Show II Dividends I NEW YORK Jan 25 AP AP Directors of Jordan Motor company today omitted the quarterly dividend of 1 per centon cent centon on the preferred stock due at this time All merger negotiations involving the company have been abandoned an and an program for the first half of 1923 1025 is ii planned Charles L. L Bradley re resigned resigned re- re signed as a director to give his bis entire time to building the Cleveland term nal Buckeye Pine Line company declared an extra dividend of II 1 and the regular regu lar quarterly of the same fame amount pay able March 15 to stock of record February February ary 17 The Tho annual dividend rate on common stock ot of Mathieson Alkali Work Works Inc was raised to 86 6 from 14 4 a share with witha a quarterly dividend of The regular quarterly dividend of 1175 on the preferred also was authorized both payable April 3 2 to holders holder of record March 16 A three for one stock and a 12 82 dividend basis for the new stock Is proposed by directors of Air Reduction company through an increase In authorized author stock from shares to 1000 shares In exchange for the present shares outstanding shares will be Issued In the ratio of three new share s tot for each now flOw held Stockholders will be asked at the annual an an- null nual meeting March 14 to approve the increase and a quarterly dividend of 60 50 cents Cent on the new stock payable April 15 35 to stock of record March 31 will be declared The 32 dividend on the new stock would be equivalent to 16 6 on the theold theold old stock which has been paying 5 a ashare share annually Liggett So Myers Tobacco company declared extra dividends of SI 1 a share on the common and tho common B 13 stock stocks In addition to regular quarterly dividends ot of 5 all payable March 1 tOstock to tostock stock of record February 15 The quarterly dividend of Jl 1 places both 1 is issues sues on a 4 annual basis formerly 3 Child company omitted the usual an nual tock stock dividend of 4 per cent In Ia common stock on the common stock de Se dared at the last three January meet Ings The regular quarterly of 60 cents on the common and on the preferred pre ore were declared Diamond Match company declared a an extra dividend of 1 per cent and the regular quarterly of 2 per cent both payable March 15 to holders or record February 28 |