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Central of Georgia Con. 5s ..... S5 Illinois Central ref. 4s ......... 77 Louisville & Nashville un. Is ... SS St Louis x San. Fran, 5s, (1940) 6S Seaboard Air Line adj 5s ... 56 Southern Bell Telephone 5s. .... SS Southern Railway 5s .... Sg
 Southern Railway gen. 4s ...... 6s
 U. s. Steel 5s .............. 9S
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Hubbard Bros & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square, N. \. Members New York Cotton Ex- change, New Orleans Cotton l&xchange, New York Produce Exchange, Associated Members Liverpool Cotton Association Orders solicited for the purchase and future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for consignments of spot cotton for delivery. Corresponds ance invited
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s. S.R.Stewart&Co

lO1-2 Woodward BIdg.s Birmingh ann. Ala. Cotton, stocks, bonds, grain, provisions and cotton seed oil. New Orleans cor respondents Jno. F. Clark & Go. Direct private wire. continuous quotations.
 Phone Main 567 ". |. PhELTS, Mgrs
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Rice Market

New Orleans. July So.-Rough and clean rice unchanged. No sales. Receipts, rough 452 sacks, clean, none
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Chicago Futures
Cash Grain

Chicago, July 3o-Corn, No. yellow nominal; No. yellow. SIP; No 4 yellow s1.5SQ1.62. Oats, No white, old, 73a75c: No. white, new, 73@7314c; standard old 7s1sq75c; standard new, 731z0p74c. Rye, $l6S@1.cS; barley. $1@l11; timothy, S5a $50; clover nominal. Pork nominal lard, S26. 57Q25 g.; ribs, $24 12@24.75.
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w. k. Campbell

Cotton Stocks. grain, provisions and cotton seed oil Correspondents Shepard & Gluck, New Orleans; D., W. Wagner & CO, New York and Chicago. Continu- ous quotations; private wires to all exchanges
 6f6 and 6I7 woodward B1dE.
 Telephone Main e14I
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Produce Market

New York, July 30.-Butter, steady; re- ceipts, 9707 creamery higher than extras 4519a46c; extra creamey, g score, 44A@ 45c; creamery .firsts, 43lz0441sc.
 Eggs, irregular; receipts, 13,529; fresh gathered extras, 460D47c; fresh gathered regular packed, extra firsts, 44945c; reg ular packed firsts, 40d43c
 Cheese, firm; receipts, 4446; state fresh specials. 251za25S4c; average run 250D25Ac.
 Live poultry, steady; old roosters, zc; others unchanged. Dressed, steady; chick ems, S9@46c; fowls, 31@36c; old roosters, 261kG271ac.
 Chicago, July So-Butter, unchanged.
 Eggs, lower; receipts, 17,144 cases; tirsts, SG3S1Ac; ordinary frsts, 360361sc; at mark, cases included 35637c
 Potatoes, higher; receipts, 26 cars: vir. gnia cobblers. s5 .5on5 75 per barrel; Ken lucky cobblers. g .75@2. .S5; Minnesota. ohios. s2. 50d2.o 60; Kansas and Illinois Ohios, s2GI2.1 IS.
 Poultry. unsettled fowls, zs1s0esc: springs, S2c
 St. Louis, July 3o.-Poultry, butter and eggs, unchanged.
 Kansas City, July 9O-Butter and pouI- try unchanged. Eggs, frsts, 37c: sec- onds, 35c.
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Kansas City, July 30.-Cash wheat un- changed; No. hard, g. .191s6l2. 20; No. 2, E. .1SQ220; No. red, s2.18; No J, s2 l6 Corn, unchanged No. 2 mixed, s1 57d Leo; No. nominal; No. white, s1 s2dd 1.94; No. 2 yellow. s1.5sq1 .6o Oats un- changed to Sc lower; No. ? white, 73c; No. 2 mixed. 7OAc.
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St. Louis, July 30.--Corn, No. 2 white H.92; September, s1.55d1. 5515. Oats, No ?. 661sQ6Scc; No. 3 white, 71@72c; Septem- Der, 6S15c bid.
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Shot Cotton

New Orleans, July So-Spot cotton quiet and unchanged. Sales on the spot, bl
 bales to arrive, none. Low middling. 2Sc; middling, 25.75c; good middling, 29.75c. Receipts, g759; stock, 3l6,0n.
 New York, July 3o.-Spot cotton quiet; middling, 29.20c.
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New Orleans Futures

New Orleans Cotton New Orleans, July 30.-A wide and sharp
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Railroad Schedule
Corrected to May IF. I9I

Corrected t0 May 12, 1918 Arrival ano deporture of passenger. trains. Birmingham: The followina. schedule figures published as informa tion, are not guaranteed. BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL STATION
 southern Railway system
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Metal Market

New York, July 3o.-Metal exchange quotes lead unchanged; spot. S.o5c; spel- ter weak: East St. Louis delivery, spot. 06dS. IS.
 Cotton Seed Oil New York. July 30.-Cotton seed oil was unquoted. Crude, 1750
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Sugar Market
Naval Stores

savanpah. July 3o.-Tudpentine qulet 56Ac; receipts, 359; shipments. Il; stock 26 5A. Rosin firm; receipts, 1196; ship ments, 2sl; stock, 74.s2S; sales, 1154. Quote: B, D, s10.05: E. $1o.05alo1O; F. $1O1oa10l5; G and H. slo2o: I. slo.25@1o.3o; K, slose1 1o.s5; M, sleso@1l; N, s1l.ao; VIC, SIPS; wv, $11.30.
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The Hog Island shipyard on the Delaware river employs 500 women workers in office work.
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Money Market

London, July 90.-Bar silver, S 15-16d money, 3 per cent; discount rates. short bills, 17-S2 per cent; three months bills, 3 17-32 per cent.
Evening star., 1918-07-21

development of that great midland
country, will conclude to establish a
branch bank at La Paz. in Bolivia. as
we'll as Valparaiso. in Chile, and
Callao. in Peru.
Ships are another factor in Japan's
after er-the-war-word trade policy as 1t
relates to South America. Japan has
never been slow in the matter Of
building a merchant marine. Heavy
government subsidies secured the es-
tablishment Of the very successful
lines, which have made such enor-
Occasionally Japanese steamer.
crossing the Pacific to touch at the
west coast ports, proceeded on
through the Straits Of Magellan and
touched at Buenos Aires. A regular
service OF this kind may be establish
ed in the future, but that route does
not follow commercial current that
offers great possibilities.
The Panama canal offered Japan an
opportunity for steamship service
with the east coast of South America
as well as with the east coast of the
United States. The Japanese steam
ship lines have held this opportunity
in reserve. In the future they will
avail themselves Of it as the occasion
arises. For the present, however, the
general project Of increasing trade
between Japan and South America
calls for a different route. The most
of the emigrants to Brazil In the
early years Of the colonization move
ment were transported through the
Suez canal. The difficulties of trans
ortation through Suex since the great
war began would have caused this
route to be abandoned in all proba-
bility had there been many emigrants
to transport. The route followed
since hostilities opened has been
GROUND. Cape Town, South Africa, with
return calls at New. York. and then
through the Panama canal to San
Evening star., 1918-07-21

knew how to procure cinematograph
protector, with narrow-angie lens for Q
long throw, and how to secure light and
how to work it He did all these things
that same night after dinner. setting up
his machine on the Dutch side Of tho
border, wiring his arc lamp from the
tavern. and using the -plastered
wall Of the Belgian customhouse over
the frontier as screen. Dutchmen and
Germans formed the audience.
The film sounds fat in scenario form
after the real thing. You must go and
see It for yourself.
1t starts with the exterior Of the cafe
before and after the sack (Joseph must
old negative taken in happier days).
Then an interior (badly lit) showing
German officers prone in all directions.
A title explains that they were drug.
ged ready to receive punishment"
into which Nine. Mumm presently
fades in" She is dead and laid out
reverently. Then by a simple stop
film" trick German officers appear one
by one against each of the trees that
surround the little clearing.
They are all free OF their drug nows
and very much alive. but their feet arc
tied together and their hands are tied
behind them. Then nooses are placed
round their necks and over boughs Of
the overhanging trees, and one by one
Luey are Hdufeu
The film gives the fullest details. as
you will agree when you see it. There
are tWenty-three German officer5, and
they all hang and kick their last on
twenty-three trees, with the body Of
poor madame lying peacefully in the
middle Of them Then by another SIM
pie camera trick the woman's body
fades out. and the mems are left hang
ing. That is the end.
my Great James" said Kettle when
the white wall OF the Belgian CUSTOM
house hicsed back into darkness. do
you think he did all those things?~
I'm afraid he did. The camera can
lie to a certain extent, but not about
all those essentials. How did he get
those chaps unconscious? Was he a bit
OF chemist by any chance? Oh, Of
course. remember. He drugged him.
self. didn't he. poor little chap7'
HE did"
well, that films too melodramatic
for our taste. of course. but we must
carry in mind he was awfully fond Of
that pretty wife of his"
Yes, sir, he was. And he was not
the coward I thought him. / apologize
to Joseph. He was not fighting man.
and he had to take the only course that
was open The beasts had got his girl,
and he had to get level, as any man
that was worth calling a man would do.
/ don't like his method-.t's too Belgian
for me-but he got level ali right and
that was the main thing SO far as Jo-
serh was concerned"
Copyright. 1918. by Mcclure syndieass.)
Evening star., 1918-07-21

That seemed to crisp the argument
Four men-smallish, whtte-faced men
they were-and no women separated
themselves from the main group and
stood between the casks.
"Ah" said Kettle. "And as soon as
we have got nicely under way you'll
go and try to curry favor by telling.
That right. you others?
We'll, don't shout it. You're so bois-
terous. You must tone down before
you get to England, or people will stare
at you. / commend to you your four
friends between the claret casks. Take
them with you, and keep them quiet. II
they won't keep quiet, wiring their
necks. II you fail in that. remem-
Der it Is your necks that will pay.
fcal works; and II any one makes as
much as a whimper, recolIect / will
deal with him."
The loading took time. There was
only one manhole available as en-
trance-way to the boilers dismantled
interior. and for some Of the ladies
1t was a tight ut. However, pressure.
moral and physical. helped things
along. and when all were inboad
left them to sort themselves. and
lifted the heavy iron manhole door
into place and nutted 1t home.
That" said Kettle. will keep the
boches out and our beauties in"
Lordi won't they be fruity inside?
May I go ahead now? BY the way,
my boilers blowing on. I'm afraid
she's getting SO full of steam she may
want to leave US for a home in the
sky. The old birds got a whacking
big crate area"
The traction engine tugged at It's
spring draw-bar. and, with the big
boiler on its broad-wheeled trolley
rattlfng behind, roared out northward
over the cobbles.
Uhlans galloped past them with
questing lances: a burning house
dropped fakes Of fire on them as they
numbered past: and Gordon after Gordon
Of blood-lusting soldiery. driving the
people Of the suburbs into the central
slaughter ground Of the market-place
opened out and let them pass.
A motor car would have been stop
ped. horse vehicle would have had
no chance Of passage, but who was
going to interfere with o traction en-
gine driven by two German soldiers,
with a huge, empty boiler clamoring
behind its noisy heels at exorbitant
speed?
There were no instructions for such
an apparition as this. and. anyway, 1t
was making such an Internal din that
no one could make its custodians
hear.
Capt Kettle reached over and
bawled In his companions ear: You'll
have the whole concern tumbling to
bits II you push on at this pace"
Evening star., 1918-07-21

chanicsr Lodge the odds were heavy
on nndlng at least one man who could
handle a road locomotive. But would
that man have nerve? This was an
from the sacked town to the Dutch
FRONTIER was not going to be. he
plainly foresaw, u simple trip to suit
nervous man. At pinch he could
arrive himself, but another man as
guard would be desperately needed,
and he had profound distrust for
tnese Belgians. The 1amentably ex-
ample of Joseph Mumm was still hot
within him.
At this stage of doubt then he ran
into another German soldier round
the corner Of block, who cursed him
IN language which was not German,
ana presented a prompt bayonet to
hamper his further advance.
II wasn't for that spiked hat"
SAID Kettle. warily, Il should say you
ago near a beer MILL
by Cad! It's my pal the pig deal
er: Dye happen to have matches on
you! l. found feather to clean out
my pipe. and now I haven't a light.
roa ! say; sre worthy na =, knight. do you know
fence. and are liable to be hung ON
signt II the boches clap eyes on you?
1ou really shouldn't do these sort Of
tnlnss at your time of life"
& ,TI.an you drive traction engineer
KS rather changing the subject
put can. 1t happens I'm sapper. and
tnae was part Of my A B C. Nobody
ever recognizes my true worth. Even
tne girls I'm engaged to don't appre-
ciaIe the treasure they've snapped up
AND nobody ever supplies me with
matches- But why q traction engine.
NOBLE stranger? You may want to puli
travelling circus round this benioht
60 country, with brass band attach
ment, but my humble ambition is to
sneak away to my nice wet dus-out
as quietly as possible"
Capt. Kettles fingers itched. He had
thousand wishes to catch this bie "a snail
Stranger by the collar and shake fhe
iootishneas out Of him But by an efYort
ne restrained himself and smoke instead
dis tone was acidulated, but his exnla-
nations were clear.
The stan subaltern scratched his
mead. Seems to me, Sir Owen, that
II don't get scuppered over this lit
tse entertainment Of yours. it's likely
70 cost me my commission. Nv inn
mediate boss 10 very keen ON his
young men attending to their own
particular jobs, and not getting
switched on ON to sidetracks. he
broke man only last week for slip
ping on for days snipe-shooting.
nnta ndertng after the beauty and
tninking about Is Mime. Joseph one
OF shls troupe. by any chance, that
you're personally conductingr"
Evening star., 1918-07-21

In ten words the sailor told Of Nine.
Joseph's fate and Joseph's treachery.
The tall subaltern blew through his
'That puts the hat on it. That decent
little woman! always said those
chaps weren't At to have commissions.
They aren't gentlemen. They don't
know how to behave like gentlemen,
and will never learn. Well, I'll come
In. And is that your traction engine?
She's No. 1 top-size. Well, the Lord
grant there are plenty of Horse
troughs on the way. With that CRATE
area she'll banker after liquor like
the Bishop of Sodor and Man."
The subaltern tried his water. peered
into the frebox. raked and coaled.
Capt. Kettle watched him with an
approving eye.
You seem to know your job"
Il can't help it. They turn US out
so perfect from Woolwich we're al
most inhuman- HIM. This caravan
compounds when she gets going. but
starts out on full steam for both
cylinders. I wnder which gadgett
Yes. sir. I beg pardonT
How long before you will have
enough steam to pull out Of hereT
"I must fill my water-tank first at
the hydrant there. Call that eight
minutes. You can up-apchor and on in
half an hour. IL that will dot?
fright Don't get killed whilst I'm
away"
Now the members of the Mechanics
Lodge were desperate enough and
had terror put into them. heart and
soul. by the sack Of their town, as
the invaders intended. But they near
ly drove Capt. Kettle desperate be-
fore they could be brought to see the
feasibleness of his plan. They talked.
and they screeched. and they suppli-
Gated: they appealed to heaven. and
they openly wept: and their women
did all these things and more.
At last Kettle got to the far end
Of both his politeness and his patience.
II he could not Quell their oratory
with his tongue he must try more prim-
tive means.
"Yes," he said, when at last he had
got them quiet and had put his crude
argument back into his pocket, "the
beginning of discipline Is learning to
wait till your betters speak first. I'm
you ladies. but II you'd known my
scared Of being hit should have
bagged husband every. shot. and
there's none of them would have been
much loss. Now. then. stand fast
where you are. those that are coming
to Holland with me, and fall out
there between those two tasks. those
who funk 1t"
Again there was the buzz of talk
and the whirl Of gesticulation; but
the compelling voice once more
brought silence. 81 give you thirty
seconds to decide"
Evening star., 1918-07-21
probably. But Lord. man. can't I

PROBABLY. But LORD, man. can't
driver
Only one attempt was made to stop
its triumphant retreat, and that was
on the Belgian side of the Dutch bor-
der. Men spread out. calling and bel
lowing. A gate was slammed and
shut Atrumpet squealed and troop
of horse answered it. But the car of
Juggernaut splashed aside the horse.
and sailed through the gate, and
chain. and men. and everything else
that stood in its clanking path, and
from its head there gushed sudden
efiorescence OF gesticulating Belgian
men and shrilling Belgian danes, who
called down curses on the invaders
Of the land they had left kShfnd.
We'll. wish you Joy Of your pals"
Dutch customhouse. 'T bet I've
burned out this boiler. The old dear
hasn't shown water in her gauge for
a good half hour-yes? Oh. no. Mr..
Douanier. I am not the skipper, nor.
thank the Lord. am I German. Ny
pay your import duty. He isn't Ger
man. either. although he looks it.
He's Britisher. too. and he's a pig
dealer of high descent when he's at
home"
But here. Of all ludicrous places.
hitch occurred. Certainly there was a
tarin for importing "one traction en-
gine (damaged) and one Lanca shire
boiler (dismantied)" into Holland. but
the goods were 80 unusual that the
official in charge regretted. that he
would have to apply to headquar-
ters for instructions. Presumably he
did 80 apply, but the Dutchman is not
swift to move, especially il there IL
no money to give him impetus So
Kettle by means of shipping agent
got his Belgian mechanics and their
womenkind started on en- route for
Mr.. Carnforth's works in the mid
lands. and smoked Dutch cigars to the
accompaniment of the subaltern's un-
clean pipe at spruce little tavern
just inside the border. Between whiles
they passed the time of day with the
Germans. who were mending the
smashed Belgian gate on the other
side Of the frontier line beside their
white-walled customhouse.
Then came the Aim. 1t was handed
in mysteriously. and Kettle often
wondered afterward whether Joseph
was not his own messenger. But the
little humpback never appeared. The
subaltern with the urclean pipe
whose name he never learned-was
the man who found out its point.
Capt. Kettle. as becon,e ;he founder
OF the Wharfedaie Particular Metho-
dists. made a point OF never entering q
theater, and included picture halls un-
der this ban. The subaitern was an ex-
pert in both. The subaltern. also. as
became British officer and a sapper.
Evening star., 1918-07-21

q tendency to spread out for them
selves and to choose their own means
of livelihood.
~
The immigration movement at It's
maximum brought possibly 10000
Japanese into Brazil. but many OF
these returned, and when the move
ment was temporarily suspended it is
doubtful IL there were more than 12.-
900 Japanese there. More than year
ago a definite attempt was made to
start the streams of immigration
afresh- Officials of the companies
who went out to Brazil looked the
pect favorable. Some of them on their
return stopped In Washington, and
had no difficulty in finding out that
this government did not regard the
plan with concern. The Washington
view was that Japanese immigration
into Brazil was matter that con-
cerned solely Japan and Brazil.
The coffee plantations in. the state
Of Sac Paulo were short of help and
they were anxious to secure Japanese
labor, the more SO since many Italians
were returning to Europe to take part
in the war. Contracts were made
with the big japanese steamship COM
pany to transport 5000 emigrants to
Brazil under contract to remain four
years. War munitions and the gem
eral Industrial prosperity, which gave
employment to everybody at good
wages, checked this movement, and
the Brazilian coffee planters did not
get their Japanese labpr.
It is said that emigrants can now be
obtaineds and the effort will be made
to send out 5000 to Brazil this year.
But their presence will not have much
to do with the establishment of .
japanese bank in Rio de Janeiro.
Evening star., 1918-07-21

That will be established for broader
reasons and In the hope OF develop
ing commerce. The existing COM
merce between Japan and Brazil is
negligible both ways.
On the west coast the commercial
intercourse is large enough to justify
establishing Japanese banks. and in
particular in Chile. with which the
trade is large. This trade has been
pretty well developed since the steams
ship facilities were adequate and
there were natural currents-of CONF
ity Of the west coast codntries Of
South America have Asiatic exc.u-
sion policies, but there are many Jap.
anese laborers up and down the coast,
especially in Peru.
Il is possible that the next few
migration inland from the west coast.
Several years ago, when Bolivia was
building railways and needed labor. It
was proposed to get several thousand
laborers from Japan. Objections. how
ever. were raised. and the Bolivian
government remained inactive. The
Japanese government in the mean
time had made Investigations of cli-
matte and other conditions through
agents of It's own. Their reports were
said to be unfavorable, as 1t. was
doubted whether Japanese labor
could work on the railways and in
the mines at attitudes Of 1900 to H.
900 feet.
Now. Bolivia has plans for epening
up the vast interior 1owland regions.
and 1t is assumed that the native jap
anese can stand the tropical condf-
tions there. since they have shown
and other tropical countries. So It
may be that. while there 10 no fm-
mediate intention Of diverting Japa-.
nese immigration into Bolivia, Japa-
nese bankers, looking ahead to the
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NORWICH ITEMS
Crowded out from last week ]

(CrOWded out from last week.
Loral Duckett stayed over night
with Russell Phillips Wednesday
night.
Mrs. Martin Skov spent Thursday
with her parents.
Ed. Lenton and Frank Duckett auto
ed to Minot Wednesday.
Miss Lena Plante is spending a
week with her sister Mrs. Albert
Shouts.
E. w. Stubbins and family accom-
panied by Ruth Gilbert and Blanche
Keil took in the dance at Granville
Friday night.
Mrs. J. S. Reilly was in Minot a
few days this week.
Mrs. Mark Wolaner is visiting her
niece, Mrs. Frank Lenton this week.
The Boy Scouts and Girls Club
gave surprise party for their Scout
Master Monday evening on his birth
day. A large crowd was present.
Games were played for pass time
and at midnight delicious lunch was
served. The Boy Scouts presented him
with a gift in honor of the OCCASION.
Miss Buena Davis and Mr.. Donald
Stubbins of Granville were present at
the party.
The ladies of the Red Cross Chap
ter finished making the quilt which,
was donated by Mrs. S. Murphy.
c. A. Hirengen and mother autoed
to Deering Tuesday.