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Q. MOSES
 Salt Water Trout-15c. Red Snapper-16917c. Gray Snapper--121zc. Mullet-9Q10c. Spanish Mackerel-171kc. Virginia Croaker-1oc. Maryland Oysters-292l0 gal. Medium Select-Sl. .90G2. co gal.
 Flour and Feedstuff Michigan Patent Flour-5l2.15 Idaho Patent Flour-s11. 65. Tennessee Patent Flour-s11. .35. High-Grade Self-Rsing Flour-S11.65 Medium-Grade Self-Rising Fiour-$11 50. Hard Winter Wheat Flour-sfI. .95. Perfection Cornmeal-sS.s5 per 9s-pound sack. Hen Feed-s3.75 per 100-pound sack. Mixed Horse and Cattle Feed--$5S@60. c. s. Meal per cent-$54. Cremo Feed Meal-$42 Old Style Hulls-$25 Lintless Hulls-s16. Gray Shorts-S5S. Wheat Bran-$49. Corn-$1.95. Corn Chops-s3J. No. White Oats-9sc per bushel. Wheat--$4 per 100-pound sack. Choice Pea Green Alfalfa-$il per ton. Choice Timothy Hay-s40. No. l Timothy Hay-s39. No. 1 Johnson Grass-s26.
 Sugar and Cereals Granulated Sugar-S.Ssc. Fancy Rice-$7 per cwt. Grits-Cartons. sl dog. Grts-Saeks. s5s5.
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little support was in evidence, and prices worked off several points under
 selling which seemed to come largely
 from trade sources, with May touching
 3.75c and September 7.70c. The market
 opened unchanged to points lower
 and closed at a net decline of to
 points. Closing bids: December, 6.95c
 January, 7.02c; March, 7.1Sc; May, 7.34c
 July 7.50c; September 7.6Sc; October 7.75c.
 Spot quiet, Rio Is, 7ssc; Santos 4s, 9ssc Very little change was reported in the
 firm offers received today, but slightly lower prices were named by some San- i, tos shippers who quoted As at 9.20c, Lon- don credits.
 The official cables showed a decline of 75 reis at Rio. Santos spots were 5t reis lower, and futures unchanged tc 9 reis lower. Rio exchange was 1 1-6d higher.
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Fruits and Produce

Fruits and Produce Cocoanuts--8c each. Bananas-Large, s2.50Q3. Fresh Peanuts--i2c lb. Oranges--California A25. LImes--Imported, S0c0sl. Colorado Celery-9oc doz., s crate. Cranberries-$3.25 25 per crate; $15 barrel. Snap Beans-s5 hamper. Florida Oranges-s4.25 box. Lemons-$5. Grapefruit. s450. Gariic-12Hc ID.
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s. R. Stewart & Co.

01-3 woodward Bldx. Birminxham. Ala. Cotton. stocks. bonds. grain. provisions and cotton seed oil, New Orleans cor respondents Jno. F. Gle .S & Co. Direct private wire. continuous quotationA
 ph.ns Mai, ss7. w. |. PHELT'S. NyA
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Money Market

New York, December 13.-Mercantile paper, 51S@5A per cent; sterling 60-day bills, 47lk per cent; commercial 60-uay bills on banks, All per cent: commercial 60-day bills, 4.701a per cent; demand, 475N per cent: cables, 4.76 7-i6 per cent Bar silver. s5ss per cent Time loans, strong; 60 days, 90 days and six months. s per cent. Call money, strong; high, per cent; low, 6 per cent; ruling rate. per cent; closed 5A per cent; last loan, 6 per cent
 Francs: Demand 5.7s,s per cent; cables, b.71N per cent. Builders, demand, 43
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Coffee Market

New York, December 1S.-Rumors that coffee had been brought at concessions in the cost and freight market were not accompanied by details, but seemed to make some impression on sentiment
 in the future market here today. Very
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Birmingham Five Stock

Union Stockyards.) Fec Steers: Good to Choice-S@9c. Medium to Good-61s@71ac. Common to Medium--6@6Mc. Grass cattle, according to weight. quai. tty and flesh: Steers--607c. Fat Cows-646kc. Medium Cows--5.2505.75c. Cutters-5.50@5.T5 Canners-5.00Q5.50c. Heavy Bulls@-6@7c. Light Bulls--550Q7c. Oxen-5.@6.50c. Fat Yearlings-aQ7c. Medium Yearlings- -4.75Q550c. Vealers-607c. Hogs:
 Choice Corn Fed Hogs. 165 and up- 15@16c.
 Choice Corn Fed Hogs, 1s5 to 150- 14@16c.
 Choice Corn Fed Hogs, 90 to 135--1211a @131ac. Light Pigs, 90 Pounds Down-11912c. Best Heavy Rough Hogs-111a@13c. Half Fat Hogs-11@12c. Soft and oil hogs from 1c to 2c per pound less than above prices.
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Over w. E. Campbelps Wire

New Orleans, December 13.-Bullish ex- pectations concerning the census bureau report on American consumption in the
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ITS LURKING VALUE

The action of the government in seek ing to tear the New Haven railroad system into pieces and the reaction oc- casioned by what was believed by many to be serious mismanagement of the New Haven property before President Elliott became the head of the system, at one time seemed likely so greatly to impair the value of the property and
 it's capacity for earning as to make receivership imperative. President El- liott, however, always insisted that there was lurking a very great inherent value :n this property. although his friends sometimes thought that he believ~a it
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New Orleans Futures
Port Cotton

Port Cotton New Orleans: Middling, 29.25c; re- ceipts, 4459; sales, 1927; stock, 342,199 Galveston: Middling, 29.25c; receipts 1902; exports, 4514; sales, 153S; stock 271,S40.
 Mobile: Middling, 29.25c; receipts 139; sales, 200; stock, 1S,770. Savannah: Middling. 29.1Sc; receipts 2794; sales, 551; stock, 260,407. Charleston Midding, 29c; receipts S57; sales, 49; stock, 5S,861.
 Wilmington: Receipts. 3O2; stock, 47,- 034. Texas City: Stock, 93Ss.
 Norfolk: Middling, 29.25c; receipts 51O; sales, 155; stock, 76.5S0.
 Baltimore: Stock, 92,90S.
 Boston: Middling, S0.S5c; receipts 915 stock, 14,500.
 Philadelphia: Middling, 3095c; re. ceipts, 2S5; stock, 6691.
 New York: Middling, S0.70c; stock 141,SS3.
 Minor ports: Stock, B, ,2o3
 Total today: Receipts, 13,163; exports 4514; stock, 1,313,214.
 Total for week: Receipts, 127,114; ex- ports, 7O,625.
 Total for season: Receipts, 3,207,S93 exports, 1.902,S61.
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PRESIDENT ELLIOTTS VIEW

When MT. Elliott resigned the pres idcncy of the Northern Pacific Railroad company so that he might accept the in- vitation of the directors of the New Haven Railroad company to become president of that company. He had al- ready studied the New England railway situation and later his experience as president of the New Haven confirmed the views he had taken respecting the real economic importance of railway urification and co-ordination in New England. He was convinced that it was to the best interest of New Eng land, of her many industries and reel procally to the best interest of other parts of the country between which and New England trade of enormous proportions had been established that the New England railroad systems should be co-ordinated That, however, was not exclusively President Elliott S view. It was chiefly. if not entirely. the view which prompted the late J. ?. Nor nation. of the railways of New Eng land, as far as it was possible to be done, so that a single system could be established.
 There were accusations of poor man agement, and of unnecessary extrava- gance on the part of some of those who were undertaking this notification pro- gramme in accordance with the ideas of Mir Morgan. But everyone who gave serious study to the subject was per suaded that even if there were misman- agement, even if there were transactions which justified action by the courts even if there were extravagance, nev- ertheless these things did not affect the fundamental economic principals which Mr. Morgan and others had in mind when they undertook to secure unifica- tion and coordination of the railroads nf New England
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Creamery Products

Butter-Creamery, 4sc; southern butter 4Sc oleomargarine, 30c.
 Full Cream Cheese-29c.
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Dry Goods

New York. December 13-Cotton goods here today were quieter but steady with a much firmer trend in colored goods. Yarns were firm, coarse numbers be- ing in good demand. Raw silk was quiet. Mems wear worsteds tended higher.
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Produce Market

Produce Market Chicago, December 13.--Butter firm; creamery, 39@4Sc. Eggs higher; re- ceipts,3 ,31S4 cases; irsts. 50@52c; ordi- nary frsts, 44@4Sc; at mark, cases in- cluded, 44@50c. Potatoes lower; re- ceipts, 20 cars; wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota bulk. s1.75@1.so; sacked, s1S0@195. Poultry: Alive, higher; fowls, 17021c; springs, 200.
 New York, December 13-Butter firm; receipts, 5S24 tubs; creamery. higher than extras, 50a @51c; extras, | 92 score, 491h @50c; firsts, 44@45c. Eggs steady; receipts, 40S0 cases; | fresh gathered extras, COG; extra firsts, 5s@5sc; firsts, 55@57c. Cheese steady; receipts, 1897 cases; state whole milk specials, 32@321ac; state whole milk average run, 22k @23c. Poultry: Alive firm; chickens. 22hc; fowls. 25@26c; turkeys, 22@23c. Dressed strong; chick ems, 22@25c; fowls, 1874 @ @28c; turkeys, 29@35c.
 St. Louis. December 1S.-Poultry higher; hens, 17c; turNeSs. 26c; ducks, 20@21c; geese, 17@19c. Butter un- changed; eggs, 46@461kc. Cash Grain | Chicago, December 1S.-Corn No. yellow, nominal; No. yellow, $1.75; No. yellow, nominal. Oats No. 3 white, 76A @771ko standard, 77A A7Sc. Rye No. 2, s1.S5; barley. s1.35@1.61; timo- thy. $5.OO@7.5O; clover, s20.00 O 26.00.. Pork, nominal; Lard, $24.S7; ribs, $25.0o @26.00.
 st. Louis, December 13.-Corn No. ? track, s1.65; No. 1 white, s1.56@1.561s; December, $1.27%; May, $1.2oA. Oats No. track, 77Ac; No. 3 white. 79O 79hc; December, TIC; May, 721kc. 
 Rice Market | New Orleans, December 13.-Rough and clean rice were steady today. Re- ceipts: Clean, 2003 sacks; millers 140S; clean, 275o pockets. Sales: Rough Hon duras, 800 sacks; clean Honduras, 709 pockets; Japan, 800 pockets; blue rose. S415 pockets. Quote: Rough Honduras, l 5.60@5 75c; others unchanged.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter


 New York, December 1S.-tSpecial) Anticipating bullish report on the con sumption and distribution of cotton to- morrow the market recovered part of the decline of yesterday, movement of prices to be expected. Transactions were on a more moderate scale. but fluctua- tions were wide. So evident is the strength of the statistical position that no one dare sell cotton short. This brings about quick declines until a buyer is found and a correspondingly rapid advance until sellers are found willing to take profits There is not the active speculation of other years, most of the trading being in the form of hedge transactions. Uncertainties in the finan- cal situation are well known, at the same time the supply of cotton is so small that bankers extend support to mill buying at these prices.
 HUBBARD BROS. & co.
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Spot Cotton
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, December 13.-Cotton seed oil was quiet and more or less irregu- lar. January. after selling to 1S.32c, de- clined to 1S55c. and closed at 1S.5Oc. March sold from 1s.71c to 1S.S0c, and closed at IS. 75c. Refiners and shorts were the buyers. Final bids were 10 points lower to ? points net higher. Sales, $500 barrels. Prime crude, 1s.ssc. nominal.
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Sugar Market

New York, December 1s.-There were no new developments in the raw sugar market today. No sales were reported and prices were unchanged with spot quoted nominal at 5.69c for Cubas, cost and freight, equal to 670c for centrifugal
 and 5S2c for molasses and new crop quoted at 4,9Oc, cost and freight. The distribution of refined sugar con tinues. but as far as new business is concerned orders are still very much
 restricted. In fact. there are only one or two refiners in the market at all, and these accept very meager orders, owing to the small supplies of raws on hand Prices were unchanged to S15c to S.35c for fine granulated.
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Metal Market

New York, December 13.-The meral exchange quotes lead steady; Spot, e.5or bid; spelter, dull East St. Louis spot, 75Oc asked Tin, nominal. At London: Spot copper s110; futures, a110; cleo trolytic, s125 Spot tin. sSO0; futures,
 G2s5, 1Cs Lead: Spot. e3O. los; futures. f29, 10s Spelter: Spot. s54: futures, $50,
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Interior Movement

Houston: Middling, 2SS5c; receipts. 72O5; shipments, 6319; sales, 4s26; stock. 224,3l6. Memphis: Middling, 29.50; receipts, 693l; shipments, 523o; sales, 500; stock, 244,56O.
 Augusta: Middling, 29.3Sc; receipts, 1905; shipments, 1402; sales, 11S1; stock, 15243S.
 St. Louis: Middling. 2975; receipts, 1s66 shipments, 1866; stock, 10616.
 Cincinnati: Receipts, 321; shipments, 113, stock, 19,9O9.
 Little Rock: Receipts, S5S; shipments, 912; stock, 51702.
 Total today: Receipts. 19,5ss; shipments. 15,S32; stock, 702,641.
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Naval Stores

Savannah. December 1s.-Turpentine firm. 424Q4ac; sales ll5; receipts, 3s2;
 shipments. !; stock, 2s,el2 Resin firm
 sales 1a72; receipts 1883; no shipments;
 stock, 7s.47a. Quote: B, D, E. $6: F, G, Fl, s6QS.O21s: I. s6@6.05: K. $650: M, ssS0 @G.95; N. s7.So; VIC, s7.50; wv, $7.6u.
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RAILROAD UNITY
 IN NEWENGLAND
By HOLLAND

New York, December 13.-(SpeciaL) Howard Elliott, who is a member of the railway war board at Washington, must view somewhat ref1ectively and probably with qualification the recent appoint ment of committee of five highly com potent railway managers in New Eng land whose business it is to secure the unification of the New England railway lines and to perfect as far as possible the coordination of these lines so that there may be an adequate method of transportation throughout New England
 MT Elliott only few years ago while serving as president of the New Haven Railway company thought it the better part to seek conferences with the de- pertinent of justice at Washington with view to secure if possible some com promise whereby something of the New Haven railway system could be saved. There were several conferences and at Hast an agreement was reached whereby the litigation brought by the depart ment of justice to dissolve the system was abandoned. President Elliott ac- cepted for the New Haven Railway company the demands of the department of justice This resulted in tearing the New Haven railroad into pieces and only recently an order of court has been obtained permitting certain trustees, who were authorized to sell the steam boat properties of the New Haven com pany, to postpone the sale until some time next year.
 Now precisely what the department of justice at Washington undertook to se- cure either by decision of court or by agreement with President Elliott, five of the leading railroad transportation managers of New England acting as a committee are, with the concurrence of the government, undertaking to do. This committee purposes the unification and coordination of all the railroad lines east of Troy, N. r., and south of the Canadian boundary.
 In this unexpected and somewhat queer way the Washington authorities nor only permit. but probably indi- rectly compel, the railway leaders of New England to do something which the department of justice a few years ago brought suit in order to destroy. namely unification and coordination of the railroad systems of New England.
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Liverpool Cotton


 Liverpool, December 13.-Cotton, spot quiet; prices higher; good middling. 22S4d; middling, 22.31d; low middling, 21. .79d; sales, so00. including 27OO Amer
 ican; receipts, 1S,o00; no American. Flu lures closed quiet New contracts: January, 2259d; March, 22.59d; May, 2951d Old contracts, fixed prices De- cember, 2127d; December and January, 21 .12d; February and March. 2o.93d April and May. 2076d; June and July,
 20 60d.
 Spot Cotton New orleans, December 13.--Spot cot ton steady and unchanged. Sales. on the spot, 1927; to arrive 800; low mid ding, 2s.s7c; middling, 29.25c; good mid-
 ding, 2975c. Receipts, 4459; stock, S42,-
 199.
 | New York; December 13--spot cotton
 quiet Middling uplands. S0.70c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-02
Turn own Request.

Striking telephone operators
and linemen unanimously turned
down a request from Federal Me-
diator Werner z. Reed at San Fran
cisco Thursday night that they
return to work pending settle
ment of demands by the unions.
The refusal was made on the
ground that the unions here had
already postponed their strike
twice. and that the last postpone
ment was made only on the flat
promise of Mortimer Fleischaker,
former mediator, that the govern
.ment would force settlement of
the strike Immediately after Lib
erty Loan week.
Fleischaker, after making the
promise, was removed by the gov
eminent, and Reed was put in his
place.
A telegram was received from
Reed Thursday evening at the
Central Labor temple. After 1t
was read, the operators and line
men, in joint session, voted to dis
regard Reeds appeal. A reply was
sent at once by James Stewart,
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2. -
The general strike of electrical
workers employed by the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Co. will
begin today unless the company
accepts before p. m. the COM
promise proposition suggested to
company officials by Federal Me-
diator Werner Y. Reed.
This statement was made at
noon today by International Presi-
dent McNally of the union who de-
clared the workers could not be
held at work and that the COM
pany would get only eight hours
more in which to act on the COM
promise.
simultaneously Mediator Reed
announced that he had prepared a
telegram to be sent to the govern
.nent at Washington asking for
government regulation of the tele-
phone company IL the strike Is
called. While Reed would not
give out the exact nature Of the
telegram, it was understood that
in it he would urge the govern
ment to commander" the com.
pany's lines.
The agreement, accepted by the
unions, provides so cents day
pay increase and recognition o.
the girl operators union. The
employees had demanded 81 day
increase.
In the meantime. the employe!
were growing restless and threat
ening to walk out, claiming tina
the company is too slow in acting
upon the mediation suggestions
They hold that they have material
ly reduced their demands, and tn,
company should meet them hal
way.
All California telephone ex
changes were operating today
with full crews while company Of
ficials declared that in the North
west the situation was not Sc
rious.
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president OF the linemen's union
here.
Tacoma's telephone strike con-
tinued Thursday morning without
other incident. Part of the
swithboards are being operated by
non-union girls, while more than
half the phones in the city are
dead"
The company is without line
men, having been unable to re-
place the striking electricians.
For this reason no attempt is be-
ing made to repair telephones that
have gone out of order since We'd
nesday.
The kilograms between Federal
Mediator Reed and the Tacoma
unions follow:
"2:40 p. M, Nov. 1, 1911
Having heard thru eraser and
Morgenthaler and others of your
representatives that there is doubt
about the reliability of the tele-
gram sent by them to you last
night, this is to advise you that
| have reached an agreement with
your officials to the effect that
the matter is now in my hands as
the presidents commissioner.
II am working in cooperation
with your representatives to bring
about a speedy and final adjust
ment of your difficulties. ruled
that the question of recognition of
the girls union is not in any sense
change of existing standards fol
the reason that they have been in
existence and a part of the inter-
national for several years, and
therefore should be treated with
as any part of the union.
81 hope for your patience for
myself and your representatives
and that all of you will return to
work, pending settlement.
WERNER u. REED"
Stewards Reply.
Last evening the following re-
ply was made by Mr.. Stewart as
sanctioned by the union:
I'VE acknowledge your tele-
gram and fully considered same.
1--WE will return to work when
our demands are granted.
I'VE have proved our loyalty
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GOVERNOR
PULLED OFF ROCKS

unloading into boats that went
to the rescue was quiet and or
derby.
The steamship made her way
carefully out of the harbor in a
dense fog. Turning to skirt the
breakwater rocks, she turned too
far and drove back directly upon
the extreme promotory. about
1000 feet inshore from the light
house.
On two other previous occa-
mishaps directly due to fog. On
June 1S, 1917, she rammed the
revenue cutter McCulloch off
Point Conception, sinking the cut
ter. Prior to that. on Oct. 25, the
Governor grounded at Vancouver,
In a dense fog, but was floated at
high tide.
The vessel is twin screw, steel
steamer of 5,475 tons, 393 feet
long. She was built in New York
in 1907.
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FIRST WOUNDED IN
WAR A SEATTLEITE

SEATTLE, Nov. 2.-The first
officer of the American expedition
airy force to the wounded In
France was Lieut.. Devere H. Har-
den, of Seattle. the son of Mrs.
Ella N. Harden, 1916 Goth ave.
south, and the brother of Charles
H. Harden, vice president Of the
Steam Supply e. Rubber Co., and
Guy Harden, who is better known
by his ring name, billie Wright" "
Notice of the wounding of Lieut..
Harden by piece of shrapnel was
received in Seattle last evening.
The wound Is pot serious, the re-
port states.
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D. 5. MAY RUN TELEPHONES

and patriotism by postponement
on the 21st and 27th. Strike or
ders issued by international Off
GERS can only be called off by ref
erendum vote of membership. We
hold Mortimer Fleischacker's
pramise that If delay for Liberty
loan week was agreed to the gov
eminent would ask for no further
postponement but would force the
telephone company to settlement.
We expect you to recognize and
live up to this promise made in
the name of the United States gov
eminent.
JAMES STEWART"
No reply had been received to
this message at q late hour Fri
day.
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Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

SAN PEDRO, CAL, Nov. 2. -
High tide and tugs succeeded in
floating the steamer Governor off
the ,breakwater rocks here at II
o'clock this morning. She was
towed into the inner harbor.
The extent of damage will not
be known until the plates are re-
moved and an investigation made.
Her bow is considerably bent in
and she is taking some water.
No disposition of teh passengers
has yet been made.
The Governor went on the
rocks last night about 10 o'clock.
Shortly after about 270 passengers
were rescued after she had sent
out wireless distress signals. There
was no panic aboard ship and the
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COMPILE
REPORT
ON VICE
Especial to The Times.)

SEATTLE, Nov. 2.-That the
Seattle Ministers Federation,
thru its morals committee, has
accumulated a mass of evidence
for the purpose of placing the
responsibility for Unrestricted
vice in the city, was the statement
today of Rev. u. G.. Murphy, acting
secretary of the morals committee.
That the evidence will require
explanation by Mayor Gill and
Chief of Police Rockingham, was
also claimed by the minister. and
he added that instead of submit
ting their proof of the existence
of organized vice to the mayor and
city council. 1t would be turned
over to the prosecuting attorney
for presentation to the grand Jury
which will be convened Monday,
Nov. IL.