Show f ADDITIONAL MINING AND FINANCIAL NE NEWS WS I kopp OPPER TAKES TOBOGGAN SLIDE IN N. N Y 1 K American Smelting Smelling Recedes 4 o 2 6 Points Point Small Divio Divi- Divi ud Reason Keason II r o- o V w York Feb r f. Coppers f.-Coppers Coppers tho the T b nis UJ around which today's dull dul and andr nd r irregular s securities market revolved American rican Smelting making a gross doine de- de lne ine or of 6 points on announcement or of ora t a reduction in iii the Qu quarterly l dl dividend end from 1 to 1 I per cent cent This Tifis action of or the smelting directors occasioned mo surprise although It I Mid had long bug been reported that the company's com corn pany's earnings were running close in to lo if Ir not Hot ot und under r tho the former Carmer rate r e coso of or dis- dis Is- Is ution on common share shares A d stock tock wore heavy l e evidently nt in ITi tiLe lie belief beler that returns return to shareholders ers rs ire are rc likely to suffer similar revl- revl elon Iori to together with wIh the wide widely recognized recognized ruel that prevailing pro conditions tho in-tho tho mell industry aro alo uncertain at best hest In the tho main however r. hoo tho mn market t of of or disposed to tu throw 0 some orne Its Us recent its recent he heaviness s and short coverIng cover cover- Ing Irig was wn a again aln impelled in such eater as United States State Steel gs s. s to tobaccos tobaccos tobaccos to- to distilling food an arid and utility Is Issues Issues Is- Is sues at extreme gains of or 1 I to o points t Oils olis and motors offered bet better te re resistance Ie- Ie re- re to pressure pressure- an and ral rails were firm when at all al traded in but tho thu usual shading of or quoted values alues toward tho the close General Motors movIng mo lag Ing counter to tho the general trend at an InG advance of r almost 3 points point Sales al amounted to shares s.- s. ner tone ruled for time and c call l funds tho the latter later rising to 6 per pe percent cen cent In the final nal hour hout and probably o contributing to tho tim realizing movement move move- ment of ot that period perio New o maximums were vere scored cored b by French municipal Issues but domestic bonds including the tho Liberty Libert group i t sed Total sales par lar value alue aggregated gated U S. S Old United States tates c coupon upon and ane r registered is s gained 1 vcr per percent cent cent on call cal I I Live Stock Market I 0 4 J North orth Salt I Id Lake Ve Feb L. Cattle iu t t heavy t teer en 12 lii Mi good lol Ile steers ll fair steen n choice and henry leaT eif- eif I. I fair to l rood WI IDd cr 66 Cloo r. r Oi bulls tat fat bulls buls OU buil 0 real cale cah lloc Its 0 mak market t. t du C ll II fat tat h hogs ITS liS to 0 O lb 1 5 Sheep Sheep Receipt Receipt DODe Good choice choc lamb Jamb Jambs choice choke yearling fat tat rat eiven ewel feeder teler e. e r Feb b. b E. E U. U. f.-U. U. U S. S Bureau of ot Market lloys Ki Ii market maket atron Irn 1 I. I J JOe JOc higher tal early top tuf 50 closed weak break r on botcher r of oC I 1 1 j iO G G J fIg 10 good to 10 choir chole H e Q lr ant butcher r cattle Iro to 1 li aed aDI tc c higher r. r D fleet Beef d cattle catle gool choice prime 2025 3 common nod I medium Ni I m O. Butcher r stock lock tock CW cows and b better ICen iJ cancer sac ADl cul cutters stock stock- r rs ind raI Dl rl fi d good choice sod and Saucy faucy 10 1100 a aI o. o t I O interIor Inferior common commOD an and medium l. l io Teat Teal eal che wires coM grod Jo and IDd choice H. H to Sheep COG Off market marlat tuI fully c higher on oa ur LUID killing classes clunE feeders feeder firm JAmb Iambs choice aM prime l. l medium and ant Rood good 10 Ii 1500 cult cuU 12 ewes choice and aDd I rj 10 1110 medium and good o. o S 1075 I I Kansas IaDus CI City Ib 4 Io llo Receipts 56 OCd n fJ Jv dr bulk heavy 1 tn and IDd nd butcher n. n 17 Ii 17 i lights i. i 1 pIgs to Cattle Cattle tUe no southern steady 01 tel titi-ci titi dreel ll f teera W JS O cst western rn st r lZ n steers co cows 1 0 til l C 1 ICeN l 1 S stockers aDil bulia Wo 00 steady lm 1 1 enes H S. S tuckers tucker and aul j Omaha leb o. o lo sn Receipt el t market make to JOc 0 O Henry 11 n. n mixed el 10 pigs pig Ib JOO bulk II of or sic tle Ic 16 1620 17 JO Cattle Receipt II J market steady I to 10 atron- atron Ir T steers l lW and beler ll lem bH fr s. s Texas I ran rans' rans cows cou s and nuJ b heifers Irs 7 OV nut 6 0 stockers an 1 luJ C feeders ctr a I p Receipts 10 Xi j lOc iOe 10 to 10 high et rt Cr cull Cults nib c O 10 1000 1173 ewa s volo IO lamN 14 Ce feeder oer J 1500 O yearlings s II I Coffee Market I Q 0 p New York Ith Fel 3 The The market ro for coffee coUto fu- fu 11 ru sho showed re l d toil ay ou cu 01 fur fur- 11 covering and a I moderate I rum trade trad trl source Buyers lurn w. w were t ru InOn Influenced 1 by the CUD con O. O of C brash lu and while there rc ther Use has V f l J j u Lc ou no Dl J at ar I hi to II the tho lie amount of oC ff e for tor this bulls bull lull the ks tOI tock In iii II the Ibe Interior been drawn down dusen H small anti ami are me tr tl plat mal pre pre- re 1 au 81 demand fur mr rD rb open IDS wan as Ihrl higher soil aOl active I mouth M ld duI li l li to 10 20 9 i III above last Jai nights night's I I o t the thc day af with MU U touching H. H 1450 9 I II T 1351 The cl wa was Mas 30 10 0 to 2 5 net MayO May a 1473 July I. I Sep r. HOj 1403 O October 1 December Ji January Jannary 1170 1370 tt firm Rio Illo II 7 1 Santes Sante's 4 21 21 l rinn often offer orlI In t the oo 1 l und and rr freight market la- la il uto 1 it at nt CO JOTS O J Louder judon credits credit credi The rhe Ile official reM reported an nn advance of ot JO fl IJ nl at Hlo n II jt JI won vet iGO 0 r reis l higher ami 0 to I. I 1 rei reia higher hIher Itlo Ho d 1000 I t. t bg JK for Cor NV i XI C Orl Orleans ou nod ROIl Santos O for eW en York l rt receipts W. W 0 0 i 1 Eastern Easter Produce i S Q 0 Chicago o. o Feb 4 Un Unsettled hotter Unsettled creamery creamer U 4 l receipts lm cai cases cacI es firsts U. U i ordinary fUl fUlt t I. I li at nt mark mark- cus Cle cases Included m r receipt 31 1 I cars Wl coD ln aol and aho Minnesota bulk do Jo le sack ck Jr L O. O Poultry c. Alice higher fowls r 27 17 In the later trading w. w Were KIC r kot ut ot of oC a n lasting iu lol rt KRu CItY CIT Feb 4 One hotter cent high high- 1 creamery mer 4 42 first t 40 10 4 ar s II pack pack- 1 log lo W I I Two cents cent bitter tints first c 7 i. i I l' l W. e York Ir huller Firmer creamery creamery- that Ira U tt extras in 4 wt nh H. H gathered xu extras 4 t fresh gathered r n pet atra fIrsts i. i i U do ile fitt t Cheese l' l WW et state o CU current Dt make mak duo lo average run rim M. M lUc Ito Poultry Sted t oth others other n nd na nt bested unchanged rd I J EVAPORATED New cw York Feb reb 5 apple appici firm Ir few b here rt Apricots scarce u exhausted I Ulu firm finn 1 4 NEW YORK BOND QUOTATIONS l Furnished b by E. E 1 F. F 1 hUTTON UTO co s Ex Cl 4 C FI flee deb rb t-s t t ml lam Alaska c cr db C Cs A. A 3 lit cent JI it 6 13 Ata Am Ag ll Ca s II Iii Cent ret ref 4 b I a aAm Am s CIU cc Ga ls l C. C 50 Y Iii 1 Steel cel dab tl 4 hH Ani AN rd Col hi H teel lo s sAla 1 I Ala ri I col Os r 53 LInt Mt 4 tl A Ant Tel lel Ca b ls mt HiI rr fr ref il s- s iOs O Ant m Tub rub is 7 J tnt lit Iton fr 11 57 7 n kill Tub ob 1 ice lut ef 6 6 91 tm m U Tob ob 7 78 lo mt cone 1 11 thi ls III 1 TeL ob 7 On KU hO Suu buu S. S Am m Tob ob a 1 G s U trench s s tS t'S fack t 1 Ci 1 I W dj SI L I hb 41 I CS I 30 Ot Il Os ls 1 tich cu tU U 41 S-i S i s 14 51 eb 65 PI t etl C I J. 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U s. s m Coup M 53 I Liberty 31 91 US his He s 1st t 45 I ui- ui UX Coup 44 40 LII el d It 48 S U us HI 4 4 let 1st 4 s Pan ss 98 I Liberty 21 Z 9 1 US Is Id 53 I Liberty Libert Sd 8 n l 94 GEMINI AND GODIVA ELECT OLD OFFICERS Stockholders of or the Gemini Mining company compan and Godiva Godia Mining company compan held their annual meetings yesterday esterd and elected the tho old boards or circe- circe tor tors The Tho officers aro the same In both companies Edward V. W. Packard Is president Jackson Jaclson C. C McChrystal vice Ico president and general manager E. E O. O Howard treasurer James Tames E. E Berkley Berkle secretary who vho with Walter Waltor Van Yan Cott Coto make up tho the directors Statements will vill wil be submitted later Manager McChrystal said last evenIng evening even even- In ing that Mine lne Manager lanager John C C. McChrystal McChrystal Mc Mc- c- c Chrystal has Just come In from Crom Tintic and reports work progressing rO favorably favorably favor favor- 0 1 abl ably on the foot 1800 levels of or both the Gemini and Ridge Valley The he work is r row ow In the sulphide zone which Is near the water level The values ales here hero have been high In somo some of or the metals particularly In silver siver American Smelting Co Cuts to 10 4 Per Pc- Cent Celt From New cv York came camo word or yesterday yes yes- es that tho the American Smelting Refining company compan declared a quarterly quarter Quarter- ly h. dividend en of or 1 per pcr cent on common Tho The stock has been beon on this tills basis since December 15 13 1916 This dividend Is payable March 15 to stock of or record February 26 6 Tho The regular quarterly of or 1 12 H per er cent preferred dividend was also declared pa payable able March 1 to tostock tostock stock of or record February 10 The Tho company compan reduced Its 18 dividend nd on the common stock from 6 G to 4 per por percent percent cent basis The stock has been leen payIng paying pay pay- Ing 1 li n per her JJr cent celt quarterly since December Decem Decem- her ber 15 15 1916 InG o 0 I Grain Market I p 0 0 Ken Ken- York r Feb rb b. b C. C Wheat G. Wheat spot pot steady No Co o 2 r red red l. l 2341 track New e. e York ork Com Spot Corn Cr Spot weak No 0 U 3 yellow luw ami anil No So o. o 2 white 14 cost coat t and aud freight New York Oat Spot Oats Spot weak wll standard Gt H Har esk uk Weak No So 1 i 1 1 1451 t No o. o 2 1 LQ JO No o 3 1 l l. l Lard W Weak Lard Weak middie mid mid- mil Cb die tle changed lc C Co west wesl I Jf Other articles articles arices Un- Un Kansas CIty 5 i. Close Clo e Corn Corn nry ary 16 lH i March l. l t ii May Mar J Jul uly lU i. i Omaha Omah Irh Com o. Cr 4 white I. I No o. o 2 yellow No o. o S yellow No o. o S I mixed So No C mixed d. d Oats Oats- So No 3 white So No 4 white S S II U Rye Rye- No Xu 2 2 Uran Iiran 1 5 I I I I CORN DECLINES i SELLING HEAVY Smaller Demands and nd New Nc Shipments Cause Bearish Bearish Bearish Bear Bear- ish Aspect Chicago Feb Fel C. C Iea Heavy welling of or corn r resulted suled to today ay from shrinkage of or from feeders and und owing owinG to rg enlarged d rural offerings TIle The market clo closed ed c to net Hot lower with wih May at to 1 1 and July Juh at nl 1108 to 1101 Oats finished lie lc lieto to c ort oft and provisions down c t to SOc I 1 Sentiment ln corn became me al almost almost ali most unanimously bearish and the there I were but bUl few ers who show showed cd st a. disposition to accumulate holdings I II j jeven e cn ever even at the tho sharp declines which were I registered As feeding demand has haa of or I late been the mainstay of or the tho ho bulls bUlS evidence enco that bu buying ln had bly waned at centers where feeders reeders had r recently b been cn most importunate I f fled led to general pressure pleasure especially from Crom commission hou houses es with wIh eastern connections Signs Siena pointed also to a n I heavier hea movement mo of or the tile crop than ha has been tho the i rule Iule of or late and weather cather j I conditions for such Much a purpose were a said sah to bo be ideal On tho Iho other hand I rallies rales due to a shipping lockout at l t Buenos Duenos Aires and to gossip os lp that seaboard seaboard sea sea- board exporters w were r buying here did not nol attain ranch much force Oats Oat receded w with I I corn nl Dig Big stocks and the tile slowness of oC export call cal gave an advantage to tho the bears hears Provisions Pro reflected the weakness of or grain On th the lie breaks however packers anti anil ant foreigners were said to have bought hought Cruh and Provisions Chicago Feb C. C Corn o. Corn No o. o 3 yellow nominal No o. o 4 yellow cow 1 No 0 5 yellow elow 1 1 1235 3 Oats Oats No 3 white st standard S Hyc Hc No 2 Z 13 0 15 nalle Barley 81 Timothy Clover Clovel nominal Pork nominal Lard 1 50 Ribs nibs 2250 0 0 Future Grain roI Provision lou con CORN CORN- J L Open BI High h. h Lo Low Close May Ia 1168 1168 1171 11 1 1131 Jul July 11 1122 OATS OATS- Ma May 37 7 tH 5 July i t 53 PORK PORK- May Ia LARD LARD- 2217 17 2225 5 2195 Jul July tins RIBS 2182 lS 2190 2150 2157 May Ma- 2037 2045 OHi 2010 2017 I I a. a I a. a YANKS N mm t FOR WATCH ON RHINE ST By Universal Service SerI Paris Feb 5 G.- G. Marshal Marshal Foch estimates estimates est est- esti esti- mates that American troops troop are ate required to keep tho the Watch on the Rhine until peace is signed The Fise French arm army Is prepared prepare to furnish a contingent double that number number number num num- ber while hile ble the British arm army considering the tho continuance of its Hs service el elsewhere elsewhere else else- e- e where will wi be le let o off with Belgium Is asked for men mobilized along along the Rhine Maintenance of or an American allied army of or occupation of or men Is considered necessary to Cores forestall tal an any German attempt to refuse reuse to subscrIbe subscribe subscribe sub sub- scribe to the peace Imposed on her b by the allies associated governments Tho The occupied territory will Ill wIl bo mortgaged as It were to make sure that Germany German will wll pa pay the damages and consent to the tile restoration of or Poland the surrender of or her colonies an and other conditions The remainder of oC tile the American forces are aro preparing to return home homo at the tho earliest earlest possible moment moment The greatest |