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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-04
COMMITTEE HEARINGS

Judge Chambers, without giving his views of the merits of the proposed cong pulsory arbitration bill, suggested that Congress should amend the present arbi- tration law to empower federal courts to enforce awards under it. One of Nthe chief grievances of railroad employees is that there is no adequate machinery for award enforcement. He also advo- cated amending the present law to re- quire both parties to railroad con- tr cversy to notify the mediation board.
 Mir. Wheeler contended that supreme court decisions showed the power of Congress to legislate forbidding an organ ized strike interfering with interstate commerce. Such legislation, he said, would not make a railroad employe an involuntary servant and would not affect his right as an individual to quit work.
 MT. Hathaway thought the bill to give the interstate commerce commission pow CT to fix railroad wages would be more logical solution of wage problems than arbitration legislation, but doubted it's expediency.
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bills, $4.T1k; commercial, easday bills on banks, $4.71As commercial eO-day bills S4.7l demand, s4.751s; cables, s4.76 7-16 Francs: Demand, s5.S41s; cables, s5.SS1k. Marks; Demand, 711s; cables, 71% Kro- nen: Demand, 11%; cables. IFS. Guii- ders: Demand, 4Os4c cables, 4O7sc. Lires: Demand. $6.S6; cables, $685. Rubles De- mand, 29A; cables, 297sc. Bar silver, 75ss. Mexican dollars, 5Sikc. Govern ment bonds heavy; railroad bonds ir- regular Time loans easier; 60 and sC days, 3lsd3A per cent; six months, SAG per cent. Call money steady; high, 21a per cent; low, 21z per cent; ruling rate, 21s per cent; last loan, 21z per cent; clos ing bid, 2A per cent; offered at 21s per cent.
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LIS CONTINUE z2BRD MOVEMENT
PkF N States Steel Regains ,...Tpremacy and Led the
 List Throughout

New York January 3.-The advance on the stock market which featured the opening of the new year was continued today, with a rise in shares of almost all descriptions, especially those popularly characterized as war and semiwar is- sues. Fluctuations in these stocks which embrace the better known equip ments and munitions, shipping and pe- troleums, metal, leather, sugar and paper issues, as well as motors, ranged from to points, with only slight recessions on profit taking at the close. Trading was broader and more diversified than in the depressed periods of the preceding week. The rise was once more at tributed to events of the last few days, which were interpreted as offering little hope for the success of the peace nego- tiations.
 To a very considerable extent, the up- ward movement was propelled by heavy short covering. Another factor was the change in Mexican affairs, this being most evident in the activity and strength of Mexican Petroleum and American Smelting.
 United States Steel re-estabiished it's supremacy at the outset and led the list throughout, recording an extreme gain of 53s points at 115 Dealings in steel ap- proximated 3o000O shares, oT about 30 per cent of the whole.
 Taking today's maximum as basis of comparison steel has recovered more than half of it's December reversal, while other industrials, including Central Leather and some of the metals, made ..eBsn better showing. The few va ri5le and heavy features included Gen. k. eR Motors, old stock. which made a. Y ssHer descent of 30 points on one sale at Fd
 ; bails were relatively inactive, with Z Hre strength i'll seasoned shares than il low priced issues. This irregularity
 ys again traceable to statements of
 9vember earnings, some showing mar
 recessions in net returns. Total
 aes amounted to 1,16O,0OO shares.
 bonds, including internationals. were
 iegular, fractions yielding easy on ~tderate offerings. Total sales, par Yue, were $5,160,000.
 United States bonds were unchanged on ell
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STEEP ADVANCE IN
 PRICE OF WHEAT
Record Breaking High Pre- miums Paid by Exporters
 for Available Wheat

Chicago, January 3-Urgent demand from seaboard exporters resulted today iE broad demand for future deliveries on wheat, and caused a steep advance in prices. After soaring 57sc, the market closed strong at $1.ss to sls6h for May and $1.5sts to $1.52B for July, the market as a whole closed 3ssc to GAG above yes- terdays finish. Other leading staples, too all scored substantial gains-corn 41sc to 5c; oats, 2s4c to SAc and provisions 21sc to PC.
 Record-brealking high premiums were paid by exporters to obtain wheat avail able for immediate shipment The total amount thus purchased was estimate at SC0,OO0 bushels, an aggregate that in many quarters was connected with fore casts of scarcity in the United States before spring and with opinions that peace in Europe had been definitely post poned. Much notice was also directed to the fact that reception today at the fact that reception today at the principal principal domestic terminals west, north west, and southwest, did not reach within 100000 bushels of the sum reported on the cor responding day last year. On the other hand there seemed to be a general be- lleL that demand from the east would |lrcrease with an improvement Tn the con- dition of overcrowded railway facilities and with material enlargement of the number of vessels in readiness to clear for Europe from Atlantic ports
 Activity on the part of submarines gave the wheat market at one stage a rather sharp setback, but the effect on prices soon wore off, being offset in a meas ure by complaints of an absence of snow covering ard of a lack of moisture in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. The days top quotations touched just be- fore the close, were up 33Ac as com pared with recent low figures that had accompanied an assumed Likelihood of quick negotiations for peace.
 Corn was bullishly influenced not only by the strength of wheat, but likewise by active purchasing on the part of the houses with seaboard connections. The market rose to the highest pffces of the season. equaling the best previous record made last November
 In oats as in other grain the lead ing feature was free buying for the sea- board May delivery was in most re- quest.
 Provisions rallied when the cereal mar kets bulged. At first, a decline in the hog market had depressing effect and so, too, did the monthly warehouse re- port showing a big stock df lard on hand in Chicago.
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Embargoes Hurt Local Shippers

AnniStOn, January 3.-(Special.) ) The embargo against a number of northern and eastern cities and sec tions placed by the railroads last week is giving local manufacturers consid- era ble worry. Last week the Louis vile and Nashville railroad placed an embargo on all northbound and east bound shipments except perishable goods and coal for public utilities. The Southern has similar but less drastic embargo in force. These em- bargoes are preventing pipe manufac- turers from forwarding their products to many points with which they have contracts
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SHIPMENTS LIGHT 1. 0N MORRIS AVENUE
Oysters Plentiful With a Normal Supply of Fish
 on Hand

Shipments of perishable stuff were rather scare on Morris avenue yesterday. Poultry is getting low in supply and re- mains firm in price.
 All quotations remain about the same as during the first of the week.
 oysters are again plentiful and nor- nal supply of fish on hand.
 Florida cabbage of the soft head va r1ety has appeared, but is more of a col lard than cabbage. Celery and sweet po- tatoes remain scarce. O
 Spot cotton took kc Jump and bids fair to hold steady. Pig iron quotations are firm, with No. 1 priced at s2450 and white iron. the lowest grade, at $22.50
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Boy Injured by Automobile

Sam Hamburger, 10 years old. was run over and seriously injured yester- day morning about 8 o'clock by an automobile of the Jenkins Taxicab company. The accident occurred at Eighteenth street and Fourth alley. The boy was riding a bicycle. He was carried to the Hi1lman hospital, where the authorities announced his condr- tion was serious.
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Negro Charged With Murder

City Detective Frank Macke re- turned from Nashville yesterday morn ing with Tom Mayors. g. negro, charged with the murder of Jessie Redd at Mason City in July, 1915. Mayors was captured in Nashville several days ago by detectives in that city on infor- nation furnished by detectives Bran non and Macke of this city.
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Miss Ella Pratt Simpson

Funeral services over the remains of Miss Ella Pratt Simpson. who died early Wednesday morning at a local infirmary, will be held from the family residence, All Cullom street, this afternoon at, 2 O clock. Bishop J. H. Mccoy will Off, ficiate. Interment will follow in Oak Hill cemetery. She is survived by her mother, one sister and three brothers. The fol- lowing are requested to act as pallbear- CTS: Herman Beck, J. D. Scruggs, G. M Bowers, John Pounds, Frazier Banks and H. T. BroWnell.
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Deaths and Funerals
Henry Clay Brown

Funeral services over the remains of Henry Clay Brown. aged 73, who died on Monday morning at the family residence, will be conducted this morning at 10 o'clock from the First Christian church, pr. Thomas Lennox officiating. He is survived by a widow. two daughters and three sons.
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Mary Blanche Seals

The body of Mary Blanche Seals, the 19- month-old daughter of MT. and Mrs W.
 T. Seals, who died on Tuesday afternoon at the family residence in Inglenook, was
 shipped to Cordova yesterday morning
 by the Shaw Undertaking company In- torment followed in the Walker Chapel cemetery.
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Berlin, January 3.-(via Say capture of the Rumanian tow cavitza, in northern Dobru
 Matchin, is reported in the of
 garian statement of January
 After the most tenacious ifs enemy was driven from the ss fortified positions on Hill 364 al near Luncavitza," the statems The entire hostile position f vitza were occupied by our tr enemy retreated to a new and tified position extending from yards east of Matchin northw as Hill 105, on the Danube. WI PIT more Russians"
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Produce Market

New York, January 3.-Butter unset tied; receipts, 10,2S2; creamery, higher than extras. 401h@41c; creamery. extras, 92 score, 4oc; firsts. 361s@3s1sc. Eggs firm; receipts, S034; fresh gathered extra firsts, 4S@49c; firsts, 46@47c; refrigerator special marks. fancy, SIC; seconds to poorer, 341s @361ac. Cheese, irregular receipts, 3320; state held specials, 24@241sc; do average fancy, 231A@24c. Live poultry easy; chick ems, 191ac; fowls, 1S1aQ191ac; turkeys. 16@ 25c. Dressed dull; chickens. 17@26c; fowls, 15@23c; turkeys, 20Q231sc.
 Chicago. January 3.-Butter unchanged. Eggs lower; receipts. 722S cases; firsts. 39 @40c; ordinary firsts, 35@36c; at mark. cases included, 32@40c. Potatoes, receipts. 30 cars; unchanged. Poultry, alive. lower; fowls, 15@18Hc; springs. 1S1sc; turkeys, 22c.
 St. Louis, January 3-Poultry un- changed except geese, 13G15c. Butter and eggs unchanged.
 Kansas City January 3.-Butter. eggs and poultry unchanged.
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Mrs. James Hutto

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. James Hutto, who died Tuesday aft ternoon at the family residence, 313 Cot ton avenue, West End, were conducted from her late residence yesterday morn ing at Il o'clock Interment followed in Elmwood cemetery. She is survived by a husband and two small children.
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Unusual Parole Granted

Montgomery, January 3-(speciaLy In an effort to increase the efficiency of the prison welfare work started several months ago, Governor Henderson Wednesday announced the parole of A. R. Dalvanie of Geneva county on condition that he would remain in the service of the state during the time of his sentence and assist A. A. Strock, who has been placed in charge of the work. Delvanie was convicted of forgery and given two years. '
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Madge Haygood Findlev

The body of Madge Haygood FindIey, the a-year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. A. A. Findley who died at a local in- hrmary on Tuesday, was shipped to Oneonta yesterday morning by the Johns Undertaking company
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Mrs. Stella Hood

Mrs. Stella Hood. aged 6s, widow of the late John T. Hood, died last night at
 the family residence 22a South Fifty seventh street, Woodlawn The funeral services will be held at the residence
 on Friday afternoon, the Rev. S. Ross
 Baker and the Rev. w. M Blackwelder officiating Further announcements will be made later.
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Mrs. Nora Teapue

The remains of Mrs. Nora Teague. aged
 42 years. who died at the family resi- dence in Ragland Monday night. were shipped to Ashville yesterday morning at 5:so o'clock by the Lige Loy Undertaking company She is survived by her hus-
 band.
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Mrs. George B. Cohran

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Georgia B. Cohran, aged 50, who died early Wednesday morning at the family residence, so4 North Twentieth street will be held from the private chapel of the Lige-Loy Undertaking com pany this afternoon at o'clock. Inter ment will follow in Elmwood cemetery. The Rev. J. A. Bryan will officiate. She is survived by her husband. two sons and one sister.
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w H SheIhv

News was received yesterday of the death of ". H. Shelby of St. Louis, the father -of Mrs. Hugh Walthall of this city. He died at Roswell, N. M, and is survived by Mrs Walthall and four sons, Lindsay Shelby. Will Shelby, Jack Shelby and Warren Shelby
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Cotton Seed Oil

early under scattered liquidation induced by the easier tendency in competing greases and fats, cotton soil steadied up on short covering and with the late up- turn in lard. Final prices were 3 points lower to net higher Sales, 45,5OO barrels. Spot u.98c bid; January, 11.90Qn. .93c; Feb ruary. u.75@11. soc; March, u.T@117Sc April, 11.7@11. soc; May, 1l.S0@1. .S1c; June. Il. .SO@11s6; July. n.91@11.s2; August. n.Se @11.9Sc.
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Chicago Grain

Chicago, January S-Wheat: No Z l red, $1S9@1 .9O No. red, $1.S6@1.SS; No
 2 hard, $1.91k; No. hard, s1.7s. Corn:
 No. yellow, 94A@96c; No. yellow, Is11a@9414c; Mo- 4 white, 91a4@93Ac Oats: No. 8 white. 54A@551ac; standard, 55@ 551ac. Rye: No nominal; No. 3, $1.4O. Barley, 9Oc@$1.27; timothy, $3.5o@4.5o; clover, s12@17. Pork: 2S.50; lard, S15.05Q
 15.15; ribs, $1312@14.
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Metal Market

New York, January S.-Copper dull; electrolytic first, second and third quar- ters, $2S@S25O; market nominal. Iron steady and unchanged Metal exchange quotes tin steady; spot, $42.50@43. At London, spot copper f133 los; futures, f129 los; electrolytic, G145; spot tin, G1S1 15s; futures. E183 los. The metal exchange quotes lead $7. 40@7. 30. Spelter quiet; spot, East St. Louis delivery, s74c asked. At London lead. a3o los. Spelter, $50 los.
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Dry Goods Market

New York. January 3.--Cotton goods were quiet today and prices were ir- regular on gray cloths. Yarns were easier. Worsted yarns were quiet and firm. Knit goods were in steady de- mand Jobbers reported a quiet trade.
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Naval Stores

Savannah, January 3-Turpentine firm, 521xQ52%c. Sales, 159; receipts, 2s6; ship ments, 190; stock, 2s,246. Resin firm; sales, 1014; receipts, 1619; shipments, 541; stock 93, 432 Quote: A, B, c, D. E, F, G, s62O; H, s625Q6. .3O I. $6.271ssa6. 35; K. $6. .45@ 6.50; M, $6.65; N, s6.95; VIC, $7; wv, H.25.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, January 3.-Wheat: No. 2
 red. $1951a@1. ST.; No hard. s1.95G1.97; May, $1.86s Corn: No. g. 96c; No. Z
 ! white, 96qS61ac; May, 99asc. Oats: Mo- ?, 551ac; No 2 white nominal; May, 5Sc.
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and August. 10.65d: August and Sep tember, 10.4ld: September and Oeto- ber 10.13d: october and November Tod; November and December. s.92d December and January, 9.S7d.
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English Money

London, January 3.-Bar silver 361ad per ounce; money, per cent; discount rates, short bills, 51s@51a per cent; three months 53sQ55s per cent.
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Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, January 3.-Cotton, spot, hardening; good middling, 11.15d !; middling, 1103d; low middling, 10.87d: sales. S000 500 for speculation and export; receipts, 22.000; futures bare ly steady; January. 10.01d; January and February, 10.01d; February and March, 10.55d; March and April, 1060d; April and May, 10.63d; May and June, 10.67d; June and July, 1066d; July
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RAIL LEGISLATION
 WILL BE PASSED IN
 HOUSE RIGHT AWAY
tcontinued From Page one,

Everett P. Wheeler, representing the Reform club of New York, and Amos L. Hathaway of the Boston Chamber of Commerce., testified today before the cOmmittee
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, January 3.-Cash wheat, No. hard, $1.S5@1.91; No. ? red s1.s7@
 s1.9O. Corn No ? mixed. 911a@92c; No. | 2 white, 92@93c No. 2 yellow. 911s@931ac Oats: No. white, 551s@56c; No. mixed. 54@55c.
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Rice Market

g$New Orleans, January 3.-Both rough and clean rice continued steady today. Receipts: Rough, 1884 sacks; millers, 1474 sacks; clean, 6341 pockets. Sales: Clean Honduras, 1922 pockets; Japan. 45O pock- cts; blue rose. POS pockets. Quotations: Rough, blue rose, 3.3c to 3.75c; others unchanged.
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WIDE RANGE OF
 COTTON PRICES
Market Lacked Sustained Strength, But Steadied
 at Closing Period

New Orleans, January 3.-Although the range of prices in cotton on this market today was wide, the net changes were slight. amounting to a rise Of only to points. There were periods of steadi- ness around the opening and the close, but the market lacked susts tned strength.
 In the early trading active months moved upward to IS points under bet ter cables than due. and reports of the loss of the steamer Nestorian with 10,257 bales of cotton aboard. A sudden break in the Liverpool market, due, according 10 gossip to the reversal of straddle trades between the English and the American markets caused heavy selling on this side which was further increased by the report that more vessels had been sunk during the day. Bullish trader thought this might me- dee
 ton had been lost ins n.afS,G s&R
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New York Futures
Port Cotton Market

New Orleans: Middling, r .l5; receipts, 9353; exports, 4100; sales. 1155; stock, 4S7,- 799
 Galveston: Middling. 17.5oc; receipts, 11,647; stock. 3S2, 424
 Mobile: Middling, 17.13c; receipts, 653; stock, 2O635.
 Savannah: Middling, 1S.25c; receipts 3150; stock 199,5S9.
 Charleston: Middling, 17Ac; receipts 52; stock ,6S0
 Wilmington Middling. 17Ac; receipts 75; stock 50,718.
 Norfolk: Middling, 17.25c; receipts, s2s exports, 945; sales, 66; stock, 114,S26. Baltimore: Stock, S476.
 Boston: Middling, 17.45c; receipts, 314 stock, 9100.
 Philadelphia: Middling, 17Soc; receipts S; stock, 395s.
 New York. Middling, 1755c; receipts l210; stock, 146, 466.
 Minor ports: Stock, AS,
 Total today: Receipts, 26. .7ss; exports 5045; stock, 1,53S, ,401
 Total for week: Receipts s6.ss4; ex ports, 6S,9O9.
 Total for season: Receipts, 4,sS2. .7SS; ex- ports, 3,1S7,737.
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Hubbard Bros. & Go.

Cotton Nerehants, Hanover Square. N. Y. Member8 New York Cotton Ex- New York Produce Exchange. Associate Memhefs Liverpool Cotton Association. Order4 9o4cited for the purchase and sale ot v1 and Cotton Seed oil for
 Special attention and
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TWO STRONG TOW IN DOBRUDJA { TAKEN BY TEUt IN GREAT ADV
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TENACIOUS FIGHT

storehouse for grain and oil considerable magnitude.
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Interior Movement

Houston: Middling, 17.40c; receipts, 6s23; shipments, 11,707; sales, 665; stock, 261,04S.
 Memphis: Middling, 1Sc; receipts, 47GS; shipments. 2699; stock, 33S,947.
 Augusta: Middling, 17.5Oc; receipts, 519; shipments. 246S; sales, 120; stock, 151.543.
 St. Louis: Receipts, 45S0; shipments, 4933; stock. 31,310.
 Cincinnati: Receipts. 11S9; ship ments. TAI; stock. 229S7
 Little Rock: Middling, 17.25c; re- ceipts, 577; shipments. 17s1; sales, 17a1; stock, 52.187.
 Total today: Receipts. 1S,402; ship ments, 25,O39; stock, S53,O22
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New

New Orlea1 steady and un 630; to arrive strict good or IS. .e3c; strict ding. 17.13c; i fliddling, 17.5s lI.75c; receipt
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MercantilesP Paper New York, January 3.-Mercantile pa- per. 4@4A per cent; sterling. So-day
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Bonds

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