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NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-The German consul in this city has refused accept German eSeryStS who are without funds and he warns whO come from other parts oi the states who wish to go home to fight that they had better stay away unless they provided with the means of keeping themselves here and paying their fare on some neutral ship.
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SAY GERMAN PRISONERS COMPLAIN

PARIS. Aug 14-The office declares that the Germans taken prisoner by the French troops are broken in spirit weak and hungry. Many of them they say, are not even of the of the war and declare that is war of officers and not of the people, If the report is true Germans were not well prepared for the war from the commssaria point of view they in others and the effect of hunger and awful hardShpS said to be com menCng to tell on them.
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CAPTURE 73 GERMAN SHIPS

ST PETERSBURG, Aug. 4.-The government an nOunced today that the Russian fleets have captured '3 German steamers and 12 Austrian ones Most of the captures were made in the Baltic where German shipping is plentiful
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HAVRE, France Aug 14-The steamships France and Chicago sailed from this port today for New York They expect not to encounter of the warShps of the enemy but it is feared that the voyage is risky one
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK. March 14.-Petroleun,
hrm' crude Pennsylvania, $50
Iurpentine firm. 4SIk@49
Rosin steady common, 4.25.
Wool steady; domestic fleece. 2slA N
~; pulled, secured basis, 35a52: TEXAS
secured basis, 40@55.
Hides quiet: native steers. 17X6f7ik
branded steers, 1914 d16%.
Conee steady; options opened IL n
II points higher; Rio, No. I spot. So NJ
So SpV'' 07sW
Rice steady; domestic. ordinary to
Molasses steady; New Orleans open
Sugar. raw. quiet; centrifugal 2.ss.
museovado. 2.51; molasses sugar, 80
ibid.
Sugar, refined. firm; fine graduated.
500: cut loaf, sos; crushed, 4.s5: mold
A, 460; cubes, AIS; powdered. 4. 90. dia
mond A. 400; confectioners' A. S.S0.
softs, No. l, 1855. mo. Is & nolnfs
lower than No. /, and Nos. 3 to Il are
each points lower than the preceding
grade }
Potatoes weak; white nearby, l4O@
2.2l, sweets, 1.50d200.
Beans firm; marrow. choice. 4656
5.35, pea, choice, 3.25d3.55 red kidney.
choice 520G5.25.
Dried fruits firm: aprlcots, choice to
fancy IAN OH; apples evaporated,
prime 10 fancy, ad12h prunes, 3Os
10 COS. 10912. sos to zoos, eG9& :
peaches. choice to fancy. 6i&G seeded
raisins, choice 10 fancy, 5hRS%.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

| honor spurned is a grievous rebuff TO
the Crown.
Here a Government honor scorned
is a serious matter politically. In the
case of an untried fiscal system, to
the political seriousness is added the
generalization of the systems feast
bility. So after the Federal Board
positions had been pointedly declined
by several financiers of national rep
utation, Mr.. McAdoo and Mr.. Wilson
decided upon delicately provisional
tenders. The formula was something
like this: THE President has not au-
thorized me to offer you a place on
the Federal Reserve Board, but if he
should do so. would you accept?"
One Bankers Reply.
One bankers reply to the appar
emily contingent tender expressed the
sentiment of the others who had de-
clined:
IF your law did not compel me to
sell my bank stocks and did not pre-
vent me from comino back to my
business in due time, l should be most
happy to go to Washington for year
OF two, or longer, and help make the
Administrations currency scheme a
success. | would gladly exchange my
present salary of $4,000 a year for
the Governments pay of 1900. But
after serving the Government long
enough to insure the success of the
owen bill, why should l stand arolinJ
for two years with my hands in my
pockets doing nothing? Banking is
my business. l have been in 1t since
my sixteenth year | am fit for moth
ing else. And as | am only in middle
age, naturally would want to be ac-
tive after leaving Washington"
In the instance of Walker Hill the
sacrifices are several. To aid the Ad-
ministration he not only renounces an
establishment which he has reared
with consummate skill, but refuses
the presidency of a New York bank,
where the salary could have been of
his own naming and his scope limit
less. The incumbent management is
satisfactory enough, but the directors.
seeing what Hill had done with the
Mechanics American National of ST.
Louis, thought to have him come to
New York for expansive purpose.
Wilson, therefore, made a fine
catch in persuading Hill to govern
the Federal Board.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
News and Notes
Of the Grain Crop
By JOSEPH F. PRIrcHARp.

CHICAGO, March 14.-There il lit
tie hope among the wheat specialists
OF Chicago for bull market under
present bearish conditions. Several
of the big houses in the trade now
have crop experts in the Southwest.
and their reports are all favorable.
John Inglis, who is in the Southwest
in the interests of Logan & BRYAN
mas been unable to locate any had
spots in the winter wheat belt The
Kansas Grain Dealers Association.
which has been in session at Abilene
for several days. reported crop pros
poets as ideal. Under these conditions.
coupled with lack of buying power
for the cash wheat now held. the path
OF the holder or bull is anything but
rosy.
At a meeting of farmers at Hor-
toh hans., there were AZ of these
gram producers who reported 10
damage, while three reported only
slight damage to the growing wheat
plant. Speculation In wheat at Chi
cago has been small for some weeks
and the heads of commission houses
feel that there will be no improve
ment in the volume until there is
something in the way of crop damage
to attract the public attention and 10
cause the present bears to shift their
position and hold tight to any grain
that they may accumulate later
Corn has continued to hold its own
in the matter of prices, and, while
the bulls and larger holders OF thar
grain are doing no talking to sneak
or they feel that their day is not far
distant, and that the present shorts
or bears will he seen to cover freely.
Farmers are not selling great deal
of corn, but this is offset by a lack Of
buying power for the cash article.
Southwestern markets are doing more
In the way of transactions in cash
corn than the other markets OF the
country.
The position of oats is anything but
encouraging to holders While the
shipments from Argentina last week
were much smaller than the previous
week, as well as a year ago, the
stocks al Chicago, as well as through
out the United States, are heavy. and
holders are anxious to realize.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
BY JOSEPH F. PRIrcHARp,

CHICAGO March 1.-THE grain mar
kets on the Board of Trade have dwin-
died down to scalping affairs in the
absence of potent factors likely to help
any of the grains at the moment. The
bears have hammered values in pro-
nounced manner in the last week or
two, but they have failed to make any
great impression on prices. Not only
in wheat, but in corn as well. the specu-
lator is now waiting patiently for
something to happen that will give him
a chance to put out short grain or take
on lines.
Wheat was Strong to-day. with the
May closing unchanged at the highest
price of the session, and there was a
reaction in this grain of nearly NC from
the bottom. The May future is gener-
ally believed to be the property of one
of the big concerns in the trade.
Corn and oats have failed to attract
any great amount of attention in the
matter of cash sales, while the bust
ness in futures was of fair proper
tions. Cash transactions were small to-
day at 10000 bushels corn and $1,000
bushels oats.
Provisions closed irregularly lower
Grain quotations:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
Wilson's Choice OfMan to
Head NeWBank ISPraiSed
Boersianer Says, However, Restrictions Made 1t
Hard to Find Willing Patriots.
By BOERSIANER.

CHICAGO. March 1.-THE selec-
ton of Walker Hill. of st. LOUIS, for
the governorship of the Federal Re
serve Board was not necessarily a
second choice. Hill is able. He mas
demonstrated practically his expert
ness in finance.
To him the office comes unsolicit-
ed, as it had come to others before
the st. Louis banker was enlisted.
The position would have been ac-
cepted by two Chicago financiers but
for the-to high principled bankers
rather humiliating eXactions which
the currency act prescribes.
The law demands that no member
of the Federal Reserve Board may
hold stock in a bank. 1t forbids a
member from re-entering the bank
ing business within two years after
he leaves the Governments service.
By these stipulations Uncle Sam is
made to insinuate that a banker is
unable to serve his country Loyalty
while he is a stakeholder in some
bank, that he might use his Office to
further the interest of the institution
in which he is shareholder; is made
" Su6 BEST diSO ltldl after udNillS
served the Government he might i'm
mediately engage in the banking bust
ness and use his Government infor-
nation for private ends.
The conditions are not edifying
They state implicitly that the franz
ers of the statute took a cheaply cir
view of American finance;
that their estimate of the average
bankers integrity is equivocal and
susceptible of very cautious grada-
tons.
Much Tact Required.
Naturally, then, it has not been
easy for Mr.. McAdoo directly and the
President indirectly to complete the
board with thoroughly competent and
confidence-inspiring men. So difficult
has it been that the Secretary of the
Treasury has resorted to the diplo-
matte subtleties employed by Brit
ish Prime Minister who has been
charged by the King to sound a Brit
on on the acceptance of a title. If
the subject has been a Radical and
still is a Liberal who might reject the
robiliary distinction, the emissary
must be extremely tactful for a Crown
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
Stock Trade Small
But Undertone in
New York Is Strong
Speculative Sentiment Is Encouraged,
MISUNDERSTANDING Issues
Still Uneven.

NEW YORK. March 14.-Speculative
sentiment, while mixed. was encour-
aged by the exhibition of strength yes
terday. and the belief entertained by
many professionals that prices are
likely 10 improve as the spring ad
vsnces was in part responsible for a
strong opening on the Stock Exchange
to-day London was quiet at the week $
end, but prices improved In that quar-
tier on short covering and moderate
buying for foreign account impaired
strength to initial transactions here.
Union Pacific, ST. Paul. New York
Central, Amalgamated Copper and
United States Steel were Il to e high
er in the first dealings, and Chesapeake
and Ohio advanced nearly a point.
Although the volume Of business was
not large and the character of the
dealings remained unchanged, with no
evidence of an enlarged public partici-
patton, the list showed a consistently
strong undertOne and there was moth
ing which betokened liquidation.
On the report of a threatened hitch
in negotiations for a settlement with
the Government, New Haven lost more
than a point at the outset, but the
stock recovered most Of the loss within
the first half hour. Short covering was
the chief sustaining force.
No very important change character
lied the latter half of the session,
Specialties like Railway Steel Spring,
North American Company and West
inghouse were strong and higher, while
New Haven relaxed and Delaware and
Hudson lost about a point.
Standard issues were somewhat IT.
regular. but the undertone of the mar
ket was strong and the general list
retained the greater part of the early
gains. Demand sterling exchange adj
vanced in the later dealings. The dis
solution of the soft coal combination
in Ohio was without marked
influence.
The overnight announcement of the
States Express Company had no harm
full influence in the general market.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, March 14.-Hogs: Receipts
10000; market strong to &C higher;
mixed and butchers. s60@s,90; good
heavy, s.60@S.90; rough heavy. S.459
$50; light, S.65@s.95; pigs. 71O@S.65i
bulk, S.S0@S9 80.
Cattle. Receipts, 200; market slow
hnH weaS iom d fo fssd sna
5.60@S.10: Texans. 7.1O@S,15; calves.
100000.
Sheep: Receipts, 1000; market steady
native and Western, 4.s0@6.S5; lambs,
6.S0@775.
ST. LOUIS. March 14.-Cattle: Re-
ceipts, 400, including 125 Southens
Market steady. Native beef steers
7.5069.25; cows and heifers 4,25qS.5O;
stockers and feeders, 5.004750; calves
6.00d 1000; Texas steers, 5.75qS.25; COWS
and heifers, 400G6.00
Hogs: Receipts, 5000. Steady Mixed
$1,000 90; good, 8.s5@9.00; rough. 8,40q
$50; lights, S.75@S.90; pigs, 7.OOqS.4Oi
bulk, S.80@8.95.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
CURB QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE feature
of the trading on the curb to-day was
the break in Mckinley Darragh. Fol-
lowing the poor statement of this COM
1-l6. Fully $4,000 shares were traded
in Bay state Gas, ss61s; British
American Tobacco. 22A 923h; Standard
oil, 1889 bid; 1880 Riker- Hegeman. 81
Consolidated Arizona, 7-I6G u Davis,
DAILY. 1%91%; Giroux, 1G1A; Greene
Cananea, S6d37; 200 Kerr Lake. 4%6
"a Giroux. 1Q1h; Greene Cananea, Sc
AZ; LaRose' 1%q1&; 10000 McKerr
Oar. S9a90; 1000 Nipissing. SO ass;
Ohio Copper, %a1s; Tonopah ext, 1SG
ia United Copper, baL; United COP
per preferred. sos; Yukon Gold, Sa3k.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

attitude last week in a formal
statement heavy with underly-
ing significance. He warned the
authorities that antagonism and
burdensome legislation, if con-
tinued, might drive the country
into an abyss. He spoke thus
gravely, he said, to prevent
calamity"
With the same motive and without
the remotest desire to be sensational
feel it duty-a regretful duty-to
state the situation in very plain terms
It is this;
Those in control of the railroads
are buoyed up by the hope Of a very
early announcement of an increase
in Eastern freight rates.
Acute Fears Raised.
But the latest outbursts by the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
the allegations against conservative
ly managed railroads. including the
Pennsylvania, have raised acute fears
in responsible circles that those in
power in Washington are utterly blind
to the red lights confronting the rail-
roads and the financial community.
Developments are awaited with
concern.
President Wilson and Democratic
Leader Underwood are, l am told,
exercised over recent events and over
the thickening uncertainties. | I'M
derstand also that Mr. Brandeis is
now alive to the urgency OF the stu
a ui al 1 a
anti-raifroad action by the commits
sion.
The commission. however, has lost
its strongest members. Not one of
those now intrusted with the life and
death of the country's railroad sys-
TEN has ever had business expert
ence. The chairman was a conduc-
tor on the railway, another member
was professional theorist and the
three others were-need 1t be added
lawyers
These gentlemen have been so
swamped with work that their annual
report for 1912-yes. 1912-has not
yet been issued. Were a railroad to
show similar dilatoriness the COM
mission would have something very
pointed to say.
The current tendency is to pile
already choked commission That be-
Ing so, it may be well to ponder the
facts here printed.
Decision Due in April.
The momentous rate decision is now
looked for about the middle or the
latter part of April.
The possibility of unearthing other
sources of relief has appealed strong
Iy to the commission and its counsel,
Mr. Brandeis, but while tangible re-
suits may be achieved therefrom by
and by, it is believed no immediate
succor can be expected and that the
commission will be compelled to all
low an advance of rates on the I'M
Outstanding that If the developments
warrant, reductions may be ordered
later on.
The repeated onslaughts by Wash
angton have been accompanied by
such extensive selling of securities
that frightened and pell-mell covering
may be preciptated at any moment.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15

Everybody in the inside has been
bearish
The consequence is that much stock
has been sold short-that is, people
have sold stocks they do not own,
but which they figure upon being able
to buy back much cheaper on the
publication of bad news
Wall Street is wicked enough to
suggest that a few selling orders
have come from the direction Of
Washington. Indeed. Wall Street
always suspicious that people
OF higher repute than Lamar have
taken advantage of advance knowl-
edge of plans and proclamations cal
cnlated to send stocks down
Great Temptations.
The desirability of having men
above temptation on such bodies as
the Interstate Commerce Commission
will be apparent when it is noted that
Commissioner Harlan's sensational
attack on the ST. Paul Immediately
knocked 100000 off the market
value of the roads stock.
Were men susceptible to the allure
ments of riches ever to find place on
the commission, the opportunities for
making rapid fortunes by speculation
WOulu ne
OF course, the game which in the
past has been considered safe by cer-
tain Washington gentlemen, might
prove dangerous, now that the New
York Stock Exchange has a police
committee" which prizes into mem
bers books. for 1t is conceivable that
something might come to the surface
were questionable practices to be dis
covered.
The hoped for revival in general
business has not yet made satisfac-
tory Roadway.
Unemployment Is rife and is exclt-
ing uneasuess in certain cities.
Employers Not Cheerful.
Unfortunately employers-particu-
larry the railroads and the hundred
and one industries affected by them
do not feel encouraged by events at
Washington to adopt any conspicu-
ously optimistic course that would
help. to provide additional work.
Anti business legislative proposals
are being hGshed and rehashed daily
without any manifest master mind to
guide the rank and file toward any
definite, sensible goal
Employers, therefore, do not yet
know what to expect.
Banking interests are acting eau
tiously. They want, among other
things, to learn the personnel of the
Federal Reserve Board before assum-
Ing avoidable commercial risks.
In New York the more powerful
groups are worried mainly about the
railroad position and prospects in
view Of Washington's attitude.
Stocks consequently have reflected
nervousness.
But brokers declare that the market
is oversold to such an extent that i'm
portant good news could easily start
a bear stampede. To sell what you do
not own is always fraught with dan
ger. 1t is a game that ordinary in
vestors had better leave alone
My opinion is that there will be
drastic movement either up or down
within the next month or more.
Which direction the market will take
is not at the mercy of bankers or
brokers' That responsibility rests in
other hands
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
NEW YORK RING
IS DEFEATED BY
ALABAMA Man
"TalIadega" Hicks Wins Victo,
When May Cotton Scars to
New High Marks.

NEW ORLEANS, March 14-T,.
New York bears, who were boastirs
that they would get the goato al
"Talladega" Hicks in the cotton mon
ket, have been put to rout. AT the lo,,
level reached last Monday, trade i'm
terests appeared as large buvar,
while for the first time this season
there was some fresh buying bv tbo
outside public, which hitherto had
adopted somewhat the attitude nj ,
looker-on.
Leading bulls here also gave strons
support at moment when bearisS
interests were making every effort h
break this market below ~ cents for
May contracts. The result was that
the shorts found all their contracts
absorbed, without causing any further
break. Attempting to cover, thew
found a market bare of contracts
Every day since Monday of this week
has been repetition of the story.
Shorts Bid Up Price.
Shorts have bid the market I'm from,
one new high level to another The
highest level of the present upward
movement being reached to-day when
May contracts, which sold as low as
12.15 last Monday, sold az high a.
1856. In New York the advance in
the May position has been even great
er.
The large accumulated short inter.
est in May has run prices on the con-
tract to a premium of Is points over
July, although only few weeks ago
May and July were running even. Ii
would seem, therefore, that the Ala
bama operator has turned the tables
on. his ancient enemies, and that he
now has them in q tight hole, and is
gently squeezing them.
The backbone of the market tae
past week has been the strong SPOT
situation. Even the low grades have
been in good demand, with compare
lively little offering except at advanc-
ing quotations.
Spots Are Firm.
Spots in this market to-day were
officially reported firm and unchanged.
Sales amounted to 1876 bales and $50
bales to arrive, on the basis Of ~ rs
for middling.
The Census Bureau will issue two
important reports next week. One, or
Tuesday, will relate consumption Of
American cotton for February, and is
expected to be bullish. Friday follow
ing the final report on ginnings for
the present season will be issued, and
this is expected to show up rather
bearish.