets, new, per bunch, Ja5c; cabbage. Florida, per hamper. L00*L2g; do, do, per crate, 2.00*2.50; do, Charleston, per crate, 2.9*171; celery, Florida, per crate, 2.00*2.75; do, native, per banch. 5*6c; encumber*, Florida, per b*a, 2.1*3.00; eggplants, Florida, per rsr ular crate, 3.00*4.00; grapefrnit. Florida, per box, 2.00*3.71; kale, native, per bus bo*. 30*#>c; lettuce. North and 8outh Carolina, per has., 1.50*2.00; do. Norfolk, per H-bbL has., 1.25al.50; onions. Western, ysQow, per lOO-lK sack. 1.58* 1.75; do, Texas, Bermuda, per erste. 1.75*2.85; orsnges, per bos (as to rise). 4.00a7.80; peas. North Carolina, per has., 2.80*2.30; pepper*. Florida, per crate, 2.80*3.00; radishes, Norfolk buttons, per baa.. L80*1.25; do. lof?, red, per has., 1.00*1.25; rhnbarb, native, per 105, 2.05; spinach, native, per bunch. 75*90e; strawberries. Norfolk, open crate, per qt, 20*35c; do. North Carolina, per qt., Da30c; tomatoes, Florida, fancy, per crate, 3.00*3.50; do. Florid*, fair to good, per crate, 2.08*3.05. LIVE POULTRY?Chickens, yfeung. large. 3 lbs., per lb.. 35a40c; do winter, under 2 lb* . 45a5Sc; do, spring, per lb., 50*5fc; do, spring, white Leghorns, per lb., 50*55c; old rooster*, per lb., lSa2Bc; do, old hens, per lb., 33s34c; ducks, Muscovy and mongrel, per lb., 27a28c; do. white Pekins, per IK, 28c; do. puddle, 3H lbs. and over, per lb, 27aSc; do. smaller, poor, 2Ba26c: pigeons, per pair, old. 40c; young. 40c. BUTTER?CreStasry, Western separator, ex tras, per lb., 41a44c; do, firsts, 42a43c; Western prints, in Mrlb and 1-lb pkgs. per llv, extras, 46a45c: do, firsts, 48a44c; nearby creamery, per Jb.. extras,IOa41c; do, firsts, 39a tto; dairy prints. Maryland. Pennsylvania and Virginia, per lb., extra*, 31a32r; do, firsts, 30a31c; store-packed, per lb., firsts, 30c; rolls. Maryland and Penn sylvania, per lb, extras,. 31a33c; do. West Vir ginia^, extras, 30a31c; do, Ohio, extras. 30*31c. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Baltimore, May CATTLK-Receipt, for ?Hk ended noon today Iran 2,920 head, aflainrt 2,084 head laat week. Receipt,. 109 carload, (or market for the week; ? carloada for market to day. Steer, and Mien at wdy. Bun, and com half loww. Quota: steer,, choice, 14.B0aIS.00; food hatcher, U.TttM.S: medinm. ll.2Sall.75; common. ll.SOall* Heifer,, choice. HJSal2. 50Tfair to good, lI.Bal2.00; common to medium, 9.25a 10.2S. Bulla, choice. 10.9Dall.S0; fair to flood. common to medium. I.25a?.?. Cow. choloe, 10.50all.S6; fair to flood, t.TWIOJO; cc men to medium. ISalOO SHier and LA VI Receipt. (or the week anted BOOK today WW, m head againat 1,414 Quote: Wool sheep. tS0al?.#>; wool lambs, n? a.? HOGS-Beceipta lot tha ??k ?drf noon t? dm, were :.2B heed Main* ?.? t>?*d WMv ii?ht supply: market higher. Quote. U?t ^StinTw?: h-rr. 18.96: P?g?. 18. Ti; roughs, H.Mal?.75. CALVES?Receir** 'or the we*k ended noon today were 834 head againat TIO head la* **??? Good supply; market higher. Quote. CalT**. 9b15.J?. Washington Stock Esckaaf*. f BALES. After call: Washington r.aa fa. 1300iat 16V | American Security and Trust, 5 at 253. B ^Menrnthaler, 5 at HO*. S at 1?*. 1" " 110. 1# ?t ll? _ .. . Washington Railway end Electns I<d , 10 at 66H, 5 at ?4. government bonds. Rid Askert. F. R. regirtired ? "?? ** U. 8. coupon ?s. fTVi U.' 8.' registered ? ?* U. 8. registered 4s.. IT. 8. coupon 4a IMS Liberty Loan We * ?"'* Concerted Liberty Loan 4a . .. **> 6'1(X} Sccond liberty Loan 4b 98 OAS BONDS. Washington Cas fc * * RAILROAD BONDS. Capital Traction 5s 1JJ Washington Rwy. and Elec. 4s... 87 ?" MISCELLANEOUS BONDS. Totomac Electric Cona. 6a K* ? Pctomae Electric Power fc *** ~ Cheaaiwake and Potomac 1*1. 5a 97H 1CJ American T. and T. 4s JJS ? Ameri<*an Tel. ft Tel. 4%a W I Am. Tel. and Tel. CU. Tr. 6a. .. 92% 90 American Graphophone let fa.... 90 ? D. C. Paper Mfg. fa lTO Washington Market 5s. 195 * Wahington Market 5?, 1947 95 ???? W. M. Cold Storage fa * ???? Security Stor. and Safe Dep. fa Norfolk and Wash. Steamboat fa.. W1 ? ?? RIggs Realty 5a (long) -Jf Rigga Realty fa (short) ino U. 8. Realty fa *" PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS. Capital Traction ..... ? Washington Ry. and E. com ? ? Wash. Rwy. and Elec.. pfd ? J Norfolk and Wash. Steamboat 1* 1? Waahington Gm w American TeL and Telga... 9TH ? ?? TYPE MAOHIH* STOCKS. Mkrgen thaler Lanston w NATIONAL BANK STOCKS K9 110% % . 146 American Commercial District Farmers and Mechanics' 2W 4? Federal Lincoln - National Metropolitan 200 Riggs National Bank of Washington TRUST COMPANY STOCKS. American Security and Trust 230 National Sarin* and Trust ? Union Trust J* I~ Waahingtnn Loan and Trust .... 21* Continental Trust SAVINGS BANK STOCKS. Home ? ? ? Bank of Commerce and Barings.... iz East Washington l";*;* .11 Securitv Saringa and Commercial. 1? FIRE INSURANCE STOCKS. Arlington Corcoran Firemen'a 8 7? 18 German-American 2* National Union *?" title insckanob stocks. Columbia 4 IS r.i ^SCELLANTO OS BTOCM. Cbapin-Sacke D. C. Paper Mfg. Company Merchants' Transfer and Storage. 100 8ecority Storage *? D. 8. Realty Ok. ? ?** " Waahington Market lw? CHICAGO GRAIN. Br JOSEPH F. PRITCHARD. Chicago, May There were many .urpnses In aton for the ?peculati?? world In ?riin to day. Not only wu thli the cm In the Chicago market hut in the mailer market. aaw?? There were Urge receipt, of Cora at point., the total amounting to l.JSl.OOO The caah market at Chicago waa anywhere from S to 10 cents lower. . . ? A great deal of the .filing of the July ftrture wa. by concern, in the trade who are clotty connected with the Argentine republic. The core held- in that country la reported a. " most excellent condition. The diatribuUon there haa tacrea*d not.hly. a mee*ge from Llrerpool lay. that the admixture of com ha. increased to 15 per cent compared with 10 per cent formerly need. One of the large handler, of coh gram .ay. that large quantities of oat. are now piled op at rarioua markeu on the Atlantic coa* and that with the abwnce of teswl room, in which to mote thi. grain the eituation i. Ma'n? the holdera there. Oat. at Chicago Kid off % to 1 cent for fu ture. but the decline, were not harsh by any mean, becau* of the reaction in taloc. late of Hale from the lowert of the w?ion. , Then was scattered nlllng of pork, lard and ribfc and a. huyin* power wu absent there wet* declines of tZHa?? cent, for pork. 5 cent. ! for lard and 15al7Ho for rib.. The early de cline. In grain wa. ft drawback to the pro rision market hut thi. waa partially offset by an adrance of 5al0 cent, in hoc. at the yard. | with the top price P.*. | NEW YORK MONEY. I New York. May 1-Mon.y on call opened at i V cent, high 6 per cent, low ? per cent, clow W cent. M? of the day1, loan. were made at 4 per cent, . I Time money waa afaia quiet ^ aa existed was for the ? and 90 day period* ?t ' M?ca?UH pap* waa alas unlet Th. hi?Wr 1 grata sold la notaMc fokaw H * V* raw TOM STOCK MAKKIT. Om * My Tfk 7T% n c^? oo. a* ?* m Aawricen Hid. * Lea in IH in A~te?? HU. * La. pr.. ?* rn BH ****** J" ****** America I cm pr n n ?l liiMMiiuMi ... wh mt mk AmwtcM unMd mam American IiMMd pr 1C* 71 TM *"??? Uw-oth. M u% en American tooomottr. pr... ****** A?*rican MaK'r 1* pr.... ?%?*?% America Smelt * M. .. Tm W* n American Sucar WWW American Roar lit ni* lU American Sumatra Tnb.... u?', KM iq6^ American Sumatra pr n m to American Tel * Talac ? KV ? American Job pr (new)... MH tm tt* Amcncan Woolen BK IPt Btt American Writ* Pa pr.... ?i ? B| American Zing ft.Latd.... UH I3H 1M Anat?nd. ?* ?K ?M {SSS- ?* ?> ?* Atchiaon pr .......... M 8 ? Atlanta Btr * At >4 >H I* Atlantic Cout Line. m% tm4 W? A. O. * W. In?taa MM wSf W* A. O. A W. In<Uea pr C ?! e Baldwin locomotive ?U m ? Baltimore 4k Ohio....,...., (|^ 9P% Baltimore ft Ohio pr M 64 Barrett Ounpany ST 8T Barrett Co re I? l*r% Beth Steel riaaa B fl? m. Beth Steel pr MH4 Km, Booth FUhprifi SH a% Brunswick TVrtn T T Burn* Brothers 133 131% Butt# Cop * Zinc ?% t% Butts Buptto it% California Park'g os OK California Pet'm IT IT California Pet pr 4ft 174 Odmnet ft Ariaona ?n *> Canadian PacMs 111% 110 Csae (J T> rr ... * Centra V, Foundry Si 9 Cent* ^ Foundry pr #S 4T4 Opn^jr feather WS <16% Cera de Pawn ST4 3E% Chesapeake 4t Ohio 87% ?S Ttfcaijo Great Western r* *>% 9 tThlcagn Mil ft 84 Paul.. 40 W% Chicago Mil ft 8t.P. pr... Tl 70 Chimin ft Northwsstern... tl 0! Chi R I ft Pacific ?% 19% Chi B I ft Pac 6* pr ST% 87 Chi R 1 ft Pac T pr ?T, *r% Chile Cnppcv re?>H**a M N Cfclno Copper 4g% 4; Col Fuel ft Iron 43% 43 Columbia Qaa .. 3m 57*4 Con Gas of N T .... to* 91% Own Products ,-u , 9H y* Corn ProdTrt, pr..?".J..,. ?r\ 97* CrnHMe fiteel m aih Cuban Can* So* **4 Vi TV! ft Rndeon W5 1BW4 rMetmeM* 8eru OH BT4 TV>me Mlninr TU T Fria Bailmad 14% i<*( 1* rr Caeton Wm? ft W SS Genenl E'^ctric 1?4>4 'OH Cmienl Motr*a 11^4 111% Great Northern Ore 31% 30% Orrat Northern pr ?9% Or^ne-raranea 43% ?3% Oulf Btate* Steel KITH 1?T% HaeVHi ft Barter ?*, 4r?% Inspiration Cop'r 5?% 52 Tntrfhoro Con pr S?% 39 Interborn oOn S? Int Afrinil Cor pr 44 44 Int Hart of N. J IK 122 Int Mrr Marine ?l% *1% Int M^r Marin* pr... im ?7% Tntrmational Nickel 8*? 77\ Intirnational Paper 40% * Jewell Tea Co 3S 31 Kan city Southern 15% 15% Kenneoott Corr*r **4 314 KacVjiwanna Steel ?% *2% Lehirh Valley H 9* LorriHard P 172% 1TT% Lntme Wilea Co. 21% 21% Maxwell Motor 3t 3d Mexican Prtr'm !N% Miami r.^pper 3?% y% Mil rale Steel 4ft\ 4< Minn ft St. TiOtiis !?% f% Mo Kan ft Tex 4% 4% Miasonri Parifle 21% an% Miaeonri Pacific pr M% M National BiiruJt ? M Nat ronduit ft C 16% M Nat Euam ft Stpc 52V W National Lead r#% 58'* Nevada Copper ?n 1T% N. Y. Air Brake.... 12?1* '3? New York Dock J? ?tl N. Y. <>ntral ?r?4 N. Y.. N n. ft Hart *>% Norfolk ft Wfrfern 104 Northern Pacific W ^4 Nora Scotia Steel ftft ro Ohio Citiea Cat 39*i r? Ontario Minln? 9% +'% Owenft Bottle kfa. ? ? Pacifle Mail P8 31% 31 Pmneylranla 44 4T% Peoples* Can 45% 45 Pere Mamnrtte 11% 11% Philadelphia Co. 36 2K% PWUfcutlh CVal 63 52% Pitta Coal pr B% ?% Pitta ft W. Va ?% fl?% Pitte ft W. Ya. pr Wi W% Premed Steel Oar 8?% S?% Pullman Car Cb. 114% 114% By Steel Springa. V\ ?% Bar Copper 25 25 Beading Railway Rl\ M Hep Iron ft Steel S5% ftt% Royal Dutch 70 73% Saxon Motor Co 7 7 Rt.L ft San Fran 9% ?% St. L ft San Fran pr E% a Seaboard Air Line 7% 7% Seaboard Air Line pr 16% 14% S-vira-Boebuck 143 143 Sinclair Oil 2?% 27% ^loei-Shcffield ?0% SP'i Southern Padflc R3% Soutbm Railway tl% 21% Southern Railway pr 3?% Studebaker 36% .*% Superior Steel 45% 45 Tenn 8or> ft Oh 17% 17% Texas Co? 146% '?% TobaAco Prod JT% :?* Tranaue ft Wilms 39% 3) 39 Tnion Pacific 1?% 110% l* Union Pacific pr Tl 71 71 T'nited Cigar Store*. ?% * ft9% United Fruit 123 123 123 ITnited Ry Inrest 10 1% 1? United Ry Inraet pr If 17 10 U. 8. Cast lr Pipe 15% 14 1*?? T. 8. Alcohol 121% 134 114% T. R. Rubber #7% !*T 57 r. 8. Smelt ft Ref 40% 31% 40% T. 8. Steel 100 0T% WO U. 8. Rteel pr - 110 ino 110 Utah Copper tl% ir gl% Utah Sec Carp's ; 13% 13% 13% Ya-Car Chemical ?T% 46 ?r Va. Iron Ooal 4 O. ? m ? Wahaah 7% ISk TM Wabash pr 41 40% 41 Wabash pr B 22% 22% BM Western Maryland 1P% 14% 15M Western Pacific 16% 16 16% Western Pac pr 51% 51% fl* Western Union M% 94 MM Westinghoose 41% 40% 41H Wheeling ft L B 9% S% 8% Wilson ft Co 56 56 ? Wi llya-Orerland 16% IS 16M W i lly s-Or er land pr 80% ?% *P4 Worthing'n Pump 51 46% 51 Wor Pump pr B ?% 05% 68% Selling ex dlridend today. United States Steal Corporation preferred. 1%. PHILADELPHIA PR0DUCL Philadelphia, Pa.. May 6.?Butter?"Hie mar-, ket ruled firm, with the demand absorbing the limited offering*. We quote aa follows: Solid packed creamery, extra. 47c; higher scoring goods, 48a40c; extra firsts, 46c; firsts, 49c; sec onds. 42a43c; nearby prints, fancy, Sic; aver cge extra. 48a50o; tints, 46a47c; seconds. 43s45c; garlicky. S8a4Sc; special brands of prints Job bing at 62a55c. EGGS?Demand was fairly active and the market ruled firm. We quote the following prices: Free cases, nearby firsts, 11.8 per standard case; current receipts, per case. 10.80; Western extra firsts, 1L? per case; firsts, 10.80 per case; candled eggs Jobbing at 42a44c. per L1YB POULTRY?Fowls. 38a37c; spring chick ens. weighing l%a2 lbs. atrfeoe, 56a63c; weigh ing lal% lb. apiece. 52a55c; ataggy young roosters, 2i?26c; old roosters, 22a25c. Docks, Pekin, 28a30c; do., Indian Bunner, 36s27c. Gesss. 25a2Bc. Guineas, per pair, Sl.Mal.6S. Pigeons, old, per pair, 40a45c; do., young, per pair. 2&a30c. * ? DRESSED POJJLTBY ? Fresh kiHed fowla, ?n barrels, fancy dry picked, weighing 4 pounds and over spiece. 3Tc; smaller sins, 34a36c; old roos ters, dry-picked, 9c. Frozen fowls, 13 to a box, milk fed. dry picked snd fancy selected, 36%; weighing 4 pounds snd over apiece, 35c; 3% Iba. apiece. SZaMc; S Iba. apises, MsSlc; frozen fowls, in bbls., fancy picked, weighing 4 pounds, and over apiece. 34c; 3% lbs. spiece. 3Sa33c; smaller sizes, 28s30c. Froasn broiling chickens, l%a2 lbs., apises, WssUrn, 40a42c. Roasting chickens, Wsstsrn. in basso, weigh ing 4% pounds and over apiece. 35c; 4 pounds. BaSIc; 3% pounda. SUdfc; 2%a3 pounds, ?a Mc.j roasting chickens, Wsstsss, in bartals. Qk poonCks and svsc apteco, 13c ; SM pooDd% Keep Potted on the Battles Being Fought On the Western Front The Sammies are in the thick of the fight. Do you know where? * Every move made is easily distinguishable in The Herald's UP-TO-DATE WAR MAPS. Get One and Be Able to "War Talk" Alexandria Firemen Have Cloae Call in Answering Alarm. raw HQLAU) BCBXAU. B E. Knight * ?os. SI ?3 Kins Btnet. Alexandria. Va.. May The automobile Are apparatus while re ?pondlni to an alarm of fire at 11 o'clock laat night, collided with a Southern freight train, at Alfred and Wilkes streets. Several fire men were slightly injured and narrowly escaped death. The mud guard and ladders of the fire engine were damaged. Mies Margaret Pattie Finks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Leverltte Finks. ?its city, and Charles B. Bailey. Winston-Salem. N. C.. were married at 5 o'clock this afternoon at the residence of the brlde'a parents. 814 Prince street. The ceremony was perform ed Rev. L F. Kelly, of St. Marys Catholic Church. The bride was gowned in white Georgette crepe, and wore a corsage bouquet of bride roses and lilies of the valley. The bride was attended by Mlas Irene Pulman. this city, and the bride Kroom had tor his best man, his brother. Frank Bailey. Winston Salem. N. C. Only the immediate relatives of the famUiea represented attended the wedding. A reception followed the ceremony after which Mr. and Mrs. Bailey left for At lantic City and New York, where they will spend their honeymoon. John G. Fiel. who was employed at Camp Humphreys. Va.. and who arrested several days ago while at that camp because it was alloRed he had violated tte espio nage act. was acquitted today follow ing a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner William P. Wools. It was alleged that Fiel had made dlalayal remarks about President Wilson. The accused emphatically denied the charge. Dr. George Sauvage. Ph. D. C. S. C.. a French lieutenant, who has Just returned from the Western theater of war. formerly a pro fessor at the Catholic University of America, was a guest yesterday after noon at St. Mary's Academy here. Dr. S&uvage was in Paris on Good Friday when the Germans bombarded a church. He reports having had a nar row escape from being a prisoner of war. his unit being ordered away from territory which two days afterward fell into the German hands. For more than three years Dr. Sau- ] vage has been on the firing line with I French and British troops and was decorated for distinguished bravery by both France and England. I Dr. Sa lvage expects to deliver an, address on war scenes at St. Mary's Academy within the next few weeks. Mrs. Bettie Bradshaw. wife of Philip M. Bradshaw, dropped dead at her residence. 515 Kins street, at 8:1" o'clock tonight. Heart trouble is thought to have been the cause ot her death. The deceased was decend lng the stairway of her residence with some butter and milk to put in the refrigerator when she fell dead. A few minutes afterward her body was found by her sister. Mrs. Nannie E. Schafer. The deceased was a Miss Murry and is survived by her husband. Philip M. Bradshaw. a well-known shoe merchant. Charles H. Keith. 65 years old. a re tired manufacturer, died yesterday at his residence, I.?orton. Fairfax County, j The deceased was a native of Ver mont. The body was shipped by Un dertaker Demaine tonight to Cleve land. Ohio, for burial. The funeral of George P.. Iden took place this afternoon from his late; residence, 1301 Duke street. Services were conducted by Rev. Edgar Car penter, rector of Grace P. E. Church and burial was made in Bethel Ceme- j tery. Members of Alexandria Council. INo. S. Order of Fraternal Americans. ! attended. Andrew Jackaon Davis died last night at his residence. Prince and Fairfax streets. The deceased was a] baker by trade. He is survived by his wife. C. B. Durrett. of Fredericksburg, j Va., reports to tha police that his pocketbook containing J18 was stolen j from him while he was a passenger on a northbound steam train this aft ernoon. Three men were taken in custody by Policeman Roland and committed to Jan for five days for In vestigation. A total of about $100 was collected | In fines and collateral In the Police Court today by Justice Thompson. JlaEc.: IW pound.. ?a30r: turkeys. neerhy. (try-picked. faacy. fair "> ?o?d. ***:, Turkey*. VsUn, dry-picked, fancy, SfaSc.;i fair to good, SaS; tartan. old torn., JUS;', common, 30. Sotnbe, dor. wtite. 11 to IflhJ-, pounds and oeer. SOtfflc.; ?nailer sises, 2*29c. Geese. nearby. JtaSc.: Waatem. SsSc. Sqosha, per doran. white, welshing U to U pound., pec down. 1ST.*; white, webbing t to 1| pounds per down. ?.?rt.TS: white weighing ? pounds per dozen. 5*6.75; do do. T pound# per dozen, int.50: do do, ?a? peundi per dozen. 2.75s3.2B; dark. Ia2; small and No. 2, ?5ca? NEW YORK PRODUCE. New York. Mm t-Bulter-Firm. receipt.'. 4,908 packsree; creamery. higher than extrs* 48Ha49: creamery. extras (W J* 4V4a4TH; packing stock, cnrrait tnske. No. - 3114*32. . a. Egg^-eteadj: receipts SMM ?y:. taeh gathered, eztraa. 38.3W: fresh gathered. par age peeked, fir* **aj?,; do rpiUr pS^ed. eztzs that, 3?*a?; do. I PHUlVlrsnls and nearby westero hennery. whi?S fin. to fancy. 4U42. snd nearby hennery, hiownt. *a?: da.. r?U> ?red browns and mixed color*. SsST. Cheese?Steedjr; recHpts. 2.441 bases; state, held specials. ?*a?; do.. srersge run 24*J; do., fresh sperisls. 2W4t23; do., srersgs run Poultry-Lira, firm; old roosters. *: roung roosters snd nnooth-legged chicken*. tur krys. 20*26; fowls. 3ft. Ditwd. firm; cnickeos, 27a46; fowls. 29s34; turkeys. 25s*. NEW YORK CURB MARKET. New Tort. Mar g-*fetly .fter ?ie TT smnptlrm of bustaeie in the curb market_ today business became eitiesaely Wisk ius to the influaoca of ot..er aecnrtty markets snd with the Urgrr relume of dealing* prices sd?anccd late new high ground. .. The feature ot the day the continued etreogth of A etas Csptoal.ee whidi 'sedhei^e new high lew! of the yeer oo dealing. Martin was snothtg oi the feature ??e dsi? . fMlIrt Man. No sensible man will step in between two strange women and try to stop them from lighting. But?Charlie Ross did and he is very sorry for IL No one ever found oot why a woman ?.B?d Wltoon and another na?^ Mitchell, got to lighting. Charlie didn't stop to ask the reason I why. He Just waded In. The light was on Third street and ! everyone in that neighborhood was enjoying ft until? Charlie bobbed up and stopped the ! wouM^r Ue W<K"d ?" * h"? ?nuno,e . T,h1fn J? Mitchell woman got him ! X. V? a"d choked him while the Wilson woman pulled at his ! coat. ( cwLCrT5 hooted ?"* hollered. f ^ mad wh-n he saw that he had made a fool of himself, I 1?w *??< "?> landed on the ZltCt'LZm"'' jaw *nd then got the Wilson woman by the hair all "three* to ill!"* "" t00k on'y charged Charlie with dls Sffi eonduct *"? " cost him . Twaa?1 the Raaor, He Said. J 8un^fe* *h *a* 'httTln' mahseffl Sunday mawmn'. Ah hear, mah " ? "y "om'fn about being tired fsh" A ,0'e h" *he was f00' t "^VOU'U" you d'dnt threaten to cut her throat?" the court aaked breach"*^ ^'"iCott* charged with a breach of the peace by Hattle. his ? ^ r"?r Jift sharp enough for ^ 'J^dge. said Lawrence. nfJVl mVl have * Peculiar sort of a razor, said the court. hi.?*'"\d* raIor d<u '? Peculiar? hits mah wife.- responded Law rence, without even a grin h.dCC.?r?in5 Hattle'* "ory. .he * h?*d*che that reornin* and 11TL V* 0<n*D(1 th** she would her be dead than suffer. And Lawrence, she said, was ready to accomnfcdate her and chop off her head. p h had been eome had blood etween the two for sometime, it I appears and Hattle apparently had w?mk ,',eV? that Lawrence would be only to glad to see her I croak. Consequently, when she made her careless remark (to herself) she got scared and thought her hus band would aure enough hurt her .v.,Wr<\1re d?ni'? he said any thing. He hasn't had a chance to talk since he got married, he says. Because of hla previous good rec fTd |h? court, after a warning, took his bond to behave himself. Sooted, by Gam. Three doren excited women and 22""? rU,hed up to ? cop the | ?" H "treet. and asked him to come down to where one of) them lived and arrest a murderer A man armed with a big pistol had entered the house and was go safd PUt " lQ mournin'r- they The oop went?and after a few minutes' search he dragged out a J"a?;, w'th a P*'r Of shiny bicycle handle-bars In his hand. It wasn't anyone but Jim For sythe. And he Is about as harm less as a kitten. Jim was on his way to the bicycle Shop but met tip with his old friend John Barleycorn, and the two had a glorious time together Away down the street Jim saw two cops coming, and he was sober enough to know that he would be nabbed. So he ducked into the flrst house he saw. The women and children honor ed. They didn't know who Jim was and the bicycle handle-bars looked like a gun to them. When the cop got to the bo*, he used up every cuaa word he could think of and then some. Just for that another charge was placed against him and If he hasn't got $25 he is in for a whole month. Tfce Old, Old Btery. l?a?t Saturday afternoon John Gale, who works In a aausag. fao tory. came home a little under the weather. And after going through a period of seasickness, he got awful cross. His wife tried to coax him Into I Sends Protest to CongreM Any Qjwife*. I A protest against any action ?? CongreM In violation of tha iMlfr ! and-half" prtnclpls wu contained IB a resolution passed by the hoar* * directors of the Washington Board ol Trade, at its regular monthly ???? ?ton yesterday. The secretary of ?fc* board was directed to send copies a* the resolution to members of ?? Senate and House. I The following were elected to mem bership on the board: O T. Kings bury. N. D Hawkins. W. Rayner. George H. Runster. H. C. Stewart. E. A. Rule, and Michael P. Baxzuro - - The directors endorsed a resolution | from the Highways Industrial As sociation. urging the upkeep of the highways of the country, and ap propriated ?1<*> for the maintained* I of rigns along the t-locoln Highway between Gettysburg and Washington. | William Clabaugh. ibalrfnan of tfcs i shad-bake committee announced that [ the ticket sale for the annual shad ibake at Chesapeake Beacli. Saturday. May 1*. would close May 1J. the num ber of tickets being limited to *"1' I Charles V. Crane, chairman of the souvenir oommltte announced tttat his commltte had aecured norel souve nirs. which would be presented t? j those participating In the outing. DRAFT THFM NOWIS SENATORIAL VERDICT Conferees Agree on Report ta Senate and House. Senatorial onferee* y?it?r4 tf agreed to the report upon the bill drafting men who have become 21 yeara old aince draft day. June 1917. Half a million men wou.a no draftable under this bill. When the Senate originally passed the bill. It provided for exemption | of divinity studenU. The Howe struck this from the bill, but the conferees between the two bouses have reinserted the clause. It ?win be nee&sary now for the B~"? either to accept or reject this. Conferees agreed that the newly registered for the drwrt ^ be placed at the bottom of ho hounra s. It eritl I the Hoass tlrta. the boys I mft Should J of tha llet^ a good humor?but she failed ?' terly. They had some words and Joh? threw his wife on the floor?only to have his mother-in-law Inter fere. Ma-in-law wanted to saea her dauphter because she thought a murder was coming off. And for her trouble she got in the neck?and put out of the fight. John s little daughter reached un der the chiffonier and grabbed a pistol and threw it out In the yard, where John couldn't get at tt. It wasn't long before he was sole master of his house. John capitulated to a policeman and was locked up. And he offered the old argument of the nagging mother-in-law ana i unsympathetic wife. _k?..4 1 Even so?the court went ahead] and fined him IIO anyhow. -Jaat a Song at Twilight." At half-past four Sunday the mercury >" 'be thermometer got on a step-ladder and climbed up. Jerome Taylor was sitting lr h? front room and Amelia W est was M " \j ting in her front room. ... . It was too uncomfort*be for ei of them to finish their naps. They dressed and went out?and rr* in front of a vacant house. They stopped and talked?and the talked, talked, talked, until they get hoarse. . Two or three doors away the no? - bors poked their heeds^ out of ? windows and demanded that they tat' their love-making somewhere elae. But they wouldn't. Th* y hupped a' kiaaed right there on the sidew* just the aame as if they were to * I>Thev got so noisy that poUoe?i' Waters came running up and loe>"i them up. . . . . They didn't mind being yreeted-K to be parted in the middle of a ?' got their Angora's. Folks have a right to slas? In the mornings undisturbed, the court in formed the couple. And the next time Jerome wants to hold hands with Amelia and shout h love In her ear. be is going out I" the country because It cost their t 1 each in the city. (j&rdet^ > o. M.?Grouping the Garden Plants. | Because some garden plants are I quite hardy and others are sensitive j to cold they may all be thrown Into four groups, so far as planting seeds and setting out plants ars concerned, says today's bulletin from the Na tional War Garden Commission, of Washington. The gardener must judge frfltn his location and climate whether or not it is too late for him to plant all of group one, if he has not already done so. This group Includes smooth peas, onion sets, spinach, turnip, mustard, radish, kale, potato and cabbage, and collard plants, which were grown in the seed box or hotbed. Except in the' northern part of the country it Is probsbly too late for some of these crops. They should be planted as early as the ground can be prepared, even though some nights are atill frosty. In group two are Included beet, car j rot, chard, lettuce, paranip. salsify, wrinkled peas and onion seed, and cauliflower, celery and lettuce plants ? from the seed box or hotbed. This group may be planted leu is four* teen days later than croup ooe. In from ten to fifteen days alter group two U planted, group three may be planted. This rmbracea sweet corn, snap beans, pole beans, okra and tomato plants from the seed box or hotbed. These plants need some warm weather to start them off right. Group four is the hot weather bunch. These are best planted a week or two after the apple blossoms have fallen. The weather then should settled down Into a good comfortable warm temperature. In this group are the lima bean, cucumber, muskmelon. watermelon, squash and pumpkin, and eggplant and pepper plants from the seed boa or hotbed. These plants In group four will not stand any froet. With a Uttle study of the climate of your section and in taking a chanoe of getting the tender crops in Jugt right to escape the last spring frosts and yet mature thera before or dur ing the hot summer, you can still start a good garden. If you have not already done as write to the National War Garde* Commission, Washington, for a free copy of Its garden primer. enciostQff * two-cent stamp tor postage. b