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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
GAINS IN
cotton PRICES
Little of Staple Is Offered for
Sale, Causing Advance in
Face of Perfect Weather.

NEW YORK, May 21-Steadlness pre-
vailed in the cotton market at the open
ing today though first prices were un-
changed TO 5 points lower Cables were
good, although reports of continued fair
weather over the belt caused selling, the
most of which was in the late months.
Futures were firm in Liverpool, while
spot was in good demand there
1t was evident around the opening that
there was little cotton for sale. The ring
traders seemed to have sold about all
they had to sell yesterday on prospects
Of good weather, and while the map
showed nothing unfavorable today. still
there was no cotton brought out and the
market rallied with little buying The
feeling on the floor continues bearish
The bulls are few but strong
Neither side was aggressive in the aft
ernoon. but there was little cotton for
sale, which had the effect of holding the
market very steady. prices at 2 o'clock
showing advances OF from to y points
on the active positions over the previous
close
The close was very steady at top levels
for the day and Is to II points higher as
compared with the final figures on Mon
day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT.

" ASHlNGTON, May 21.-Mean term
peratures were below normal Throughout
"a me cotton region, the greatest deficiency.
g. oegrees, occurring in middle Tonnes
Mean temperatures ranged from IS
70 - degrees over the eastern. from SIS
60 9egrees over the central and from
Pc % 70 q degrees over the western por-
f eNan. 81 me cotton growing states Light
Carolina . ms - MI III
Light precipitation occurred generally.
except that there was no rain over a
s sIslsu area IN central, northwestern and
northeastern Texas, central western
LOUISIANA, southern Arkansas. southern
ana northeastern Mississippi and north
~estern ALABAMA. The greatest weekly
i0 r!' l.4V' occurred at Greensboro.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, May 81 Wheat firm.
july S115ss G11312; spot. No , red,
81 20ia in elevator, ST. 20 f. o. b. Corn
dun; No, 2, in elevator, nominal; export
Nos 2, S2A +. 0. b., steamer, nominal; No.
6oa6l; white clipped, 6lq64 Rye quiet,
No. =. nominal ( o. b. New York Bar
ley steady; mating. $125d13S c. j. f.
Buffalo Hay irregular; good to prime.
$1,000 60; poor to fair. 81 25@ |. 45. Flour
quiet spring patents. IS 70d6 20:
straights $540@5 so. clears, $4S5M5 SO;
winter patents, IS 90d6lO;. straights. 5,35
1850; clears. S4.75m500
Beef steady: family. sfS.OOa1s.5o. Pork
firm; mess. 800 IS a 20 rs. family, $40. 25d
81 % Lard weaker city steam 10a l0A
middle West spot, 10 90G .95 TalloN
steady. city, in hogsheads. 63s, nominal
country in tierces, 6d6%
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21

CHICAGO. May 2l-Wheat showed
considerable strength a the opening and
was a TO nc higher. This. in the face
of decline at Liverpool, heavy Argen-
tine and Canadian shipments for the
week, the fact that India is pressing
wheat for sale and the expectation that
the European visible will show consid
cradle increase. Northwestern receipts
were small, while Winnipeg receipts were
large.
Corn was "a to ssc higher on the small
receipts and better demand
oats we're unchanged, and the volume
of business small
Provisions were higher on shorts COW
ering.
Wheat closed firm and higher today,
final prices showing net gains Of 1c to
1850. HEAVY sales Of flour in this mar
ket was great strengthening factor
Cash sales we're also fairly good, There
was considerable evening up by shorts,
especially In the May option.
Corn closed with gains ranging from lie
to &c. Shorts in May were eager buy
ers There was a good investment de-
mand.
Oats were ssc to NC better at the nm
ish Many of those who sold early we're
buyers later. The volume of trade was
better
Provisions were higher all around.
Both packers and brokers bought freely.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO. May II Hogs Receipts.
Z 900 Market strong; mixed ana butch
ers. s725d7.s5i good heavy s7.65 "a r IS;
rough heavy, $3.50 light, 81 cog
Cattle Receipts. $4,000 Market steady.
beeves s.. 20 "a 40; cows and heifers. $3.50
d810 stockers and feeders, s. 00d s 90:
Texans. IS oon 40. calyes. y, QQLS 80
Sheen Rsceipt5. : ono Markets steady .
native ann Western -S4'Ts ar. 20 limbs,
Sc 256 100
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
BUTTER, POULTRY AND EGGS.

NEW YORK, May 81 Dressed poultry,
duh; turkeys. 1S@22; chickens, 16@2S;
fowls. 1f14d16: ducks, 13@22; geese, la
49, Live poultry irregular: fowls, II
asked, ROSTERS, i0I2 asked: ducks, II
asked; geese, Sd9.
Butter. weaker. creamery specials, 2SN
2S12 creamery extras. 2715d27s4; state
Eggs, steady: nearby white fancy. % 2
M24 nearby brown fancy. 211a; extra
firsts. q bid: firsts. 49, M20l2
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
BEEF ON THE HOOP
SELLS AT 7 CENTS IN
AUGUSTUS MARKET

AUGUSTA GA. May 21.-All rec
oFds for high-priced beef on the hoof
were broken here when E. T. Conner.
mlnionaire Burke county planter and
cattle raiser, sold 1870 two and three
year-old steers for more than seven
cents per pound, realizing $1,000. Lo-
ca! butchers purchased the entire lot.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
COTTON SEED Ole.

NEW YORK, May CARPENTER. Bag
got & Co: The market was strong at
the start on covering and moderate spec
ulative buying, prompted by the drmpess
in lard and cotton but the cash position
was dull, and the consuming trade APP
pears 10 be filled up for the time being
at least. and some of the competing
greases are selling relatively cheaper
than cotton oil.
Cotton seed of nnnta finns.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES.

Liverpool was due / to higher opened
steady 21a to 8 higher. At 21215 p. m.
was quiet and steady to ~ higher on
unchanged middling Sal. sales. 10000
including $500 American; speculation and
export, 1000, imports, 1000, American,
6 $500
The close was steady 1 to 81a points
above Mondays closing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. May 21-The tone Of the
metal market today was irregular.
quotations: Copper. spot and May,
Is. 75m1625: June. 16.0212 016.20; July,
16 .O2bm16121a: August, 160o91s1217;
lead. 41OQ425; spelter, 6s0d690, tin,
as GOA $3.50
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
NeE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
SPOT COTTON MARKET.

Atlanta. steady: midding 11A
New York, quiet middling 1850
New Orleans, steady. middhng 115s
Liverpool. easier' middling' said.
Savannah. steady, middling liz
Augusta. steady middling 12c
Mobile, steady; middling l1A
Galveston. quiet; middling ll&
Norfolk, steady; middling 115s
Wilmington, nominal.
Little Rock, quiet; middling 115s.
Charleston, nominal; middling IL
Louisville, firm; middling liz
Philadelphia, steady middling 185.
Boston. quiet, middling 1l60.
Baltimore, nominal middling ia.
Memphis. steady. middling 12c.
ST. Louis, steady; middling 11B
Houston. steady middling IL 11-16
Louisville, firm middling 117s.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
MINING STOCKS.

BOSTON, May 21-openinE: Butte
superior, 37A Wolverine 110 Calumet
and Arizona 7219 Mason valley, IN.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
LIVERPOOL GRAIN Market.

Wheat opened unchanged to Ad lower;
II 80 p. m was I'D to I'd lower. Closed
to sd lower
Corn opened I'D lower; at 1880 p m
was l4d to sd lower Closed lad lower
10 sd higher.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21

ASK any business man and he wil tell
YOU The Georgian Want -Ad columns
reach more people and bring better results
that could not be obtained in any other
medium in this section.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS

CONDITIONS.
WASHINGTON. May 21.-Unsettled,
showery weather viii continue tonight and
Wednesday from the upper lake region
eastward and also in the south Atlantic
states
In the Ohio valley, the east gulf and
southern portion of the middle Atlantic
states the weather. will be generally fair
Il win be cooler in the western lower
lake region
GENERAL FORECAST.
Nirgina-Fair tonight and probably on
Wednesday; little change in temperature.
North Carolina fair tonight
and Wednesday SE-As
South Carolina and I Georgia-Local
showers tonight or Wednesday.
Florida-Showers tonight and Wednes-
day. except fair in the extreme northwest
portion.
Alabama and Mississipp-Ge Generally
fair tonight and Wednesday.
Internationally fair tonight and
Wednesday,
Arkansas Increasing cloudiness tonight
and Wednesday.
MISUNDERSTANDING tonight and We'd
nesday.
East Texas-Generally fair tonight and
Wednesday.
West Texas-Generally cloudy tonight
and Wednesday.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
CHICAGO car LOTS.

Following are receipts for Tuesday and
astimat ted receipts for Wednesday:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
eed "a quotations:

Closed linn, sales II,2UO barrels,
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
PORT REcEiRTss

The following table shows receipts at
the ports today compared with the same
daV last year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, MAY -Turpentine firm
at 1161h: sales Ill; receipts 115S
Rosin firm; receipts 4,e0s; water white
s13712 window glass 1885,, \ $3.50, N
81 2G1z F s72212, f $500. p $685. c B a
S.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.

HAYDEN Stone & Co Good supper.
VIII be required to hold current levels
Logan & Bryan; Buy cotton on soft
Bailey & Montgomery: The market is
Thompson, Towle & Co: The market
is getting into position where manipu-
lation might accomplish something in the
way Of rise in contracts
Sternberger, Sim & Co: We feel that
on any good brea ks cotton is a purchase
J s. Bache & Co. We may get a fur
Their reaction. but around II cents we be
lieve the distant positions a purchase.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
BULLS WINNERS
IN CEREAL PITS
Wheat, Corn. and Oats Show
Decided Strength and Sharp
Advances.

ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21

sRADsTREET's VIsl5LY SUPPLY.
Following shows the weekly Bradstreet's
visible supply changes in grain for the
week:
Wheat. decrease 4, 700. 900 bushels
Corn, decrease 1853 900 bushels.
oats, decrease 2S41 900 bushels
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21

81 fa5 .G Ma May a red. & rs M req
hard winter. sl1Sh ola; No. hard
winter. s1.11q1.13: No; l northern spring
d14d11s: No. northern spring, $3.50
is: No. 3 spring, S1.0SG1.16.
Corn. No 2. 80; No 2 white, s09so11;
No yellow s0NS0A; No. 3, 1911; Nc;
white, 77G77la No. 3 yellow, 76Hq
~; No 4. 701a6 72 No white, 71@
rig; No. yellow, 71673.
Oats, No white, 53ia a o411, No.
white 52@53 No. white, 61hd65;
Standard, 1914 q54.
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Closed steady
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-21
RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES.

lch Apr ga -61413 6.l5 6.141
Closed steady.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-23
SHOPS 10 CLOSE
 DOWN TODAY Five Hundred Men to Be Laid Off By Cotton Belt
 Until May 1.
FLOOD RESPONSIBLE
Notice Will Be Posted Today and Will Come As q Surprise to the
 Shop Employees.

It was stated yesterday that the Cotton Belt shops in this city will close down this afternoon and remain inactive until May 1, and that notices mofning. According to the report only the round house fs ce and the workmen employed in u construc- ten on the new machine and boiler stop, which is being erected under contract, will remain at work About five hundred men will be laid off as a res"lt ef the order
 While some of the vorkmen under stcod tie shops would be closed down Monday and Tuesday in order that an inventory might be taken, the order will come as a surprise to the majority of the shop employees
 Lack of business generally, the high waters in part of the section tra- versed by the road and the fact that the rolling stock is in fair condition are said to be the chief reasons for the close down. The high water has demoralized traffic on the Memphis division and very little freight has been shipped from or to Memphis and other points east of the Mississippi for the past several weeks.
 Though the general movement of spring goods should be en route from the Eastern markets, the tonnage Is apparently not heavy as many brake men who have had steady employ ment have heen laid off.
 The big conflagration which de- stroyed the machine and boiler shops threw a large number of men out of work, and workmen in other depart ments were also effected by the fire. Within few weeks, however, auxil- iary boiler and machine plants were established in other buildings and the majority of the men put back to 1 work. s~ 3$
 The idleness of the shop employees, which are large factor in the city's commercial life, together with the heavy rains that have made farming almost an impossibility, will work a hardship on the merchants and busi- ness men of the city for the present.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-23
ENGINEERS MAY
 YET WALK OUT If Arbiters Fail to Agree Strike Will Be Called By
 Grand Chief Stone.
ARE TO CONFER AGAIN
Strike Will Embrace Every State East of the Mississippi River to
 the Atlantic.

New York, April 22-Following a Conference with Jndge Knapp of the Commerce Court, Grand Chief Stone tonight called another conference or the representative of the engineers, with the result tha. an armistice was declared until another meeting could be arranged with the railroad repre- sentatives. s
 Within the next thirty hours the greatest strike in. the history of steam transporla will probably be ordered by Grand Chief w. s. Stone, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, if the arbi- ters fail to agree.
 The stira will embrace every state east of the Mississippi river to the Atlantic ocean and from the Ohio river to the Canadian border includ- ing twenty-eigh. thousand engineers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-23

hole in his left aGm Another bullet hole showed over the right lung and he had toen shot in the left hip. Notwithstanding .hese wounds, which must have caused him some Grouble at various times, Guthridec managed to be very active indi- Vidual, Police officials state that he is one Of ;he eleverest forgcrs in the United States, and his outfit, which was confiscated when his rooms were searched immediately following his arrest, showed that he Was prepared 70 do business on banks throughout the country bv means of many bogus cnecks and stamps, and his capture is regarded in police circles as a very important one. It is not known where the man received his wounds"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-23
TRAINS ON BOTH
 ROADS DELAYED

Iron Mountain Passenger Derailed
 and Seven Box Cars Leave The
 Track on Cotton Belt.
 The engine on the Iron Mountain passenger train, No. 106, southbound due here at 1o:30 a. m., was derailed ner Jefferson Springs Sunday morn- ing. The grain was not going very fast but it. took the wrecking crew about six hours to replace the en- zine on the track and the train ar rived ill Pine Bluff about o'clock in the afternoon. None of the passen- gers were injured.
 Traffic on the Cotton Belt was stopped several hours yesterday af- ternoon when seven cars of a freight train were derailed near Clio. None of the crew were injured. Passen- ger train No. 2, due here at 1:12 p. wreck and was laid out at Clio, until No. 1, due here at 3:3O D. m., arrived at Pine Bluff and went on to the wreck. Passengers and baggage were transferred 70 each train from the other and No. came back as No. 2, No. 3 going back to Texarkana as No. 1.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-23
SWEEPS OVER TWO STATES Many Lives Believed Lost and Large Amount of
 Property Damaged.
WAS HEAVY
Georgia and Alabama Towns Suffer
 Great Damage at Ced- artOWn.

Atlanta, Ga, April 22-Alabama and Georgia suffered heavily today from 9 cyclone which swept over the two states. taking many lives and causing the loss of hundreds of thous- ands of dollars worth of property.
 The loss of life is divided accord ing to repo1es received here late to- night between certain mountain towns in Alabama and the valley o1 Ocmbulelee river in Georgie. The storm passed over Adamsville, Pick. ney City, Brookside and other mining .owns, killing between twelve and fifteen persons while others are re- ported injured. Twenty houses were destroyed at Brookside.
 Near Newburn, Ga., six persons were killed and a number injured. Polk County, Ca., was visited by al furious storm.
 With a sixty mile wind and 2hore than an inch and half of rain Sa- vannah suffered considerable dam age. Great damage was done at Cedartown, Ga., by a windstorm, ac- companied by heavy rains and light ming. The roofs of many stores, the city hall and several cotton mills were blown off,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-23
SYRIAN PEDDLERS

Fearing lest the general public and those with whom I have dealings in commercial life will form an opinion that I am at fault in cases in court with peddlers I have furnished would like to make statement.
 These itinerant peddlers who come to this country without funds seek aid from me and I try to help them by placing goods in their hands to sell on commission. I do not sell them the goods on credit, they mere ly act as salesmen for me, and what goods they do not sell are mine.
 This system with peddlers is the same all over the United States.
 In recent case in court one Ab- dallah Michel claimed that the goods had been sold to him on credit. This is not true. I had let him have the goods and the agreement was for him to sell on commission and make weekly settlements with ae. He re- fused to make the settle. ents week. ly and I went in court in an honest effort to get my goods. These ped- dlers have nothing, are here today and gone tomorrow. and take advan- tage of every kindness that is shown them.
 A. J. SOLOMON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-23
CORPORATION SUED
 FOR BACK TAXES
State Tax Commission Takes Action and Big Amounts Are Involved
  Snets In Legafs.Proceedings.

Little Rock, Ark, April 22-The State Tax Commission this afternoon brought suits against a large num- Der of Little Rock Corporations to collect back taxes alleged 10 be due the sta,.e. Theasuits were brought by Attorney General Hal Norwood, acting for the Tax Commission. The defendants and the amounts sued for follows: Little Rock Railway and Electric Company, $161; Allen West Commission Company, s21,S79; Lesser Goldman Gotten Company, $25, ,261. Suits we're also instituted against Armour and Company, Swift and Company and The Singer Sewing Machine Company, for small amounts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-23
JOHN JACOB AST0R
 LEFT A WILL
Provision Made For New Child And All Other Heirs Will Be In-
 cluded.

All Olner lelrS VIII be Ill.
 cluded.
 New York, April 22-Despite re- ports to the contrary, it was learned today upon undeniable authority that Colonel John Jacob Astor left a will. This will is believed to have been drawnd up subsequent to Col onel Astor's marriage 10 Miss Made line Force last September in New port. When he settled five million dollars upon his fiance few days before the marriage, Colonel Astor to his attorney, Lewis c. Lodyard and former Supreme Court Justice Henry A. Gildersleeve, representing the Force family, stated that he de- sired to enter ill a further agreement to make additional provisions for Miss Force. The will it is learned at present reposes in the safe of the law firm of Carter, Lodyard and 'Milburn, 54 Wall street. Whether Colonel Astor made provisions in his will for the posthumous child that is expected shortly, is the phase of ,the matter which is most interesting 10 society. The news of the expect ed arrival of Mrs. William Astor and her daughter, Murrel, has given rise to the report that the little girl1has '3een a co-heir with her brother, Vincent, the new head of the Astor family.
 Should there be another heir it is believed that an agreement will be made whereby the child shall ob- tain some part of the fortune. It is not though however that this pos- thumous child will be as generously provided for as either Vincent or Murrel. Nei4her is it believed thai Mrs. William Astor will lay claim to any part of the estate. The first Mrs. Astor is said to have found a way alright in lieu of a ten million dollar settlement at the time she secured her diyprce from Colonel l .Astor ill 1910.
 Dr. Paul Kimball said that she is entirely out of danger and will be sufficiently recovered to leave. her bed within a few days. He added | that with the exception of grief she suffers no i'll effects of her harrow ing experiences.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-04-23

to worry about those life boats. It has been intimated that they were re- painted old boats, but this the crew had denied. "Yamsi" had his way about them a little later for a tug came alongside the Carpathia soon after she docked and the toats were removed quietly and taken away.
 This series of telegrams which Franklin admitted were sent through the government station, furnished the sensation of the day. The remainder of his testimony dealt with his efforts to verify the reports of the Titanic s disaster, which he declared he was unable to do until Monday evening, just before he gave the news to the newspapers. He denied knowledge of the dispatch "All saved" sent to Con- gressman Hughes, of West Virginia, whose daughter was on board the Ti- tanic. He admitted however that the dispatch might have been sent and requested the committee to call for the telegraph company's records to the end that it might be run down
 Steamer Left Them to Die.
 The story that riveted all within hearing in the packed and suffocat- ing committee room was told i'll short replies by Fourt hOfficer Box all, who was on the bridge when the Titanic got her death wound and who was sent by the Captain in search of the mast lights of a ship, which all on the bridge plainly saw as the Titanic began to settle into the Atlantic.
 Boxall told in low voice how both he and the Captain, when they con- cluded that the Titanic had no chance, sighted the white mast lights of a steamer apparently about a half a mile away. Boxall was sent to his station on the end of the bridge and known to all seamen, that the Titanic was in distress. At the same time Phillips, in the wireless room, sent his sparks out over the water to the stranger, Eegging her to stand by and assist. No reply came to the signals from the lantern in Boxall's hands. No reply came to Phillips. Still the lights of the steamer glimmered in the dark ness and as a last resort distress rockets were sent up to attract her attention. When even this failed Cap tain Smith said:
 "Get into a life boat with passen-' gers you can take, row them over to the steamer and come back to the Ti- tanic." Boxall obeyed. The story of how the party rowed on through the darkness in the direction of the light, which grew fainter and fainter and finally went out in the distance, has already been told by Countess Roth, who was one of the passengers in the little boat.
 Despite the frantic efforts of the mate and his assistants at the oars to approach the steamer or to pick up her lights again, they were never seen. After an hours pulling and when dawn broke over the scene there was not so much as a mast above the horizon. Only the other desolate life boats and the upturned collapsible boat. with it's crowd of thirty half frozen men.
 Senator William Smith did most of the questioning of the witnesses, of whom there were only two, Frank lin and Boxall