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1o.ad: November-Deeember.
Chas. FairchiIds & Co.'S Letter

New York, December i2-(SpeciaL)-Th
cotton market this morning, after cary
hesitation, rallied moderately. reacted
rallied again and began 20 show some
strength on rumor that Germany had
announced it's willingness to discuss peace
with the allies. However, it was not until
the closing hour that big general buying
developed. which carried prices up very
rapidly. Punctuation at times were both
sudden and wide. but final figures were
at the top. We consider peace talk pre-
mature as Germany's terms are not Ike
II to be acceptable to the allies, and
believe the advance today was due more
to a realization that the government esti-
mate of yesterday in reality was bullish
and not a bearish proposition. as well AS
to the fact that spot markets were APP
parently as firmly entrenched as the Rock
OF Gibraltar We expect wild markets.
but are skeptical of any further big adj
vance on presumption of immediate peace.
Peace is still far away in our opinion. Ex-
ports of cotton are not likely to be on Il
liberal scale, while fear of U-boat lc-
tivity is entertained and marine insur-
ance rates remain as high as at present.
Consequently, active trading markets
would seem to be in order, Sharp ad-
vances will doubtless invite liquidation,
while quick breaks will encourage buy
ing With the government estimate ont
OF the way we now consider s. per bale
margin ample protection
Cotton oil was firmer, likewise lard. We
expect a further sharp advance in oil.
We favor purchases Of May.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York, December 2.-(Special) THE
reaction from the declines of the past
two weeks came today, accentuated by
the statement that the Emperor of Ger
many had offered terms of peace to the
entente allies. In all probability. judg-
ing from past events. the allies will to-
morrow decline to accept his terms, and
then Germany may state that hereafter
the submarine and land warfare will De
carried on to the bitter end. Today Wal
street traders sold stocks and bought cot
ton, as did the west, evidently on the
basis of this peace proposition. If other
markets are to decline and men be thrown
out of work in this and other neutral
countries because their prosperity is due
to the war, what will happen to cotton
spinners and cotton goods in this country?
However. the market closed steady ut
some Go points advance from yesterday.
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SHARP RECOVERY
ON COTTON MARKET
Peace Proposals by Ger.
many Create Optimistic
View and Prices Rise

New York, December 12.-The announce
ment that Germany was ready to open
peace negotiations was followed by a very
sharp recovery in the cotton market here
today. After selling at 1850 yesterday,
March contracts advanced to 1S.S1c during
ten days late trading, or 70 points above
last nights close. That delivery closed
at 1s.77c and the general list closed very
steady at net advance of 81 to So points
for the day.
The market opened steady at a decline
of 8 to % points under overnight selling
orders and in sympathy with lower ca
bles. January sold at 17.70c and May at
1880 on the call, but prices quickly rail-
lied on the news from Berlin, A bulge of
So to 81 points met renewed liquidation
and Liverpool selling which tended to in
crease local skepticism as to the allies
acceptance of German proposals at this
time and there were reactions of several
points later. Press dispatches containing
a preliminary outline of Germany's peace
proposals seemed to create rather a more
optimistic view of the outlook, however
and the market became very firm during
the afternoon.
The bunying was encouraged by the
very bullish average of southern spot ad-
vices and carried January up to 1850,
while May sold at 19c, or 65 to ~ points
net higher and lis to 131 points above yes
terdays low level Trade interests were
amongIthe buyers on the rally, which was
accompanied by reports that spinners
were calling cotton.
Southern spot advices reported a slack
ening of demand, but said that interior
holders were not following the decline in
futures and that efforts to buy spots
found very few sellers and less favor
able basis than expected. These reports
tended to increase reactionary sentiment
and in addition to the buying of that
sort there was active covering. AS the
market steadied after the early irregu-
larity, local bulls pointed out the COM
paratively small difference between yes
terdays official crop estimate and pre-
vious expectations. but much of the day.
buying was attributed to the stronger
technical position after recent heavy liqui-
dalton.
Port receipts, s5s24. United States port
stocks, 1,574,6S6; exports, 12149, making
2,701, 309 so far this season.
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BUSINESS
OCCUPIES ATTENTION
At BIG GATHERING
Important Subjects Are Not
Touched by the Baseball
MOguIs at New York
Meeting

New York, December 12.-Routine BUSH
ness occupied the attention of the Ma
tional league magnates here today dur
ing the first session of the annual meet
ing, which is expected to continue until
Thursday. The more important subjects,
SUCH as changes in the worlds series
regulations; the International league de-
fiance of the national commission in the
matter of the $4,000 award to the Brook
Ign club; the Barney Dreyfuss Garry
Hermann controversy and the possible
reprimand of Manager John J. McGraw
of the New York Nationals for his out
burst against his players in the final
Brooklyn-New York series at the close
of the pennant season We're not men
toned, according to the official report of
the meeting.
The magnates abolished the disability
list under which clubs were permitted
last season to cary extra players, and
adopted a new rule for 1917, allowing each
club to carry % players from May is to
August 81, in place of the 21-player rule
in vogue in 1916. At other periods of the
season the 35-player regulation will pre-
vail as heretofore
A committee representing the Amerl-
can association presented protest
against the draft rule now in operation
against class IA leagues, and the Ma
tional Association of Professional Base
ball Leagues, through committee, pre-
sented petition requesting the forma-
ton of board of arbitration to settle
disputes between the major and minor
leagues. Both requests were tabled for
further consideration.
President Tener recommended that Off
cial action be taken by the league look
ing to revision of the worlds series
rules, especially with the view of setting
aside a part of the players percentage
for distribution among the players OF
other clubs not participating in the Sc
ries. The report also commented on the
restoration of peace in baseball, which
resulted in the league as a. whole enjoy
ing it's most successful season, the at
tendance in 1916 being greater than in
any other season in the history of the
league.
President Charles Weeghman of the
Chicago National league club stated that
he was not ready to make a statement on
his efforts to engage a manager for the
coming season, but that he hoped to
complete a deal before the meeting adj
journed. From other sources. however,
il was learned that Fred Mitchell, pitch
ers' coach for the Boston club, had been
approached and had stated that he would
be willing to accept the position at the
terms stipulated, provided a deal fo1
players or cash could be arranged be-
tween the Chicago and Boston clubs
Many of the details of the inter-league
series between the American association
and the International league clubs were
gone into. The International men sug-
gested that each club donate s625 instead
of $500 to make the purse for the winning
league $4,000. This was agreed to.
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Improvement Ordinance No.
035-C

An ordinance to provide for certain
improvements ON Twenty sixth
street. south. from sixth avenue,
south formerly Avenue Fl. to Eighth
avenue. south formerly Avenue HI,
and on First avenue from a point 95
feet west of Sixty-second street
westward to point 1916 feet west
of Sixty-second street.
Be it ordained by the commission Of
the city of Birmingham as follows;
Section /. That the sidewalks on the.
east and west sides of Twenty-sixth
street, south, from the north edge of the
paved portion of the sidewalk on Eighth
avenue south, to the south edge of
the paved portion OF the sidewalk on
the south side of Seventh avenue, south.
shall be paved with Portland cement
concrete sidewalk paving for width
of six (6) feet, located against the east
and west property lines respectively of
Twenty sixth street, south.
That the sidewalk on the south side
of First avenue from point So feet
west of Sixty-second street westward
to point 154.5 feet west of Sixty
second street shall be paved with Port.
land cement concrete sidewalk paving
for width OF four "a feet; located IL
feet south from and parallel to the
south curb of First avenue between the
above named points.
That the alley crossings on the east
and west side of Twenty sixth street,
SOUTH at Sixth alley, south, shall be
paved with vitrified brick alley paving
on gravel foundation.
That the entrances to lots along all
of said streets, where the sidewalks
are to be paved, shall be. paved the full
width of the sidewalk for width of
four "a feet, with hydraulic cement
concrete. and the driveways into lots
and the alleyways shall be paved with
vitrihed brick the full width of the
sidewalk and gutter.
Sec. 2. That said improvements shall
be made in accordance with the estab-
lshed grades on file in the office of the
city engineer for said portions of said
highways, and according to full details,
drawings. plans. specifications and sur
veys of said work and estimates. which
shall be prepared by the city engineer,
as early as practicable, and placed by
him on file in his office in the city hall,
not later than one week r-icr to tho
date named in secti OF this ordi-a
nance, where propert owners who may
lbe affected by said improvements may
lee and examine thu same.
"a Sec. 3. That the cost Of con tructing
said improvements asail he assessed
against the propert 1tpttips on the
portions OF the higl aFs ~ aprovsd;.
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of Il to "a. western senator's voting
against it,
Senator Phelan gave notice that he
would offer another amendment TO pro
hlblt the entrance of so-caiied Japanese
picture brides" into the United States
INCONSISTENT, SAYS WILLIAMS
Senator Williams of Mississippi during
the debate declared he could not see why
such a tempest in p teapot was being
made over the japanese question, par
ticularly when Japan had lived up to It's
agreements and as a government mas
treated us in the best possible way.
THE trouble here with some Of you,
he said, is that you are willing to de-
clare the United States TO be a white
mans country In one instance and not
in another Some Of you who are shout
ing loudest now about Japanese exclu-
sion voted a little while ago against eX-
clGsion of negroes from this country
You can raise international complica-
lions about the japanese who are higher
civilized than you are. but dare not be-
cause. of local conditions, declare as to
the negro that this is a white man
country 1 am abiding not only to west
ern republicans but also to northern
democrats when l declare you are willing
to say this is a white mans country
in a way but please don't offend the ne
gro voter in my district "
When the Senate adjourned there was
pending an amendment by Senator Reed
to exclude all persons who come to the
United States for temporary employment
as laborers, intending to return TO their
native land.
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New York Futures
Port Cotton Market

New Orleans: Middling, 1sc; receipts,
1887; stock, 466,966.
Galveston: Middling. 1880; receipts,
14,77S; sales, $50; stock, 429. 40S.
Mobile: Middling, 1Sc; receipts, 1o42;
stock, 1887.
Savannah: Middling, 1850; receipts,
1904 sales, 200; stock, 22S,74S
Charleston: Middling, 1870; receipts
eco: stock, 7S,024.
Wilmington; Receipts, 113; stock, 1855
Texas City: Receipts, 1888; exports, 2492;
stock, 113,219
Norfolk: Stock, 6415.
Boston: Middling. &c., receipts, 319; ex-
ports, 1901, stock, $500.
Philadelphia: Middling, 1S.6oc; receipts
So stock, COL.
New York: Middling, 1S.35c; receipts
40; exports, 2753; stock 147,059.
Minor ports: Exports, 7S15; stock, A..
2ss.
Total today: Receipts, 35,925; exports
12,149 stock, 1,5749S7.
Total for week: Receipts. 1850; ex-
ports. 9a,703.
Total for season: Receipts. 444o,s62
exports. 2,70S,47S.
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SENATE VOTES TO
KEEP OUT HINDUS
AND OTHER RACES
Continued from Page one)

certain geographical areas from which
immigrants shall not be admitted, instead
of naming the races or nationalities as
was done in the bill as it passed the
House. During the debate Senator Lodge
and Senator Pnelan engaged in lively
passage, but they did not strengthen the
position of the United States.
ut is a great mistake" said Senator
Lodge, "for this Congress to give wanton
and needless offense to a friendly ma
ton by which we gain absolutely moth
ing"
Senator Phelan declared that after the
bill had passed the House certain Japan
csc busy-bodies objected and that he
thought this government ought to be
conducted from Washington; not from
Toxic"
The Phelan provision prevailed without
roll call, and the committee amend
ment as modified was adopted by a vote
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New Orleans Shivering

New Orleans, December 12.-With
the thermometer registering SO de-
grees above at a. M, New Orleans
and vicinity today experienced the
coolest December weather since 1914,
when 20 degrees above was recorded
Water froze here today and freezing
temperatures were reported to the
weather bureau in Louisiana, Missis-
sippi and Alabama almost to the coast
where there was frost. The cold wave
was accompanied by a wind which
for a time blew 20 miles an hour. No
reports have been received regarding
damage to fruit and vegetable crops.
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CITY ORDINANCES


provided, that such assessments shall
be paid in cash, and provided further:
(a) That the cost of all improvements
at or upon street, avenue or alley in
tersections shall be assessed against
the lots or parcels of land abutting on
said highways so intersecting for one
half block in each direction.
(b) That the cost of sidewalk i'm
provements on street and avenue COR
ners shall be assessed against the lots
abutting on OF nearest to said i'm
provements; and the cost Of sidewalk
improvements at the intersection of any
alley with a street or avenue or other
highway shall be assessed in fair pro-
portion against the respective lots or
parcels of land abutting or cornering
on the alley at such intersection.
(c) That no assessment shall exceed
the cost of such Improvement. or the
increased value of such property. by
reason of the special benefits derived
from such improvements.
Sec. A. That the estimated cost of said
improvements is $500, and that the COM
mission will meet on the I'd day of jan
uary, 1917, at the council chamber Of
the city hall at 3go'cIock. p. M, to hear
any objections, circumstances, or pro-
tests that may be made against said
improvements. the manner of making
the same, or the material to be used,
Approved December s. 1915.
GEORGE b. WARD,
President Board Of Commissioners.
A true copy.
c. B. LLOYD, City Clerk
Age-Herald. December 6-l3. 1916.
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Joint Commission to Convene

Washington, December 12.-Arrange-
ments for the next conference of the
INSTRUMENTATION commission, at Phila-
delphia, next Monday, were approved by
President Wilson at today's cabinet meet
ing. Both Secretary Lansing and Secre.
tary Lane said they were still without
information as to whether General Car
rama had approved the protocol. 1t was
believed, however, that some changes will
be suggested by the Mexicans.
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CHRISTMAS TRADE
IS IN EVIDENCE
Eggs Drop on Morris Ave-
nue. With Supply Equal
to Demand

The lowest price that has been reached
in the egg market in weeks was regis
tered Tuesday, when storage eggs were
quoted at 40 cents. and extra graded at
IS cents. Fresh country eggs are quoted
at 20 cents Storage eggs are being let
out in good quantities. and no extreme
scarcity is noted in local markets. Chlch-
ems and turkeys remain steady in quota
tons.
Creamery butter is off 1 cent the pres
ent quotations being 80 cents. Process
butter is quoted at % cents, and cream
cheese at % cents. a drop of l cent.
Business on the avenue continues goou,
and merchants afe feeling the Christmas
trade early.
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Southern Colleges Are
Dropped by Harvard

Cambridge. Mass. December -
Harvard's football schedule for 1917,
announced tonight, shows several
changes. Cornell, which has been the
opponent for the last two
years, is dropped and the Carlisle In
dams are added. Bowdoin, Boston col
lege and the Springfield Y. M. C. A.
go on the list in place of the Univer-
sity of Virginia, University of North
Carolina and Massachusetts Agricul-
tural college,
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Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, December 12.-Cotton, spot
weak. Good middling. HID middling,
l1.06d: low middling, 10000. Sales, 1900; 700
for speculation and export. Receipts, 49,
COO; futures barely steady. December,
1O.sod; December January, 10s0d January
February, 10S4d; February March; 10000 I;
March April, 1099d; April-May. 11.05d
May-June, 11.10d; June-July, 11.0Sd: July
August, 11osd; August-September lo7Sd;
September October, 10.36d October-No-
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Interior Movement

Houston: Middling, 1S.50c receipts, $3.50;
shipments, 1886; sales, 1868; stock, 1887
Memphis: Middling, 1890: receipts, $3.50;
shipments, 34s5; sales, 22b; stock, 2S5,ss4.
Augusta: Middling, 1880; receipts, 1176;
shipments. 1884; sales. S73: stock, 147,S67
st. Louis: Mddling, 1870; receipts,
S434; shipments. 9026; stock, 30,050
Cincinnati: Receipts, 7o7; shipments, GOT:
stock, 25,14.
Little Rock: Middling. 1880; receipts,
1889; shipments, 7S7; sales 7S7; stock, So, :
2o2.
Total today: Receipts, 24,2o1; shipments,
$685. stock, S0S,893.
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Great possibilities for trade are Of
fered by the Caucasus Most of the
merchants, however, are men of small
capital.
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The Correct Diagnosis

From the Boston Transcript
Buying on margin little money VIII
on a long way in the stock market"
yet il frequently goes so far you never
see it again"
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

AUTO TRUCKS AND TEAMS-IIave
idle for winter two auto trucks with
trailers, "a tons each; three teams
and wagons. Pleased to contract to
work entire outfit, or part, with
drivers for three months more or
less. f. L. Maddocks, DeSoto hotel
12-13-2t
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Lee Moody has been appointed as on
of the judges in the field trials at Leto
hatche this week. Mr., Moody has served
on this committe of three several times
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Bessemer Grove No. r. Woodmen cir
Gle, has elected the following officers:
Mrs. Sallie Sims, past guardian; Mrs.
Isabel Acton, guardian; Mrs. lrnie
Fowler, advisor, reelected; Mrs. Emma
Horne. clerk. reelected; Mrs. Elite
Adams, banker; Mrs. Lake Goodwin. at
stendant: Mrs. Fannie Landlord, chap
lain; Mrs Minnie Gilbert, inner guard !;
Mrs. Rosa Belle Kent, outer sentinel;
Miss Melxie Mclaughlin, Mrs. Maggie
Davis and Mrs Minnie Lee Quinn, man
ayers; DR. J. NJ. Tubb. physician.
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z. e. LLOYD, City Clerk.
Age-Herald. December 6-13, 1916
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-05-11
KEEP EGGS FOR FUTURE USE
Water-Glass Solution 10 Recommended
by Poultry Expert Of Missouri
Agricultural College.
tBy G. A. WEBSTER University OF Mis-
souri,. College OF Agricuiturc)

tBy c. A. WEBSTER. University OF Mis-
souri,. College OF AgricultureD
Eggs preserved in the water glass
solution will keep almost perfectly for
several months. They will poach near
ly as well as fresh eggs although the
taste is a tribe more fiat after long
storage. These are the conclusions
of the Missouri college of agriculture
after a careful investigation Of various
methods OF storing eggs for winter
use.
Water-glass is purchased in liquid
form. Druggists commonly retail 1t at
twenty-five cents quart, and one
quart Is enough to preserve twenty
dozen of eggs. For this number a
five gallon stone or earthenware crock
Is the most satisfactory receptacle,
Heat ten quarts of water to the boil
ing point and allow it to cool Then
pour the water into the crock. add one
quart of water-glass and mix the two.
The solution is then ready for the
eggs. Place the eggs In the water
glass solution each day as soon as
they are laid. Use only naturally clean.
ADt washed, fresh eggs. When the
crock Is filled to within two inches OF
the top of the solution. cover and store
IN cool dry place until winter,
BY this method eggs may be stored
during spring and summer when they
are relatively cheap and production
is high. for use during winter when
prices are high and production is low.
Farmer and townsman alike may save
many dollars by this method OF cheap
storage OF eggs, II Is OF the greatest
Importance that the eggs used should
be absolutely fresh. Water.glass will
not make bad eggs good. but win keep
good eggs from becoming bad.