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AWANOVODM1J~~WILA .CNA '",,. a so" IN EWIII ANC Mexican Petroleum - Is American, Concern la a letter to The Washington Times, Norman Bridge, vi 'prsiset and treasurer of the Mexican Petroleum Onpmay, Ltd., of Delaware says: "Ia an article by Henry Woodhouse on the oil situation, printed in your issue of November 2, the statement was made that the British interests in the British-Mexican Pe troleum Corporation soon obtained majority control of, the Jbphuy group of oil properties and thus, in one stroke, aMgiired control of one of the oldest and largest American oil. interests occupying a prominent position in the United States and Mexican oil fields." . Mr. Bridge says that the statement tends "to establish in the public mind the false impression that the British Mexican Petroleum Company has some control over the Mexican Petroleum Company, Ltd., of Delaware, and the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company," and continues: "Our vice president and general manager, Mr. Wylie, in a letter to another lately, made the following true state ments: "None of the companies producing petroleum in Mexico in which Mr. Doheny is interested are English companies. All but one are American companies, and that one is a Mexican subsidiary. "Mr. Doheny and his family have for years personally controlled and still control more than a majority of the stock of these companies. Neither he nor any member of his family has sold any of this stock to any person or corporation in England at any time. None of his com panies has ever been Anglicized. Less than 1 per cent of the stock of these companies is held by Englishmen. Me smiug Company. pan here) and the balance belonging "TheBriish exian Ptroeumto the group of English stockholder. "The British Mexican Petroleum Company to which you refer is a Only Belting Company. selling company, organized in Eng- "'The entire basis upon which the land by the Pan-American Petroleum British company was organized was and Transport Company and certain ru proucen Mo b aere English associates, for the purpose ican companies to England and other di opening a wider market in Europe prso uoe for a part of the petroleum produced " is not only desirable from a In Mexico by these American cor- commercial standpoint, but in cer panies. tam other aspects distinctly advan "*This British Mexican Petroleum tageous, for American concerns desir- I Company not only does not control, ing to do business in foreign coun Or take over any of the assets of the tries to organize local distributing American companies above alluded agencies under the laws of these re to, but dos not even own any stock spective countries. This is precisely in any of thmse companies, all of what was done In this case, and by which remain as above stated, in the many other American companies op sole control of the Doheny family; orating under similar conditions in por does any of the Doheny com- foreign lands.' nles own the British company en- "In view of the importance to the S rely, the ownership being divided, United States-of oil as an economic " per cent belonging to the Pan- factor-it is necessary that the true American Petroleum and Transport position of American companies Compaay (the parent Doheny coan should be known.b SAMUEL UNBERLEIDER & CO. Brokers gh New Willard Hotel Mezzanine Flenr b James Sloan, Jr., Manager MEMBERS New York Stock Exchange Cleveland Stock Exchange Pittsburgh Stock Exchange Columbus Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade - TELEPHONES. MAIN 3364-3367 Leader-New" Bldg., Cleveland, Ohiof Chamber of Commerce Building, Columbus, Ohio r J. t. BACHE & CO,, and HALLE & STEIGLITZ New York Correspondents 9% 9%1 Why Not Invest Your Money In a Washington Enterprise? Many excellent business opportunities are over- o looked because they are in one's own community. This results in many people looking to outsidely corporations for investments, while larger and stronger companies may be carrying on business in theirgownacity. ThenNTvieTw of FNANE CmORtact h PORTIN s W nted istitt ilaneonomic Le u tllyo mreaot inetentar tat-h tu tosresoofothimriCorporatann. Companyrite r poe fom- dscriptive circula." EAMUL STOCKLE&DCRMPANY JamesStant Secr,tMnage Pt abrg Stoc Exchnge Colmbu Stree k Exchange Chi9 % Bor0f rd TEEPONSMAN 36-46 .) Whyuwl N or ive ast i borioneyo \s.o knew teirbucess.n buiesopr(nte r vr Weokedebecnste ted aridg osafewnomnt. This brde sledimn people lkn to saeutcm sfide cor idpratne for iftytwoers whotlare losnd 7i7 theirsowneciNyW PORAION s aWashntn intiutonCI.I Writeoruhoneutor dlyerpc rarc E. L.STOC & CMPAN Treasurer of D. C. Red Cron Fuad ERNEST E. HERRELL. Red Cross headquarters have been opened in the old Merchants' Bank Building, 144 F street north west, and that bank has been desig nated as depository for the funds, with Ernest E. Herrell, vice-pzmsi dent of the bank again seoving as treasurer of the fund. The Red Cross roll will begin Friday, and will continue until Thanksgiving Day. During that time the Washington chapter will lend Its efforts toward enrolling new members and in the collection of annual dues from the old mbm bers. The money quota allotted for Washington is $60.000. Mr. Herrell was treasurer of the fund during the last Red Cross drive, when more than $60 000 was raised. The Merchants' Rank was also the depository at that time. Local Stocks. WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. SALES. Washington Gas 5's, $500082. Washington Railway and Electric ', $1,000($61%. Potomac Electric G-M. and ref. 7's. V. I., $1.000@103, $1,000@103, $1,000@ 03.. $1,000#103, $1,000@103. Washington Railway and Electric ,referred, 563. Mergenthaler Linotype. 20t12614, 10 26%, 2 1204. After call Washington Gas Light, 1r50, 10@ 0. 104j50. Washington Gas Light 7%'s, $100@ 03%4. Washington Railway and Electric referred, 3@63, 10)63, 104t63%. 1O 3%. Money-Call loans. r and 6 per cent. BONDS. PUBLIC. UTILITY. Bid. Asked. Lmer. Tel. & Tel. 4s... 86% 87 kmcr. Tel & Tel. 4%4s. 90% 91 Inv. Tel Z Tel Ctl Tr 5s 91% 93 cm Tel Conv'l 6.... 104 104% nacostia & Potomac 6's. 71% ... kna. Pot. Guar. 6's.... 71% . &. a P. Tel. 6's........ 90 ... 'ap. Traction R. R. 5's.. 90% ... ty & Surburban 5e... 69 leorgetown Gas let 5's 77% ... etropolitan R. R. 5's.. 92% ... 'otomac Elec. Lt. 5's.. 89% ... otomac-Elec. Cons 6Se.. 87% . 'ep GM Z ref 7s W W 10274 103 'otomac Elec. Power 69 96 96 'ot. Slec. Pow G.M 6s.. 97% 99 Vashington Gas. 5's .. 81'% 82 Vash. Gas 7%s....... 103% 104 Vash. Ry & Elec. 4s... 61a 61%S Wash. Ry Elec G-M 6. . 94% 95% MISCELLANEOUS. Lgga Realty 5's (long).. 88 90 igga' Realty 5's (Short). 96 ... Vash. Market 5's, 1927.. 79 ... Vash. Market 5's. 1947.. 77 ... V. M. Cold Storage 5's.. 45 ... STOCKS. PUBLIC UTILITY. ,mer. Tel. & Tel...... 110%. apital Traction ...... 8 89' Vashington Gas ...... 49' ... 1. & W. Steamboat.... 182% ... Vash. Ry. & Elec. comn. 36 40 Vah. Ry. & Elec. pfd.. 62% 64 NATIONAL BANK. m. Nat. Bank......... 157 183 apital Nat. Bank ..... 161 .., aolumbia Nat. Bank.... 176 ... 'ommercial Nat. Bank. 166% ... istrict Nat. Bank...... 168 'ar. & Mech. Nat. Bank. 210 ... 'ederal Nat. Bank. ...170 130 ,iberty Nat. Bank...126 . ,incoln Nat. Bank. ....166 . lat. Metro. Bank.. 10 .. Lggs Nat. Bank ........46. econd Nat. Bank... 147 165 ashigton.............10 .. TRUST COMPANY. mer. Sec. & Trust.... 219 230 ontinental Trust..... 95 100 rat'l Sav. & Trust..275 . rnon Trust...........118% . Vash. Loan & Trust . ... 260 275 SAVINOS BANK. ammnerce a Savings .. 115 .. lst Wash. Savr. Bank..12 .. erchants Bank....... 14? .. ec. Sav. & Comi. Ban.. 202 230 eventh St. Saw Dank.10 .. nton Savings Bank.. 312 .. r. 8. Savings Bank.... 200 .. ash. Mechanics Bank 21 . FIRE INSURANCE. mer. FIre Ins......... 200 ., .rlingtonl Fire Ins.... a . orcoran Fire Ins...116 . 'Iremen's Fire Ins.... 20 .. lat. Union Fire Ins.... 7% .. TITLE INSURANCE. olumbia Title Ins... 4 .. teal Estate Title Ins... SO .. MISCELLANEOUS. l. Graphophonie coms.3 4I% ol. Graphophonle pfd... 15 17 . C. Pap. Mfg. Co.... 75.. Eer. Trans. a Storage. ... 115 lergenthaler Linotype. 126 .. d Dutch Market corn., 2 Id Dutch Market pfd.. 7 anston Monotype...... 71% 73 ecurity NtogAge....... 215 .. fashington Market .... 34 .. Chicago Grain Market. CICAGO. Nov. 9.--Wheat opened he l6*er to Mc higher; corn uan hanftd to Me~ hIgher; oats %,c Iher; provisions irregular. Opening: Whea-Deembe. 3.04% p1.04%; ay. $1.09%@l.10. Corn-December. 479f 46%4c; May. 2%@82 %c. (as-Decembher, 24. May. 37%c. Pork-January. 514.6. Lad-March. $8.92. May. 9.16. Bn..-May. $7.32 .y.. I.L. Ciae 1!r Nossetion... M 6 M 6 NLsb Csl .. MM - 19 4N M. Crm. " Dvs 44 404 41 L C. " DPe >, O so 1 le Chaim. 6!. II M a1' Im. Aar. Ceam. 31g Mig 134 iM. Ag. Ch. pg. ON SWM *6 0 I tar. Basow...... a am M9% la. set uear. r1 274 2/4 Am. COr........ 366 3SI > NM ia. Cn pt..,.. 534 au, sM 81 rmareP4-.... 191 3 in Lma Ruber.... 38% s94 4396 0 Lm. Cottea 04.. 1$ 184g 1 364 m.Cot.oil pt... 43 4174 43 41 Am. Drug syda. 6 14 64 51% m.H. A L.L. 6114 1 61)4 6 m. lo pt...... 853 ri 7LI Am. later. Corp. 363 34% O k 30' .LaJ.r.r ,CS... 6! 48% 8% h Am. Linseed.... 1614 1114 h11 N'. Am. Rad. Co.... 404 714 6614 78, Am. ship. A Co. 614 614 43 614 Am. Imelung... 3S4 IM Mrs a a Am. smelt p..., 8414-821 4 '35, Am. steel Pdy.. 86 3N 1% 24)4 I.8.Pdy.pt.... f 87 $1 8813 ma. sugar...... b6 b3%-_44 b$ Am. Sugar pt... 637 61 2% 61% Am.aumatra Teb U 364 36 m Am. Ta. A Tel.. NM ON 1 uM 133 Am. Tobcco... 127% 19684 MeM 124.' Am. Tab. B....,. 123% 12334 121 138 Am. Wool...... 1 "A 716 77 Anaonan ...., 4234 48% 4327 43. Atchison ....... 64 56 684 85% Atchison. pt.... 62 82 e 2 1, At. CoJat Line. 049 14% 4!4 56)3 At. 0. A W. 1.. 1014 7414 3M 43% Atlantle Petrol.. 2136 2114 3136 2134 Salto. A Ohio.., 37 36168 1 87 lsaldwin Looo... 92 91 4114 41 Beth. steel B... O7 563 67 644 Brook. Un. Gas 74)4 7434 14, 76 Butte A Superior 14)4 14)4 1416 141 Caddo 011...... 133 11 133 12 al. Packing... 71 70 3 11 703 Cal. Petroleum. 4414 44 4434 434 Cai. Z. & Lead.. % 3% 3% 4 Canad. Pacltic.. 116 114 1143 114 Cent. Leather.., 56m 23% 3 % 5 64.3 Cent. Lea. pt.... 62 62 62 43 Cerro de Peace. 3014 3M% 306 534 Ches. A Ohio... 66 6434 66 64)4 Chi.0.W.pt..... 164 1)4 36% 1 C.. C.. C. A at. .. 50 60 50 49 C.. M. & t. Paul. 231 I* 23)4 A C.. It. 1. A P... 32)4 32)4 334 34 C. R. T. a P. 6'e S 68 66 66 C. R1.P.?w.. 79)1 79% 79% Chandler Motor. 47% 46)4 464 . Chi. A N. W... 663 68 6814 Chile Copper.... 14)4 123 1214 12 Chino Copper... 261 2674 1% 6,. Cluett. Peabody. 42 42 42 Coca Cola....... 39% 3 39 39A ol. Gas a Eeo, 62% 62) 8,4 61A Col.South....... 38 3716 28 37 Coat.0as......... 93 1$ 1i " Con. Tex. Corp. 163 1614 1614 1b!. Corn Products.. 8614 IN 8834 S7. Coaden Corp..., 3374 32% 33 323, Crucible Steel... 63)4 62% 6314 62 Cuba Am. Sugar. 1474 14% 143 14, Cub C. Sugar.. 774 7% 714 7.' Cub C. S. pt.. 154 18 18 18"1 Dome Mines..... 1 1 16 5% 16M hundaoett Joh'lss 714 70% 71)4 70. Brie .......,.. 12 12 12 12 irie let pt..... 17% 17% 17% 17 . Famous Players. 6391 62% 633 62 Fischer Body..... 64 5)4 6M 43s 3n. Asphalt... 63)4 61 633% 6.. [en. Electrio... 1333 133 133 133 en. Motors...... 12)3 11)4 12 1. 3en. Motors pt. 69)4 60)4 8% 69 en. M. deb. 6's. 683 677 4834 68 Sen. M. deb. 7's. 78)4 7834 78)4 79 at. North. pt... 7334 73 73% 73J4 it. North. Ore.. 3214 3214 32)1 32 [askell A Dark. 7414 73 74% 72 Iiouston ol..... 76% 774 77)4 7c> Inter. Nickel.... 133 13)4 1334 131 inter. Paper..... 634 624 5334 3 in. Pa. pfd at... 71!4 7114 714 71' [nt. Con. pt..... 63 5)3 53 b nvincbleOil.... 30)4 3034 1016 10". island . A T.... 3)3 33 3)4 3N Jewel Tea....... 12)4 113 12 11!7 ewel 'ea pt... 46% 44)4 46% 46 Fones Tea....... 33)4 33 33 32 . Kansas A Gulf... 7 434 7 6 dan.Cti n... 24% 4k9 m 4% 24 Kelly-Spg. TIre.. 40%4 40 40 39 irege S. S...17116 171%6 171% I69~ Kennecott....... 232334 233,433 sa.Steel..404 40)3 403 41 LeeR & Tire... F27 373373 37 ehigh Vanley... 5434 54% 543 64. oewe(nO)... 1 14% 14% 14 Gott. Inor.......9)3 914 9% Loilard. .. .141% 141,4 141% 1413, igg. a Myers... 150%3 15016 11016 151 Ianhat. Shirt. 28 29 96 2d dnati Sug... 2 37 27 - darland O11... 27 9634 27 .6 den. Petrol..1063 10636 107,4 i0 ont. Ward.. 1 15 15 t8 (arine c..... *1034 1034 1036 10' diami Con. Cop. 226 332X 2X 3 did. States O.. 14,4 14 14% 3d .,K T.......1% 133 1% 14 I. K.T.pf. 3 34 3 do. Pc......... 184 173X 173X 18' do. Po. r..4216 434 42%4 42) dulline Body Cor 3% 2336 233% lt. En. A Ct. 40X 4036 4034 41 4v. Con. Co.. 1236 12% 133 l' q.o. T. Mez. .1) 61% 61 4I. Y. Dock. ..3134 30 31)3 q. Y. Dok pf... 543454X364) 53 4. Y. N. H. & M. 13%3 1333 13% l3J .Y. o ?&W.. 154 19%4 19% 1orth AerIe... 4093 403 40% gorth. Am. pf... 663 36836% 317 qorthern Pee... 77)3 7134 77 Th Iortolk a West. 15, 3433 15M Mova Scotla Si.. 2096 30) 30) 31 3k.Pr.IR.Ca. 8)4 34 3 3'. Pea. Tel & Tel.. 6234 53 5634 Pacitt 061 CS.. 44 45% 4633 44)3 Pn-Am. Petrol.. 4734 46%4 4634 46 P..Aa. Petrel 3. 4433 4496 4433 4316 Pa. ba. Stedt.. 103 1096 3033 1016 Panhandler. P... 1156 1196 11%3 1A4 A ddusamm PLaimsdui N. DMARKTj . .r. a a. lan. Le. P.M. CasIe. fs. we a.... b/ M M t6) Mem. . ...... 3 M o a I Wre . pt.. 44 44 44 ad6...... 04 4114 MNt Pbis paed.. M% a 30% 04 Piese Asrs... UK 0M We0 424 Peree Ar. Ko.... 56 16 26 . Pier.. 0S....... 64 6% 614 614 PIeroe OI pt.... 464 4"0 A4 Pitt. a W. Va... 1a1 WI 34 Pet Crek..... 15 3 1 O4N Pred Ret...... 3174 111e 11% P*re 41........ am 1f am a PfUmaa P. thr. 136 19M! lo43 a CavO. 0.9.. a I* am 1a% nesdles ........ 100 66% 104 es0 Ree. lst pt..... 48 43 48 Remington ..... 17 314 831 Rep. Irom a St.. tO4 t 661 4916 Rep. Moter Tr.. 704 1494 8 Rey. Dutch N. T. 4"W a. 46 46 St.A a" s . 281 23 3 ta St. L. S. W. Ktd.. 14 a30 124 W. Sears asebse... 44 % 0 0.04 6'3 It. L. 1. W.iL L 214 20 3x Menes, copper.. 1M M 301 30 Unelar 061..,,... 130 3 23si 2% Smith. Ry. pt... 44% 446 4444 ltan. Ol N. J... 1004 186 1594 163 St. am N. J. pt.. U1% 3104 11114 1140. Staa. Ol o CoL.. am1 633 6S lii ambaker...,.. 74% 74% 744 141 1 Superior 0n..... 7x 7 704 7% Tea. P. C. A OS. U N6Mi 264 Teas.Co...... 44K 434 444 434 Tes. A Paeil.. 13 219 23 Third Ave....... 1404 14% 141 156 Tobaoos Prod... 0h4 6614 604 8616 rr---~-t.O ... 914 9 914 9 Union Pasite... 121% 131 12139 12114 Unlea Pao. pt... 674 MX4 67 inles 01...... 104 214 15 ie United Drug...a 63 4 S7 6 66 United Fruit... 11716 u7 117% 11614 U. S. Retail /t. 4916 414 4616 494 U. 5. Rubber... 4784 47 47% 471% U. S. Rub. 1st pL 67 86 97 31 1 U. I. Ind. Ale. 4444414 444 4416 U. U. seet...... 1 60% 606 $016 U. . Steil pt... 1104 1304 1104 11034i Utah Copper.... 614 664 8636 6564 Va. Car. Chem.. 2 7 27 27 Vanadium Ino... 174 314 314 3136 Wabash R. R.... 7 7 7 7 Wabash ptA. 21 4 2116 2116 230 West. Md. 24.... 1 16 16 Wh. A Lake Eri* 74 7% 784 Wh. A L. R. pt. 16 16 15 Westinghouse .. 464 46 46 46 Western Union.. 861 614m 6 6304 White 0 Corp. 13% 1214 1384 12% White Motors... 39% 394 314 36 Whys Overland. 634 6 616 6 WiysOver pt... 30 30 30 29% Wilson Iao...... 31 33 31 31 Worth. Pump... 4034 40% 40% Wright Awe..... 914 914 99 614 Money on call...... 5% . open. Hih. Lev. Stock sales up to 11a.m. 1330on 1p.m. 2pm.] 180,400 351,400 ........ ....... Bond sales up to ite.m. 131 OS. 1p.m. 3p. m. 3,577,000 5,969,000 ........ ........ Liberty Bonds. Furnished by W. B. Hibbe a Co. Prices at noon: Liberty 3%'s ................. $96.30 Liberty 2d 4's ................ 94.62 Liberty 1st 44's .............. 9460 Liberty 2d 4L4's................ 94.80 Liberty 3d 4%'s .............. 96.60 Liberty 4th 4%'s ............. 94.94 Victory 4%'s ................. 99.66 Victory 3%'s ................. 99.64 Foreign Bonds. (Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Ce. Prices at noon: 1 Berlin 4's...................... 5% 11 Greater Berlin 4's.............. 6% Bremen 4%'1................... 6% I Cobienz 4's..................... % it Cologne 4's..................... 6% Dresden 4's.................... 6 % Dresden 4%'s.................. 6% i Duesseldorf 4's................. 6 Frankfurt 4's.................. 6% Frankfurt 5's.................. 8% 4 Hamburg 3's................... 5 Hamburg 3%'. ................ 5% Hamburg 4's.. ................ 5% . Hamburg 4%'e ................ % 1 Leipzig 4% .................... 6%1 Leipzig 5s .. ................. 7 Mbnich 4' ............. ...... 6 G;erman Gov't. 3s... ........... 5% German Gov't. 34's............ 4%j German Gov't. 4's..............s j' German Gov't. 5s..............6% Krupp 4' ..-........... 6% Badische Aniline 4%'s........... % Allegm. Eleck. Glen. 4%s........5 I French 4.................... 47%' French 5's.................... 68% Premium 5'................... 66% I British Victory 4............ 35 National War IO0an 5's. .. .. .. 410 War Loan S's.................354 Italian '....................s35% Italian Notes 1925............. 42% Belgian Res. 5's...............66% Premium 5's.................. 73 Oil Stocks. Furnished by W. B. Hibbea &Co. Prices at noon: BId. Asked.1 Anglo-Am. Oil Co. (new). 19 13% Borne-Scrymmer Co. . 3... 25 350 Buckeye Pipe Line Co. 32 3 Chesebrough Mfg. Co 155 165 Pontinental Oil Co.. ...118 123 i Crescent Pipe Line Co .23 36 Cumberland Pipe Line 125 146 F.ureka Pipe Line. .. ....385 33 Glalena-Sig. Oil Co.- comr. 46 43 Gal--Sig. 0. Co..,p P.. ..98 100 a Ill. Pipe Line Co.. .. .. . .160 166 Ind. Pipe Line Co....... 82 34 < National' Trans. CO...29 30 N. Y. Tranap. Co...146 150 1 North. Pipe Line Co. 92 94 Ohio Oil Co............ 2P5 230 Prairie Oil & Ga. Co. .675 685 Prairie Pipe Line Co. 200 203 < Solar Refining Co..2..380 390 South. Pipe Line (o. 35 31 ( South. Penn. Oil Co... 226 240 B. Penn. Pipe Line Co. 54 68 tandard Oil Co. (Cal.). 32 34 Standard Oil Co. (ind.). 35 35%t tandard Oil Co. (Man.). 530 590 tandard Oil Co. (Ky.). 415 4365 Standard Oil Co. (Neb.). 150 19 Standard Oil Co. N. Y.). 343 322 Rtandard Olt Co. (Ohio). 425 430 Swan & Finch Co....... 40 45 Union Tank Line Co. 92 98 Vacuum Oil Co.........300 304 09.1.1 confrm Puluman Merger CmzCAOO. m v. 0. The Pilatli Oem"ma" M aestatiag for the perebas et the useai-Darker (ar Cempany, ef Mschan city, lad.. it was learned today whe as efcidal of the Pullman Commpay Confirmed rumors of the reported merger plans. The Hask.li-Darker Company manufactures freight &rs exclu ively. If the merger is effected the capacity of the Pullman Com pany's freight car department approximately will be doubled. The Haakell-Bark.er Company bas IZ.0 shares of common stock with no par value. The latest quotation on the stock was 72%. edward Carry, of Chicago, Is president of the company. Curb Stocks. Fuaraksed by W. 3. Kibbe A CO. Prices at noon: Did. Asked. etna JNxplosives....... 12 % 13% -illed Oil.... ......... 4 5 rkansas Nat. Gas..... 10 10% htlantic Lobos......... 10% 10% Mg Ledge.............. 31 31 loone oil............... 22 25 aoston & Montana...... 96 93 oston & Wyoming..... 60 62 'aledonia............... 6 7alifornla Crushed Fruit 6% 7% alumet & Jerome...... 12 14 arbon Steel.........., 16 20 arib Syndicate......... 54 64% ar Light & Power...... 1 11-16 it1es Service new...... 24% 24%/ sties Service old........ 213 214 .ies Service pfd....... 57 59 7ommonwealth Finance. 40 60 onsolidated Copper..... 1 11% 7ontinental Motors....... 54 6 ressen Gold............ 1% 14 avis Daly............. . 7 )ominion Oil............ 7 a urant Motors.......... 27% 27% Elk Basin.............. 7% 7% 2ngineers Petroleum 55 60 ureka Croeus ........ 45 46 arrell Coal............ 17 19 ederal Oil ............ 1% 1% F ensland Oil .......... 10 12 lilltte Safety Razor .... 175 176 illiland Oil ............ 4% 4% Mlen Alden Coal ........ 43% 44 Mlen Rock Oil .......... 1% 1% iuffey-illesple . . ... 13 14% Intercontinental Rubber. 7% 8 International Pet. New.. 15 15%t Jerom Verde .......... 10 20 Kay County Gas ......... 1 2 Lake Torpedo .... 0 75 Uncoin Motors ... .. 4% 5% Lone Star Gas ......... 22 25 Magma Copper ........ 21% 22% Maracaibo Oil .......... 26% 27 Mason Valley ......... 3% 2 Merrt Oil .............. 11 11% Midwest Oil corn........ 2% 3% Midwest Oil pf......... 3% 3% Midwest flning ...... 155 170 Mountain Producers ... 12% 13 Nevada Ophir .......... 20 36 New Cornelia .. ..... 14 15 tpilaing Mines Co......5 5 Jo. Amer. P. & P...... 13 14 orthwestern Oil ...... 15 20 )mar Oil. new.......... 14 1 2.16 Pennok Oil ............ 5 5, Perectiop Tire ...... 57 62 Producers & Refiners... 4% 44 Radio corn. 2 24 Radio pfd. ............. 2 2' Ray Hercules ......... 20 2. R. J. Reynolds "B".... 33% 34%t Ryan Consolidated ..... 7 7% Salt Creek Producing .. 30 Salt Creek new......... 14% 15 Sapulpa corn............ 4 41j 41mm. Petrol. ......... 9% 10% kelly Oil ....... 6% 7 Southern Coal & Iron... 2 3 sweets Co. of America . 3 3 ( Swift International .... 23% 24 ronopah Divide ....... .70 71 'onopah Extention .... 1,' 1 Inited Eastern ........ 2,. 2% . S.L. &H. Com. 14 1lA T. S. L. & H. pfd....... 1%4 1% t rniteA Profit Sharpg. 1% 1% . S. Ship Corporation 31 33 S. Steamship ....... 17 14 nited Retail Candy.... 6 6'% Vayne Coal ........... 1% 1% V 'est End Cons. ........95 97 Frirht Martin ........ 2 ' 5 CHICAGO Irmour Leather corn... 12% 12'% Irmour Leather pfd... 32 34 1 rmour pfd............. 92% 93 'udahy Packing ....... 0% 52 .bby ............. 7% ational Leather ...... 5% 5V I New York Cotton Market NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-General .ting resulted at the opening of the tton market today following the ensum bureau's announcement that .646136 bales of cotton had been Inned prior to November 1 this year. hese figures confirmed the most arish private estimate heretofore ublished and was more than 100.000 I ales In excess of the Government's stimate of the crop. Liverpool and the trade bought. but e seiling was 5o heavy and general at prices continued to weaken after he start and after the first fifteen intes they were flfty-four points et lower. Opening pri'ea follow: December. 3.20; January, 17.93; February. 17.91; arch. 17.80; May, 17.55: October, 6.20. Foreign Exchange. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-Marks ad anced sharply at the opening of the oregn exchange today. when prices oe 9% points to .0042%. Other xchangee generally opened stendy. rith demand sterling % cent hgher t 53.94%. Franca yielded 3% cen ies to 7.23 for caages and 7.27 for heck.. Lires were 14. poInts higher 4.22 for cables and 4.22 for checks. elgan. y'ased 9 centimes to 7.01 'or cable. and 7.00 for check. Other quotations are: Guld~er cables 4.63. checks 34.66: Sweden krenen ablee 23.23, checks 23.13. EOROE E.WINTERS. CAPITOL EMyPLOYE, DIES, ACED 75 George E2. Winters. for more than hirty years an employe at the Capitol. lied this morning following an ex nded ilinese. He lived at 3337 8ev teeth street northweet. Mr. Winter. was aeventy-five year. Id. He was appointed a messenger at he Capitol by Speaker Carlisle. He etired from the service last Decem Funeial servicee will he heir at St. eters foman Catholic ('hurch Fri ay morning. Interment will be In do...t ntltut Cemetery. Ffoover Flays Thompson On Employment Stand Mayor Thompson of Chicago was taken to task today >y Secretary Hoover for refusing to initiate measures adopted by the National Conference on Unemployment for elieving the unemployment situation in the Illinois netropolis. "I note," Mr. Hoover said in a letter to the Chicage nayor, "your reply to the recommendations of the PresI. lent's unemployment conference and the quotations from rou in some of the Chicago press. "It appears to me that in view of your warning that 'this s a capitalistic move with the following objects: A black ist, a refusal of charity to American union laboring men, a irive against union labor, a conspiracy to lower wages, you lave overlooked the fact that the recommendations of the :onference were the unanimous view of representatives of ;he American Federation of Labor, the railway brother soods, United Mine Workers and other labor organizations, United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Manufac urers' Association, etc. * * * "Your refusal to Initiate these measures does not relieve you from the responsibility to those who will in consequence iuffer unnecessarily during the coming winter, and I trust hat you, therefore, are making adequate provision for them n some other manner." INVESTORS SERVICdividnd in April of $171368 These figures surely do not show -a "strong position," as you have been T you have an investent problem, advised, nor are they very strongly The Times wll be glad to atd you' bullish Write s fully n eling stanped It looks to us as though you were addressed este for reply, and getting in too deep and we think that address the Financil Edito'- it is only a question of a little time Looks Like Bucketsbop Advice. when your broker will own complete ly ae your seventy shares of American E. V., Twentieth Street-I have Tobacco and all you will get out of I sought your advice in the past with wil be experience. very good results and now come to Experience is valuable, of course, you again. but you are paying too much for it. 1 own outright seventy shares of We do not advise you to go deeper American Tobacco common, which into Union Bag a Paper. The $3 I have put up with a stock concern quarterly dividend is problematical to as collatcral for purchase of 200 say the least. The stock on a 13 per shares of United Retail Stores at cent basis is selling ex-safety. 52%. Now the broker. advises me to buy WE BUY, SELL AND QUOTE 900 shares Columbia Graphophone Listed anti Unlisted Stock., needs prefered which many Washington and Securities of every descriptio people are interested in. at $16. that are Marketable. It pou want te By doing this I would have the Buy or &.1ll, write phone " Il. Graphophone outright and a 30- RIEMEIh& a t.DC point margin on Retail Stores. The broker informs me that Graphophone pays 7 per cent and that the company in in strong post- CITIES SER tion and is not in the market for any money, as it is doing a very BOgh l , good business. What would you advise me to do? I have some Union Bag " Paper at $71 and am thipking of buying a little more. Investment Securities Answer-It looks to us as though 510-11 Evans Building he broker was imitating bucketshop nethods. He is misinforming you of the Main 6189 Jolumbla Graphophone and ktnows Bltter. Neither class of nstock receives ase lividend nor is dkely to unless a 'inaucial miracle occurs. and -ow The company has just averted re-t eivership apparently by the skin of ts teeth through the friendly co >peration of the merchandise credi ction of banks in extending payment in loans until next April. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS It was recently stated that the com any had $13,600,000 notes outstand- 4 BIG BED ROOMS tug against $3.000.000 cash. In the You can rent second irat half of the present year the de cit after the payment of the one pre- floor for enough to Liverpool Cotton Market make monthly payments. LIVERPOOL. Nov. 9.-There was a imited demand for spot cotton at the opening this morning. Prices were nchanged, Sales were 5,000 hales. \mn Mids fair 14.13: tood mits 12.39; ully nids 11.98; Mids 11.58; low 1u.28; lood ord 8.58; ord 7.83. Futures opened quiet. -Has Broad Effect. There are many bankers who still old that the railroad shares will jgain take the lead over industrials in narket activity. They are of the opinion that Wash ngton developments will be favorable La the depression in many lnes of ndustry is due to lack of railroad mying. and Washington is anxious o put people back to work. Even the recent reduction in steel ails to a price below cost has failed o stimulate buying of this particular roduct. Rail orders placed after the -eduction became operative would not eep the rail mills of the country go ng more than two weeks. Besides, here are few car and locomotive or iers in sight. Mr. Waler la fertificates. -r President William J. Wallpr, ofraefo es ndgr ahngton ('hapter. American Insti- dn ite of Banking, has received the tandard certificates of graduation OE AL hich are past due to recent gradu Lte of, the local classes, and will L LI J r N nesent thema at the enrliest oppor unity, according to announcement nade today. O E The certificates t'en he secured by114FSTN iling at the American National Do Yu Kowheoul arnien Powe olor Dolrsoght The roftabe Bsinss makt e NATONhL paMRts. GAG an IVESMEN CRPo ORTO Whcrh WasintonMe, Asues Beond it h Anylentysroomlforoga Oragesrflowersiandtgar: H. Rozew DuanyOLEN DAuinLY - PRESDENT I 5K 4ESID 3T ApltnPowrk of. arYouige .alr Das AThernofitab lek Buess fhe NataiNrg. ATdiNALtn MOrprsT AE anerd atNVESTMENTrO' CORPO heetcRATION, Whichtua *uarrMainagerled by thnervat~f ive and Exeraienced15Us StretN *P OnMeerIBs and Dirctr - PRSDN IC RSDN