davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-16

Mr. w. F. Barham died at his home
in Verda last Sunday, Sept 10, after
a protracted illness of several months.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-16

Mr.. ]. w. Hadnot this week present
ed the Chronicle with can of Texas
seed ribbon cane syrup, which he is ex-
perimenting with this year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-16
The c0Hax Chronicle
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER le, 1916

Rev. w. 3. Perritt visited his broth
er, Rev. II. b. Perritt, last Saturday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-16
Miss Ethel White left this week for
Lafayette, where she will attend school.

Miss Beatrice Dunn. returned last
Saturday from summer visit to rela-
tives at Beeville, Texas.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-16

The Catholic ladies held an ice cream
festival last Saturday. and realized
good sum from their enterprise.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-09-16

MIR. Foster F. McNeely left Friday
night for Kansas City, where he will
resume his veterinary studies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
HEAVY LIQUIDATION
 DURING LAST HOUR During Morning Market Tended to Overcome De-
 pressing Influences

New York, April 20.-For brief time, that is during the forenoon, today's mar ket manifested disposition to break away from the depressing factors which brought about the extreme weakness of the previous day. Opening prices were mostly at substantial advancing and trad ing was broader, if less active, the specu- lative contingent taking more cheerful view of the international situation.
 Weakness was again most pronounced in the war group, some of those issues, together with others indirectly allied thereto falling to lower quotations of the year.
 Liquidation was at it's height in the last half hour. All divisions of the list were sympa ehetically affected including United States Steel, which fell a fraction under yesterdays minimum while Bethlehem Steel dropped e1s to 4211a. Rains were rel atively steady with a few exceptions, but this may have been due to the scarcity Of offerings.
 United States Industrial Alcohol suf- fered the greatest loss with an extreme decline of points, but Studebaker, West inghouse, American Shelter. American Can and Mexican Petroleum, a s we'll as the zinc and fertilizer shares were under heavy pressure. Mercantile Marines. which were the most active feature of the day, more than held their ground with United Fruit and Reading.
 A further jump in marks or German exchange to 754 for demand on Berlin was the significant feature of the inter- national money markets. At this quota tion marks are almost 5 points above their low rate of a few weeks ago. Sterling was dull but steady, and francs were a shade easier,
 Little heed seemed to be paid to ad- vices from London announcing settle ment of the crisis in the British cabinet, but much interest was evinced in the arrival of Russian troops in France, be- cause of the probable effect in the west ern theatre of the war.
 The bond market was dull with a lower trend. Total sales, par value, were s2,- 3S0, ,OOO.
 United States bonds were unchanged or call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
NEW ORLEANS PRICE MOVEMENT NARROW
Triple Holidays Serve to Restrict the Trading
 in Cotton

New Orleans, April 20.-A narrow price movement marked the weekend session in cotton today, the triple hol- idays serving to restrict trading, while the main factors influencing the mar ket about balanced. The international political situation was generally viewed in an unfavorable light, but the market was sustained by the strength or spot cotton. At the lowest of the day the most active months were 1 to points under yesterdays close; at the highest they were points over. The close was unchanged to points up, compared with the last prices of yesterday
 Much of the trading of the session was in the way of evening up old busi ness, most operators not caring to car ry their commitments over the three Easter holidays with the situation be- tween this country and Germany so tense. While there was much liouida- ton of long cotton, shorts were also liberal buyers of covers and at times the ring found it rather difficult to meet the demand
 In the spots the inquiry was as good as ever with offerings limited and held at full board prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
NEW YORK COTTON
 IS STILL NERVOUS
Trades Attention Was Still Monopolized by Political
 Situation

New York, April 2o.-The cotton mar ket showed continued nervousness to- day, but trading was comparatively quiet and prices generally steady. July con- tracts sold up to 12 .O5c during the trad ing off to Il .s9c. closed at 12.Olc with the general list closing steady net 1 point lower to point higher. There appeared to be a few overnight selling orders around the ring at the opening, and the start was irregular, first prices being 2 points lower to l
 point higher, with May selling at Il .S2c, July at Il. .S7c and October at 12.19c on the call.
 Offerings were very well taken, how ever, with trade interests against buy CTS. while there seemed to be consid- erable scattered covering by yesterday s sellers, and the market soon turned firmer Houses with both Liverpool and French connections were credited with buying a little cotton here on the rally which carried May up to 11.91c and Oc- tober to 12.23c, or about 3 to points net higher during the middle of the morn ing. Sentiment was still more or less unsettled, owing to the uncertainty of po- litical conditions, however. and the ap- pearance of more active May liquidation was followed by reactions during the mid dle of the day. May was relatively easy, selling off to 11.S3c, points under
 last nights close, and the difference be- tween May and July wdened to about 1T points, At this discount May was more readily absorbed, and the market was steady in the late trading on a very small volume of business.
 A good deal of the days trading was
 in the shape of switching from near to late months and new crop positions were relatively steady. A private report was published announcing the results of an
 investigation as of April 10. which indi- cated an increase of 7.S per cent in acre. age. The trades attention, however. seemed to be practically monopolized by political possibilities and the evening up of the near month Most of the scattered business was attributed to the closing out Of accounts for over the holidays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
A Stenographer's Viewpoint

Much has been said and written, and rightly, too. of the girl who works just to closing hour says stenographer in the April Woman's Home Companion. Might something not also be said of the employer who allows, or even expects. his stenographers to work late. or in the evenings, and then wonders why they cannot do efficient work after a month or two of such work? Many stenog- rapher just out of school starts in work ing till her work is done, regardless of the clock, only to find that she has es- tahlished custom which must be lived up to by her or her successor always thereafter, no matter what increase there might be in the business and the work of her employer or frm."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
CROP CONDITIONS
 THE REAL FACTOR
Wheat Shows Strength As Result of Heavy Storms
 In Northwest

Chicago, April 20.-Crop conditions in- stead of the submarine issue, took prece- dence today in shaping the course of the wheat market. Largely as result of heavy storms in the northwest. prices de- steady at 7s@1lsc net advance with May at s1.141s and July at $1.1S%. Corn lost hQ14c to Ac oats finished unchanged to 1sc down, and provisions varying from 21sc to 5c decline to a rise of 5c.
 Wheat showed an upward tendency from the outset Impetus toward higher prices came chieey at first from early stock market advances, which were at tributed in some quarters here to con fdence that break with Germany would be aVerted at the eleventh hour. Later, however, attention of traders concen- trated more and more the apparent certainty of greatly increased delay to seeding in the spring crop region and to a serious consequent reduction of acre. sge. It was said that in many places all farm work would be delayed week or 10 days because of the widespread and continuous rains and snow.
 Bullish reports regarding crops in the winter wheat belt tended materially to uphold prices during the last part of the season, notwithstanding late downturns in Wall street quotations. A leading au- thority said abandoned acreage in soft winter wheat states would be extremely heavy. The official Illinois report gave the percentage condition in the state as only 63, ard estimated that 40 per cent of the acreage seeded last fall had been winter killed
 Corn was depressed by active selling on the part of several prominent specula- tors, who recently had been conspicuous as bulls. Current gossip put emphasis on the outlook for enlarged acreage and for an increase soon in receipts. Oats were governed mainly by corn. There was some selling on account of the ex- cellent conditions generally for seeded oats.
 Provisions kept within narrow range. Lower quotations on hogs eased the mar ket for a while, but later the tendency was upgrade owing to a scarcity In the offerings of lard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
DUAL NATIONALITY 0F LAPS IS SOLVED Diet Passes Bill Recognizing Right of Repatriation
 of Japanese

Tokio, March 31.-Correspondenee of the Associated Press.)-The Japanese Diet,
 which has concluded it's session, adopted bill calling for revision of the tariff and bill regulating the question of dual nationality.
 The tariff revision is designed to en- courage domestic manufacturing and as- sst exporters in winning increased mar kets. To this end the duty on some arti- cles is raised and on others lowered, while on a third category it is abolished altogether
 A measure to amend the criminal code privilege of being attended by lawyer, or by neighbors during their preliminary examination by magistrate, was post
 poned. The bill was introduced by Rep resentative Matsutaro Takagi promi- nent member of the Tokio bar and led to an exciting debate in the House in which two members went to the rostrum and protested against the attack upon Japans criminal procedure. MT Takagi is a member of the Seiyukai. or opposi- ton party, which has been heckling the government almost throughout the entire session of the diet
 In supporting his bill, MT. Takagi ac- cused police officials of abusive treat ment of arrested persons and cited the recent case of one Sosuke Komor who claims to have been tortured by the po- lice to induce a confession of murder. Komori was released a few weeks ago, another man having voluntarily confessed
 himself guilty of the crime.
 MT. Takagi said he wanted the law to
 make it impossible for public function
 aries to employ threats and falsehoods
 when examining accused persons. He said he did not wish to go so far as to recommend the jury system in Japan.
 That was a very large question, which
 was under consideration by the depart ment of justice, but he thought that the
 presence of neighDors or an attorney
 with the accused would be wise safe
 guard against abuses.
 Y Ozaki, the minister of justice, said
 the government was constantly endeav-
 bring to improve the police system, but
 the provisions of the proposed bill could not be carried out in the present, finan-
 cial circumstances He feared, also, that if the bill became a law, it would be diff ficult to carry out and would tend to hamper the detection of crime The Kamori case is being investigated ny the Japan Lawyers association which is also reviewing the entire police system of the country with view to assisting the government in measures of reform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Most Daring Youngster in America
 Tn the American Ma ga zine is the StnrS

~>~~>-~ ~1 of "At'' Smith, the only aviator who loops the loop by night, who succeeded Beachey at the Panama exhibition last summer and won an international reputation by his feats of daring
 Five years ago Smith was an office boy in Fort Wayne, Ind. He persuaded his father to mortgage his home for the money to build an aeroplane. He built the aeroplane himself although he had never seen one closely and could not af- ford a trip to examine one. His mother prepared the cloth for the wings on her own sewing machine.
 Smiths first flights were failures and he narrowly missed death He earned enough, however to study aeropane con- struction and soon paid back the money he owed his father Then he began to study trick flying. Soon he was earning 5000 for an afternoon flight and $500 for an evening flight. It is stated that he has been asked by two or three foreign gov ernments to join their aviation corps. but prefers to Hoop the loop safely in America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Braves Swamp Dodgers

Boston, April 2o.-The Boston Ma tionals opened their season at Braves field today with an to 0 victory over Brooklyn. The Harvard college class of 1899, of which President Percy Haughton was a member. attended in a body. and gave him floral piece. The game was an exhibition of remarkable fielding by the Boston team and of the pitching promise by Barnes, a young ster. Cutshaw, the Brooklyn second baseman, made three successive errors in the second inning. Score: R. H. B. Brooklyn ~ 900 900 000-0 5 Boston - 430 100 00s-S 10 1
 Batteries: Coombs, Marquard, Dell and Miller; Barnes and Gowdy. Time, 1:3S. Empires. Rig1er and Harrison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Marriage Doubled His Income

Marriage has doubled my income" says a business man in the Woman's Homo Companion, mot in any fgurative sense. I am not figuring contentment as part of my income. nor any of the other ad- vantages which marriage brings. When I say that marriage has doubled by in- como I am speaking in terms of cold dollars and cents.
 Tn the first place, then. my wife has taught me regular habits of work I do not work any harder than used to- In fact, know that tho amount of energy I expend is really less. But I run mora smoothly, and hardly know what it is to tire. I used to skip meals because I was so busy that I forgot t& eat She stopped that the first week of our mar raige. My habits of physical exercise were equally cratic.
 ''To live healthily, one must live sin1- ply; and that is a very difficult thinK to do in a hotel. found after . month of home cooking-eating about the same few things every day and at the same time that my stomach adjusted itself to its ta six with the same satisfactfon which any worker feels in having a regular daily stint"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
SOUTHERN EASY FOR CRIMSON NINE Bowman Toys With Preps. Southern Fields
 Poorly

ern University donated Alabama a game here this afternoon, making five costly errors at critical junctures. The final score was to O. zackery. for the visi- tors. pitched a good game considering his support.
 Turkey Bowman simply toyed with the yielded three scattered hits, famed 10 men and did not allow a man to reach third base. He had perfect control. yield ed not a single pass.
 The official score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
COLLEGE GAMES

At College Park, M. D.: Maryland A. gies ?, Princeton |
 At Washington, D. C.: Catholic Uni- versity Il, Harvard 8.
 At Washington, D. C.: Georgetown 1A Boston College Il Q0 innings).
 At Raleigh, N C.: Pennsylvania State 3, A. and M of North Carolina s.
 At Baltimore: Johns Hopkins il, Yale 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Hielman's Double Wins

Detroit, April 20.-Heilman's two-base drive into the crowd in left field sent Veach home in the ninth inning with the run that gave Detroit 2 to 1 victory over Chicago in the first home game of the season. After two were out in Chi cago's half of the eighth, Feltch knocked a ball over the left field fence for the White Soxs only run.
 Covaleskie pitched great ball and Wolf gang never was in danger until the final inning. Roland pitched the last inning for Detroit, Covaleskie giving way to a pinch hitter. Score: R.H. E.. Chicago .................. 600 600 01O-1 6 Detroit .................. 900 900 O02-2 g o
 Batteries: Wolfgang and Schalk; Cova- leskie, Roland and Stanage. Time, 1:15. Umpires Evans and Chill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Kauff Stars for Giants

New York, April 2o.-The New York Nationals opened their home season today before large crowd, losing to the Philadelphia champions in an ex- citing 12-inning game. to 6. Mayor Mitchell threw out the first ball. Hits by Paskert and Cravath ended the game.
 The visitors punched eight hits in the second and fifth innings for 6 runs. The Giants also punched eight hits in the second and sixth innings, scoring six runs and driving Chalmers from the box. The all-'round playing of Kauff, former Federal league bat ting champion, featured Score:
 R. H. E. Philadelphia 024 040 900 001-7 Is 8 New York 030 003 900 000--6 II 0 Batteries: McQuillen and E. Burns: Stroud, Palmero and Rariden. Time. 2:40. Empires, Klem and Emslie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
South Atlantic League

At Montgomery: Montgomery IS. Ma con 4.
 At Columbus: Columbus 5, Albany 3. At Charleston: Charleston 8, Jack sonville 0.
 At Augusta: Augusta 3. Columbia 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans. April 2.-There was no change of tone in rice today clean Ja- pan being steady and the other grades strong. Receipts, rough, Ii; millers, Il; clean, 13,s55: sales, 1887 pockets clean Honduras at 3M @4Bc; 1578 pockets
 Japan at 3@3 II -16c. Quotations were
 unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York. April 0.-(Special. ,--With the approaching holidays, the markets relapsed into dullness, if possible more intense than during the past few days. The answer is that we are passing through conditions of war and peace and business so drastic that no one knows just what to do.
 There are no precedents our mills are more than fully employed so that, SO far as America is concerned. all the cotton that can be will be spun. Speculation will remain dormant until there is some further light on the outlook. The acre. age planted in cotton will be as large as possible to supply the expected de. mand, when we shall have peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Pirates Lose to Cards

Pittsburg, April 2o.-St. Louis de- feated Pittsburg to in the open ing game of the local season today. The visitors scored three runs in the second inning on triples by Long, Bet gel and Hornsby and Snyder's sacrifice fly and two more in the seventh on hits by Bescher, Beck. Smith and Voux's error. Manager Callahan of the Pirates was ordered off the field in the first inning for disputing a decision. Score: R. H. B. St. Louis .... 030 900 20o-5 8 2 Pittsburg ..... 900 900 000-0 2 Meadows, Sallee and Snyder; Ma maux, Cooper, Jacobs and Schmidt. Time, 2:24. Empires, Quigley and Bly, ron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Athletics Easy for Red sox

Philadelphia, April 2o.-Boston easily won the opening game of the American league season from Philadelphia here to- day, to l. Bad fielding by Oldring, who made tumble and misjudged a fly by Shoten in the first inning. gave Boston a lead of four runs. Ruth had no diff ficulty in preventing the home team from scoring except in one inning. Score:
 R.H. E. Boston ................... 400 001 200-7 Il 3 Philadelphia ....-....... 00o 0o1 00o-1 Batteries; Ruth and Thomas; Bush Weaver, Ray and Meyer. Time :55 Um- pires. Nallin and Dineen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21

GS; stockers and feeders, $5.5oQs.5o; Texas and Oklahoma steers, s5259S.25; cows and heifers, $4Q6; native calves, $6@11.
 Sheep Receipts, 2000: steady; yearling wethers. ss@1075; lambs, $l0a11 65; ewes $7.50@S.S5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Senators Down Tanks

Washington. April 2o.-Washington de- feated New York, 12 to 4, today in the first game of the season here. President Wilson tossed out the first ball, kept his own score and stayed until the last out More than 12y0o0 persons saw the game.
 Both Heating and Love were ham mered hard, Washington scoring in every inning but the third. Johnson loafed after the third inning, the visitors runs practically being gifts. Score: RHE New York ............. GOO 200 020-4 g 8 Washington ........-.. 1S0 121 22+-12 Is ?
 Batteries: Heating. Cullop. Love and Nunamaker; Johnson and Williams Time, POT. Empires. Connolly and Owens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Live Stock

St. Louis, April 20.-Hogs: Receipts 1l90O lower; pigs and lights. $7.5OQ9.70 mixed and butchers, $9. 5O@9, ,S5; good heavy, $S.S0@9.85.
 Cattle: Receipts, 1500; lower; native beef steers. $Z5o@s.75; yeariing steers and heifers, $s.50@10; cows. s5.5OG1O; cows. s5.5O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21

Summary: Two-base hit, Bowman. Sac rifice hit, Stiles. Struck out, by Bow man 10, by Zackery 8. Bases on balls, by Zackery 5. Hit by pitcher, by zackery, Hamilton and Boone. Stolen bases, Stiles, Wilson. Balk, Bowman. Umpire. Joplin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Fish

(Wholesale Selling Price) Perch-S1ac. Salt Water Trout-121zc. Red Snapper-10c. in bbl, lots, lie small lots. Gray Snapper-7c. Mullet-6@61zc. Spanish Mackerel-10c. Shrimp-12hc. Sheephead-81zc. Oysters-Medium, $1.S591.40 per gallon. All fancy fish scarce. Pompano, 30c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Port Cotton Market

 New Orleans: Middling, 11.SSc; receipts 1719; exports, 1906; sales, 234o; stock 322, 2S4
 Galveston: Middling, 12S5c; receipts 6454; sales, -15o; stock, 315,005. Mobile: Middling, 11.15c; receipts, 1747 sales, 100; stock, 23439. Savannah: Middling, 11Ssc; receipts 1862; sales, 241; stock, 153,s14. Charleston: Middling, 11.5sc; receipts 854; stock 67,239.
 Wilmington: Middling, 111sc; receipts 590 stock, 5S,s69. Norfolk: Middling, 11.75c; receipts, 1858 sales, 621; stock, 106, 439. Baltimore: Stock, 53S5. Boston Middling. 12c; stock, $500 Philadelphia: Middling, 12.35c; stock 2311
 New York: Middling, 12.1Oc; exports 1165; stock, 245, 760. Minor ports: Receipts, 7730; exports s39S; stock, A,749
 Total today: Receipts, 22,114; ex- ports, 11,069; stock, 1,354,052. F Total for week: Receipts, 113,604; ex- ports, S0,377.
 Total for season: Receipts, 6,3S9,S1s exports, 4,277.279.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square. N. V. Members New York Cotton Ex- change. New Orleans Cotton Exchange New York Produce Exchange, AsScciate Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for Ilnsignments ot once invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
Interior Movement

Houston: Middling, 1225c; receipts, 256S; shipments, 5076; sales. 599; stock.
 99,516. Memphis: Middling, 12c; receipts, 6S0; shipments, 61s7; sales, 27oo; stock.
 20S,526 Augusta: Middling, 11.75c; receipts. 743; shipments, 35S; sales. 250; stock. 122,516 St. Louis: Middling. 12c; receipts, 59SS; shipments. 3626 stock, 21.496. Cincinnati: Receipts, 595; shipments.
 332; stock, 17,811.
 Little Rock: Middling 12.25c; re-
 ceipts, 25O; stock, 306,666.
 Total today: Receipts, S77o; ship
 ments, 15,S59; stock, 502,531.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21

able of looking after themselves and bad wes ther during May wi. be an eyl- Cerce of His care. C. F. AVERY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games Today Brooklyn at Boston. Philadelphia at New York. Cincinnati at Chicago. St. Louis at Pittsburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING 
Games Today

UdmeS IC0dy Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louis. New York at Washington. Boston at Philadelphia.