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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-09
Miss BehrensOn Weeds
 a Birmingham Man
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aunt, Mrs. Henry Powers, at RoseSlne Cottage, Asheville N. c.
 MT. John Steward of Plano, H., is vis- fting his brother, Lieutenant Louis stew ard, at Taylor field.
 Mrs Brook Tabor and little son, Will liam, left Saturday for Mountain Creek to spend the summer.
 Miss Eugenia Byars, after short Vislt to New York, is the guest of Miss Mary IaBoiteaux in Cincinnati. o. Mr. and Mrs. c. l.. LaBoiteaux and Miss Mary I,aBoiteaux have a large number or friends in Montgomery, where they have viisted on several occasions. Miss Annie Wornum is the guest or Mra Jean T. Stann in Opelika. Later she will go to Atlanta to visit Mrs. L. Il. Baxter. ton have returned home after visit to Mrs. R. B. Smith on Sayre street pr and Mrs. Harry Rogers of Okla boma are the guests of Judge Henry D. Clayton. o,.,, Mrs Fred Spann of Muskogee, Okla. ;s the guest of Mrs. Joe Dimmiek, on Cloyerdale road.
 Miss Elise Parrish will leave Monu.'y for Birmingham. where she VIII De thc guest of her sister, Mrs. l.. x. HanHa"
 Miss I.ucy> Joseph and Miss Frances ctawanson left yesterday for Birming- ham .o visit their aunt, Mrs. J. H. Eos ter e
 Miss Elizabeth Clay has returned from ,5S;t to her aunt, Mrs. J. R. waters, in Birmingham. p,,i,
 Mr and Mrs. Frank L. Ward of Phli' adelphia announce the birth or son born Juy 8. whom they nave ha,nsn Frank Leonard Ward, Jr Mrs. Wai and children are in Montgomery visiting her parents. MT. and Mrs W. D. Da' io- son, on Wilkerson street
 Mrs. Ray Rossell and daughter, Betty Davis left today for two months stay with relatives in Kentucky.
 Judge Henry D. Clayton leit touay Y. Birmingham, where he VIII hoiU wv days court. ~ov
 MT. B. J. Wright is spending a lew days in Pine Level as the guests o. friends. .;.
 MT. Chapel Gray has returned 70 ms home in Pine Level. after spenoins se' eral months in Montgomery.
 Miss Mary Ellen Bibb ana MISS EiiAa beth Phillips Adams are the guests VI Miss Laura Oliver at the nome ol he. parents, Mir. and Mrs. rom ohVer' on the Mount Meigs road
 Mir and Mrs. J. E. Eich ana chiiuren and Mrs Thomas and little son motoreo to Montgomery from Fort paws 10 DC the guests of Mrs. J. F. Ward on taeI return they will be accompanied py MISS Elizabeth Ward. who will be the guest of Mrs. Eich for a few days.
 Mrs. J. R. Hitler and little son. Bee. are the guests of Mrs. Miller's sister, Mrs. Virginia Jennisan. in Greenville.
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HIGHER WHEAT uuUAulrH unuuur
 SENDS UP GRAIN
Oats and Provisions Were in Sympathy With the Mar
 ket Trend Upward

Chicago, July S-Action of Congress looking to higher prices on wheat stimu- lated an advance in the value of corn to- day, notwithstanding announcement of a veto forthcoming from President Will son. The market, however, closed un. settled, Ac net lower to lAc up, with August, s154A41 .54as, and September. $l.55. Oats finished tsc off to hc ad- vance, and provisions varying from 25c down to rise of 20c.
 Commission house buying of corn was strongly in evidence throughout the day except just before the close, when sales to realize profits became the rule. Bulls contended that even aside from the ac- ton of Congress corn was worth more money on the basis of current premiumf paid for new wheat. Besides, the opin- ion generally prevailed that the weath CT in the big producing states was too cool for the best interests of the crop. Likelihood that Canada would continue to take corn liberally for flour mixing purposes tended further to handicap the bears.
 Oats were inclined to advance with wheat, but encountered hedging sales as an element of depression
 Provisions averaged higher owing to falling off in receipts of hogs and because of large exports Most of thd demand, though, came from shorts
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1 ton of all rubbing surfaces, such as wrist pins, crank shaft bearings, etc, | the fact was disclosed that in no case could they find wear to an extent or more than 1000th of an inch. In fact. there was SC little wear that these ex- perts considered it was not advisable to ! attempt to readjust these parts. The re-
 port as submitted of this careful exam inaton of tile car states that the reaG- ing of the speedometer showed the car had traveled, since the date of it's deiiv- cry to Dr. Acheson, distance of l5.lj
 miles. Consequently, We here have an engine driving heavy Berline type au- tomobile a distance of nearly 16,000 miles, or more than half the circumference or the earth, without an amount of wear that would justify a readjustment of any of it's parts
 The remarkable results that are dis closed by this examination of pr. Ache son s automobile may be almost entirely,
 if not entirely, attributed to the charac-
 ter of the lubricant that he was using in
 this engine during its entire run oi
 nearly l6.00o miles. Should such lubri- cant as that used in this car be used ill the engines of the governments air craft
 it would go Il very long way toward soiv-
 ing all questions as to. the possibility of delivering our proposed great fleet of airplanes to the battle fronts of Europe on their own power.
 Dr. -Acheson stands so high as a man
 of science and his achievements have been so great that any commodity asso- ciated W. tn his name is sure to command
 attention. There is one consideration which should remove all suspicion as to any selfish interest which Dr. Acheson may have in offering this lubricant, the commercial name of which is Oildag, to the federal government He has stated that he will gladly manufacture and deliver this lubricant to the govern ment without exacting one penny of profit, asking no more than that the gov. ernment simply pay him the actual ana carefully determined cost of manufactur- ing. It is curious fact that this exam ination by the gerat automobile company and the results of it should have come just at the time when the government IS seriously considering the problem of sending air craft across the ocean on their own power.
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Local dealers reported fair trade yesterday, with some staples more or less lacking. Retailers were doing nicely. and claim the habit of trading in the morning hours is growing each week. House. wives find the cool part of the day mucn better than the afternoon hours. No price changes in staple goods were made. Quotations were as folloys:
 Poultry Fryers-1 to IF pounds, 4505oc h.; , lbs. 45q50c ID. Guineas-4Oc to 50c each. Roosters-15c lb. Turkeys-Live, 271ap30c lb. Ducks-20c lb. Hens-27G2Sc ID. Eggs-Wholesale, 35@37c. Eggs-Retail. 4og4ac.
 Irish Perch-10c. Salt Water Trout--15c. Red Snapper-Headless and drawn. 1SQ l9c. Gray Snapper-Headless and drawn, u1xc. .e.t eze E ..... Mullet-9a1Oc. Spanish Mackerel-o o01221kc. Virginia Red Fin Crokers-10c.
 Meal and Feedstuff Hen Feed-S4 per 100-lb sack. Mixed Horse and Cattle Feed-s59Q69. c. $. Meal, per cent-$H. Peanut Meal-S56. Kiddo Feed Meal-$42. Old Style Hulls-$29. Lfntless Hulls-$20. Corn-21o. Corn Chops-$3.75. No. 2 White Oats-$1 .O6 per bushel. Choice Pea-Green Alfalfa-$30 per ton. Southern Alfalfa-s8. No. Johnson Grass-$2L No. l Timathy-S30. Clover ana Timothry-s30. Shucks-$l2. flas
 Fruits and Produce Oranges-California, s. Limes--Imported $1.50G1.75. Snap Beans-S1.75Q2. Lemons-sioQ12. Pineapples-S4.5 per crate. Cantaloupes-$.75 per crate: flats, $2
 Live Stock
 Union Stock Yards) Feed Steers: Good to Choice-12-14c. Medium to Good--1O@l2c. Common to Medium--S9D10c. sae.t.f Grass cattle, according to weight. quail ity and flesh: Steers-10412c. Fat Cows-9Q11c. Medium Cows-8Q9c. Cutters-7QSc. Canners-6@7c. Heavy Buils-9Q10c. Light Bulls-8@9c. Oxen-SQl1c. Medium Yearlings-809c.
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STOCK TRADING
 DULL AND HEAVY
U. s. Steel Centered On by Bears and Goes to a Loss
 of 2 1-2 Points

New York, July S.-Apart from last Saturdays severe contraction of ex- cess. reserves by local banks and more definite intimations concern ing new capital requirements by rail- roads and industrial corporations, events over the weekend offered the explana- tion for today-s dull and heavy stock market.
 Foreign news was reassuring in the main and domestic developments were changed, save for sporadic labor trou- hies and firmer monetary tendencies, es- pecially in time funds.
 With scarcely an exception, leading shares were under persistent pressure the selling again focusing about United States Steel which suffered an extreme recession of 2h points Kindred issues yielded sympathetically and rails also were reactionary, dividend payers losing to 11a points.
 Among the several speculative groups, Sumatra Tobacco experienced a gross set back of points and General Motors G. with for United Cigars and 1 to 21t for metals and oils. Included among the heavy miscellaneous Issues were Central Leather, Industrial Alcohol, Distillers and lnterDorough Consolidated preferred.
 Lowest qualities were registered in the last hour but towards the close special ties rallied 1 to points and equipments, including United States Steel and repub- lie Iron, recovered substantial fractions, while Marine preferred was relatively strong.
 Traffic at western and far western points diminished during the past week. but the general business situation was fnx h Ia vt fhoy l,ytiay ,f war problems.
 Liberty Bonds were heavier. Other is- sues eased slightly Total sales, par value, aggregated $4.175,oeo. United States bonds Gold issues) were unchanged on call.
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United States Steel Is Focused Upon
 For Big Loss With Other Leaders
By JOHN c. MOSES


 Leading stock shares were under per sistent pressure during the session of traders on Wall street Monday. United States Steel was focused upon in the trading and suffered q reaction of 21s points. Oil shares were the features at the opening of todays stock market be- ing the leaders. Petroleum and Texas company, each gaining a point, equip ments, coppers, Marine preferred and ADer1can sugar were Tractionally high CT, but the representative industrials and rails were irregular. A few specula- tive issues yielded 1 to points during the midsession, but their movement was ignored in the continued lethargy of leaders. United States Steel extended its loss to 25R points and allied industrials lacked Support, except at marked con- sessions. General Motors and Sumatra Tobacco at gross reversals of to points, respectively, led the further re-
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Chicago Futures
Produce Market

l New York, July S.-Butter firm re- ceipts, 12,9S2: creamery. higher than ex- l tras, 4474G45c; creamery extras, ,.
 score 44AdH1sc; firsts, 421sQ44c. Eggs l firm; receipts, 14,l57; fresh gathered ex- tras, Ac; fresh gathered regular packed extra firsts, 42@4Sc do firsts, 39Q4lc. ] Cheese firm: receipts, 5202 state fresh specials, 24A241hc; do average run, 24c. | Live poultry firm; broilers, 3o@42c; fowls, l 34c; roosters, 23c; turkeys, 2S@30c; dressed
 quiet; chickens, 43q54c; fowls, 301a933h. {; turkeys, S7Q40c.
 | Chicago, July S.-Butter unsettled: {: creamery, 3a1a@40c. Eggs higher; re- ceipts, 1O,2so cases; firsts. 36q37c; ordi- nary firs;s, 34@35c; at mark, cases in. cluded 33@36c. Potatoes higher; receipts, 60 cars: Louisiana. Arkansas and Okla
 homa Triunphs. g. .50@2. .S0.. do white. E oc @2.75: California white, $275; California
 red, s3; Virginia, barrels. $5.76@6 Pou!- try. alive. lower; fowls, -2s1zc; springs. 3S Q3sc-
 St. Louis. July 8.-Poultry, hehs 25Rc;
 large springs. 35c; turkeys. 27c; ducks.
 1sc; geese. 12c. Butter. creamery, 44c:
 eggs, 30c.
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action of the last hour. with moderate rallies at the end. The closing was heavy. Liberty S1zs sold at .52 to 99. 50; first 4s at 94 .0S to 941O: second As at 40S to 94.1s, and 414s at 96.02 to 96.2.
 Getting away to a good start in the cotton trading, much of the staple was thrown upon the market. This forced a sharp decline with October selling to 24. 55c, which was A points net lower. Re ports that an early new crop movement WAS to be expected from south Georgia, as well as south Texas, probably served to stimulate selling later in the morning. Reports show that the drouth area of Texas is enlargng and some weevll com
 plants from several points.
 A raise in wheat prices by Congress m sight, corn felt the action and went up in the pit, notwithstanding President Wilson is slated to veto the act. oats sympathized with wheat also, closing 1se up. Provisions averaged higher owing to falling off in hog receipts.
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Hubbard Bros & Co.

Cotton Merchants. HanOveI Square, N.
 Y. Members New York lotion Ex- change, New Orleans Cotton t,xchange, New York Produce Exchange. Associa ted 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 consignments of ence invited.
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s. S.R.Stewart&C Co.

iO1-2 Woodward Bldg, Birmingham. Ala. Cotton, stocks, bonds, grain, provisions and cotton seed oil. New Orleans cor respondents Jno. F. Clark & Co. Direct private wire, continuous quotations.
 Phone Main 567 w. I. PHELPS, MET.
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Tere's the pronunciation of the fol- lowing French names: Ypres, Soissons, Aisne, Amiens, Douai, Bapaume. Meaux, Yser, Lys, Ayesnes. in the order named. Ee-pr. Swahsonn. Ain. Am-e-an. Dewai, Bah-pome. Mo. Eazer. Leece. Ah-eem.
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Railroad Schedule

Corrected to May IF, 1918 Arrival ano deporture of passenpey trains. Birmingham. The followInr . schedule figures published as informa. tion. are not guaranteed. BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL STATION
 southern Railway system
 tSOuthern Hallway Col
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Rice Market

New Orleans. July S.--Rough rice, nom- inal Sales, Honduras. 40 sacks at 7.75c Receipts, 61 sacks. Receipts. Honduras. 9ssk. ... Japan. S1k0SHc; Blue Rose, SN@9ssc Sales. Blue Rose. 300 pockets; receipts, none.
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Dry Goods

New York, July S.-Many meetings of cotton goods merchants are being held to arrange for price fixing. Mar kets today were quiet, awaiting gov ernment announcement of plans. Bur laps were firm. Raw silk was firm and dress goods quiet.
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New Orleans Futures
Spot Cotton

New Orleans, July S.-Spot cotton, steady and unchanged; sales, spot, 5,S; to arrive, none. Low middling, 25.5Oc; |; middling, soc; good middling, 3175c. Re- ceipts, 107s; stock, 36l,575
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THE IMPORTANT FACTORS

| 1 The important results sought for in the | operation of air craft are, first, safety 1 for the aviator; second, speed with 5 given load. third, length of time between | periods of overhauling and readjusting
 of the engine and, fourth, the greatest l distance of flight with given supply of gasoline. The most important element 1 having to do with the attainment ot these results is the lubricating of tine engine and the wonder is whether any Of | the lubricants now used in American air craft would be of such high quality as | to meet these four demands.
 Curiously enough, just at this time there comes another of the several, even many. strange condolences which have ,, occurred since we began the war with Germany.
 A few days ago heavy automobile,
 the owner of which is pr. E. c. Acheson. was turned over to it's builders with in
 struction given to disassemble the parts and make g thorough examination of the condition of the machine, especially the engine, and to make accurate report of the findings. The car was purchased about a year and half ago. It has
 been run nearly 16,000 miles Some or
 the runs were made over the rough
 roads of the south and some in the diTi-
 csult roads of the Adirondacks. The car was Lner51OTc put oNeiy SCVCio sOSsS'
 But it was observed that at no time had
 there been any occasion for repairs, not
 even a spark plug having been found out
 of order. The water in the radiator had
 never heated to the point of making
 steam There was curiosity to learn
 what the expert machinists would dis cover the real condition of the car to be
 This report has just come at the time
 when the authorities are seeking the
 adequate lubricant in case decision is
 made to manufacture air craft of suffi
 cient size and strength to enable them to cross the ocean on their own power. The experts employed by the builder of the car who made the examinations, re- ported that they found very little car
 bon in the cylinders. It was easily re-
 moved and very soft in nature They found the piston rings to be in a very good condition; no carbon whatever was found under them, as is usually the case. The rings were highly polished and perfectly free to adjust themselves to the walls of the cylinder. This freedom of action would result in the maximum utilization of the expansive forces of tho gases Hence, it is to be concluded at the maximum amount of power was de- veloped with the quantity of gasoline consumed.
 On careful examination of the condi.
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New Orleans: Middling, BOG; receipts. loIs; sales. sos; stock, 361, 1,575 Galveston; Middling, sic; receipts l647; sales. 534; stock, 161,S10.
 Mobile: Middling. soc; receipts, 529 sales, 70; stock, 13,341.
 Savannah: Middling, 30.25c; receipts f2s; sales, 690; stock. 147,517.
 Charleston; Middling. soc; stock. SS. Wilmington: Middling, soc; receipts SS; stock, 39,44S
 Texas City: Stock, 35,635.
 Norfolk; Middling, 30.50c; receipts, l6; sales. 462; stock, 77,3SO.
 Baltimore; Stock, 16,794.
 Boston: Middling, 31.S0c; receipts, 96; stock, 1S,40O
 Philadelphia: Middling, s1.s5c; stock, 127,412 Minor ports: Stock, 19,704.
 Iotal today: Receipts, 417S; stock, 1,164.263
 Total for week: Receipts, ss7s; ex- ports. 15.069.
 Total for season: Receipts, 6,2Oo,- e75; exports, 4.o45,732.
 Interior Movement Houston: Middling 90. BOG; receipts. 475; p'neneS' A1Sv' sales, Z3lS' stock, 1U1,S55 Memphis: Middling. BOG; receipts 1170; shipments, 141S; sales. 800; stock, 357, 800. Augusta: Middling, 29.75c; receipts. 34 stock, 1103; shipments, 151 stock, 72700. St. Louis: Middling, 30. soc; receipts. 233; shipments, 116; sales, 300; stock, 1s,- 2T.
 Cincinnati: Receipts, ofo: stock, 14.0S2. Little Rock: Middling, 30c; shipments. 5; sales, 5; stock, 15, ,76S.
 Total today Receipts, 2l52; shipments, S9s6: stock. 5S6.182
 Liverpool Cotton Liverpool July S.-Cotton, spot. quiet: prices firm; good middlins. 2.0d; mid
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insure an even distribution of sugar. Prices are unchanged at 7.50c for fine granulated.
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Cash Grain

Chicago, July S.-Wheat. No. l red g. 23; No. 3 red, $22O. Corn. No. 2 yellow, s1.77; No. yellow. s1.7O@1.72; No. yellow, $1.57 @1S. Oats. No. white, 77A@7Ss4 c, standard 7sd79c. Rye, No. 2 nominal: barley, s1@l.20; timothy, $5Q75O clover
 nominal. Pork nominal; lard, S25.95; ribs,
 s23.50a24 2o Prices closed unsettled, Ac net lower to 1Ac net advance, with Au- gust $1.SA@1, ,54as, and September $1.55A. St. Louis, July 8.-Corn, track, No. Z,
 $17S; No. white, $2.o5; September, s1.56ls
 Oats, track No. ?, 75c; No. white, 79c:
 September. zoe asked.
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ding, 22.44d; low middling. 21.s1d good ordinary, 2O.9ad ordinary, 20.39d. Sales, 2Ooo bales, including 100 American. Re- ceipts, 3400 all American. Futures closed irregular and unsettled. New contracts: July, 2l9Sd; August, 20.93d September. 19.s5d: October 19.25d; November. 1sS7d. Old contracts, fixed prices: July, 2l.19d.
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10000 Bombing Airplanes Would Soon End the War
By HOLLAND

New York, July S-(Special)-A ca ble dispatch from London which was printed a day or two ago in one of the New York newspapers stated that a dispatch from Geneva, Switzerland, to one of the leading London newspapers contained the following assertion:
 "A Hungarian diplomat who is living in retirement here public stated recently that the enemy was striking at the heart of Germany on the Rhine, and that 40,- 900 bombing airplanes would end the war sooner than a million extra Amer ican troops"
 This statement does not vary from the opinion that has been held in influen- tial government circles in Washington. If there could be sent across the sea sufficient number of airplanes which could be utilized in attacking the Ger man industrial centers along the Rhire, then there is not q doubt that confusion, despair and possibly complete rout woula follow continuous attacks of that kind.
 This opinion has led to the hope that We may be able speedily so to construct and operate air craft as to make it pos SiDle loT great uuinUtlS OL Illeln to cross from the Atlantic coast to convenient point upon the coast of Great Britain or of France.
 Some of the experts have asserted that there are difficulties in the way of oper- ating air craft for such a distance as that between the Atlantic coast and the coast of France or Great Britain. One of these experts in a recent communica ton stated that even though it were pos sible to di i've an air craft over the Att lantic, nevertheless it would be in such bad condition after it's arrival upon the other side as would make it necessary to disassembe it's various parts and make extensive repairs.
 Nevertheless the best authorities are certam that our builders of air craft are able to make a machine strong enough to sustain long flights, and there seems to be no doubt that the inventors have produced an internal combustion engine of suffic cient capacity to drive an air craft across the sea. Furthermore, the cean-crossins airplane, whatever the distinctive form of it's construction may be, will be so built as to carry abundant supplies, both food, fuel, lubricating ma terlal and other commodities needed for a long voyage. The experts have no doubt that properly constructed air ves- sel well equipped with supplies and nec- essary material could be driven in the air over the Atlantic so as to make landing on the coast of France or lre- land or Great Britain within three days or possibly q little less.
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Port Movement

New York. July s.-Spot cotton. quiet middling, 31.70c.
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Bonds
Money Market

New York. July s.-Merantile paper four months. per cent; months, 6 per cent; sterling 60-day bills, 4.721. commercial 60-day bills on banks, 4.72; commercial 60-day bills. 4.71A; de- mand, 4.753; cables. 476 7-16; bar silver, 99ss; Mexican dollars. 77c. Time loans, stronger; 50 days. 5h @5% per cent; months. per cent bid. Call money, strong; high. per ceint; low, per cent; ruling rate. 6 per cent; closing bid, F per cent; offered at per cent: last loan, per cent. Francs, demand,
 71 ss; cables. 5.70; guilders. demand, ,0A; cables. 51; lire. demand, S.S2; cables. S.S0; rubles. demand, 13h; ca bles, 14. nominal Mexican dollars. Tie.
 London, July S.-Bar silver, 4S 13-1sd per ounce; money, per cent; discount rates. short bills, 3 # per cent; months bills. 5 9-16 per cent
 New York, July 8-Metal exchange quotes lead quiet; spot, S05c; spelter. quiet. East St. Louis delivery. spot. $50 @s.7Oc. At London, spot, copper. f122; futures. f122; electroiytic. f125. Spot tin. f340; futures, f34o; lead. spot f290 los; futures, f2s los; spelter. spot f54; futures. $50.
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w. E. Campbell
 Cotton Stocks, grain, provisions and cotton seed oil Correspondents Shepard & Gluck New Orleans: E. w. Wagner & Co.,, New York and Chicago. Continu- ons quotations; private wires to all exchanges.
 G10 and GIT Woodward Bldg.
 Telephone Main 6141
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Cotton Seed Oils

New York, July 8.-Cotton seed oil was dull and unquoted. Tenders, 100 barrels. No sales were reported. Prime crude, 17.50c.