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high cost OF living would unsettle the
goods market. the selling seemed TO
nc stimulated by the demand that Con-
gress extend government control TO
wearing apparel.
Reports that goods were being Of
fered by second hands at declining
prices, naturally Increased the fear OF
weakness in that direction. and local
Bears argued that domestic Spinncrs
would be in position to hold out OF
the raw material markets at Il time
when the new crop movement was
about to begin and hodge would prob
ably he in evidence. some Southern
selling was reported during the week.
but pressure from tina, source was ';oI
particularly active, and allies during
todayS trading were ACCOMPANIED by
reports that the spot basis was
hardening.
The census report on domestic mill
consumption for July proved rather
more favorable than expected. and mills
generally arc supposed to be fully en-
Dloycd in turning out old orders, but
domestic trade buying has been less
in evidence on the break below II
cents for October this week than il
was on the decline earlier in the
month. Three private crop reports
have been issued indicating mid
month conditions ranging from 81 to
Co.. per cent. compared with from Is. s
TO 69.3 toward the end Of last month
The average deterioration in condition
for August amounts to something
over seven points.
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NEW YORK. August -. = Brad
str. cts tomorrow will SLY: industrial
unres; is still widespread. new strikes
number many thousands Of workers.
the agitation over price conditions con
iinucs, accompanied by numerous sciz-
ures OF food in warehouses or stores.
and the prices Of many staples, cSpc-
cially in speculative markets. are still
unsettled On the other hand. how
ever. there seems TO be rather less
tension in the situation as a whole the
STOCK market appears to have reached
something like an equilibrium. the
shipments strike. with all that il in
volNcd in the way of checking the
current OF the countrys trade and in
dustrial life. has been called off. some
OF the weakness III prices. AS. for in
stance. in corn and hogs. has been
aided by the better trend OF crops. and
hnailE the great mass OF trade OK
ports while tcstifyinc 10 the consider
ablc unscttlcmcnt ruling. PARTICULARS
in markets for foods, arc almost unan!-
nous in showing that distributivc
trade in many lines has not been great
~ checked and indeed is of a very
fun volume for an ordinarily quiet mid
summer period Weekly bank clear
ings, SS.077. 900"
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NEW YORK. August l5.-The cotton
market has been very nervous and un-
settled during the past week, with
prices making new low ground for the
movement during today's carly trading.
when October contracts sold at So
compared with 32.25. the high level
Of Wednesday. and $500. the high
record established toward the end OF
last week. The talk around the ring
here had suggested Strengthening
opinion that the growing crop has
passed through the tirs5 half Of Angus,
with less than the average deteriora
ton in condition and that, consequently
there has probably been some little
increase IN tie indicated yield. There
has been so ruch complaint of insect
damage howcNer. that a compara.iTcly
small part o: the selling has Uccn at
trib'Ited 70 any change Of OPINION re-
Iarsl'ng til, crop outlook, and trc chief
influence is supposed to have been in
,rcasirE nervousness over the cues
tior of demand. The prominent factor
in ;h.s connection has been apprehcn-
SONS that the movement against the
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Prices Still Up in
Retail Markets
Loaoe11ug of Figures but
Slightly Visible IN Rich
mo,ld'S Retail Territory.

The lowering OF the high cost OF liv-
ing. so much discussed just row in
Washington, in the Virginia Lcgis!a
lure and in the newspapers. has not
reached the retail markets of Rich
mond in Il way that is greatly visible
70 the naked eye. Some OF the meats
nave been marked down II fraction and
so nave some of the items in the fresh
hSh line. but otherwise the figures for
cdI:thicS are still up about the top.
inc shipping arrangements. thrown
out OF gear by the recent strike of
IA lr"itd workers. have not yet been
entirely regulated and poultry. eggs.
butter and other articles that come in
by raj ae still high. indeed some or
thcm are higher than they were a
week ago, notably country butter and
eGg.
The following quotations Will rule
today.
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STOCK SALES MADE FOR
PROFESSIONAL TRADERS
Wall Street Fluctuations Duo to Pre-.
Holiday Disposition of
Securities
AMERICAN suMATRA DECLINES
Strength OF American Telephone Sur
prises Strcct-Industrial Alcohol
Reported TO BE Preparing Public
for Dividend Reduction.
BY nuoADAN WALL.

NEW YORK. August l5-That most
of the selling in tho stock market is
for the account OF professional traders
was proved this afternoon. when there
was general advance in tho market
Immediately before tho close. Always
before an extended holiday in Wall
street there is an evening up Of con
tracts. and tho last few minutes Of
trading dscioscs the identity Of the
majority party. In n market where
tho public predominatoS the final trad
ing is always a shar? decline because
they arc taking profits. In q profcs-
profits means that stocks are bought.
and so the LIST dealings cause sharp
advance, just As was the case today.
DcEin. selling on Enrly.
The market opened strong in the
morning but almost immc diatcly he
gan selling off short covering forced
it up. and Ivy midday there wcre some
material advances recorded. bat par
intcrcs; exists. particularly n Crucih'c.
Baldwin. Pan.Amerjcan and Telephone.
Then hsayy selling began aeain and
The final figures r,owcd more de-
clincs than advances in net, but only
few OF these were material Even
those were in stocks not very active.
as. for instance, Cuba n Amer .can Sugar
which showed net advance OF 90
points, and Central Foundry preferred
which declined : points. Most Of the
other changes were limited 10 fric-
tons
Announcement that lnterborough
Metropolitan employees had demanded
so per cent increacs in wages and
would strike unless II was granted
came in the last hour. but had no in
fuence on the market.
sumntrn Loses Heavily.
The most severe loss OF the day from,
4 Wall Street point OF view was that
IN American Sunratra. The decline OF
, points hurt. because ii came after
several days o. declining market in
the stock
Strength Of American TeIepbona
stock surprised the street
Authorita pve statements were put
out by the Industrial Alcoho! Company
preparing the public for reduction
In the dividend in three months
In connection with recent sharo adj
~ was suggested by a banker chat
these companies would not mako as
moch money in the second half OF
the wear as in the first Ti,--- outo-cd
me year with stocks carried over =,
10" prices. ana have sold these Their
ne" business VIII be from raw material
AZ hlSh prices. and the product viii
re SOLO under the watchful ewes OF
me governments antiprofitceriir do.
tcctives. '"s ot-
shorts in Crucible make veteran
FT8acrs careful about selling the stock
IersiSient buying OF ROYAL Dutrh
and of Pan American gives ill., r., ou ,Sn
oio rumor that the commands VII,
merged before MANY mnpfbc 80 ~
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Ne" YORK. August lS.-rradinE on the
curb market today was again in small
volume and prices showed but small change
from the finals Of tho previous session
Dealings were almos, entirely of 4 hoii-
day character. being devoted to the even
ing up OF accounts OF the professional clc-
ment over the Weekend. There was a
small show OF public interest. this class
OF business having subsidized for the time
being
Price movements all through the indus
trial list and interest was
again scattered The list OF issues en-,
hraced in the dealings smaller than
ii has been for tho past two or three
months. Many OF the recently prominent
issues were almost entirely neglected. Tire
stocks were fairly active. bu, barely a bout
steady. FISK Rubber. through II being listed
stricken from the curb list. Oil stocks were
generally quiet, price changes were small
The Sinclair issues held about steady A
the levels Of The previous close. following
the movements OF the Sinclair OIL and
Refs stock. The medium priced OF! STOCKS
were in better demand and Eactionally
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LEV r onelk;e AuFrst l9'-sSwe, irrcEular
4oodil.
1900
Sheep and lambs, full. steady: sheep. 6.5o1
1000: culls. 4.olI6eo: lambs. lLtoG.a0o: culls.
Hogs. weak. a, cs,ooa so; roushs 20 = a
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AMERICANS AFTER TRADE
Prompt Delivery OF Goods and Long.
Time Credit Proves Secret OF
Success.
IRy Assncia,ndrrnss
GE.NENA. AuEuSt ia ,ncrLca n rn,Ms !

GENEVA. August l5--AincrIcan com.
mcrcial activity. in Europe. which b.
gan Immediately after the signing Of
the armisticc. continues successfully
TO advance on a large scale. The secret
OF the success Of the Americans is their
prompt delivery of goods. ranging from
locomotives TO sewing machines and
the long credit given. The puickncss
of delivery exceeds even that of thu
Germans. who had prepared carefully
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK N,nKEr

CHICAGO. August i5.--IIors; receipts - .
pigs, IL ehN 800
Cattle receipts. 5000. lower: bc.t steers.
mtNN ""irn', ltiAT S.'5 Veal calves. light
ana HANDY weight. n D. N Il %. stacker
steers. 75pUl!.,S
sheer: REGENTS, l5"'0; strong; ewes me =
dunn. good ana choice .s1g.S
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NEW YOKK rKnnUtE MARkEr

~, :NEM O.N, AuFust inLCouonsced oil
on scattered covering OF shorts and on,
side buying on tho better showing in othcr
commodity markets. Final bids were 81 IN
- points net higher Sales. $500 barrels
Prime crude. - 90: prmc summer yellow.
spot. 300 September. 500: December.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.


NEW YORK. August l5.-Print cloths
we're down sec today from tho TOP prices
OF this year. Second hand traders were
less nervous. Burlaps were stead! and raw
silk unchanged. with iobbers reporting a
Quictcr trade.
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NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH. GA. August l5-Turpentine
hrn. Ia: sales. ii9: receipts; iii shipments.
loo: stock. 1.i29. Eosin. firm: sales so:
receipts. ass: shipmcnts. SOS: stock 5I.02l.
Guotc: r. 1865 n IS; ID. $500 IS: Z. 1850: +.
licoIo5; q. 1880: ~. u. % n ~; l. 5000 30:
*. $3.50; VI. 3.S5 a GO: y 2noT2lie: VIC.
q. ii n 40 WV. FL n -. -,
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NEW ORLEANS. Angus, I5-Da,ia

NEW ORLEANS August i5-Ranid and
fairy wido huctuations today carried the
price - cotton both above and bclow the
level OF yesterdays close II vas an &C
we market from tho start aud large
volume OF business wdS transacted Real
main reason for the advances Will" tho
dH"hncS were duo to 2 variety Of reasons.
"hi"f among which the Ia Mex
Boz" from the United States government.
w"d knc~> in tho cotton goods market and
'0 foreign exchange and tho feSiinr tha
;ho war on nigh prices in general would
nav" - cast a Sympa hHtic effect on cot
ton regardless Of whether or not cotton
ever has been on p-r with other com
Early rrices were four 10 eight points
lover while tho close was AZ net gains for
me DAY 81 - &" ~ points Al The highest
Of the session the aciiv" months were i,
=" $, points over Yesterdays close and at
tho lowest ;h"y were "a Ia 20 points under
Pro" hanEcs were very -auid during tho
greater part o.: IN" day SO that II could
hardly he said that the market had any
very decided trend except toward the
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SNORT TERM SOres

I'm. Tobacco Is. Nov. :. 1919 ....... ,doi.
Am. Tobacco q. Nov / 1875 ;ng..
Anglo French -. Oct ~. 1870 ~
armour ana -" %, June H. ie2S ........ ioi
bEitNf' S'.St nov. !! !'lt.-.-..- -.......... 10
i,riT;sh o. Soy ls-i .;-.....:. ........ e;'.
:. = "hG :. Joint Is. July J. 1871 ..... q
Cuaahy facHlnS Co IS July i! 1873 loIi.
Hooking VA Ry. Col. Tr - MAJ ! la; *,
JACOB Dold Packing Co. = Nov. H. 1920 l5,i.
L.Eeeu and Alyer. 6s Dec. .a2l 80 G6
Mo.ino Pow 20. = Sept. !. i?2l...... ihli.
Moline fiow Co -. SEPT l. 1873 os
MTGmonr" Valley Traction Co 1.
ron;s .. - -. ,,.........:::... gs
f,ioctor anG 4amnls IS Mar J. 1921. i9is.
L"i s',H lamp" -. MAJ j. 1875. ib3i,
Soath"fh ha!.""E - Mar l. 1877. -.... tsi7
S"tlt ahu "a. .. AuEust ID. 1871 ........ 100
"s-,!ne nous Elect. aud .danutactur.
Ing, es. FCb. !, 1913.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

~. ~ Nnrust L-Indicatiuns that
a. " result Of Yesterdays sharp break I'm
prices rural holders OF grain would al.
tInpt a. much rs practicable to withhold
"rcrlhEs lcd To an upward swing OF values
l"n"S IN the corn market. Closing quot.
I"he w"rc frm. ,?c to nc net higher oats
ijC "
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKEr.
frh

NEW YORK, August - Port movement
MldHHHE "l"n: exports So. stock 81 S66
Minor ror,s- Receipts. 1858; exports iCi?
Total today Receipts ..@5s exports. 40.
SOL; stock. lnii.d52
,Trol,al for wc"k-Reccipt.. 7s,s25: exports
.-T9,al 'or season Receipts. 1909: exports.
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NEW YORK CuRn MARKET.

COFFEE.
NEW YORK. August 15.-Spot coffee
quiet; Rio Is. oi'.: Santos IS 2a;7
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United STATES LONER\ME\r nnNn.

>. nes!SteFea 3 1913, Odd ............ e. 81
HSshcFed - $50 'hid '...,....... l06 -
I"..cG s'hl"e I'!o.r'N S'-e ,.............. g. Is
United states Liberty LIST +s.......... ~ Is
United States Liberty ~ g. q, ~
United States Liberty i, ts ~ :
Sni,cI tstHtcS ,-!ofS.S .ndj ,i.S.......... Is %
United States I.re ~ An d. ~ :
I.nti..g s?,!"vS victory SIN S7.S......... ~ &
United State Victory 9th isns.... q. X
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RICHMOND HAY MARKET.

Wholesale Quot" tionS an EIrOlnKe
Richmond. Va. August Is. 1919
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First Bnic Sell, nj IN.

The first bale OF cotton OF this season
sold on the local market brouEht aoS
cents at auction after lively bidding
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Funeral Directors.

fHAuf-Ed~in phaup. tun-fAI Director
and Embalner SOS z Main Strest
Ma.!Lson l3l Randoph 1853
SuTHEKLAND-J. L. Sutherland & sonI
27t Night and Sunday. Randolph lao
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ONE Is Stud.b baker Biz 81, Touring thor
new ;op.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Truce Kept Foe
From Dose of
Deadliest Gas
''Lewisite,'' Strongest Poi
son Known, Invented by
U. S. Army Captain to
AnniIlilate the Enemy

WASHINGTON, May "a (By The
Associated Press) Guarded night and
day and far out Of human reach
on pedestal at the Interior De-
partment Exposition here, is a tiny
vial. 1t contains specimen OF the
deadliest poison ever known. 1t is
"Lewisite," product of an American
scientist. 1t is what Germany escaped
by signing the armistice before all the
resources of the United States were
turned upon her.
would have wiped out every vestige Of
life-human, animal and vegetable
in Berlin. A single days output would
snuff out the four million lives on
Manhattan Island. A single drop
poured in the palm of the hand would
penetrate to the blood. reach the
heart and kill the victim in great
agony.
What was coming to Germany may
be imagined by the fact that when the
armistce was signed it was being
manufactured at the rate of ten tons
a day. Three thousand tons of this
most terrible instrument ever con-
ceived for killing would have been
ready for business on the American
front in France on March I.
"Lewisite" is another of the big
secrets Of the war just leaking out. 1t
was developed in the Bureau of Mines
by Professor W. Lee Lewis, of North
western University, Evanston, H., who
took commission as captain in the
army. It was manufactured in a spe-
cially built plant near Cleveland called
the "Mouse Trap" because every work
man who entered the stockade agreed
not to leave the eleven-acre space
until the war was won.
This, of course, was to protect the
secret. Work on the plant was started
eighteen days after the Bureau Of
Mines had completed its experiments.
Tho other preparations to bring the
gas into the war went forward with
like speed, but tho armistice prevented
the Germans from ever experiencing a
full realization OF what they had be-
gun when they turned their primitive
gases on tho Canadians in Flanders in
the early days of the war.
Experts are certain no one will want
to steal the sample. Everybody at the
exposition showing what Secretary
Lanes department. did and Is deinr
keeps as Tar away from 1t az possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Bur!eson Out Soon.
NeaU Yorkez:s Told
Viii Be Ne,U Postmaster
General, Tumulty Is
Quoted as PROMISING

According to members of a delega-
tion of New York farmers who on Mon
day last called on Secretary Joseph P.
Tumulty at the White House, Postmas-
ter General Burleson's tenure Of Office
will end shortly after President Will
sons return from Paris.
Senators Wadsworth and Calder, all
of the upstate Republican Representa-
tives, S. J. Lowell, of the New York
State Grange, and delegation from
farmer organizations called on Post
master Burleson to protest against the
breakdown of the rural free delivery
system in the country districts of this
state. After the call on Mr.. Burleson,
who made glowing promises, some of
the farmers went to the White House
and laid their grievances before Sec
retary Tumulty.
"lnstead of defending Mr.. Burleson.
Mr.. Tumulty sided with the farmers"
said one Of the delegates yesterday at
the Republican Club. Secretary Tum-
ulty said he had no doubt the charges
against the Postofice Department were
true in the main. He said Postma ste r
Burleson's administration had done
moro to discredit President Wilson
than any other thing. He intimated
that as soon as President Wilson re-
turned Mr.. Burleson would be asked
70 retire.u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
BrockdorU Bach
In Paris, Smiling
Count and Co-Enuoys
Return ron, Spa
IN q Happy Mood

VERSAILLES, May 24.-(By Associ-
ated Press).-Count Won Brockdorff-
Rantzau and the other members of the
German peace delegation who went to
Spa on Thursday, returned here this
morning, with the exception Of DR.
Theodor Melchoir. the financial expert
All the members of the party were
smiling and seemed in good spirits.
The delegation alighted from the
train at the Noisyle- Roi station and
took automobiles then to Versailles.
Dr.. Melchoir will return tomorrow
with the members of the German fn-
ancial commission.
Conferred With Chancellor
At Spa, the German delegates con-
ferred with Chancellor Scheidemann.
Matthias Erzberger, Bernhard Dernberg
and Count Won Bernstorff. In the even
ing, Count von Brockdorff- Rantzau de-
parted for Versailles and the members
Of the German government started for
Berlin.
The Indications thus far are that the
Allied and associated powers are not
yaslding any material points in tia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
BOlsheviki Said To
Be Blowing Up
Their Munitions
as Foes Approach
City Is Menaced
From ALI Sides
Red Officials Are
Preparing g to Flee,
Is Om SIX Report

Fires and explosions in and about
Petrograd indicate the Bolsheviki
are destroying their munitions in
the former Russian capital in an
ticipation of the early capture Of
the city by anti-Bolshevik forces.
There also are indications that the
population of Petrograd has risen
against Lenine's government, the
sound of machine gun fire being
audible from outside the city.
Allied forces on the Murmansk
front, aided by American railroad
troops, are pressing southwark
toward Petrograd, despite the fact
that the retreating Reds are de-
stroying bridges and roads.
American motor launches are ex-
pected soon to be in Lake Omega,
which is connected by a system of
waterways with Petrograd.
BOlShevlk cOmmlSSarles are making
ready to flee from Russia, accord
ing to Omsk dispatches. In the
Volga River region the peasants
are preparing to rise against the
Reds and are arming all males be-
tween eighteen and fifty years of
age. Other reports from the ter
ritory menaced by Admiral Kol-
chak suggest the rapid disintegra-
ton Of the rule of the Reds.
Bolshevik newspapers are warning
the people that Admiral Kolchak's
advance, which has Moscow for
it's immediate objective. cannot be
stopped. Reports persist that the
Bolsheviki are preparing to evacu-
ate Moscow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Wilson Yarns u. s. May
Refuse to Rule Turks

DARIS, May "a (By The Associated
NJ Press). - President Wilson has
informed the council of four, it was
reported, that the other members Of
the council should be prepared for
the United States not to take a man
date for Constantinople or any part
of Turkey, IS precaution in case
Congress does not approve of q
Turkish mandate.
The reported stand of the Presi-
dent has started two movements with
relation to the Turkish problem. The
first is to place Constantinople un-
der an international commission in
which all the great powers would
have a voice. The second is based on
the assumption that if the rivalries
among the great powers make it in
expedient for Great Britain. France
or Italy to take the mandate TO in
trust it to Greece.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-25
Reds Preparing
To Quit Mosco,U
BoIsheuik attacks on
Archangel Front Sub
side; Kolchak Aduances

LONDON, May "a (By The Associated
Press) Great fires and loud explo-
sions have occurred in and around
Petrograd, according to reports for
warded to "The Daily Mails" CORE
spondent at Helsngfors under date of
Thursday. 1t is belleved the Bolshe-
wiki, pressed by the Esthonan ad-
vance, are destroying the munitions in
Petrograd
Machine gun firing also has been
heard in Petrograd, and it is reported
the population has risen against the
Bolshevki
A great change has come over the
situation in Russia through the sue
cesses of the various anti Boshevik
forces. 1t is reported the Bolsheviki
are preparing to evacuate Moscow,
their capital, while official and unoffi-
cial news Of the last few days shows
Petrograd is closely threatened by the
advance Of the Firms and the Esthon-
ians on either side of the Gulf of
Finland and by that of General May
nard in the region Of Lake Omega.
Bolshevik attadks on the Archangel
front have ceased. In addition the
Bolsheviki apparently have been un-
able to check the advance of Admiral
Kolchak's forces west of the Urals.
"The Daily Telegraph" says the
British and Allied policy of helping
the Russian opponents Of the Bolshe-
wiki to help themselves remains in
force. 1t adds the situation day is
that the movement led by Kolchak is
in fair way to stamp out Bolshevism.
Admiral Kolchak, it is said, is being
assisted by British non -combatant
troops commanded by Colonel John
Ward, a Laborite and Socialist.