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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

re-. he G--1lAr shells sall most ~
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groups % soldiers cot1g 20 n. trenches
ca--'lrE food o. supplies Or returning
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

The Italian NATIONAL defence BAL. ne
te1t Of ,ohtch Is ctrer IN 'hc tolloriHJ
agttrie BY the ~corrrspondcrt Of THE SvS
dt Rome. ,cds adopted By Parliament
rust before u adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
STOCKS AWAIT ON GERMANY'S REPLY Dull and Uninteresting Ses- sion on New York
 Exchange


 New York, May 1.-The uniertone and general aspect of todays very dull and uninteresting stock market were accepted as an. indication that the complex nterna- tional situation still is in process of mem tai digestion and that no very definite movement is probably pending the receipt of Germany's reply to Washingtons note. War stocks manifested more than~their usual variable tendencies, gaining to ! points in the first hour, but declining later on slight offerings. The closing was dull to the point of stagnaton.
 Aside from advices to the effect that the Lusitania disaster has temporarily checked new business in finished steel, general news was encoura ging.
 Last week s<decision of the interstate commerce commission ordering a sever snce of direct relations between the rail- roads and lake carriers provoked some adverse comment. but no doubt was felt that steamboat traffic between Buffalo and Chicago would continue.
 Bonds strong, but featureless. Total sales, par value, aggregated $1,6S000o. United States bonds unchanged on call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
QUIET STRENGTH IN COTTON MARKET Bulls Make No Concerted Effort, But Prices
 Advance

New Orleans, May 17.7Quiet strength was displayed by cotton today With no aggressiveness on the part of bulls and on very quiet tone prices were put 12 to Is points over Saturdays final ng- ures. The close was IS to Il points up. The advance was gradual and suffered no real setbacks at any time.
 The market opened at the advance in the face of good weather and poor cables Not only were Liverpool reports against the market but those from Manchester were not encouraging. According to pri- rate messages from the belt the crop IS doing well under weather conditions shaH were almost ideal. No selling Of consequence developed from the bearish I4Ts af the day and brokers found 1t ldj1soie n meet the moderate demand ths sprang up.
 The was none of the pessimistic feel Lin, ustcn featured the market last week. 4 n,ora cassrful feeling regarding the po,itieal sttstipn prevailed and the opin- lion was gntyie1 by many brokers that it baa na,, ay discounted by the send ing of nrlsas eroH'sd the cost of produc- 1 ton s,y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
TAKE PRECAUTIONS
 AGAINST EP|DEM|GS'
London Must Take Strict Measures to Protect Her
 self From Infection

London. May -(Correspondence of the Associated Press. )-The British health authorities are preparing for elaborate measures to prevent any widespread epidemic of diseases like cholera, typhus scurvy, dysentery or typhoid. either in-this country or among the British soldiers abroad. There is widespread anxiety that some diseases of this character will make thei rap pearance in force in the western part of the continent during the next few months.
 Professor Simpson of Kings college. London, points out in the Lancet that the armies of Germany and Austria will be in a very different physical, mental and material condition in August and the autumn of 1915 or i9i6 from what they were in 1914. should cpl denies then arise, they are not likely to be confined to the particular armies first stricken, nor will the civil popu- lation In the devastated areas escape. Scarcity of food. it is further indi- cated will play its part in reducing the disease-resisting power of the population. The combination of war, flood and famine will favor the spread of epidemics. Indeed says Professor Simpson, the terrible taint in the air that already characterizes the inun- dated area on the Yser tells It's own tale. Under this flood lie a hundred thousand corpses."
 The Yser Is not much farther from London than New York Is from Phila- delphla London therefore, must take strict measures to protect herself. At a moment when health Is of such vital importance. comments Professor Simp- son, i've cannot afford to overlook any precaution. The effect upon hours of labor alone would be immense If an epidemic should arise; the effect of alcoholic excess would be quite lnsig- nifcant in comparison.
 Various measures of protection arc now in force. Everyone who has crossed the channel recently knows that a medi- cal examination Is carried out at Folke- stone before passagers are permitted to land The measure should be more viz
 orously applied as the summer ad- vances.
 Tt has been recently suggested that inoculation against typhoid should be carried out among the civil population of England. There is much to be said in favor of this idea. England Is at present full of camps in which large numbers of people are crowded together These camps are models of good man agement, nevertheless there are cer- tain dangers which are unavoidable. The typhoid carrier is one of them; he Is not himself i'll. but he carries the germ of the disease and infects other peo- pie.
 The question of ny destruction has
 already been dealt with The best way to avoid flies is to keep scrupulously clean premises and to leave nothing of an edible character uncovered"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
New York Cotton Futures
Port Cotton Market

New orleans: Middlng. sc receipts 2ees; exports, SAT; sales 45o; stock, 2sso Galveston Middling, s.2Oc; receipts 5344: exports, 11.751; stock S2S,595
 Mobile Middlng, s.7bc; receipts, IA sales, 25 stock, 2s9io.
 Savannah Middling, 9.25c; receipts e29; exports, si96; sales. HOO; stock. l0o,slS Charleston: Receipts. A; stock, S'sol Wilmington: Receipts. 5sS; stock, oo.o2S Norfolk: Middling, SC; receipts, lSn sales, 11s: stock. 66,10S
 Baltimore: Middling, 91hc; stock, 2bss Boston: Middling. $500; receipts, sol stock, 1S 400.
 Philadelphia: Mddling, 9.9oc; stock 5ll1.
 New York: Middling, 965c; stock, 2Ss, IF.
 Minor Ports: Exports, S249; stock. 2s,sl4
 Total today: Receipts, 12,029; exports 24,343; stock, 1.216.251.
 Total for week: Receipts, 23,364, ex ports. 42,366.
 Total for season: Receipts. 10.227, ,s59 exports, 7.543,967.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
LE QUEX BOOK IS F BANNED BY CENSOR "Britain's Deadly Peril''
 Dealing With the Spy
 Danger Is Suppressed

London, May --(Correspondence of the Associated Press. )-At the order oe the war office. the censor has put hfs ban on "Britain's Deadly Peril" a hook by William Le Quex, purportinx to ex- pose the spy danger in Great Rritsir Thousands of copies which had been distributed among dealers are held in and the publisher Is enjoined from printing any more copies This is don. through the defense of the realm act
 Le Quex told in his advance notices of alleged personal experiences to support his theory that the islands ar. honeycombed by German spies. In on. case he tells of seeing a mysterious light in lonely house on the sa coast of England where n German lived. He claims that he rigKsd up q flashlight some distance away and. employing 1t one night when a light appeared In the German house. re- ceived in reply what was obyiouslv . code message. He then complains thst he took this information to the war office, which merely sent printed ac- Acknowledgement and did nothing in K. way of investigation.
 It is known that the censorship h.s cautioned newspapers against puhliah- ing articles likely to inflame the Ger mans and cause retaliatory measurea against English interned in Germany Furthermore, there are many naturai- trusted by the authorities. The ss- sumption is therefore made that Le ouex's book is Suppressed in accord- ance with this policy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
Ammunition Factories Prosperous

Amsterdam, April 25-The German arms end ammunition factories. most of which doubled their capital last year. are declaring a dividend of 20 per cent year 1913. This is equivalent ~ dlvi- dend of 70 per cent on the old capitali- zation. Many other German concerns working for the army and navy have either raised their dividends or set aside a large sum into undivided profits. A large rubber factory, which has for sev- eral years been in financial straits. shows net profit for the past 12 months amounting to more than half its total capital A new half million dollar cor porat tion organized in Berlin by clothing men, will devote all it's energies to util- izing scraps of cloth for making ar--y and navy uniforms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
ANNIsToN

Anniston. May T.-(Special.)-The cat tie tick is doomed in Calhoun county, ac- cording to the opinion of s. w. Peace, president of the Calhoun County Live stock association. and those who have agreed to act with him on the board of directors of the association.
 The men who met in this city last Fri day to organize for the purpose of eradi- eating the tick, lifting the quarantine and promoting the growing of livestock in this county are prosecuting their campaign in every part of the county, as result of which many new members have been secured and scores of names have been added to the petition which will be pre- ssnted to the county commissioners on next Saturday at which time they will be asked for an appropriation to build vats in sections where the public demand justifies the expenditure.
 R. w Bowman of Mayola View, Coun- ty Londonderry, Province of Ulster, Ire land, has written his brother. James M. Bowman of this city, that he has an- swered the call to arms and joined an Irish regiment which will go to the front without delay
 Mayola View, the old home of the Bow mans, is in the center of the Ulster dis trict, which so violently opposed the home rule measure which agitated England last year almost to the point of war. Mir Bowman joined the Ulsterites under Sir Edward Carson when it appeared that the ulsterites would have to fight. He writes to his brother that these same men of Ulster are coming to the aid of the Brit lsh empire almost to man. and says that the Germans must be defeated
 The convention of the United Commer- cial Travellers, which will be held here this week. will bring at least 500 members or the travellers fraternity here, and they VIII be given royal welcome Banouets narpecues, dances, bowling, bathing, boat ing and baseball will be some of tha fea- lures of the entertainment which the local council of travellers will be given. In fact, 50 many pleasures have been arranged, said member of the enter tainment committee today. that there viii he little time for business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
Garments for Belgiuns

Rotterdam. Holland April 25---Tha Rockefeller Foundation, from its Dutch headquarters here. has provided neces : sitous Belgians in their own country with no fewer than 1.41S,212 garnients. Among the Belgian refugees in Hol- land it isas distributed over 300,00o rieces The foundation has also looked | after the welfare of the Belgian refu- gees in the Dutch camps by providing them with employment. Sewing classes have been formed In 35 camps and 4ie sewing machines have been placed at the disposal of the women, 5000 of whom are engaged in making cloth
 ing for their fellow sufferers from the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
NO ONE IN BELGIUM
 NEED STARVE NOW
Edgar Tells of Distribution of $600,000 Worth of
 Western Flour

London. May 2.-oCorrespondence of tho Associated Press. l--Nilliam c. Ed gar, who had charge Of the record car go of flour valued at seoo.ooo con tributed to the relief Of Belgium by the mllers of the northwest. has re- turned from Belgium where he wit messed the transformation of his charge into bread and it's consumption by the Belgians, While in Belgium MT. Ed gar gave the representatives of the commission for relief in Belgium tech nical advice on milling He returned enthusiastic over the work of the com mission which he declares so success ful that not a single person in Bell gium need do without his daily ration of bread and soup.
 Discussing the commission's work. he said: After my personal observations in Belgium I am able to state with out the slightest mental reservation whatever that. although I have had occasion to inspect many methods of public relief in various countries. have never before seen one that can compare in efficiency. thoroughness and wisdom with the system now being employed in Belgium through tho com bined efforts of the commission for relief in Belgium and the Comite Ma tional, a provisional and emergency or- ranization. Furthermore if I had . million or five million dollars placed at my disposal for the relief of the Belgians I would not hesitate mo- ment to place 1t at the disposal of the commission. confident that 1t would employ 1t to the best advantage. and that not dollar would be wasted or misapplied. In thus making such an unqualified expression of confidence speak as the result of careful atudy into tho methods being used and my personal observations. both In the largo cities and provinces of Belgium. Americans may well be proud of the commission and the mon directing it. It deserves their absolute confidence and support, I have never been given to flag Tapping. but after seeing what is being done in Belgium I salute the stars and Stripes with added humility and respect not only as the flag of my country but the emblem of hu- manity"
 The South Point. a British ship. car- ried the huge cargo of the northwest- ern millers safely into Rotterdam un- der the flag of tho commission and returned to her home port of Cardiff under the same safe conduct. but whsn she resumed her normal commercial work she was sunk by German tor pedo off the Welsh coast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
Produce Market

New York, May 17.-Butter firmer. re- ceipts. 5445; creamery extras (92 score) l11tc; creamery (higher scoring), 2SG2Sisc firsts, 26@27c; seconds. 241R@25Ibc. Eggs weak; receipts, 16,522; fresh gathered ex tras, 22ls@p3c; storage packed extra flrsts. 2l3z022c; firsts. 20i5n2likc; regular packed. extra hrsts, '2i@22c firsts, aodl2lc. Cheese firm; receipts, 2295; state whole milk fresh specials, 171hc; state whole milk average fancy, l7hc. Dressed poultry unsettled; i; western frozen roasting chickens, 17d21c {; f'rtst fresh unchanged. Fowls, iced, 14ap 173kc; frozen turkeys, 15@2ic.
 st. Louis May 17.-Poutry, chickens. isc; springs, 29n6bc; turkeys. 12ql5c; ducks, 9c; geese, 7c Butter, creamery, ZIG. Eggs 161fc.
 Chciago, May 17.-Butter, higher cream cry, Da26hc. Eggs steady; receipts, 2o. .76s; at mark, cases included. 17qTisIbc; ordi- nary hrsts, 161aa17isc frsts. 1SAG1Sikc. fotatoes higher; receipts. 52 cars Michi- gan and Wisconsin red, $S5Q4O; Michigan and Wisconsin white, 40d47c.
 Kansas City, May 17.-Butter; creamery. 27c; firsts. 25c; seconds. 28c packing, tSc. Eggs, firsts, 17c; seconds. 16c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
No Shortage of Turkish Tobacco

London, April 25.-There is no occa- sion to fear shortage in the supply of Turkish. or as it is now described on the London marxet, Macedonian, tobacco. There Is stock of the to. bacco now in warehouse sufficiext f., iast for nearly three years, and. nore- over, 1t is stated that there is every reason to expect harvest this year almost up to the normal The real d,f- hculty, 1t Is said. is not the tobacco leaf, but the supply of papsr. ciear- ette paper comes from France and tho only with difficulty. Spain and ItsIv are trying to produce paper which will fill the bill. The Macedonian tc- ceded to Greece after the late war. and the Greek government is 10 ini- proving and extending the cultivation of the plant that the yield is aiready much better than 1t was under Turk ish rule, 1t is saId.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
COTTON PRICES
 WORKING HIGHER
Few Contracts for Sale in New York-Low
 Cables

New York. May 1.-The cotton market has been very quiet again today, with prices working higher on scattered cover ing or little trade buying. and with the close steady at net gain of from to lS points,
 Cables were lower than due ana the market here opened at decline of to . points After the heavy general realizing or liquidation of the past two weeks there were very few contracts for sale however. and prices soon turned steadier A more optimistic view of the pohtica outlook and the firmer opening or the stock market probably inspired some cov- erinf and there was also a little buying from local spot houses. Liverpool sold some cotton on the rally, and favorable weather advices tended to restrict de- mand, but there were no indications or hedge selling and prices gradually worked up with active months showing net gains of II to II points at one time during the afternoon. Last prices were a shade off from the best under realizing. The con tinued good weather and the forecast for favorable conditions tomorrow suggested that the weekly review of the weather bureau on Wednesday would make very satisfactory showing, and encouraged further predictions of relatively high condition figure. as of may 25. but the bet ter average of crop news failed to stimu- late any selling of consequence. and many thought that these advances reflected chiefly the strengthened technical position of the market. Private wires from San Francisco claimed that 10000 bales Of cot ton are held at that port awaiting ship ment to the orient Exports, 2istS so far this season. 7,54o, ,74a port receipts. 12.o2s. United States port stocks, 1,223, 4So; interior receipts, 726o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
Drue Stores Close IIn

Cologne, April 25.-.Because of the large number of druggists and phar- macists who have gone to war. the proprietors of stores in Cologne and it's suburbs have decided to evolve an all ternate Sunday holiday and night serv- Ice so that their long hours of service may be cut down. Hereafter the vari- ous stores will take turns In shutting up at ? o'clock on Sundays and at 3 o'clock on week day evenings. Wher, a store does close up at these hours. however. a sign will be left at the door indicating where a would be custome ' may fin da drug store open. The war has left the druggists who have re- maiIed In Cologne pushed to the limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
Byron a Dainty Eater

From tho IOHuUfi VHfUfINIt.
 Byron was an exception to the rule that authorship and hearty feeding 90 together. For the poet had a morbid dread of getting stout, and Trelawney has recorded of hi mthat he was the only human being he had known with self restraint enough not to grow fat. In 1s13. in the exercise of this self-re- straint he lived on six biscuits day and no drink but tea. fasting on occa- slons for 4s hours. Three. v~--- later he tried one thin slice ot fe~ breakfast and a. vegetable 4nt kept down his hunger In ees Y v chewing tobacco. And thougl sf starvation may have been seA e sfa long run, visitor at the lnae eas,rf only observe that no man h. nrif@ eyes or a clearer voice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
Road Conditions in tannaS

From the Wilson County. Katsas, GMixanf.
 One day last week a miHFfasH sr1ss torst was attempting to M vkate fhf road near Fredonia Looi<irA ahaAd ef his machine a little way he q mani cap on the ground, and as ia mftei was pretty hot he welcomed escuse to halt. He climbed out on q ffef ,fst and reached over the front sH Es- trieve the lost cap. As he If ls aa Hu he found to his surprise that 1t off the head of man whd heath. The runabaout driver amazement. what the other | st ing buried in the mud. An
 replied: "f am down here trying to drive my touring car home and stopped to put up the top.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
WHEAT ADVANCESON
 REPORT 0F DAMAGE
Said There Will Be 100000 900 Bushel Damage
 to Crops

Chicago, May 17.-Crop damage that may amount to 1oo,oooooo bushels resulted today in a swift advance of the price of wheat. Although somewhat unsettled at the close, the market finished 1s.c to 4lsc above Saturday nights level Other staples, too. showed gains-corn ssc to Isc, oats Bda4c to 1ac, and provisions sc to 15c.
 Reports of insect injury to growing wheat, especially in Missouri, were said to be the worst for many years.
 Corn turned up grade when the fact became evident that bulge was in order for wheat
 Oats merely reflected the strenstb ot other cereals.
 Provisions hardened with grain A break in the price of hogs was not a suf- ficient offset.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
Coffee Market

New York, May 1.-The market for cof- fee futures was very quiet today, but early declines on reports of an easier spot situation and freer offerings from Brazil were followed by rallies, and the market was evidently sensitive to com paratively small orders in the absence of general business. The opening was at a decline of 1 to 4 points and the market closed net unchanged to points higher. Sales, 1o,50o. May, 567c; June. 5.67c; July, 6.71c; August 6.75c: September, 6.7ec; Oc- tober, 6.S2c; November, 6.s5c; December. 6.S9c; January, 6.94c; February, 6.99c; March, 7.04c; April, 7.10c. Rio was 5G reis lower. Santos nominal; Rio exchange on London S-32d lower Brazilian port receipts, 26,000; Jundiahy, 1000. Rio clear ed 2O00 bags for New York and 5000 for New Orleans Spot quiet; Rio No. | TAG; Santos No. 4, 97sc. Undescribed old crop Santos As were said to be offered here for prompt shipment at S20c cost and freight, and new crops As at $500 to Sc. Old crop Rio Is are said to have sold at 6. 7Oc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-18
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York, May 17.--(Special.)-A better view was taken of the political outlook which was of assistancce to the market, closing steady at slightly under the best prices of a very quiet day, some 8 points higher. Delayed mall advices state the unexplained weakness in prices a fortnight ago was due to the selling by the English government of the cotton they had detained from reaching continental ports and indemni- flying the owners. Two questions are be- fore the cotton world; The one political. arising from complications in Europe, the other the usual question of the growing crop. We can now see the ex- ports will be within 10 per cent of last season: we know that large quantities of cotton are being used in may ways now that are not used in peaceful times and that the consumption will exceed estimates made earlier in the year.