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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-22
KANSAS WHEAT PROSPERS.
Yield May Exceed Previous Esti-
mate of so. DOC, 900 Bushels.

TOPEKA. Kan, July 22-Based on
threshing returns from a number of
counties of the state. J. C. Mohler,
secretary of the state board of agri-
culture. today predicted that the state
yield of wheat may exceed his previous
estimate Of 100000 bushels.
With a tremendous corn acreage.
6,s90,000 acres. the report showsfi the
condition for the state indicates rs per
cent of full yield.
The yield of oats is indicated at 21.6
bushels to the acre. or a crop of 81, 000,-
900 bushelA
The quality of the wheat this year is
much better than in 1915. Secretary
Mohler says
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Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today to
the following:
II A yieth, to build dwelling at 1900
South Dakota avenue northeast: archi-
tect and contractor. Conrad NJ. CLANCY;
estimated cost. $500.
Washington Steel and Ordnance Com
pany. to build mechanical building at
Ctesboro: architect and contractor,
Washington Steel and Ordnance Com
pany; estimated cost 5000.
Catherine O'Callaghan. TO repair store
and dwelling at 1917 Z street northwest;
estimated cost. 500.
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CLOSING IS STRONG;
STEEL COMMON LEADS
Usual Saturday Covering by Shorts
Partially Responsible for Much
of the Firmness.
Rails Continue Neglected, While
Motor Stocks Command a Large
Share of Attention.

NEW YORK. July 22.-Short cover
ing accounted largely for the activity
of today's operations. although trading
was again wholly professional and
limited to speculative favorites. United
States Steel was the foremost feature.
rising to s61a. it's best price of the
week. on transa ctions embracing nu-
merous one-thousand to two-thousand
share lots.
Automobile stocks were prominent
1T advances of to 10 points, the lat
ter for General Motors, and NUM-
lions were moderately better, with sub
stantial gains in minor steel and metal
issues
Bethlehem Steel lost 10 points.
Tobacco showed additional advances,
with some inquiry for beet sugar and
similar issues Rails played no part
in the days business aside from a
3-point decline in Wisconsin Central.
The closing was strong.
Bonds were steady.
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WILD BUYING CARRIES
WHEAT PRICES HIGHER
Continued Unfavorab1e Crop Reports
From Northwest Give Impetus
to Advance.

CHICAGO. July 22.-Wild buying car
ried wheat prices up three cents
bushel today before any reaction set in.
Continued unfavorable reports as to the
crop outlook in the northwest gave the
impetus to the advance. According to
a leading authority no Improvement in
black rust conditions could be expected
from now on, as the pest was shutting
off nourishment from the soil
Opening prices, which ranged from y
to x higher. with September at 1855.
to 1.16% and December at 1.1ses to
1.19A, were followed by a rapid further
ascent and then a slight downturn.
Corn Prices Lifted.
Dry. hot weather and the wheat
strength lifted the corn market. After
opening n to H higher prices con-
tinued to rise.
Oats shared in the bullishness of
other cereals Offerings were scarce.
Provisions averaged higher with
grain. Weakness of the hog market
was virtually ignored.
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New York Metal Market.

NEW YORK. July 22.-There was a
better demand reported in the copper
market, leading agencies intimating
that a good business could be done II
they would shade their prices which
are around 29A for October and 80 for
November-Decembe but this they re-
fuse to do. Business, therefore. Is con-
fined chiefly to resellers and second
hands, latter quoting electrolyttc from
"a to 26 for nearby and forward de-
liveries. Iron unchanged.
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New York Mercantile Paper.

NEW YORK. July 22.-Mercantile
paper, Az. Sterling: Sixty day bills,
47Ik: demand, 4.75%; cables. 4,76R.
Marks: Demand. 70 s-16; cables, 72ss
Kronen: Demand. 1885; cables. 1858
Guilders: Demand, 41h; cables. 4las
Lires: Demand. 6.42: cables. 641E
Rubles: Demand, 30.45. cables. 30.B0.
Bar silver, 63A. Mexican dollars,
4s%. Government bonds steady. Rail-
road bonds steady.
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LONDON MARKET QUIET
Money and Discount Rates Steady,
Americans Are Idle.

LONDON. July 22-Money and dis
count rates were steady Trading on
the stock exchange was generally quiet
with a firm undertone.
Indian and other colonial stocks and
the war loan were in good demand,
with investors doing the leading bnsi'
ness. Russian securities and shipping
and oil shares were steadily supported.
but Americans were idle and closed a
fraction below yesterday
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, July 22.-Hogs-Receipts
10000 head; slow; to 10 under yes
terday's average. Bulk. s.25a9.s0; light.
1000: rough. s.s5as.10; pigs, 75oas.1O.
Cattle-Receipts, 500 head; steady;
native beef cattle, 675a10.e0; western
steers, 7.7Sas.So; stockers and feeders.
5.00aS.00: cows and heifers. 3.30a9. 20;
calves, S.60a12.00.
sheep--Receipts. 5000 head: strong;
wethers. e.76aS.26; lambs. e.60a10.2E.
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NETWORK SUGAR MARKET.

NEW YORK. July 2a-There was not
much activity noted in the market for
sugar futures. and trading was mostly in
the way of evening up. The undertone.
however, was generally steady in SYM
pathy with the recent strength in raws.
and closing prices were / point lower to
3 points higher. Sales. $3.50 tons. Sep
ternber, 539. December. $40; March,
AT.
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Cottonseed Oil Market.

NEW YORK. July 22-The cotton
seed oil market closed strong Spot,
e.45 bid: July. $50 bid: August, 9Ssa
go: September. S.s7ae6s: October,
Ss1aS.s2: November. s.a0as22; Decem-
Der. s.16as.17. January, s20as21; Feb
ruary. s.20a3.30. Total sales, $500.
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New York Bank Statement.

NEW YORK. July 22.-The statement
of the actual condition of clearing
house banks and trust companies for
the week shows that they hold $685.
os5.360 reserve in excess of legal re-
ouirements. This is an increase of
S12,915,S90 over last week
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. July eat was a
narrow market in the early trading IN
cotton today. Rains in Texas about
balanced rains in the eastern belt. in
the estimation of the trade. Cables
were poor and caused selling in a
small way. Half an hour after the
opening prices were a point under yes
terday's close.
Futures opened steady: Opening bid:
August. 1858: October, 1917; Decem-
Der, 1890; January, 1898; March,
1917.
The forecast of showers for the east
ern belt gave the market an upward
trend Late in the session shorts
bought covers freely and prices We're
lifted to points over the last quota
lions of yesterday.
Spot cotton quiet and unchanged:
sales on the spot, 10: to arrive. 100;
good ordinary. 11.5o; strict good ordi.
nary, 1900: low middling, 1880; strict
low middling, 1875: middling, 1900;
strict middling, 1925; good middling'
1880: strict good middling, 1915.
Futures closed very steady, 1878;
advance of to points. August. 1918;
October, 1885; December, 1898; jan
uary, 1906, and March, 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-22
LONDON MONEY.

LONDON, July 22-Bar silver. 30 Slid
per ounce: money. ~ per cent; dis
count rates, short bills. 5xa5% per
cent; three months, ska5% per cent
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NEW YORK COTTON.

Quotations furnished by ". b. Hibbs Il Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange, New York
Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board Of Trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-22
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, July 22.-Flour-Firm
Pork-Firm.
Reef-Firm.
Lard-Easy; middle west, 12soa1290
Molasses-Dull.
Hay-Quiet.
Hides-Steady.
. Leather-Firm
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New York Coffee Market.

NEW YORK, July 22.--Coffee--~Rio
No. Z. ~. Futures steady: September,
$40; December, S.64.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, July 22.-Cotton-spot.
steady; good middlng. s13; midding.
1877: low middlng. ISL: sales. 5000 bales;
900 for speculation and export. Receipts,
1920 bales.
Futures barely steady. July. 1871
July and August, ISL; August and Sep
TENDER, 1854: September and October.
1T; October and November, 7.75: Novem-
Der and December. 7.72; December and
January, TO: January and February. 1853;
February and March, 1853: March and
April, 1851; April and May, 1853; May
and June, 76s; June and July. 7.67.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-22
Specialties the Feature.

The weekend session opened with
very light dealings and few changes
of Importance.
Specialties again Furnished the only
noteworthy features, Industrial Alec
motive, American Linseed preferred
and Hide and Leather preferred record
ing gains of substantial fractions to
over a point.
American Writing Paper preferred
and International Nio>el were inclined
to yield.
United States Steel and similar in
dustrfals were ba2ely steady, and rails
were almost utt/rly neglected.
Toba COOS wee represented by Lig-
gett & Myers. Which rose over points,
Recoveries at Expense of "Shorts."
This weeks market reversed to a con-
siderable extent the conditions of the
preceding period, a fact generally at
tributed to the easing of time and call
money rates. Special stocks which had
suffered from continuous liquidation
and concerted bear attacks made
variable, but for the most part sub
stantial recoveries. and other issues,
except rails. which were consistently
backward, also improved
the expense of the short interest, the
quick rebound of certain stocks in
dicating a scarcity of supply. Second
airy steel and iron shares were unusual
ly active. but United States Steel made
comparatively little Roadway. Earn
ings of the steel corporation for the
second quarter to be published next
Tuesday are expected to range between
s75.000.o00 and sso.00o,0oo. far surpass-
ing all previous records.
The sluggish course OF rails was more
directly due to the belief that fresh
foreign liquidation is imminent
Further heavy receipts of British
owned American securities were re-
ported. but whether these are to be Of
fered to our investors or form the
nucleus of British loan remains to be
seen. The success of the new French
loan seems assured, the banking syndi-
cate reporting a widespread demand
Trade Conditions Good.
Negotiations for a new Russian loan
are said to be pending, but the amount
and interest rate are yet in the in
formal stage. 1t is known that Ameri-
ing of certain Canadian obligations now
held in London to this market but this
project is also subject to further dis
cussion.
Railroad earnings for June will issue
next week, and returns are expected to
compare favorably with recent months.
General trade conditions as reflected
in bank clearings are much in excess
of the corresponding period of last
year. though slightly under high rec
ords.
Exports which include war supplies
in greater proportion promise to attain
new maximum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-22

Japan's gold holdings now amount to
$2s4.235.00e. The bulk of this amount
is kept aesead-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-22

The works Of Charles Dickens con-
tain 1.425 characters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-22
CURB STOCKS.

ouotations furnished by ". B. Hibbs Co.
members New York Stock Exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-22
LIVERPOOL,

LIVERPOOL. July 22.-Wheat-Spot,
No. l Manitoba, lis Sd; No. 2, lis sd
Corn-Spot. American mixed, new,
l 0s Id.
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POWDER STOCKS.

Quotation furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-18
ANNA MALEY WILL
 GIVE LECTURE HERE Prominent Woman Socialist Will Speak at Cable Hall
 Tomorrow Night

Can women understand social ques- tions? Anna Maley will answer Anna Maley, who, as socialist candidate for governor of the state of Washington in 1912, received 10000 votes, teacher in the Rand School of Social Science, New York, jailed during the labor war in West Virginia in 1913, and one of the leading speakers in the New York state suffrage campaign in 1915, will lecture to Birmingham audience at Cable hall tomorrow night.
 For those who are interested in the study of socialism as a factor in the sociological growth of daily problems it is claimed nothing better than this lecture could be heard. for Anna Maley is an authority.
 The subject will be "Bread and Brotherhood" a subject that shows the heart and sympathy of this woman who knows and feels the real struggle. War takes the childrens bread. 1t is a colossal crime against brother hood" says Anna Maley. Let us con slider the war of the workshop and the blood of the battlefield and ways by which both may cease"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-18
FRISCO OFFICIALS
 ON VISIT TO CITY

''We are highly pleased with the business which our line is receiving in the Birmingham district" said w. B. Riddle, receiver of the Frisco who was in Birmingham yesterday. q am in- formed that conditions in Birmingham are highly satisfactory at this time and am certain this is true, since there has been a marked improvement in the traffic from here over our lines Conditions throughout the country are very promising and the outlook for 1916 is splendid. 1 have enjoyed my day in Birmingham very much and hope to have an opportunity of coming back here again soon."
 MT. Riddle arrived yesterday morn- ing from Atlanta and spent sometime comforting with officials of the system here and with prominent industrial leaders. In the afternoon he went to Roebuck Springs for a game of golf and was accompanied by J. H. Doughty, general agent of the Frisco, and Wal ter Moore. MT. Riddle stated that there was no significance to his visit here at this time and that he had no an- nouncement of interest to the people of the district. He left last night in his private car for St. Louis He was accompanied by Alexander Hilton, pas senger traffic manager, and certain other officials of the Frisco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-18
COMMITTEE TO
 INSPECT FRONTAGE
 OF WARRIOR RIVER
c. K. Little, Government Engineer, Will Accompany Birmingham Party on Tour of
 Inspection

An inspection of the frontage on the Warrior river at all points along Mulberry and Locust Forks which are under consideration as suitable termlh al points for the river highway will be made by the Birmingham commit tee Saturday G. K. Little, government engineer of Tuscaloosa, will meet the Birmingham party at Taylors Ferry Saturday morning and will take them along the river in the government launch. An announcement to this effect was made by Engineer Little to off cers of the Chamber of Commerce yes- terday afternoon.
 Everything is now ready for the trip Saturday over the two proposed high way routes and the added advantage of motor trip along the river will enable thD delegation to get all the information necessary before a final decision is reached. The members of the board of revenue, all the members of the special Warrior highway com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce, City Commissioner Truss, County En- gineer Clark City Engineer KendriclS and local industrial men have accepted the invitation to make the trip.
 The members of the committee were highly pleased when they learned that Engineer Little, representing the gov ernment, would cooperate and would take the party for an inspection of the various proposed terminal points in the government launch. MT. Little is prob ably better posted on the river than any man in the state, and his accurate information regarding the rise and fall of the stream will be of great value in determining where the terminals shall be located.
 The automobiles making the trip will leave the Chamber of Commerce Saturday morning at S:30 o'clock and the run to Taylor's Ferry will be made at once. Then the trip in the launch will be made and it is probable that the automobiles will be sent to Locust Fork so that the return trip can be made over that road without the ne- cessity for going back to Taylor's s Ferry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-18
COMMISSION IN
 SECRET SESSION Barber's Offices and Liquor Inspection Said to Have
 Been Topics

There was another secret conference of the city commissioners yesterday morning. It was of about two hours duration.
 After it was all over the commis- sioners came out smiling to the news paper men and refused even to chirp for publication. Truly something epochal in character must have been under contemplation, asserted some of the city hall attaches, while credence was given the report that the confer ence was whether an adjacent building should be leased in order that Com missioner Barber might secure ample office room.
 However, none of the commissioners would talk with the exception of Com missioner Barber, who stated that the conference was ''ephemeral" which probably explained it as we'll as an executive commission meeting could be explained. There was more or less amusement over MT. Barber's office quarters.
 When he assumed office he moved into Judge A. o. Lanes office on the north side of the city hall However. this was too far distant from the police department, and MT. Barber soon moved to the city attorneys suite Of offices on the southwestern corner of the city hall. Still the aIIalrs or the police department increased to such vol ume that further expansion was neces- sary, and the building and plumbing inspectors were driven out of their offices to make room. Commissioner Barber now has more offices than the rest of the commission put together.
 But aside from the talk on the move- ments of Commissioner Barber, the executive conference was said to be on the liquor inspection ordinance which goes into effect next Monday. The commission has great fears that the law is unconstitutional, despite le- gal opinions to the contrary, as it has been brought to their attention that the inspection is a clear violation of the interstate commerce law. According to the latest opinion on the matter, liquors shipped from Chattanooga to individuals in Birmingham and ad- dressed to their home addresses are considered interstate shipments until the liquors are delivered at the home address. Thus, it is pointed out by the liquor inspection at the Terminal sta- tion or prior to the completion of the liquors interstate character the new city ordinance infringes on federal rights and the courts will knock 1t out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-18
FATHER J. E. COYLE IS
 AMUSED AND AMAZED
Calls Attention to Article In Recent Pratt City Religious
 Publication

Tc the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 A few days ago I came across a novel of an early Victorian writer. One phrase, of the only page of the book I could force myself to read struck me at the time as rather peculiar, even for a novelist of the days of hoops and crinoline. It was, as nearly Tas I remember, Amusement and amusement assailed Arthur Ashley" I suppose the alliteration of the sentence, faintly reminiscent of
 An Austrian army, awfully arrayed
 Boldly by battery beseged Belgrade made the sentence stick. MT. Editor amazement and amusement assailed my self today. The mail brought me this morning, 'The Bulletin of the First Bap- tist Church of Pratt City, Vol. l, No. F. Page has formidable list of officials. committees. deacons and trustees, and a cordial invitation to strangers within the gates and visitors to shake hands with somebody before leaving Page ?, after giving the hours for services on Sundays and some other days, has the following sapient remarks:
 Wherever the Roman Catholic church has developed strength to do so, they have destroyed the Christian Sabbath, by law if possible, and if not by law, then by every kind of dissertation conceivable to the mind of the devil or his Dago pom tiff. And now comes this arch enemy of American institutions and asks this good American southern city for the priv ilcge of debauching and destroying this institution of our fathers-the Christian Sunday. The Baptist, Methodist, Pres byterian and other Christian pastors are determined that with the help of their brethren the Christian Sunday shall be preserved, Messrs. Coyle, Ward, Barber, George Eaves, Bailey, Barnwell ct al, to the contrary notwithstanding"
 MT. Editor, is it any wonder that amazement and amusement assailed me? Let me, amid amazed laughter, assure the timid author of the bulletin that I have no bull or brief from his holiness of Rome. Of the recent controversy anent the Sunday movies where movie mer- chants" and few prominent members of the Pastors union Ca Protestant organ ization pure and simple, needless to say), were, pardon the slang, paving the air, : I have been a mildly curious observer. have not expressed any opinion pro or cor, not caring to. pardon the slang again q am afraid the reading of the bulletin had deteriorated my style), butt in'' where I was not wanted
 I am sure it will be news to the es- timable gentlemen with whom I am pill loried, that is, Messrs. Ward, Barber, Eaves, Bailey and Barnwell to know that they are furthering the schemes of the two astute individuals. old in the world s ways and wiles, that the learned author of the bulletin links together, and with such good taste and ennobling style calls the devil and the Dago pontiff." Amuse ment and amazement; yes. that expresses it. Arthur Ashley hasn't anything on me. Sincerely, JAMES B. COYLE.
 Birmingham, February 17. 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-18
Meeting of Committee
 on Fire Prevention

Milton Dargan of Atlanta, chairman of the Birmingham committee of the South eastern Underwriters association, will be present at the meeting of the Bir- mingham fire prevention committee, which will be held in the office of City Commissioner George B. Ward at 10 o'clock this morning. IT. G. Seibels, chairman of the committee, called the meeting. In addition to Commissioner Ward, who is member of the commit- tee, the other members of the city com mission will attend.
 The great reduction in fire losses in Birmingham since the organization of the fire prevention movement has been high ly gratifying to the committee, and it has been announced that the SoutheaH ern Underwriters association will allow reduction in insurance rates tlfH spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-18
Kilby to Make Race

Lieut.. Gov. Thomas F. Kilby of An niston arrived last night and is at the Tutwiler. MT. Kilby is recognized as a certain candidate for governor, but up to the present time he has not formally announced. Mir. Ki1by has stated that it was not his intention to force any political agitation on the people far in advance of the race, which is in 1918. His friends, however, state that there is not any doubt that he will make the race, and he will make an aggressive campaign for the office.
 As president of the senate during the recent legislature, MT. Kilby, accord ing to his friends, strengthened him- self in political way. The presidency of the senate is considered a rather precarious one for a man with political aspirations, but it is generally con- ceded that the present lieutenant gov ernor increased his political prestige by his conduct of that office