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Money and Markets
NEW YORK RUBBER MARKET."
FRACTIONAL DECLINES AND DULL TRADING,
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New York, May 10-Fractional declines were recorded in the trad ing on the New York rubber market
PROPOSED SILVER CONFERENCE.
JAPAN DOUBTFUL AS TO PROPER VENUE.
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RELUCTANT TO TAKE INITIATIVE.
international silver conference, tho
NEW YORK MURDER BIG BERLIN POLICE
RECORD.
421 CASES IN A YEAR.
79.GANGSTERS KILLED,
New York City holds the unen- viable record of having had 421 cases of murder and manslaughter committed within ita, borders in 1030 This startling figure is on increase of 18 per cent over the preceding year.'
FIASCO.
FORCE OF 250 RAID GANGSTER BALL.
Berlin, the greatest coup ever carried out by the police against Berlin gangsters has proved a gigantic finseo.
A force of 250 men raided a ball got up by the loaders of the under- world, and 300 persons were 'car- ried off in motor-lorries to the. police prefecture. But the net result of this prodigious effort was. that one man was detained in cus- wody for suffering from an infec-
Fortunately, recording to the Tokyo, May 18-Until and bank Police Commissioner, Mr. Mul to-day. At the close the May peri-ing experts have given further rooney, the rise is more than ac tion was quoted at 0.53, off from consideration to the problem it will counted for by the increase in the number of gangsters who made yesterday's close Rt 6.65. The not be decided whether this coun
away with fellow-criminals. In all seventy-nino gangsfors were thus tious disease, fatures positions were correspond try will play the role of heat to an
It is said in the Press that the ingly lower, Trading was dull Unted Press was informed to-day. killed, representing all branches of
Discussions last week proceeded under-world netivity from plain raid failed because the gangsters with the contract turnover" for
gunmen to slot-machine racketeers had influential friends among the
Practically none of the criminala standard number one rubber totall-to the point of appointment' of a
committes to investigate the ad-oncerned in these gangster erimes police, who warned them of the im ing 20 lets as against 113 lots yes- visability of convening in Japan ap that this was due to the fact that the Americanisation of Berlin is was traced. Mr. Mulrooney said pending danger. In other words, the victims, oven though mortally COMING???terday: Following are the closing international conference to enn-
futures price quotations for stand-sider ways and wenns of increasing wounded, refused rigidly to co- now extended to its crimba,
operate with "the common enemy,
The bal, on which the police dos- ard number one rubber:-",
and stabilizing silver values.
the police, and remained true to
cended with anddenness, but ap- On Saturday afternoon Mr. K. the underworld cade of silence."
Despite the inerense in the mur-parently without surprise, wan`ar- Hijikate, the president of the
of other classes decreased by 4 per
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Month
May 16
May
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May 10
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June
0.71
6.8
July
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0.65
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Aug.
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Oct
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0.91
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Feb.
27.30
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7.30
7.27
for 3 insertions.
Apr.
Unquoted
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Bank of Japan, exiled upon Mr.ders, New York's crimes of violence ranged to celahrate the tenthanni- Jinnosuke Inouye, the Minister of cent. during the year and totalled versary of the foundation of tho one of the Finance, and reported on the re-only 6,727. The number of arrests "Ever True Society,"
was nearly 500,000, but over 300,000 organisations affiliated with the sults of the preliminary work of
were for infractions, of the traffic,
Aunderworld federation the investigating committee. regulations and other local ordin- great
known as "The Ring." It was Subsequently it was learned that ances.
held in one of the biggest halls of Japanese bankers believe that fur- ther study should be given to the
Berlin, and was attended by about silver problem before any final
3,000 people. decision has been reached as to how
extensive a rôle Japan should play
in ren Lerencé,
international silver con-
A Now Vice Squad." To take the place of the vice squad, temporarily disbanded by reasons of inefficiency and corrup tien, New York's Police Commis
sioner called for volunteers for a new squad.
Into the festive scene suddenly
burst at about eleven o'clock at night 150, police, mostly in uni- He stated that the new, force will forin, but the more ominous of them not be allowed to employ plain in plain clothes. The rest of the clothes agents to assist in securing
from three to six years' police ex-"Don't imagine you have surprised perience. They must preferably be us." men of small stature and pleasing personality.
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No Precipitate Action. Five leading bankers and busi- the arrests of women-a system force kept guard outside. The in- which led to many illegal arreste truders were greeted with sarcastic NCES MCD of Japan compose the and much blackmail. All applieries. Someone shouted derisively committee which is seeking to decants are to be married men, with termine whether Japan should move actually to bring into being an international silver conference
This comedy has its very grave It is admitted that under the aide for this city. The first"grent of the sort proposed by the recent Sixth Biennial Congress of the In-old system vice was actually driven offensive of the police against the from the street, but disorderly ternational Chamber of Commerce. houses sprang up in respectable growing organisation of the under- No definite opposition to the pro- districia Under the now regula world has failed grotesquely; but tions there will be no more inva the struggle must go on, unless Ber- posal that Japan act as host to an
sions of private apartments without international silver conference has
a warrant, and the danger of arlin is gradually to become a second
Chicago. appeared as yet, but those respon resting the innocent will be less. sible for the original suggestion feel that in view of the ramifica tions and international' naprets of the silver crisis no precipitate ac tion should be taken.
The United States, it is pointed out, is willing to participate in an international silver conference but sho it not willing to initale such cdy. There is considerable dis ention as to whether China should be the venue for the conference.
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DECLINE IN U.S. FOREIGN TRADE.
UNEMPLOYED FIGURESSHOW AN INCREASE.
Washington, May 10-America's foreign trada declined during the month of April, the Department of Commerce announced to-day, as the Department of Labour announced that during the period employment.
in the United States increased in the amount of two tenths of one ner cent..
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In April the foreign trads of the United Statca WAS válned G.8217,000,000, In April of last year America's foreign trale was valued at G.8331,000,000,-
The decrease in unemployment is not yet sufficient to warrant opi timistic predictions. There are still more than 18,000,000 unemploy- ed persons in America.
INTERNATIONAL-BANK OF
SETTLEMENT. -
PROFIT SHOWN ON FIRST YEAR'S WORKING.
Basic, May 18.-The Internation- al Bank of Settlement, established at Buslo primarily to handle re parations payments, was exceeding ly muccessful during its first year; it was revealed hero to-day.
The accounts of the first year's operations of the International Bank of Sellement show. that the institution nadó L profit of 11,180,52 Swiss francs.
This profit will enable the Inter- national Bank of Sett:ement to pay dividend of six per cent and still leave one-half of the profits of the first year 'in reservo,
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