TV finattrial ontmftrta INCLUDING Bank & Quotation Section Railway & Industrial Section Electric Railway Section Railway Earnings Section Bankers’ Convention Section State and City Section VOL. 102 SATURDAY, MAY 27 1916 NO. 2657 Week ending M ay 20. Clearings at— C t o t i M e . In c . or PUBLISHED WEEKLY. 1916. 1915. Dec. 1914. | 1913. Terms of Subscription— Payable in Advance S 1 $ % S $ For Ono Year ........... ............................................................................ Chicago_________ 386,272.56C 308.201.115 +25.£ 309.949,523 296,125,099 For Six Months......... ............................................................................ 6 00 Cincinnati______ 33,463,20( 24.946.85C + 34.1 27,418,000 24,350,750 European Subscription (including postage)......................................... Id 00 < Ilevcland______ 40.825.95S 27,786,301 + 46.C 21,753,989 23,770,641 European Subscription six months (including postage)...................... 7 50 Detroit_________ 45,480,602 30,249,532 + 50.£ 27,972,623 26,286,256 Annual Subscription in Loudon (including postage)..........................£2 14s. M ilw aukee_____ 19,74G.32C 14,756.450 + 33.8 14,653,981 13,812,199 Six Months Subscription in London (including postage).................... *1 118. Indianapolis____ 10,878,857 8,124,10£ + 34.0 7,756,306 7,915,708 Canadian Subscription (including postage).........................................$11 50 Colum bus______ 8,545,10C 7,011,20C + 21.9 6,411,600 5,725,000 T oledo__________ 9,560,602 5,890,121 + 62.£ 6,002,248 5,245,728 Subscription includes following Supplements— P e o ria __________ 2.950.00C 2,622,00C + 12.5 3,451,520 3,318,874 Grand Rapids___ 4,505,231 3,483,832 + 29.3 3,327,448 3,425,504 B ank and quotation (monthly) I Ra il w a y and I ndustrial (3 times yearly) Evansville______ ailway arnings Electric R ailway (3 times yearly) 1,826,533 1,134,095 + 61.C 1,171,955 1,303,013 H E (monthly) D a y to n ________ 3,175,149 State and City (seini-auuualiy) Bankers’ convention (yearly) 2,032.75C +56.2 2,129,416 2,230,828 Springfield, 111.. 1,462,418 l,0Sl,40e + 35.2 1,098,173 1,049.347 Terms of Advertising—Per Inch Space Fort Wayne____ 1.525,000 1,250,825 + 21.9 1,252,425 1,235,002 Youngstow n____ 2,093,243 1,415,002 + 47.9 1,390,132 1,444,811 Transient matter per inch space (14 agate lines)................................... $4 20 Rockford_______ 1,058,187 947,785 + 11.7 868,484 1,193,881 Two Months (H times)........................ 22 00 Akron___________ 4,424,000 2,376,000 + 86.2 2,157,000 2,342,000 Standing Business Cards Three Months (13 times)........................ 29 00 Lexington ........... 685,390 612,332 + 11.9 628,852 652,534 Six Months (26 times)........................ 50 00 South Bend......... 971,199 707,091 +37.3 576,048 679,160 Twelve Months (52 times).......................... 87 00 Q u in cy ................ 847,874 719,780 + 17.8 773,963 726,666 Chicago Office—39 South La. Sallo Streot, Telephone Randolph7396. Canton............. .. 2,417,708 1,600,000 + 51.1 1,443,551 1,319,943 London Office—Edwards & Smith, 1 Drapers’ Gardens, E. C. Bloomington____ 807,002 564,425 + 43.1 559,482 631,844 Springfield, Ohio. 808,558 643,887 + 25.6 644,980 658,871 WILLIAM B. DANA COMPANY, Publishers, Jackson ................ 945,647 500,000 +89.1 525,00C 543,577 D ecatur________ ___________ Front, Pino and Dopoystor Sts., New York. 594,246 410,526 + 42.5 456,87C 432,099 M ansfield______ C87.40C 580,564 + 18.4 550,378 472,449 Published ovory Saturday morning by WILLIAM B. DANA COMPANY. D an v ille......... .. 462,306 444,412 +4.C 450,00C 423,903 Jacob Solbort Jr., President and Trcas.; George S. Dana and Arnold G. Dana, Jacksonville, 111. 308,15C 225.25C + 36.<J 203,498 294,925 Vice-Presidents; Arnold G. Dana, Seo. Addresses of all, Office of the Company. L im a ___________ 713,791 481,978 + 48.2 426,398 506,103 O w ensboro_____ 327,365 360,418 — 9.2 352,663 349,052 Ann Arbor______ 260,00C 212,925 + 22.1 206,314 181,983 CLEARING-HOUSE RETURNS. Adrian__________ 102,456 77,569 +32.1 58,703 76,614 Lansing________ 1,273,477 606,272 + 110.1 486,675 The following tablo, mado up by telegraph, &c., indicates that tho total 504,488 bank clearings of all tho clearing houses of tho United States for tho week Tot.MId.West. 59,004,993 452.002,836 + 30.5 447,108,198 429,228,858 ending to-day have been $4,603,994,955, against $4,770,138,231 last week and $3,007,572,501 tho corresponding week last year. San Francisco___ 69,837,140 51,533,591 + 35.5 47,149,019 45,686,638 Los Angeles_____ 25,434,972 19,600.082 + 29.4 .23,390,704 23,764,863 Seattle__________ 14,250,643 11,943,231 + 19.3 11,909,291 12,628,079 C earlngs— Returns by Teegraph. Per P ortlan d_______ 10,697,090 11,031,030 — 3.0 10,000,000 11,097,731 Week ending M ag 27. 1910. 1915. Cent. Salt Lake City.. 8,471,823 6,033,556 + 40.4 6,141,565 6,155,207 Spokane________ 4,679,882 3,644,680 +28.4 3,834,456 3,865,589 New York__ 52,400,677,855 SI,438,909.634 + 71.0 Tacom a................ 2,347,370 1,779,630 +31.9 2,175,655 2,697,625 Boston.......... 158,285,908 115,400,456 + 37.1 Oakland________ 4,422,073 3,547,247 +24.7 3,248,712 3,326,583 Philadelphia . 192,705,325 124,823,435 + 54.4 San Diego______ 2,001,351 1,910,010 +36.2 2,075,000 2,736,436 Baltimore___ 32,027,138 22,490,720 + 42.4 Sacramento_____ 2,051,723 1,727,054 + 18.8 1,898,810 1,817,788 Chicago........ 305,908,375 239,217,870 + 27.9 Pasadena_______ 963,469 817,706 + 17.8 994,887 923,575 St. Louis___ 80,530,105 60,289,606 + 33.0 Fresno__________ 1.137,472 799,300 + 42.3 875,162 1,100,000 New Orleans. 21,239,595 15,012,422 + 36.0 San Jose............... 650,000 524,233 + 24.0 616,747 569,994 S tockton .............. 1,171,242 818,431 + 43.1 776,302 822,479 Seven cities, 5 days......................... $3,251,434,421 $2,010,810,152 + 60.1 North Yakima.. 456,654 300,948 + 51.8 301,271 361,679 Other cities, 5 days.............................. 710,407,293 498,027,207 +42.4 R e n o __________ 360,868 286,840 + 25.8 264,477 285,313 Long Beach......... 006,858 436,727 + 38.9 584,209 Total all cities, 5 days. S3,901,901,714 $2,514,737,419 + 57.5 Total Pacific.. All cities, 1 day............... 732,093,241 942,835,082 +48.5 150,140.630 116,794,974 + 28.5 116,236,327 117,839,579 "Kansas City____ Total all cities for week. 54,093,994,955 $3,007,572,501 + 56.1 83,961,020 71,704,933 + 17.1 51,075,122 50,019,334 Minneapolis____ 23,143,405 18,068,749 + 24.0 22,145,628 19.243,970 Tho full dotails for tho week covered by tho above will bo given next Omaha__________ 22,506,S99 19,127,505 + 17.7 14,984,469 16,043.627 Saturday. Wo cannot furnish them to-day, clearings being mado up by tho St. Paul................ 14,722,601 12,167,434 + 21.0 11,871,401 9,583.264 clearing houses at noon on Saturday, and hence In tho abovo tho last day Denver__________ 13,300,000 9,005,328 + 47.7 8,887,691 9,295,685 of tho wook has to bo In all cases estimated, as wo go to press Friday night St. Joseph______ 9,224.084 6,840,777 +34.7 6,589,259 6.825,582 Wo present bolow dotailod figures for tho wook ending with Saturday Dos M oines_____ 0,551,005 5,054,300 + 15.9 5,123,468 4,541,240 noon, May 20, for four years: Duluth__________ 4,250,911 3,404,592 + 22.7 3,654,912 3,773,075 Sioux C ity............ 3,870,030 3,092,219 + 25.2 3,053,923 3,044,309 W ich ita............. .. 4,592,130 3,385,390 +35.7 2,961,888 3,348,710 Week ending M ay 20. Lincoln ................ 3,263,473 2,254.377 + 44.8 1,953,320 1,712,460 Clearings at— D a ven p ort......... 1,721,426 1,331,166 + 29.3 1,304,376 1,393,157 Inc. or T o p e k a ................ 1,829,866 1,568,810 + 16.6 1,617,729 1,671,677 1916. 1915. Dec. 1014. 1913. Cedar Rapids___ 1,584,754 1,772,910 — 10.6 1,923,540 1,431,512 Fargo.................... 1,719,455 1,145,206 +50.1 1,058,201 457,058 $ $ % 5 $ Colorado Springs 673,057 739,978 — 8.9 570,125 588,440 New York......... 2,925,880,041 1,SOS ,539,590 + 62.0 1,711,560,497 1,755,582,125 Pueblo................ 545,374 349,854 + 56.0 668,125 706,105 Philadelphia___ 239,731,554 155,284,809 + 54.4 154,028,193 153,701,827 F rem on t_______ 425,000 308,741 + 15.2 357,573 259,125 Pittsburgh........