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Cash Grain

Cash Grain
 Chicago May 14-Corn, No. yellow nominal: No. 3 yellow, $l.5Sn1. 60; No. 4 yellow, Sl.42M1.50. Oats, No. 3 white, 76ls arse; standard, 77A7SAc. Rye. No. ?, $2,o3 @2. 05; barley, sl.25&L45; timothy. s5MS; clover, SlSa2s. Uork nominal; lard. s24T; ribs, S22.31@23.
 St Louis. May 14.-Corn. No. ?, s167ls; No. white, sl.7Sd1.So: July s1.45ss. Oats. No, ?, 74c; No. 8 white, T1k@7Sc; July. 65lsc.
 Rice Market
 New Orleans, May A.-Rough and clean rice strong. No sales. Receipts: Clean. f7,9A pockets. Quote: Blue Rose, s15Q9c; others unchanged.
 Produce Market
 New York, May 14.-Butter steady; re- ceipts. 91ss. Creamery. higher than ex- tras. 47d471ac; creamery extras, 92 score, 4614 @4619c; firsts, 431a@46c.
 Eggs easier: receipts. 31.321. Fresh gath cred extras, 3S0p3Slac; fresh gathered stor- age packer firsts, s7dSaxc; do. packed extra firsts, s7@371sc; do. firsts, 551s@ 361ac.
 Cheese~steady; receipts, SO62. State held specials, 241a@26c; do, average run, 231a@ 25c, state, whole milk flats. fresh spe- cials, 2sc; do, average run, 22@221gc. Live poultry unsettled; no prices set tied. Dressed firmer; prices unchanged. Chicago May 14.-Butter unchanged. Eggs lower; receipts, 3,761 cases. Firsts, 32@S3c; ordinary firsts. 30Q31lac; at mark. cases included, 31@S1kc.
 Potatoes higher; receipts, 2 cars, Wis consin, Michigan and Minnesota bulk@90c @$1. .05, do, sacks, s1.10@1.20 20.
 Poultry, alive steady; fowls, 27c; roost CTS. l9c.
 St. Louis, May 14.-Poultry unchanged, except hens, 25hc. Butter and eggs un- changed.
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LixernonI Cotton

Liverpool May 14-Cotton, spot cull; prices unchanged Good middling, P, 23d middliny. 21.7Od; low middling, 21.18d good ordinary. 201Sd; ordinary, 19.66d l; Sales. 1n00 including 1900 American. No receipts. Futures closed steady. New contracts: May. 21.1d; June, 21.S4d; July, 2o7sd; August 3o2sd; September. 19.s5d. Old contracts fixed prices: May. 20.45d: May-June, 20S7d. June-July, % 29d.
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Interior Movement

Houston: Middling, 2Sc; receipts, 419; shipments. 2349; sales, 2so; stock, 15e,- 567. Memphis: Middling, soc; receipts. '66s2. shipments, s157; sales, 75o; stock,
 Augusta: Middling. 2s.75c; receipts, |1S2: shipments, 7s6; sales, 4 stock,
 st. Louis. Middling, soc; receipts, SOS; stock, 19,51S. 5S0; stock. 13.246
 Little Rock: Middling, soc; shipments. HIS: sales, 11S; stock, 24,s26.
 Montgomery: Middling, 29.50c.
 Dallas: Middling, 2S.S5c.
 Total today: Receipts, STA; ship ments 9990; stock, 694, Ill.
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Port Cotton


 New orleans: Middling, 29.25c; re- |ceipts, 27o1; exports, 99; sales s27' stock. 423.6o9.s
 Galyeston Middling, 29c; receipts F1ee4. sales. 51s: stock, 262.35l- Mobile. Middling,i 29c; receipts, 2s2' stock, 10,922.
 Savannah: Middling. s2.5o; receipts, 2414: stock, 212,l14 Charleston:. Middling, 32.50c; receipts 240; stock, 43.126. .- Wilmington: Receipts, 121; stock so'- 932.
 Norfolk Middling soc; receipts, az' Baltimore: Stock, s1.s2e.
 Boston: Middling, 2S.2oc receipts 121; stock, 1S,00o.
 Philadelphia. Middling z7-4oc' re- ceipts. 251; stock 10,799.
 New York: Middling, 27.2oc; stock Minor ports: Stock. 1S.529. Total today: Receipts, S126; exports. s9:. stock, 1,36S,610.
 Total for week: Receipts, 26,s1s; ex- ports. 99 exports. 1572,277
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New York Futures

New York, May 14.-Cotton closed
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Supar Market

New York, May 14-No changes oc- cured in raw sugar prices, which were quoted at 4.9S5c for, Cubas cost and freight, equal to 6.oo5c for centrifugal. The weekly cable from Cuba reported receipts there last week of ,07S tons, against 115,949 the previous week; ex- ports, 99,959 tons, against S0l21 last week, with the stock there 1,079,o25 tons, against I orr. .9o5 tons last week. The committee reported purchases of 308,100 bags of Cuban.
 | In refined prices remain at 745c for fine granulated, with business of fair pro- portions.
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Francs, demand, 5711a cables, 56sk. Builders, 4S4; cables, 4s7s. Lire, demand, 9is; cables, 9OS Rubles. demand, 131s; cables, II nominal; Mexican dollars, v; government bonds, irregular; railroad bonds, strong.
 London, May 14.-Bar silver, 4s7sd per ounce; money, 212 per cent; discount rates, short bills 3la per cent; three month bills, 3 9-16 per cent.
 Live Stock
 St. Louis, May 14.-Hogs: Receipts. 1b- 600; market lower Lights, s17.60Ql7.7o; pigs, Sl650d17.50; mixed and butchers, s17.35@1755 good heavy. sf7.35Q17.50; ouls, Sl7.s0G17.To.
 Cattle: Receipts, 4OOO; market strong. Native beef steers. $11.5ed17.60; yeariins steers and heifers, $95e@l5.5o; cows, $IoV @12.5o stockers and feeders, S5Oqlz; fgair to prime southern beef steers, sl4Oa 1850; beef cows and heifers. s6d1SoO; southern yearling steers and heifers, s1.SO Q10; native calves, S7.75q155e.
 Sheep: Receipts, 26e0; market steady. Lambs, S15616. 50; ewes, s16017; wethers. $16.50@t7; canners and choppers s6.5cQ $50
 Kansas City, May 14-Hogs: Receipts, 10000; market lower. Bulk $17.3OGl74 4V; heavy, Sl725M1735; packers and butchers, $17. 25@17.55; light s1T.4o@i76o; pigs, $l6.2o @l775
 Cattle: Receipts, 7o0o; market strong. Prime fed steers, s17@1760; dressed beef steers, $15@16.75; southern steers, sl1dlo; cows, sS25914.5O; heifers, s11G15; stockers and feeders, S9q1550; bulls, S.ooalS' calves, S912.75.
 Sheep: Receipts, 72oo; market lower Lambs, Sl5.5oa19.25; yearlings. sl4qlii wethers, S13@16.50; ewes, $11d1575
 Chicago, May 14-Hogs: Receipts, 30, GOO. market weak. Bulk, s17.35G1770 light, s17. .2ea17.75 mixed, s17.15@1775; heavy, s16. 25@17 60; rough, s16.25@i6.6o; pigs, Sli @17.25
 Cattle: Receipts, 14,00o; market weak. Native steers, s1o159177o; stockers and feeders, SS012.S5; cows and heifers, $6,9Od 1425; calves, sSG14.
 Sheep: Receipts. 1sOoo, market weak Sheep, $12616.25 lambs, $i5d20.
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Rice Market

New Orleans, May 4.-Rough and clean rice strong. No sales. Receipts: Clean, 17,9H pockets. Quote Blue Rose, S15Q9c; others unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
VARDAMAN FOE,
 DECLARES WILSON
Reelection Would Be Con demnation of Administra-
 tion, Says President

Jackson. Miss. August l0-Myron Me. Neil. a prominent attorney of Hazlehur.,, Miss. tonight made public a letter he had received from President Wilson in reply to one Mir McNeil wrote the President regarding Senator James K Vardaman' 5 candidacy foi re election to the United States Senate. The Presidents letter fo. lows:
 Replying to your letter of July 23, let me say tha' it is always with the utmost hesitation that I venture to express an opinion about candidates for election. either to the Senate or the House, ba cause feel that 1t is not from any point of view my priyelese to suggest 10 the voters of a state what their action sha'l be- But upon questions of facts. I an at liberty to speak. You call my atten- tion to certain statements made on b. half ,os Senator Vardaman, in which an effort is made to create the impression that woulc not regard the return q Senator Vardaman to the Senate as q verdict against the present administia ton,
 Such Statements are calculated to pat q very falst. face upon Senator vardi mans candidacy. Senator Vardaman has been conspicuous among the demo crats' in the Senate for his opposition to the adm iristration. If the voters ot Mississippi should again choose him to represent them, not only have no right to object; l would have no right in any way to criticize them.
 But l si ould be ooiiged to accept their action as condemnation Of my admin istration, and 1t is only right that they should know Elis before they act Yer truly yours, WOODROW WILSON
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
Eve Witness GiUes
 Graphic Account of Fighting ofMarines
Some of the Most Gallant Deeds of the Entire War Occurred In Marine Ranks During Their
 Drive Near Chateau Thierry

Germans attacked at 5 p. m. we had T box seat
 They were driving at Hill 165 from the north and northeast and they came ont on wonderfully clear day in two col umns across a wheat field. We could see the two thin brown columns advanc. ing in erfect order until two,thirds of the columns, we judged, were in view. s s.1he rifle and machine gun fire were incesssnt and overhead rhrapne, was bursting. Then the shrapnel came on the target at each shot.
 "The wtite patches would roll away and we could see that some of the coi- urns were still there. slowed up. and tt seemed perfect suicide for them to try. You couldn't begrudge tribute to the;r pluck at that. Then, under that dead y fire ana barrage of rifle and machine gin fire, the boche stopped It was -oo much for arv man. They burrowed in or broke to the cover of the woods. and yol 1codid follow them by the rlpples of the green wheat as they raced for cover z MARINES AMAZE FRENCH
 The writer declares the Fife ire 'of the arines amazed the French who saw T..
 That men should fire deliberately and tuse their sights and adjust their rance, he says. was beyond their experienee It mus hay. had telling effect on tit; tCoAtIaued .a Page EievenD
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Germans Streaming 7olUard the Sor71n1e
 Pur sued by Allies
Large Numbers of Enemy Cut Off When They At tempted to Retreat From Montdidier, Which
 Has Been Captured By Franco-Brtish
By Associated Press

The French have driven the Ger mans before them for an important gain east of Montdidier in Picardy. That city, which was the apex of a German salient that now has been wiped out, fell to the French fourth army at midday Saturday. Before nightfall, according to the French war office statement, the victorious French forces had carried the battle line on- ward to an average depth of six miles on front of approximately 20 miles.
 5000 PRISONERS
 In the three days of engagements that eliminated in the taking of Mont didier, the French took 5000 prison- CTS. Their captures also included 200 guns and an enormous amount of ma terial.
 Crushed by the impact of the Brit ish, French and American offensive on the battle line from Albert, ,orth- east of Amiens,, to the Disc river, north of Compiegne. German forces are streaming back toward the Somme river and the Nesle-Noyon canal. So far as can be determined, the enemy lis in full retreat all along the front against which the allies flung them selves on Tharsday morning. It is reported from Paris that French pa- trolls are in Chaulnes, the principal German center west of the Sonmc. Montdidier. at the tip ofsthe German salient in Picardy. has been taken by the allies, who cut off large numbers of the enemy when they sought to beat a retreat from the city. Thousands of prisoners were taken there by the al- lies. 1t is reported
 North of the Semme. stubborn en- en,y resistance at Chipilly spur, a height which dominates the whole va- ley of the Somme in that region, has been broken, and the Germans north of the river have joined their com rades in retiring.
 South of Montdidier, the French have plunged through the German lines on the hills west of the Metz river and are reported to be In the valley of the stream at Marqueglise.
 IN SERIOUS POSITION When the situation is studied on a map 1t can be seen that the Germans are in serious position east of Mont
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
AGE-HERALD

SECTION A 1-Huns ,etreating in feverish haste. ; Bis enemy railway center west of So,nlne entered by French. Germsns must be kept on the r,in.
 says General March. Vardamar a foe declares wilson 2-Kilby meeting held at Jefferson. Crowd of 200 stands in street and hears '. fiery parson dissect Huddlestoas $ record. s-Politics in Mississippi continue 10 grow warmer. 4-Edi-o.ial comment 5-Patliotic league is redoubling wor- for cone. essman. Bankhead reports from over state n..st optimistic. 4 .c-Consumers stock coal tor winter.
 SECTION E 2-3 s- Automobile section. sb-State's quietest campaign draws to C'tse. '-Jackson predicts Emmet Jones will win.
 SECTION C IA Chronicle of society -'-Society news and activities in the' c.ty and suburbs. g. Sea training for the me-. hant marine g. Dolly Dairymple. s 6-T-2sn usements. s--u. ambulance corps serving se-inI
 lines of all the aliis5. -BMuningham' s allied army an " < s,.iatioEs .yslW c. T. '. activities. <
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GERMANS MUST BE KEPT 0N THE RUN
 SAYS GEN. MARCH.
Now Is the Time for Great est Effort, Declares Chief of Staff in His Weekly
 War Summary

Washington, August 10. ssThis is the time for the great est effort to keep the enemy running
 General March. chief of staff, summarized thus today to. newspaper men the situation ih France. Standing before the great military maps at the war department that show clearly just where the German is being beaten back, he pointed ont shat the great battle front was rapidly being straightrncd out from Rheims to tlc sea.
 They have not yet he said, gotten back to the original Hindenburg line, where the German began his advances this year. We stiil have some territory to gain. so when statements aJpeA- that indicate that the war is over at this point, discourage it.
 TIME TO HIT HARD
 This Is the .tina for the greatest ef- fort to keep the enemy running. That IS the reason the United States is being called upon for increased man power, that is the reason we want the age lim- its for the draft lowered and raised to get more men.
 Tt is no time to talk about the var being over It is the time 10 hit hard.
 The sreatest adyAeta&e q the xhels thing has been the chanse sf the allies
 tce.tl.pes .. Pase risAti
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Washington, August 9.-A graphic eye witness account of the fighting near Chateau. .Thierry, in which American divisions including the marine brigade, took patt early in June. was made public today by the navy department. It is in the form of long letter from an officer of the marines to Major General Barnet. of the corps. and the story told is of peculiar significance, as, m the opinion of many officers here, 1t was the stand of the Americans along this line which saved Paris. The name of the writer is not disclosed.
 The Americans were rushed to the line in moto. trucks to support the haro pressed French, and June 1, the marine brigade deIloyed on support position. the battalion commanded by Major Thomas Holcomb hurrying into line as the men ciinnbed off the trucksa Ths Germans were coming on and Juno ' the F'rens n dropped back, passing throrsIl the Amesica. lines.
 HAD A BOX SEAT
 we had installed ourselves in a house in Lasoie Atatei, a little village between chan,pllions and Lucy Le Bocage,." the writer ssy From one side we had ,sb servatiol or tiie north and when nc
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HAD A BOX SEAT
Comic Supplement Discontinued Today

Beginning with this week The AgeHerald will gradually meet the industries boards request for decrease o 10 per cent in the of white paper. ~.~
 The first step in this programme is the omission o1 the comic coored supplement today The Age-erald averages from IA to 20pages week so that the oms sion of the comc supplement of less than four per cent Other cuts must be made later, s1s
 will be dsaRpoinment te the children and to many
 In making it's reductions The AgeHerad will take great care that there interference with the each day
 The Roogravure Section of The Age Herald will be dis continued after next Sunday Tcdays issue missing be- of its failure to reach Birmingham in time although be sent with Sundays paper After that time the Rotogrsyure also will be sacrificed to the patriotic of saving white paper S1 s@+ g~@@
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didier. The allies have closed in on Chaulnes, and have had the railroad junction south of that town under ar- tillery fire for two days. If Chaul- res is lost to the Germans they will be forced to make a long. perilous march eastward over country roads to Noyon. The rapid progress of the French below Montdidier has placed even this road under fire, and made 1t almost impossible as an avenue of es- cape for the harassed enemy.
 In the center the Germans are re- ported to be in full retreat. Allied air- men have seen roads filled with Ger man motor lorries and have been active in bombing these lines of transport. The bridges of the Somme river south of Peronne are under fire, and the one at Peronne Is reported to have been broken. This will throw new compli- cations in the German high commands task of extricating it's shattered ar- mics from the field where they have been defeated
 LINES STRIPPED
 It now appears that the German lines in Picardy must have been stripped when Grown Prince Ruppreeht sen. troops to the rescue of the German crown princess armies south Of the Aisue three weeks ago. Paris news papers remark on the fact that the cap tiyes taken are, for the most part. ratter old. and 1t is said that they arc members of reserve divisions.
 Crown Prince Rupprecht, however. fs known to have large number cf 4splendid troops which wtll probably pc ! thrown into battle at once. So tar, only two of these divisions have eome into contact with the allies, but they have been unable to check the onrush of the victorious armies of Hais ana Debeny. s.
 The number of prisoners eap-
 tured during the first three days
 of the offensive ia very Inrge. lt
 is hinted by Paris that 1t exceeds
 ny far the figure xiven out h the
 official statements. Two divis-
 ionat headquarters. with their
 stnffs. are said to have been
 taken. The guns nnd war materials
 lost by the enemy constitute . very
 heavy loss.
 Since the American forces occupied Fisnette. the north suburb of Fishes, on the Vesle. there have been. no re- ports of further attacks in that re- zion. It is believed, however, that the allies there are gathering themselves for new assault. which may have It. effect on the great battle going on fur- ther north.
 Although there have been runners If heavy fighting south of Arras, there has been no confirmation of them "a yet Nothing is known of the .situatioa in Flanders, where. on Friday, the Ger mans are reported to be withdrawing rom their advanced position.
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PLEAD FOR
 BIG ALLIED FORCE Leader Says Must Have Relief or Czecho-Slovaks
 Sure to Perish

London. August 1o.-The forces the al, lies purpose sending to help the Czecno, slovaks in Siberia are pitifully made. quate, says the Daily Mails correspond ont at vladivostok. telegraphing on Tuesday. ~
 pr. Girha. the head of the Czecho-Slo. yak organization in vladivostok, Is quoted hy the correspondent as saying:
 The Czecho- Slovaks are awaiting si,c- cor in the period of six weeks before winter. If they are, not relieved by that time they will certainly perish.
 Our force in vladivostok is without artillery. cavalry. afrplanes. grenades or proper clothing. while the enemy has all these. The longer the allies delay the more we dwindle. Two operations are necessary, but the force coming is barely sufficient for one"
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l7,OO0 Work Cards Issued

Montgomery. August 1o.-( -(Special)-A proximately lz0oo work cards were dis. tributed in Montgomery Fridty and Sat urday This followed the nsopnccment that every man, woman and ch,id. abt to vt'A, must dc something for the win- n'rs cf the war Persons between l7 atli > .c:..s are included in the rigid Moik eider ef the Loyalty league of Montgom- efv ps nty te. N sss sff gff Hi
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Chinese. Object to
 Papal Representative

Picking. .Augus, lo.-(By the Associated Press.)- The Chinese government has d>- clined to received Monsignor PetrelIi, re- eently appointed papel nuncio to chin~ Icn the ground that he is pcrsonas friend of Admiral ycn Hintz. German secretaly Of foreign affairs and sate minister to l'ekins.
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raids. On Thursday in the Guidicaria region our parties forded the Chinese river In the Daone valley we surprised a party of the enemy in southern slopes of Dosso Del Morti and took 21 prisoners
 This morning French troops penot trated deeply into the enemy's strong points on Monte Sisemoi, destroying part of the garrison and forcing the remain der to surrender. Two hundred and fifty prisoners and eight machine guns were taken From our positions on Monte Di Val Bella, Col Del Rosso and Col Si Chele, we succeeded at various points in passing the enemy lines and inflicting heavy losses. We took 59 prisoners. Our losses were light
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STATEMENT RETICENT

Paris, August 10.-(Havas Agency.) Several new spapers hint this morning that the official statements issued by the war office are purposeiy reticent and that very interesting news might be made public if the war office chose to do SO They say that the nuniher of prisoners is actually far above the figure announced.
 French and British light troops pa trols and armored cars are operating far beyond the points mentioned in the official statements. The infantry is following these forces untirirgly and is in sufficient masses to crush all attempts made by the enemy 10 counter attack.
 1t is pointed out that the majority of the prisoners so far taken are rath- CT oli which, the newspapers say. shows that secondary divisions were holding the line. The number of offi- cers is very large. while fully one half of the guns behind the German lines have been captured
 Adv;ces from the front say: tha. at no point have the Germans recapturcd any of the ground taken from them, The frankness with which the German official reports admit defeat is attribu- ted to tn. fact that the retreating army in Picardy is commanded bH Grown Prince Rupprecht and not by the Herman crown prince.
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ITALIAN STATEMENT

Rome. August 0.-French troops penc Itrated deep into the Austrian entrench- ments on Monte Sisemol this morning capturing c5o prisoners. according to 1T official ate tAzaAnt ianuAd by the var of-
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ENEMY HOLDS HEIGHTS

American Headquarters on the .VeSle. Friday August s.-(By Reuters )-What- ever may be the ultimate intentions of the Germans, they have methcdically thought out the problem of defending the heights north of the vesle and are strongly discouraging all efforts to ap- proach them.
 With Fishes occupied. the struggle for the valley began. The American cross. ing of the Vesle was fine piece of work and coolly performed under enemy fire It was only. when the Americans ad vanced to the foot of the hills that they realized the character of the German op- position. On the heights above were hid den machine guns. It was impossible to approach them. since they had clear field of fire and as they were invisible they could keep the Americans from 1000 to 1500 yards away. Big shells then began to drop in the American lines. ap- parently fired from heavy howitxers, which probably have been withdrawn in safety beyond the .Aisne.
 The Americans are lying on the hill- sides virtually in the open with the Ger man gunners watching every movement from the dark belt of trees above. The American gunners are peppering the en- emy with shell and gas. but without vis- ibly diminishing their fire. !.
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ITALIAN STATEMENT

Rcms, August 10 The official state ment isued by the war office today says:
 sIn the Guidicaria valley and at Asiago tho British and French have carried out