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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-17
DOLLAR RULES IN THE F INANC|AL WORLD
 AS EXCHANGE RATES SINK ID NEW DEPTHS
Foreign Contracts Call for Payment in American Money in Lieu of Pounds Sterling

New York, August 16.-The American dollar ruled the fi- naDcial world today with an iron grip. Foreign exchange went down to new depths in a torrent of bills that poured into the exchange markets from American manufacturers seeking pay for big war con- tracts.
 Coincideut with the startling de- cline in exchange rates came the as. sertion from an unimpeachab)e source that every contract for supplies sent abroad called for payment in Ameri- can dollars and not pounds sterling, which heretofore has been the stand immense losses therefore, due to the decline in foreign exchange rates. will be borne to the last penny by foreign buyers, situation exactly the oppos- Ito of what had heretofore been the popular belie;
 The maximum depreciation today in pounds sterling was "A per cent be- low normal In francs ie per cent be- low normal, in Italian fires 25 per cent. In the money markets today the pound sold for only s4.64; 6.O2 francs equaling d dollar, and dollar purchased 6.04e fires. These were the quotations while rates were at the lowest. In the last hour of business the presence in Wall street of J. P. Morgan for the first time since the attack on his life six , weeks ago and an informal conferen @ of bankers to consider the exchange | situation, sent rates upward Sterling closed at s4.G7is one-haif point higher than 1t opened and point and half under Saturdays close, which had established a new low rec ord. Francs gained three points over the low record, selling at 5.99 at the close. and fires rebounded point. clos ing at SAT.
 Bankers Consult
 Bankers with international con ec- ! tions considered a remedy at an in decided to do nothing, chiefly because ] the remedy lay with the foreign buy
 (Continaea on Page Tenl
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 vc removed   placed automobile rushed the direction Eatonton  that removed him from the prison his friends
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Attempt on Life

Attempt on Life
 Milledgeville, Ga, August 16.--A few weeks ago an attempt was made by j. William Green, another life term convict to kill Frank by cutting his throat. Franks condition was serious for some days, but 1t was announced recently that he practically had re- covered.
 The attack tonight was shortly be- fore midnight. The warden. together with most of the guards. were sleep ing on a rear porch of the main build - ing in which the prisoners are con- lined. Both he and the guards weic handcuffed, after which the party en- tered the prison and removed Frank.
 Leo M. Frank was found guilty of the murder Of Mary Phsgan on August 25, 1913, and sentence3 to he hanged. He
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EXPECT UNITED STATES
 TO OFFER RESISTANCE

Allies Contend Radical Changes in Condition of Warfare Makes English Precedents Regarding Status of Staple Untenabe- Hold That Action Will Not Have Far Reaching Result on Cotton Producer-Cotton Interests, However Are Alarmed at Prospect Washington August 16-The allies intention declare cot ton conaband has been communicated unoficay but author atvey to the department The departments advices that the decision reached delay making due the necessity of arranging uniform treatment of the subject by all of the allies
  Belgium  military g&ence a blockade.
 
 
  jventne  Have ->ssT Order Ineffective
  The allies
  allies obliged incentive
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Bankers Consult

Bankers with international connec- tions considered a remedy at an in- formal conference late today. It was decided to do nothing, chiefly because the remedy lay with the foreign buy
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was the superintendent of the National Pencil company in Atlanta, in the base ment of which the girls body was found by night watchman on the night of April D. previous
 Repeated attempts were made in the state courts to obtain new trial for Frank, but without success. Efforts to obtain writ of habeas corpus In the federal district court in Atlanta ana finally in the supreme court ~~ United States also were futile
 On the night of June 21, Il year. two days before the date set for the prisoners execution. he was removed from the county Jail in Atlanta and rushed to the state prison farm upon crders from Governor Slaton. now re- tired. The next day the governor an- nounced that he had granted a petition made in Franks behalf asking that his death sentence be commuted to life in- prisonment.
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PROBABLE EFFECT
 ON COTTON GROWERS
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

gia.
 American dollar rules financial world. Coast of Texas swept by storm. Cotton will be declared contraband. AAccumulation of money problem for
 bankers ASenate defeats bill to abolish game
 department. l-Editorial comment. E-Officers for new municipal court. Cattle men convene today. ward advises Hankins ct al to be ac-
 curate.
 What to do with the convicts. >Esociety. l7-sports. as-Markets.
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COAST OF TEXAS IS SWEPT BY FURIOUS
 TROPICAL GALE; NO
 DEATHS REPORTED
Galveston Sea Wall With stands Fury of the Storm and Shows No Signs of Weakening

Houston, Tex, August 16. At 10 o'clock tonight the only wire working between Hous- ton and Galveston was put out of commission by the storm and Observer Bun- nemyer of the local weather bureau station expressed the opinion that the hurricane had left the gulf and had struck the mainland be- tween this city and Gal weston.
 Dallas, Tex, August 16.-The full effects of the West Indian hurricane which passed through the Yucatan channel yesterday were felt along the Texas gulf coast late today and to- night, the wind reaching velocity of 70 miles an hour. Up to late hour no loss of life or serious damage to property or shipping lad been re- ported.
 Galveston reported the sea wall with standing the force of the wind lasned waters, and with the exception of minor damage as result of the flooding of the streets on the bay side of the city. the property loss was negligible up to 10 o'clock tonight.
 Sabine, Tex, reported a wind of 65 miles an hour and at Port Arthur the gale reached Fl velocity of +5 miles at 10 o'clock
 The majority of the residents at sa- bine and sabine Pass Us well as the nu- merous summer camps and resorts along the coast moved to places of safety last night and early today. At Galveston residents along the beach abandoned their homes and spent the night in the more secure buildings in the business district.
 The towns of Rolover. Caplen. Patton and Boliver wA, reported under water. All of these towns were deserted las. night
 Late tonight newspaper correspon- dent attempted to go from Port Arthur
 tCostinses on Page rens
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GERMANS THRUST
 WEDGE IN RUSSIAN
 LINES ON THE BUG
Berlin Reports Prince Lee pOld's Command Has Scored Victory-Crisis
 in the Balkans

London, August 16.-Q0:45 D. m.)-Ber- lin declares the left wing of the Bavarian
 army under Prince Leopold has fought its way across the Bug river near Drohi- czyn, which is east of Sokolow. and
 5o miles northwest of Brest- -Litovsk. This forms a slight wedge in the Russian
 front. virtually straight since the War.
 saw salient was abandoned
 Field Marshal Von Mackenzen also is
 reported to he pushing back the Rus.
 sians along the Bug. His troops are
 reported advancing along the eastern
 bank Farther west Von Hindenburg is
 credited with successful attack on
 the advanced defenses of kovno, as well
 as q successful attempt to break the
 Russian lines between the Narew and
 the Bug after the Norzew river had been crossed by the Germans
 These formed the most critical move
 ments of the day. but they attract less attention here than the diplomatic nego-
 tiations in the Balkans, where the crisis
 has not been reached. The most signih-
 cant phase of todays news concerning
 the near eastern situation was contained
 in brief Athens dispatch stating that
 former Premier venizelos had won a de- cisve victory over the government in
 the organization of the Greek Chamber of Deputies
 Turkey Confident
 The withdrawal of Bulgarian delegates
 from Constantinople caused much specu-
 lation here, the consensus of opinion be- ing that Turkey is so confident of her
 present position that she does not feel under any compulsion to make conces- sons to Bulgaria's desires.
 The usual grenade and mine fighting is reported in the west, and there has
 been some activity along minor fronts in the Caucasus. where the Russians claim they have repulsed Turkish at- tacks At Livingstone, South Africa, a British force besieged by a German de- tachment is reported to have finally driven off the besiegers
 A German submarine has shelled three towns on the Cumberland coast of Eng land. Several fires were started by the shells, and the railroad was damaged, but there were no casualties. it is said. Except in their financial columns the decline in sterling exchange. The gov ernment has given no hint of any plan 1t may be considering to relieve tho situa,. ton which the leading financial circles
 regard as decidedly serious.
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According to the advices reaching
 Washington the pressure in England and
 France has compelled change The
 British government originally regarded
 cotton as noncontra band and expressed
 a desire to avoid hardship on southern
 planters and to avoid development of
 anti British feeling in this country. The
 change to contraband will be defended
 as authorized by international law. Great
 Britain protested against the American
 blockade of outgoing cotton. from the
 south during the civil war, and had re-
 fused to recognize it as contra band dur
 ing the Russo-Japanese war, but will
 now contend that radical changes in
 the conditions of warfare since that time
 Justify change in attitude.
 ESTATE DEPARTMENT
 NfTO RESIST PLAN
 The entente powers. according to ad-
 vices here, except that the state depart
 ment will resist making cotton contra
 band, and are preparing to base their ac-
 tion on American precedent The ad-
 vices reaching here indicate they in- tend to argue that both Presidents Lin \ colr and Johnson, in formal proclama-
 tions issued in April, May and June in 1885, went on record as maintaining as
 contraband of war materials for the fabrication of ammunition" That cotton has taken the place of saltpetre, always recognized as absolute traband, in the manufacture of gunpowder. will be held to be an established fact and by way of convincing the state department to that effect, attention probably will be directed to letter by Secretary Hay to w w. Rockhill, American minister to China during the Russo-Japanese war stating that the American ordnance of ficers whom he had called into consuta- tion regarding the Japanese blockade or ders had advised him that cotton was used in the manufacture of smokeless powder and so must properly be regarded SIS coritraband of war.
 PROBABLE EFFECT
 ON COTTON GROWERS It is expected that some sort of an arrangement will be proposed by which the allies will engage to allow cotton to travel unmolested to neutral countries in quantities in proportion to their normal consumption What the effect will be Son the American cotton growers is the subject of contention. The allied powers are prepared to argue that it will not be 1hr-reaching.
 The cotton interests have for sometime lbeen alarmed at the prospect, and it is known that the state department has been preparing to resist the new move with every means at the command of diplomacy.
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6-sherrs In al
  effort to find Frank and the which took
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Ex-Governor Franks u mova this
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-12
WEEKLY COTTON REVIEW

NEW ORLEANS. July 1.-THE price
or cotton fell eff sharply last week. tho
trading months standing at their low
est. rs to SO points under last weeks
final quotations and closing 10 to 81
points under.
Liquidation OF the long interest and
Il large volume of short selling made
up the offerings. Bearish sentiment
was encouraged by better weather over
the belt. easier spot markets in the
interior. the lack of an export outlet
for the new crop and unfavorablc conf
mcnt regarding the German reply to
the last American note. The main sup
port Of the market came from the COW
cring of shorts
Perhaps the chief bcarish influence
or the week was the inability of eX-
portcrs to put through tho usual for
ward business done at this time of the
year.
The export situation probably will
command increased attention the com
ing week, and efforts to alleviate it
through the State Department will be
closely followed.
Traders on the long side continue to
predict crop deterioration and Il turn
Tor the worse in the weather conditions
over the belt probably will have con
siderable effect on values.
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breed. How often you hear your neigh :
Dor say, Johnny Jones should be a big.
strong. hne-looking fellow. for his
iather before him was one of the best
looking men in the town" The same
is true of animals
Since this is fact, let us think for
moment as to the sire we select for
our foundation. What sort OF sire did
TINS animal have? How long has his
family been known? How many broth
ers and sisters has he, and what kind
OF animals are they? Was his dam n
good individual-was she good
mother! II OF a class OF animals that
prlns forth young in twos or in litter,
has he twin brother, or litter broth
ers! II SO. how many? What per-
centage are good individuals, and wha,
records have they?
Now. these may seem at first 10 he
OF little value, but without them upon
what can YOU base your estimates OF
future success as n BREEDER
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Weekly Bureau Of In
formation for All Who
Till the Soil or Are In
tcrested in Making Homes
POCKET GOPHER OR
VIRGINIA MOLE

little underground animal, called
the pocket gopher" but West. pretty
Virginia rs the mole, has attracted the
attention of agricultural scientists. and
they are writing a good deal about it.
Whether known as the pocket gopher
or the mole, IL is a nuisance. and should
be cNterminated The following from n
Western writer is worth while:
These animals are provided with Il
pocket-likc pouch OH each side OF the
head. The pouches are outside, inde-
pendent of the mouth. and. contrary to
the belief OF many, arc not used for
carrying food. The presence OF mounds
of earth in garden. orchard or lawn
indicate the presence of either pocket
gopher or a mole. The burrow Of the
fopher is sometimes left open tenn
porarlE WI V is no; the case with
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-12

head hanging down. apart from the
iiock Tho wool AZ the seat Of the
injury is rough and raised, ana as tn.
maSGots burrow their way into the
SKIN and tissues. causing suppuration.
close examination shows II moving MASS
or them Unless these maggo.s are
destroyed and the wound KEEP. clean,
the torture ends in death.
prevention is better than cure" and
IN the case OF fly" it saves the animal
much pain and annoyance and consid-
eraole damage to the fleece. Proven
tion includes the prompt treatment OF
shearing cuts, fighting wounds or abra-
sions Of the skin generally at the time
or the infection, and especially Of
shearinE wounds. which are too often
neglected. The increasing employment
OF machines in shearing will tend to
the reduction of this cause Of lily" at
tack.
The removal of dirty locks OF wool
and the trimming of the soled parts
is imperative. These precautions, how
ever. will not always suffice for tho
yolk of the wool will prove sufficient
| attraction unless poisoned or rendered
distasteful to the fly, and the pest will
sometimes strike. especially on hot
days, and when there is thunder in the
air
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sprender Doing Double Work.

Ordinarily the manure spreader is In
use at seasons of the years when the
field work is not demanding attention.
While tho harvest is in progress, 1t
will he found idle; hence, II is avail
able for other work
In districts where field roots. such
rs manGels, sugar bcets. or turnips
are grown, the manure spreader may
serve as wagon in transferring the
crop from the field 10 the root cellar
or pit. y simple adjustment will en-
able the operator to save considerable
time, as we'll as the task of unloading
with the aid OF shovel The cylinder
or spreadcr is first removed from the
end OF the box, and a suitable end
board is set iii place. the latter being
held by an iron bar or rod When the
load is take. TO the cellar, the end
board can he lifted out readily and
the roots may he rolled into the trap
door merely Ivy putting on the crank
which connects with the apron shaft
and turning by hand until the entire
lot has been discharged 1t requires
only few moments TO deliver the load.
II the farmer does not have wagons
enough to move the crop readily. this
difficulty may be overcome by follow
ing the suggestion which has been
offered.
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WILL PURCHASE WHEAT
IN LARGE QUANTITIES
Shipment VIII he Mndc In Zig Way.
With the Protection of
Buttlcships.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch
SfilCAGO, July n.-According to
cable advices the allies have made ar
engagements to purchase large quaint
ties or wheat at Chicago and the
southwest and to move this wheat out
as soon as 1t is cut and thrcshcd. II
Is SAID shipments will be made in a
Die way-or up To the capacity Of
available tonnage. and that the grain
laden vessels will I've protected by
battleships across the water. This was
favorable piece OF news for the
trade at Chicago, as we'll as elsewhere
and In addition to this there were re-
ports of foreigners in the market bid
ding stifly for large quantities of new
crop for both nearby and deferred
shipments. There was some export
business passing last week, but IL was
generally kept under cover, as for
eigners. are anxious to keep their
movements hidden
For at least fortnight the grain
trade In all parts of the country has
been awaiting dry weather SO that
farm work in the way OF cutting
threshing and hauling could be in
dulged in on a liberal scale
There is but one side to the wheat
market viewed by lonE-hcadcd
spectators. That side is the bear side.
and 1t will prove the winner in the long
run If favorable weather appears, as
sunny conditions would insure cnor-
nous receipts.
The price OF, wheat will continue to
pivot on weather conditions Those
who have put out short lines during
the past two weeks in the expectation
that the receipts of the now crop will
he liberal. and that they would have
wheat In store for delivery on JULY
contracts. and that a general price
recession would be seen. have been the
ones TO suffer losses.
Corn held up firmly because OF the
rainy weather. which has doubtlcsslv
retarded farm work in the rcplanting
and culiivatins corn now above the
ground. In many sections of the coun-
try the plant is quite small and dis.
couraginG to producers as IL will in
many places fail TO escape the early
frost. 4 late fall is now the only sal
walton Of the average corn farmer Of
the country.
Oats have not only advanced in
price, bu; they have held up we'll be-
cause OF the covering by shorts in
July. The export business in oats has
improved some and there has also
been better trade on domestic ac-
count.
Liquidation in the market for hog
products is likely TO continue until
there have been many changes in the
matter OF holdings In the Chicago
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that OF Il mole. Pocket gophers are
largely nocturnal in their habits above
ground.
Hawks and owls, foxes, weasels and
the common house cat prey upon the
pocket Eophers. II is probable, too, that
the larger snakes devour them.
NO. steel trap may be set in the
burrow by digging down n foot or more
behind newly made mound The ton
or the trap should be on level with
the floor of the burrow and nearly COW
ered with fine earth. Tho opening
should be covered in order TO exclude
the light
BY FAR the best way to destroy peck ct
Eophers is by poisoned bait particularly
oeiose inc Young are wcaned. AS much
powdered strychnine as can he hold on
the point of knife blade, introduced
INTO silt In a small piece of parsnip.
carrot, apnle or potato. or 4 large raisin.
ana placed deep down in a branch bur.
row, which may he opened If necor.
sary, is very effective
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Making Homo Attractive.

A recent writer on What the Farm
Homo Needs" makes a few suggestions
for making the country home more at
tractivc and pleasant
Have S much music as possible a
photograph is 4 good investment.
Indulge in an occasional trip either
to nearby or distant points. On re-
turning, the home will be much more
attractive
Read books, papers and magazines
There is no company like good hook
Replace the old household methods
by modern labor-saving devices as far
as possible
Make over the house so that there
may be a bathroom
Have n better arrangement of the
kitchen so that there may be running
water and drainage
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Around the center the tissue had an
arrangement very like that OF tuber-
culosis. OF course. none OF the LESSONS
is tubcrcular. None is caused by
tuberclc bacillus"
Men who come in contact with these
poisonous hairs during their work in
the parasitic laboratory in Massachu-
sets, use tho following remedy for the
hrown-tail rash: Carbolic acid. u
dram Zine oxide L ounce. lime water
ounces: shake thoroughly and work
we'll into the affected parts. This has
proven Il most effective remedy
According to DIR. Riley, the brown
tail moth was introduced into this
country from Europe about the year
1890. The pest has spread rapidly
over New England and New York
and there is every prospect that 1t
Will continue TO spread until it reaches
the Middle and Western States.
Wherever 1t goes IT will prove a seri-
Gus pest to man as we'll as to his tree.
and DlantS
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Facts for Farmers. Stock
Breeders, Poaliry Raissrs.
Orchardists, Truckers and Gar
Observation-Disclosures and Answer
is THE SIRE ALL RIGHT?

We arc all quito familiar with the
fact that the weak. bad joints Of both
plants and animals seem to be more
easily established in tho young than
the strong characteristics. There seems
To be a natural tendency to retrogres-
sion. or croppinC-out of the bad
points in animals: and these are the
things which we desire to guard
against. Like beEcts like" is a law
OF nature. We expect the offspring to
be like the parent. This being the case.
a poor. lean. long, lank, iu-shaped ami
NAL. possessing mean, snarly dispo-
sition, will impart these same char
acteriStics TO his offspring.
In the same ratio that this ia true
of the poor animal, which does not
adhere TO any particular type, so is II
true OF the good. we'll bred animal,
adherinE closely to fixed type and
possessing the characteristics Of this
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ply war needs and It's stimulating ef.
feet OF widening range Of industries.
notably in the steel trade. At tho
same time. abnormal depression of cx
change rates showed the difficulties OF
American debtors in meeting their OBJ
legations.
Results OF the British war loan I'm
London are awaited a preliminary
to British loan here with exemption
from the income tax.
Record Averages from various crops
were reported. but these show some
deterioration because OF unfavorable
weather.
The drastic reorganization proposed
Tor Missouri Pacific and the dividend
reduction foreshadowed by the fall in
price OF st. Paul shares reflected SYM
palmetto depression in other stocks,
anu indicated general REIMBURSEMENT
VI development calculations.