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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
Sugar and Cereals

Granulated Sugar-s10 cwt., f o. b. -Birningh m. -zeAssss.-z-
 Riee-Fancy Blue Rose. ss cwt.
 Fancy Rice-T per cwt. | Grits-Cartons. S1 doz |" Grits--Sack, $3.S5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13

Queen Victoria of England died Jan uary p. 1901. She was born May 24. lsls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
Hides and Tallow

Green Salt. Hides-19@20c. Half Cured-1S@19c. Green Hides-16417c. Dry Flint Hides-3SQ4Oc. Dry Salt Htdes-36437c. Damaged Hides-Half price. Sheep Skins-25cG$1.25 Horse Hides-$1Q5. Angora Goats-25@30c. Ginseng-Wild, $. Colt Skins-45@60c. herlings-15025c.. Goat Skins-50@S0c. Hogskins-10Q15c. Tallow-5@Sc. Beeswax-25@27c Washed Wool-40943c. Clear Unwashed Wool-3O933c. Burry Wool-20Q22c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
English Money

London. May 12.-Bar silver 3s pence per ounce; money SAGA per cent; discount
 rates. short bills. 11-16 per cent: 3 months bills, "A per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
Rice Marke.

Ne Orleans, May 12.-Rough and clean rice continued strong and in good de-
 mand today. Receipts: Rough. $50 sacks
 millers, $50 sacks; clean, 9761 pockets.
 Sales: Clean Blue Rose 1000 pockets Quote: Rough Honduras. $5. .5047. 75; others unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
MORRIS AVENUE

Rusiness was brisk on Morris avenue yesterday, with the merchants endeavor- ing to clean up stocks. Sugar continues to be scarce, as do chickens and eggs. Prices remains firm and unchaned in all commodities. Quotations were as follows;
 Poultry and Eggs Hens-1SQ20c. Hens-Dressed, 21Q22c. Fryers-25Q40c. Guineas-35Q40c. Roosters-11912c. Extra Graded Eggs-32c. Fresh Country Eggs-33c. Turkeys-Live, 25c. Geese-l3c. Ducks-lS@20c.
 Meats Extra Ribs-23Ac. Rib Bellies-25asc Clear Belles-24Ac. Smoked Be!lies-z6c. Breakfast Bacon-2SQ34c. Pork Loins-23c. Pork Shoulders-1Sc. Pork Hams-19c. Skinned Hams-29c. Hams-Reg., 29c. Pork Trimmings-1Sc. Pure Lard-23Bc. Open Kestley-Z3c. Compound-191sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
Fish

Perch---9c. Salt Water Trout--121kc. Red Snapper-14o. Gray Snapper-10c. Mullet-7c.
 Spanish Mackerel-13c. Shrimp-l21sc. Sheephead-S1ac. N Virginia Croaker-7c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
Sugar Market

New York, May 12.-The market for raw sugar was very quiet. The market closed quiet at 5 3-16c for Cubas. cost and freight. equal to 621c for centrifugal and 5.s3c for molasses.
 Prices in refined sugar were unchanged at 7.5Oc to S.50c for fine granulated, with only moderate business reported, as most refiners were atiI, restricting orders. futures, owing to the inactivity in the spot market. Closing prices were to Il points net lower with sales of 3550 tons; May sold at 515c closing 5.10c; July. 5.26c to 5.22c, closing 5.2lc; September, 533c to 6S0c, closing 5.2sc; December, 4.97c. clos ing 4.95c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
Atlanta Reserve Board Statement

Atlanta, May 12.-The statement of re- sources and liabilities of the federal re- serve bank of Atlanta. at the close ol business May H. follows:
 Resources: Gold coin and certificatees in vault $6, 152.S32 50; gold settleemnt fund s4,9ll 900; gold redemption fund with the United States treasurer, s443,2 .29; tota gold reserve, s1O907. .O51 .79. Legal tender notes, silver, etc, $9h,o34.75; total re- serve, $11. 1.s51. .0S6.5 54. National and notes other than federal reserve banks. $595,- 525; bills discounted, members 5000, ,329. 30 member banks collateral notes, $42000 acceptances bought $2,676, 4s7.0S; United States bonds. $672,00o; one-year treasury notes. s1.491. 900; United States certificates of indebtedness, s25s0,000; municipal war rants, s40o0 total earning assets s9,S43.- S16 SS. Due from other federal reserve banks, net, $3.0SS, ,354.7S; uncollected items sS, ,993, 152. .7S all other resources $66S, ,701 73 Total resources, $35,0io, ,637.21.
 Liabilities Capital paid in, $2,SS7, $50 government deposits, $S,56S 4O4 60; due te member reserve account, S17,S69, 200. 30 collection items, $4,ao6932.O3; federal re- serve notes, net. $1,30S,25o; total liabili ties, $35, ,040, ,637.21.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-13
Cotton Seed Oil

New York May 12.-The cotton seed oil market was unsettled early owing to the action of lard and on western sell ing. The strength in other greases and fats had a sustaining influence, however, and closing prices were steady at 1 point decline to points advance July sold from 16.40c to 16.50. closing at Is. 45c. Sales, 1S,000 barrels. Prime crude. 14.67c, nominal. The market lcosed firm. Spot, 16c; May. 16.10@16. Soc; June. 16.30@l6. 41c July. Is. 45916. .47c; August. 16. 46@16.4 September. 16 49d16 50c: october, 16.SsM l6. 4oc; November, 15.93Q15. .95c; December. 15 .S9d15 .9oc.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
COMMISSIONER ID REGULATE
 PUBLIC LAND
MOOTED QUESTION IS DE- CIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT IN CASE OF HY- DRO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY ON APPEAL.

WASHINGTON, March 19. - Tn sustaining injunctions busting Utah hydro-electric power companies from Federal forest reservations, the Su- preme court today upheld Federal and limited State sovereignty in develop ing resources in Western public lands" States.
 Regulations of the agriculture and interior departments conservation pol icy and decree requiring the Utah Power Companies to remove their property from the public lands unless they secure Federal permits were sus- tained.
 The court maintained power of con gross to regulate all public lands and denied that its authority was limited to lands actually used for Federal purposes. All government regula- tions were not specifically upheld but the court refused to disturb any oi them. It also held the government entitled to reasonable compensation from the Utah power concerns for use of lands occupied.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
REIGN OF GRAND DUKE MICHAEL
 SHORT LIVED
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION
 IN D U CE HIM TO RE- NOUNCE THRONE; GEN.
 ERAL STOKELBURG KILL ED DURING THE REVOLT

PETROGRAD, March 19. - The renunciation of the Grand Duke Mich ael was signed at his private resi- dence, whither he went with large part of the duma committee, headed by Prince Lvoff. Prof Milukoff and President Rodzianko. The grand duke addressed the committee and de- clared that the responsibility devolv; ing upon him found him undecided because of the existing differences of opinion. He added that since the happiness of Russia was the only con sideration he believed he would be appreciated by his abdication of his throne.
 One of the men of prominence who were killed during the revolution was General Stokelburg. General Stokel- burg won notoriety in the Japanese war by transporting a COW to the front on a special train to supply him self and family with milk at time when his army was starving His house was entered by soldiers who were sent to arrest him. The general asked for leave to retire to his private apartment from which he opened hre with a machine gun. He was later and killed.
 The few survivors of the police who have been jailed in the building Zem- sicha, the former organ of the Black ! Hundred, have scraped ll5 rubles as a donation to the cause of the revolu- ton. The revolution has not reached | the government of Yenisdisk, Siberia i where the governor has refused to permit publication of the news on the ! ground that it is untrue.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
TROOPS AT THE HEELS
 OF TEUTONS
GERMANS ARE RETIRING ALL ALONG THE FRONT FROM ARRAS TO SOIS- SONS; MANY VILLAGES ARE RECAPTURED.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 The British and French forces in France are still pressing rapidly be- hind the retreating Germans all along the front from Arras to northeast oi Soissons. Forty more villages were taken by the British while 20 addi- tional villages in addition to 100 all ready occupied during the last three days have been recaptured by French operations menacing the St. Ruentin- Leon line. If the rapidity of the movement is kept up it will menace St. Quentin itself The retiring Ger mans are devastating the country.
 In the Lassingy region, west O. Rove, the Germans appear to have made only weak. defense, since the French were able to push forward l3 miles at one bound. General Nj velle, the French commander, who is credited with possessing almost un- canny ability to gauge the powers oi his opponents, is following up the re- retreating Germans with great rapid ity It is regarded here as doubtful whether the Germans will find it feasible to offer serious resistance be fore reaching the basic line of de- fense between Lille and Soissons, two days march from where they now are
 Tomorrow or the day after two en. tire French departments. those of the Disc and the Aisne, will be liberated from the German invader, according to reports from the fighting front. The total territory now regained is roughly calculated at 620 square miles
 The nature of the ground over which the Germans retreated was al- most all against them and they wer, harried by cavalry, which is now be- ing used in force for the first tim, since the battle of the Marne
 At few points where nature offer
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
By Associated Press.
 WASHINGTON. March 19. =

| By Associated Press.
 | WASHINGTON. March 19. - President Wilson is expected
 within 4S hours to indicate dehn-
 itely whether he believes a state
 of war exists between the United
 States and Germany.
 News was received from Ply
 mouth that 15 men, some of them
 Americans, had been drowned
 when the American merchantmen
 Vigilancia was sunk without
 warning. This adds, if possible,
 to the already grave view of the situation held here as the result of
 the destruction of the Vigilancia, Illinois and City of Memphis.
 Whether the president will has, ten the extra session of congress or will take additional steps to protect American commerce with out this move was not disclosed. No official pretended to know his plans. The general view was that he was considering the ques- tion in his usual deliberate way. A cabinet meeting will probably be held tomorrow afternoon and at that time the situation arising from the aggressions of Germany is expected to be thoroughly can vassed. The question was taken up of getting into communication informally with Great Britain and France to discuss cooperation for the protection of commerce lanes. This probably will not be done until the course of the United States is finally determined. The early graduation of two classes at Annapolis and the mobilization of reserves will make it possible to quickly man all ships of the navy.
 The construction immediately 1t the New York navy yard of 60 submarine chasers, their delivery to begin in 60 to 80 days was by Daniels. They will :ost S30,000 each.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
ASHES BURIED

LONDON, March lo-The ashes of the Duchess of Connaught, whose remains were cremated, were inferred today in the crypt of the Albert Mem orial chapel at Windsor in the pres ence of members of the royal family. Simultaneously a memorial service was held in Westminster Abbey. It was attended by officials and diplo- mats including the American ambas- sador, Walter H. Page.
 ed an opportunity for resistance the Germans tried to make stand and fell back only after considerable fighting.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
DistinctionDrdUn
 BetweenP PubicAnd
 PriuateEmployment
HOLDS THAT CONGRESS HAS RIGHT
 TO KEEP OPEN CHAN NELS OF INTERSTATE TRADE AND ALSO TO COMPULSORILY ARBI- TRATE DISPUT AZ FECTING SUCH BUSINESS.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 WASHINGTON, March 19. -
 In an epochal decision holding that congress is clothed with the power necessary to keep open the channels of interstate commerce, the Supreme court, dividing five to four, sustained the Adamson law as constitutional and enforceable in every feature. The immediate effect will be to fix a permanent eight-hour basic day in comput- ing wage scales of interstate rail- roads and to make effective from January lst of this year wage in creases to trainmen of about 25 per cent at a cost to the railroads estimated from S4o,00o,000 to S50,O0o, 900 a year.
 The court through Chief Jus tice White declared that both the carriers and employees were en- gagged in business charged with public interest and subject to the right of congress to arbitrate com pulsorily a dispute affecting the operation of that business. The court held that private employ ment rights are subject to limita- ton but not when employment is accepted in a business charged with public interest. The decis- ion is regarded as removing for all time the possibility or proba- bility of transportation paralysis.
 Joining with Chief Justice White were Justices McKenna, Holmes, Brandeis and Clark; dissenting were Day, Vandeventer. Pitney and McReynolds. The majority upheld the public right to have interstate commerce uninterrupt- ed as a basic principle and para mount to the interests of railroads or operatives, both being in the public service and subject to the power of congress to take the action necessary to maintain free dom and uninterruption of inter state commerce. Either as law fixing wages or hours of labor, the court decided congress had the authority to enact the Adam son statute.
 Public interest begets the pub lie right of regulation" said the opinion and declared the Adam son law "as neither unavoidable, conhscatory, experimental nor in excess of congressional authority, but in effect was compulsory srbi- tration."
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 NEW YORK, March 1o.-With the railroad strike averted and the Adarnson law declared nation wide, the constitutional contro- versy that has ragged between the railroads and their employees for nearly a year over the question of hours and wages passed into history.
 Appealed to by the presidents mediators to yield on the grounds of patriotism to the demands of their employees, the railroads just before daybreak conceded an eight-hour basic work day and pro rata pay for overtime, the same as that provided by the Adamson law.
 All that remains is to decide how much back pay the employ es are entitled to, as the agree ment was signed by both sides and the Adamson act provides that the operation of the new wage and hour scale shall be retroactive, beginning January 1. The brotherhoods and railroad managers will get together on this tomorrow. It is estimated the employees have between Sl2,- 100000 and Sl3,oOo,ooo coming to them.
 w. G. Lee, spokesman for the brotherhoods, made it plain that he looked for peace in the rail- road world for a long time. Ask ed whether it was the intention to bring up in the conference the question of punitive overtime, Lee said "that won't be brought up now: we believe overtime can be largely done away with by speed ing up the schedules.
 Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, in a statement ex- pressing the satisfaction of the mediation committee over the outcome, praised the managers for their Thigh sense of obliga- ton and unwillingness to permit any embarrassment to the coun- try at this time of extreme strain"
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21

WASHINGTON, March 19.- New and aggressive action to pro- tect American shipping against German submarines appears cer- tain as a result of yesterdays sinking of three unarmed Amer ican merchantmen with the loss of American lives.
 President Wilson late today au- thorized the navy department to spend S115,0O0,0OO to speed up naval construction and to buy small auxiliary craft.
 Congress at its last session au- thorized the president to sanction the expenditure and authorized an issue of bonds to raise the money. The presidents decision is one of the steps considered to meet the submarine menace.
 The presidents act was the first official recognition of national emergency" He also will author ize payment of time and half for overtime as provided by act of congress.
 White House officials, how ever, when asked declared they had told inquirers they had no knowledge of what the presidents decision would be.
 Asked what, if any further steps the navy had in contemplat- ion for the protection of American life and ships on the high seas Secretary Daniels said:
 Whatever the navy can do, it will. More than that I would not like to say at this time"
 The United States today faced the pressing question of war with Germany over the immediate is- sue of the ruthless destruction of three unarmed American mer- chantrnen. Technically an armed neutrality still existed but unofi- cially it was admitted Germany has committed the "overt act" which precipitates a virtual state of war
 The next step beyond the arm ing of merchantmen now going forward, is the dispatch of war ships to clear the transatlantic lanes of submarines.
 The fact that some American ships are on the other side of the ocean unarmed is a factor in the situation and as large warships are ineffective against submarines the problem for the government is to get small submarine chasers. | Most of the American fleet is needed at home to guard against -o~~-0-~~~---~-~~@-~-~-~~-
 Continued on Page Six)
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
Pears0n's Tale P1,1ct,lred
 Under CrOss-Exan1jnatj0r
Alleged Corrupter of Ballot in Douglas Precinct Asserts That He Was Offered Large Sum to Keep Out Of The State, But Valued His Reputation More
 Than Filthy Lucre and so Came Back

was being held outside the State by Campbell detectives.
 Pearson's story was we'll worthy oi Munchausen. Under Bullard's pitt. less cross-examination it leaked in several vital places. He claimed h, had been prospecting in New Mexico and came to Phoenix to clear his name, in spite of the fact that detec- tive had offered him first S5,000 and then Sl0OO0 to stay away He told long story of travelling ss;th detec- tive and keeping drunk all the time
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21

He admitted that he was not a resi-
 dent of Douglas No. precinct, and
 that the ballot boxes had been left alone the night of the election. The story will undoubtedly react in Camp bells favor. Hunts attorneys were not pleased with his testimony. Other witnesses brought from Douglas in clude H. H. Hart, said to have re- marked the ballots, and claimed by Ives on Saturday to be at the point of death and other offcisls of the pre- cinct.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
COPPER

NEW YORK, March lo. - Both spot and nearby copper. nominal, second quarter, 33c to 35c; third quar- ter, 3lc to 321zc.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
THE GLAD HAND

LONDON, March l9 - Premier Lloyd George today announced in the house of commons that on Thursday he would move a resolution of con gratulations to the Russian duma.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
ACTS OF WAR

LONDON, March 19. - The sinking of the American steam ships City of Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia was announced to- day. Fourteen men from the Vigil ancia are missing as are some of the men from the City of Mem
 iContinued on Page Six)
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
Special to the Journal-Winer.

PHOENIX, March lo.-Interest ir the governorship contest centercd chiefly today about the testimony ol A. (. Pearson, who it is alleged per formed the crooked work in Douglas No. l. It caused a great deal of sur, prise on the part of the spectators when 1t was announced that Pearson was on hand and would testify in be- half of Hunt
 Saturday Attorney Ives made long statement to the effect that Pearson
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
BACK PAY ONLY PROBLEM THAT REMAINS FOB
 SETTLEMENT
NewScale Wages Was EHectiUe On
 First of January

AMOUNT DUE MEN IS ES- TIMATED AT BETWEEN TWELVE AND THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS;LA ISSUES A STATEMENT PRA1SING THE MAN A. GERS FOR PATRIOTISM
 THAT THEY DISPLAYED.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
CRISIS FORGED BY SINKING OF AMERICAN
 VESSELS

GERMANY CARRIES WAR TO THIS COUNTRY BY FOREGOING 8 VESSELS; FIFTEEN MEN LOST ON THE VIGILANCIA, SOME OF THEM CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
MA l ION IS REALLY AT
 WAR WITH
 GERMANY

OVERT ACT, LONG FEARED IS COMMIT ED, AND SOME STEP NOT YET DETERMINED WILL BE TAKEN; PRESIDENT IS- SUES ORDER TO SPEED UP CONSTRUCTION.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
SILVER

NEW YORK, Mar. 19-Silver 727s.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21

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Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-07
HaYinq for Deer.

Winters when the snow is deep for long stretches of time deer congregate in yards in the Adirondacks and many of the weaker ones die of starvation. Their skeletons may be found in vari- ous parts of the great wilderness when the snows are gone. This year game protectors have been cutting tons of marsh hay on the beaver meadows in the remote sections of the Adiron- dacks and stacking it in sheltered places to be fed to the deer next win ter when the snow is so deep that other food Is not obtainable. The con servation commission believes that 1t will save the lives of hundreds of deer that otherwise would perish. The stacks have been encassd in pole frames and liberally salted. Deer will not eat marsh hay unless it is so treated
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-01-07
CHAPT TER VI.

When, just before sunset yesterday Cal Douglas had come from the jury room. the town Of Peril had once more held its breath and doors had closed and the streets had cleared of such as wished to remain noncombatants. But with no comment or criticism Milt NcBriar mounted his horse and rode out of town. shaping his course over the hills toward his own house. Fol lowing his example with equal quiet his kinsmen mounted. too, and disap- peared
 As for Cal Douglas, he reserved any enthusiasm his vindication may have brought 10 his heart until he was back again in the depths of the hills He and his kinsmen turned their horses house where the dance was going for ward with shufIling and fddl!ng and passing of the jug
 When Nilt McBriar and his fellows started home an informer or two from the Hayey ranks kept them in view. themselves unseen, until they passed through the gap and started down the other side of the ridge into their own domain.
 That they were being so watched was either known to the McBriars or assumed by them. But picked squad on fresh mounts was waiting over there in a place where the road ran deep through the forest and laurel. and this squad was equipped with re- beating rifles. Milt McPr!ar himself did not so with them. He had made all his arrangements in advance. and 1t was not seemly that the chief should take a personal part in an exc cution which he had decreed.
 Let me hear the news, boys" Old Milt had said with wave of his hand, and then he had ridden on stol- idly toward his own domain.
 The house where the dance was be- ing held stood between the knees O: two hills.
 Near midnight a haIf-dozen men who had not been invited rode care fully over an almost Obliterated trail