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Middletown transcript., 1920-11-20

NEW YORK.-Wheat-N 2 red anG
No. 2 hard, s2.10 spot c. i. +. track New
York, and No. 2 mixed durum, $2.0i
=. i. f. to arrive.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, $1.11A, and No
mixed, $1.10A C. i. t. New Yorh
Today shipment.
Oats-No. 1 white, 651s @66c.
Pork barely steady; family. $45@49
Butter-Creamery, higher than ex
:ras, 64k@65c; do do (92 score), Ga;
10, firsts (8S to 81 score), 4S@62h
packing stock, current make, No. 1, "a
Eggs-Fresh gathered, extra, firsts
}3@85c; fresh gathered, firsts, 77@S1:
state, Pennsylvania and nearby West.
ern hennery whites, first to extras, sc
0$1; state, Pennsylvania and nearby
Western ilennery browns, extras, 900
%; state, Pennsylvania and nearby
gathered browns and mixed colors.
irsts to extras, 77@88.
Cheese-State, whole milk, frsts
acid, specials, 27@28c; do average run
24@25; state, whole milk, flats, cur
rent make, specials, 24025; do, aver
age run, 221s@2 state, whole milk
twins, held, specials, 261z @27k; do
average run, 24@25.
Dressed poultry irregular; roasting
chickens, fresh, 33@41c; turkeys, 4f
@55.
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BATTLESHiP BIG SHELL TARGET

Old Indiana Used To Test Power OF
14-ineh Projectiies.
Washington.-The battleship Indi-
ana, which took part in the destruction
Of Cerevera's feet at Santiago % years
ago, became the target Tuesday for
the 14-inch rifles of the .superdread.
naught Oklahoma. The firing took
place at Tangier Sound, Chesapeake
Bay. with both ships at anchor, the
purpose of the test being to determine
the effect Of the 14-inch projectiles
upon the 18-inch armor on the old bat.
tleship.
The Indiana, which when built in
1895. at a cost of $3,O00,OOO, was the
pride Of the navy, was placed out Of
commission some years ago, and dur
ing the World War was resurrected
from the tomb OF dead ships to serve
as training ship.
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POSTAL CONVENTION SIGNED

Three Americas And Spain In One
Territory.
Madrid. - The postal convention
making all the countries of North
Central and South America and Span
one postal territory was signed by the
delegates of Spain, the United States
and the other countries concerned
The convention, which also provides
for free transport Of correspondence
from any signatory nation to another
signatory nation, will come into force
lANRa1y next.
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COMMERCIAL
r.
Weekly Review Of Trade an
Market Reports.

BALTIMORE.-Whe of bag
lots Of nearby wheat. by sample, al
$165@1.70 per bushel.
Sales Of cargoes on grade at $1.80
per bushel for No. red winter, gar
licky and SITS for No. 5 red winter
garlicky, and $1.ssM for No. red win
ter, garlicky.
Cern-Traek yellow corn, No. Q ol
better. for domestic delivery. is quoted
at $1.10 per bu.
Cob corn, new, because Of its heavy
moisture content, is selling at around
$3.75 to 81 per barrel for prime new
'ellow arriving here by wagon or truck
Oats-No. white, Csc asked; No.
white. SO asked.
Rye-No. Western, export, spot
$1.75A: bag lots nearby rye, as to
quality, $1.S5@1.so.
Hay-No. ! timothy (nominaD
$33.5O@34; standard do, $33@33.5O;
No. timothy, 32@3250: No. do
s26@28; No. high clover mixed
$30@30.5o; No. 2 light do mixed
$28@29; No. ! do mixed, $29@29.50;
No. 2 do mixed. s25@27; sample hay
$20@25. o>s4-
Straw-No. tangled rye, SIT; No. !:
do do, SIG; No. / wheat. $14.5O@15; No
2 do, $13@135O;~ No. 1 oat (nominaD
$1S@1S.50; No. 2 do, s1e@17.
Butter-Creamery, fancy, 64@65c; do
choice, 62@63; do, good, 6o@61; do
prints, 65@67; do, blocks, 64@66.
:.adles, 36@38; Maryland and Pcnnsyl
vania rolls, 34@35; Ohio rolls, 33@34:
West Virginia rolls. 33@34; store
packed, %.
Eggs-Maryland, Pennsylvania and
learby firsts, 75c; Western, firsts, 73;
West Virginia. firsts, 73; Southern
firsts, II.
Live Poultry - Chickens - Young
.arge, soc; do, shaggy, poor, %; ole
'oosters, 20; old hens, over lbs, 30;
10 do, small, 2S@29; White Leghorr
lens, %; young White Leghorns, 1h
bs., %. Ducks-Muscovy and mongrcl
soung, 27@2Sc; White Pekings, young
30; puddle, lbs. and over, 27G2S; do
mailer poor, 25@26. Turkeys-Choice
heavy, 40@42c.
Potatoes-White - Maryland. Penn
;ylvania and nearby, per 100 lbs, 81;
Jersey, per 150-lb. sack, $2.75@3:
Eastern Shore, McCormicks, 100 lbs.
n.5O@1.6O. Sweets-Ye elbow, No. 1, pei
,arrel, new. s3@350; yellows, Anne
Arundel, per barrel, $3.50@4; Eastern
Shore Maryland and Delaware, per bar
'el, $3@3.50; native, per bushel, 500
SOC. Yams-Fancy, bright, per barrel
R2.75@3.
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Steel-edge rubber heels, a Massa-
chusetts inventors idea, are said to
assure safe footing on slippery pave
ments, at the same time being as re-
silent as all-rubber heels.
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sTRANGLED BALkY HORSE.
New York Farmer Fined $25 For
Cruelty To Animal.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-As a punish.
ment for baking. Edward Byrne, a
farmer Of Crum Elbow, tied one end OF
a rope around the neck Of one of his
horses, threw the rope over a tree
limb and fastened the other end to the
bride of another, which Immediately
became frightened and pulled so hard
that it tightened the rope and
strangled it's mate.
Members Of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals investi
gated, and Byrne, pleading guilty, was
fined $25.
Middletown transcript., 1920-11-20

Under the control of the driver. an
auxiliary step for an automobile has
been invented. being hinged under the
running-board, against which it is held
when idle
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PHOTOGRAPHS SENT By WIRE

Time Of Transmission From New
York To st. Louis Was Minutes.
New York-The New York World
announced the successful transmission
Of four photographs by wire between
its Office here and the Office of the st.
Louis Post-Dispatch. Two photo
graphs, one of the Yale-Princeton foot.
ball game and the other an airplane
view Of New York city were sent from
New York to st. Louis and a picture
of an indian chief and one of a Mis-
sissippi river steamboat were sent
from st. Louis to the World Offices.
The total time of transmission for
one picture was eight minutes.
Middletown transcript., 1920-11-20
CAR RESTRICTIONS REMOVED.

!. c. c. Revokes Orders As To Open
Tops And Gondolas.
Washington.-The Interstate Com
merce Commission revoked for the
territory west Of the Mississippi river
orders restricting the use of open-top
cars to the carrying Of coal exclusive.
~. The new order also extended per.
mission to carriers east of the Missis-
sippi to use all fat-bottom gondola
cars for other commodities as we'll as
coal.
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Fiume to be a state entirely in
dependent, without any control by

dependent, without any control by
the League of Nations.
Annexation of the islands of Lus-
sian-Piccolo and Cherso to Italy.
The annexation of Zura to Italy.
The annexation of several of the
Jugo-Slav islands to Italy for
strategical reasons.
Guarantees for the protection of
the Italian minorities in Dalmatia
remaining under Serbian rule.
DemilitarizatiOn of some of the
Dalmatian positions which will be
allotted to Serbia.
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IRELAND TALKING PEACE.

Dublin Correspondent Declares The
Country Is Ripe For Overtures.
London.-According to the Daily
Mails Dublin correspondent, there is
again talk of peace conciliation in Ire
land. He declares that the power OF
the Sim Fein extremists is broken and
that extreme Sim Feinism is no long
or popular; that the moderates are
again being listened 60 and that the
country II ripe tor q settlement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
Southern Race.
 Becomes Tighter

New Orleans, Sept. 4-The pen nant race in the Southern association became tighter as result of to- days games. New Orleans retain cd the lead by onc-half a game los ing to Birmingham while Little Rock was winning double header from Chattanooga. The race now is be- tween Little Rock, New Orleans and Birmingham. Atlanta has an outside chance, but it's hopes were lowered by losing three games out of four to the leaders.
 During the week ending tonight, New Orleans won four of seven games played. Little Rock won six out of eight and Birmingham split even with four wins and four losses, while Atlanta won two out of five. Memphis lost four out of six. Mo bile split even in eight games. Nash vile won five out of six and Chat tanooga lost seven out of eight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
Denies Game Was
 "FiXed" So Bets
 Would be Cinched

Chicago, Sept. 1. I. E. Sanford, president of the Chicago Chapter of the Baseball Writers association, to- night said he had no intention of immediately appointing committee to investigate charges that the Phil adelphia and Chicago National league game here last Tuesday had been liked" for Philadelphia and that gamblers in different cities had made thousands of dollars betting on it.
 MT. Sanborn said there was noth- ing in the statement of President William Veeck of the Chicago club, issued today, requesting him to ap- point an Investigating committee, al though such a suggestion was made in the statement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05

[h.tted for Wheat in eighth.
 bre by innings: 1 hotted for Meadows in eighth. l, ,a,nh;a OOO 900 000-0 w"rL -OOO 100 00X-1
 Io.base hit = Burns, Young h base-R. Miller. Base on E0ff Meadows, 1; Douglas, |.
 K out-By Meadows, 4; Doug
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
SPORTS
.;rned from Page Z

..o -c---ss Double play Galloway. criffin: Char nell, o"' nngan. Dykes, Griffin;
 Harris, ';+y and O'Neill; Char Ghali''GG mar Galloway and Griffin. I Dyhe',h ',holls-Off Rommell, 2'
 0n 0n,+NBy Erickson, 8; Rom 3. Naylor, 5.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
Battle in Twelve
 Inning Tie Game

Humphrey, Sept. 3.-Humphrey and Wabbaseka battled to a 0-to-O tie today in 12 innings. Clary for Humphrey and Harris for Wab baseka were in fine form and neith- CT were ever in danger of being scored on. Each pitcher set the op position down with four hits while Clary struck out IT of the Wabba- sekans and Harris 13. The fast work on the infield for Wabbaseka of B. Townsend and Kelly saved several hits.
 The batteries were: Humphrey Clary and Quertemouse; Wabbaseka Harris and E. Townsend.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05

each nation winning five events.
 Charles w. Paddock of Los Angeles, the 100 meters Olympic champion, whose inability to take part in the meet today caused much disappoint- ment, is reported much better this evening. The attending physician, however, thinks he should remain in head for another day or two. It was at one time feared that Pad dock was developing pneumonia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
Brooklyn Gains
 First in National

New York, Sept. g4.-Brooklyn re- gained first place from Cincinnati in the National league pennant race today, while the Cleveland Ameri cans gained half game on New York and Chicago, both of which di vided double headers. The super bas are only two games aheadof New York, in third place, while the Indians possess the small advantage of one game over Chicago, in third place. Brooklyn and Cleveland won today by one-sided scores.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
Travellers Put It
 Over Shoe Men

The U. c. T.'s put it over the Shoe men Friday afternoon, to 5. Rowland went the full route for the Travellers and gave the Shoe men 9 hits while Carnahan and Counts allowed the Travellers 8.
 Loving, for the Travellers, had a big day with the timber, skipping out A pair of triples.
 The batteries were: U. c. T.'s- Rowland and Ezell; Shoes-Carna han and Counts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
RECALLS MASTERS.

Little Rock, Sept. 4.-Manager Elberfeld of the Little Rock baseball club announced tonight that Pitcher Orion Masters has been recalled from the Augusta club of the South Atlantic league and will rejoin the Travellers at Nashville Monday CT Fred Hengeveld was lalowed tc return to his home at Davidson, N C., tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05

The New York Nationals kept on Brooklyn's trail by shutting out Philadelphia after completing the protested game on July 5, already counted in the league standing as a victory for the Giants.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
VOTE FAVORS WOMEN.

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 4.-By a vote of 40 to 34, the Tennessee House of Representatives today rejected the bill requiring women to pay poll taxes before being eligible to vote in Tennessee. The bill was passed Friday by the Senate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
. Nothing Victory

]. 0ne Tork, " Sept. 4.-New York; .,1 af- W lOii, ;no Philadelphia over the of the Giants victory Of dness Issh today shut out Cravath,s s fli'H' +he 'e regularly scheduled
 in +o s''I Q. Young made re- | 'o latch of Fletcher's drive a |aOlf fourth, usil lcaping into the t1 air he ;na luu,' half way round to catch FalNlut fs1l with his gloved hand; Score: 7; pan WI" n;a AB RBH 20 A E
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
Brings In Winner.

Louis, Mo-, Sept. 4.-A single Heathcote in the sixth inning
 hg McHenry and Lavan gave St. a victory over Cincinnati to- la double by Schultz in the sev-
 sending Janvrin across the brought the final score to 4 to
 was Doak's sixth successive |rv Score:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05
DIVIDE WITH ENGLAND.

London, Sept. 1.-The British em- pire and the United States divided honors evenly at the post Olympic meet at Queens club this afternoon,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-05

Crane Schultz, Three-b base hit Duncan. Double play-Doak, Janvrin, Stock; McHenry, Clemons, Lavan, Base on balls-Off Doak, 1. Struck out-By Reuther, 2; Doak, 5.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-22
SITUATION AS
TOCOTTON BAD
GENERALIZATION OF FOREIGN
EXCHANGE is TURNING MAR
KET TOPSY TURVY.

To the collapse in rates for sterling
and continental exchange is attrib
uted directly or indirectly the bad
break in cotton quotations this week
AS is we'll known selling goods to
{ European countries has been steadily
growing more difficult by reason of
curtailed credits and the inability of
consignees to make cash settlements
except in deprecated exchange which
has meant adding 80 per cent or more
to the cost of the merchandise. 1t has
been realized therefore, for some
time that unless some way were
found to arrest the continued shrink
age in foreign exchange the exports
from this country were in danger Of
being seriously interferred with. Evil
! IDENTIFY the situation has at last grown
! so acute Great Britain now feels COM
! PEELED to adopt stringent measures to
cut down imports and according to
cable advises this would also apply to
raw cotton. How much truth there is
| in this report remains to be seen
/ but it is obvious that if any such pol
! icy should be pursued it would be a
bad blow to the American market
which OF itself could not possibly con-
sumo the reserves on hand before the
next crop makes its appearance. 1t is
|
visible supply in this country is o.
$4,000 bales which is slightly under
! the figures for last year and a little
over those for the previous year. The
/ present worlds visible supply, how
ever, is placed at 6,230OOO bales which
compares with 4,969,00O bales in 1919
and $3.50. 900 bales in 1918. In Liv-
erpooI alone stocks are 942, 900 bales
/ Gas against 100000 bales last year
and 456, 900 bales for the year pre-
vious), and there is a large amount
afloat headed for that port. There
can be no question, of course. that
the old countries are hard hit and
that they must adopt strenuous meth
DDS to tide over the present very try
ing period, but cutting off the neces-
stiles of life such as cotton for any
great length of time does not seem al
together feasible although it is rea-
sonab1e to suppose that for some time
ahead orders from the other side will
be reduced to a minimum. The old
world supplies of American and other
kinds of cotton on hand and afloat at
present are place dat 1851 900 bales
and with Germany, Austria and Rus
STA out of the reckoning it will be
seen that shipments from here could
be cut down considerably below nor
NAL until the exchange situation per-
manently improves. When that Will
be it is impossible to conjecture but
the passage by congress of the peace
treaty might do much to restore con-
fidence which is SO sadly lacking; at
any rate the bottom cannot be far off
now. The raising of the rediscount
rate of per cent by the Federal Re-
serve banks has apparently not yet
seriously disturbed the holders of
spots in the south, as offerings are
still comparatively light, but if the
rate should be advanced to per cent
or ~ per cent, as now intimated, it
is not unreasonable to suppose that
there would be a change in their at
titude, particularly if the demand
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from Europe, now suggested
should peter out. With respect to
the domestic trade it is still in good
shape although it is said that owing
to the unsatisfactory outlook abroad
and the greater difficulty in obtain
ing bank accommodations the supply
of goods on the market is increasing.
All this has been rejected more or
less in the cotton market this week
which has been subjected to wild
fluctuations, mostly at the expense of
values. Sentiment among traders at
the close was, on the whole, still
bearishly inclined. it being pointed
out that current prices are well above
those for last December notwithstand-
ing that developments since then
have been decidedly unfavorable. In
mercantile. circles there is a growing
feeling of conservatism and this
should apply to the market for spots
and futures as close students of the
situation believe that the continued
fall in security values is but per-
Jude to lower prices for commodities
of every description. So far as the
textile trade is concerned there can
be no doubt that this country will
soon find Europe a very competitor.
HENRY CLEWS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-22

were played here last Saturday. The
Chatta hoochee girls won from the
Quincy girls in holly contested game
10 to 4. The girls here were very proud
of this game as this was their third
matched game since they began to
plav. The boys of Faceville. Ga, won
a game from the Chattahoochee boys
13 to II.
Quarterly conference will be held by
the nresiding elder. Rev. A. E. House
holder at the Methodist church next
Saturday.
There is a special picture show be-
ms, arranged for the Sunday school
for Thursday night March 4. This will
he the entertainment given by the los
ing side in the present contest. The
very best of pictures obtainable will
he used for this show and every one
connected with the Sunday school will
be admitted free.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the NJ. F.. church was entertained
Thursday afternoon by Mrs. H. A.
Howell and Mrs. H. J.. Whiddon in the
home of Mrs. Howell. In spite of the
rainv day there were number of the
ladies' of the community present who
rendered an interesting programme,
after which the hostess served del1c-
ious salad course with sandwiches and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-22
Looks Just Like Home" One
Boy Exclaimed and Another
Plans GA Place Like It."
ALL ARE INTERESTED
College Boys and Bowery Boys
Alike Pleased With Sturdy
Simplicity of Hero.
BY RUTH e. FINLEY.

Washington, D. c., Feb 21.-The
tall Texan swung from his arm pits on
MS clutches as his big hands grasped
the iron railing that keeps the too
enthusiastic visitor to Mt. Vernon from
carrying off a wheel of George Wash
ington's coach as souvenir.
Il like all this here" he announced
with a sweep of his khaki-clad arm.
Take this coach now. Why doggone,
"Tain't so different from our stages
back home. We still use 'em there for
getting into tn mountains. Druve one
myself fer a spell onct-six horses"
1t had been a hilarious party.
Twenty convalescents from Walter
Reed, the great military hospital just
out of Washington, We're spending the
day at Mt. Vernon as guests of the
Red Cross. They represented almost
as many states in the Union-from
Maine to California and from Florida
to Montana. The party dumped on
canes and crutches into the house.
What 1 like about it," said an Ohio
boy, who had left on arm at ST. Mihiel,
lis that it looks like home. Now, this
room, 1T was General Washington
bedroom-"we got lots of furniture
like this at our house. Mothers
room has a four-post bed
And so it went. Every one of those
boys found something in the simple old
house that overlooks the Potomac to
remind him of home. They fingered
longest in the wide hall where hangs
General Washington's sword and many
other quaint old weapons.
Wouldn't have been much good at
Chateau Thierry, would they buddie."
said one soldier, of a pair of long
barreled horse pistols, while a Chicago
University freshman was found pouring
over the manuscripts in glass cases
that are kept in Washingtons library.
Here, too, is the sextant Washington
used-he was much interested in engi-
neering-and the big globe which seems
to have been a favorite possession, so
many artists have included it, or one
of the generals many maps, in the
Washington portraits.
But it was a slender lad whose black
eyes and olive skin showed his Italian
parentage, that put into words the
feeling each of the boys had uncon-
sciously expressed.
what 1 like about it." proclaimed
this east side New Yorker. lis dat
it amt got none O. dat king stuff
When I wuz up in de Argonne we wuz
billeted onct in sort o. castle, an it
certainly wuz standoffish place
Nope" he wound up. America fer
mine, an this here. Might have a
place like it myself some day Guess
a Teller could-in this country-if he
wasn't 'fraid O. work"
The officer in charge of the party
smiled
Il think that" he said in an aside,
was the greatest compliment ever
paid to the father of his country
He's been dead a hundred years, and
yet the home he made is fine enough
and yet simple enough to make that
Bowery tough Ooh, yes, he is, I've had
all kinds of trouble with him) to as
pire to a home like it. That is REAL
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coffee.
Miss Bessie Belts, who has been
quite i'll with influenza is improving at
this time.
l.. l.. McKinnon and little son, ac-
companied by his sister. Mrs. Henry @.
Brewer, of Quincy, spent a few days
with their mother at Red Bay. Walton
county, the last week. They returned
Friday accompanied by their mother.
Mrs. L. McKinnon. and sister. Miss
Christine McKinnon
Mrs. H. H. Evans and children ar
rived in Chattahoochee Saturday from
Apalachicola to join Mr.. Evans, who
is employed on the bridge construc-
ton work. Owing to the scarcity of
houses they are living in tents erected
near the post office.
Mrs. Moran and children, Of Georgia.
are spending. a few days this week the
guests of Mrs. L: L. McKinnon.
Emma d. Randall. another lyceum
number. is 10 be at the Hospital hall
on Thursday night the 10th Those who
who are familiar with these various
attractions say this is the best one yet
and every one are urged to attend and
enjoy an evening for the benefit of the
Woman's Clubs treasury.