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The Sauk Centre herald., 1921-09-01
Martinaon Leaxes LeayenWorth.

Leavenworth, Kan.-Oscar Martin
son, former chief Of police of Mime
apolis, who was serving sentence in
the federal prison here for violation
of the Volstead act, was released on
parole.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1921-09-01

st. Paul-State Fair authorities are
expecting unusual interest this year
in the annual spelling bee, with more
than 100 children participating. The
contest will be put on Sept. 9, the day
before the close of the Fair. Each
county is allowed to send two contes.
tants
The Sauk Centre herald., 1921-09-01

Father Falls, Kills Own Child.
Bixby, Okla.-The infant daughter
of William Mccormick, farmer re.
siding two miles south of this place,
was killed in Holy Roller" meeting
Ahen the father lost his balance and
fell backward upon the child.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1921-09-01

U. s. Carrier Pigeon Breaks Record.
Washington-A pigeon which car
ried message from Mayor Thompson
of Chicago to President Harding in
16 hours actual flying time for the
6141A miles broke worlds record
It was announced.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1921-09-01
U. S. TAKES OVER STEAMERS
Vessels of Defunct Company will Be
Operated by Board.

Operated by Board.
New York-Certain of the claims
against the United States Mail Steam.
ship company, which recently went
into receivership, will be paid by the
shipping board, it was announced by
William Bullitt, the boards counsel,
after a conference between creditors
and the committee which will operate
the ships of the line.
According to an announcement, the
ships will be operated in future under
the name of the United States Line.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
Reading the Old Stories.

From the Brooklyn Standard Union.
When you go on your vacation and
take some books along, you may include
some stories written twenty or thirty
years ago-perhaps an adve ture or de-
tective yarn. You will not have read
long before you find yourself puzzled.
Why didn't the disabled ship in the
Caribbean use its wireless? Oh. of
course-wireless had not been invented
And as You turn over the pages of the
tale of New York life, how quaint it
seems. Why did the suspect fee from the
detective in a 9th avenue elevated train?
When the beautiful heiress suddenly de-
cides to go to the country, the old fam
lily coachman drives her down to the
S4th street ferry. No subways. no auto
mobiles as a daily incident of life; the
characters in the story do perhaps use
heard Of the game OF golf. and they
have "ciubmen" and "star reporters"
and "cub reporters" and other quaint
designations. and some utterly
reckless young spendthrift couple may
spend as much as $50 q month rent for
an apartment You would almost think
you were reading an historical romance
of the period Of Gov Dewitt Clinton.
No, 1t was only a quarter of a CEN
tury ago. when the horse-car bells
tingied and nobody would have had the
slightest comprehension what a movie
palace was and all the policemen in
stories had to talk with a brogue, and
there were linen about town" and
"KnickerbockeF families" and the Four
Hundred" and "dudes." when English
noblemen used to come over here and
nut up at the Brevoort House and If a
woman smoked a cigarette you knew
she was an adventures.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, August 6-There was
a good deal of realizing in the cotton
market during today's early trading.
The disposition to take profits was
probably promoted by reports that the
speculative short interest had been
very materially reduced yesterday,
while there was also some adverse
comment on the reported decrease in
the amount of cotton on shipboard
awaiting clearance. The opening was
unchanged to points lower in con-
sequence and active months sold about
s to s points net lower. after the call.
Trade houses were buyers on the de-
cline, however. while there was also
fresh commission house buying on the
continued bullish average of crop and
trade advices, with the market show
ing a steady undertone around 1878
for December.
Futures opened steady; October,
1340; December. 1881: January. 1877:
March. 1899: May. 14.0S.
NEW ORLEANS. August 6.-Real-
izing by longs carried the price of
cotton off 3 to points around the
opening of the market today. but after
October touched l2.92. a better de-
mand sprang up, based on continued
reports of crop damage in Texas and
the dry weather over the western belt
generally. At the end of the first hour
Of business prices were / to 3 points
higher than yesterdays close. with
October up to 1904.
Futures opened quiet and steady;
October. 1900; December 1888: jan
uary, 1886; March 1880; May, 1870.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
FEW SMALL GAINS
IN THE BOND LIST

NEW YORK, August 6.-Quotations
for bonds showed little change during
the two hours trading today. Inter-
borough Rapid Transis 5s were up a
half point to Sc. large blocks being
taken at this price.
Sentiment was doubtless helped by
the successful arrangement to extend
the per cent notes at an increased
rate of 1 per cent.
The st. Louis and San Francisco is
sues were irregular, the prior lien AS
at 62, being up one-quarter, and the
C'S, at 80, down one-quarter. The Sc
curity back Of both these bonds is the
same. the Cs, however, being of short
er maturity.
Baltimore and Ohio convertible AVS
were firmer at II, recovering part of
yesterdays loss. New York Central
debenture 6s. at 92A, were easier.
New York Central consolidated As.
at II, were strong. Atchison general
As. unchanged. Great Northern rs.
1909.
In the foreign list. Republic of Chile
SIS were active. selling up to 80,
against the closing price of 9S yes
terday. City of Copenhagen 51s sold
The obligations of the copper-pro-
ducing companies were fractianally
lower ,reflecting the weakness in the
metal market. Chile Copper Is sold
at 93h. Columbia Gas first SIS were
one-haf point higher, at IS.
What little loss occurred in Liberty
avs was regained in the first hour
of trading this morning. Other
changes in this group were unim-
portant.
Evening star., 1921-08-06

AT EASIER PRICES
Manati Sugar Co. Passes
Dividend steel Low at
Trails Soft,
BY STUART p. WEST.

NEW YORK. August s.-In dull and
lifeless trading stock quotations
showed q reactionary tendency dur
Ing the two-hour session on the stock
exchange. The rails failed to regain
the losses OF the past two days. There
was considerabie selling of shares Of
the copper producing companies on
the disappointing conditions OF the
metal market. Sugars were heavy fol-
dend by the Manati directors, al
though nothing else could have been
expected. Steel common got down to
~ at one time, and there was little
change In the equipments.
washington dispatches indicated
small nope for reduced taxation, fol-
statement of the governments needs
congressman. however. seemed to
be taking the lesson, and there was
every prospect reported that stern
economy would be the popular slo-
gan from now on. If this proves to
be the case 1t cannot but be helpfdi
TO sentiment. financial and Industrial.
Trade reviews. as we'll as the sur.
vey by the Federal Reserve Bank,
were more favorable than for some
time. No brisk or sudden revival is
looked Tor, but signs Of Improvement
are increasing. and it is only a ques-
ton OF time before they must be re-
nected in the market.
some snort covering helped stock
quotations in the last hour, but trad
ing was still on small scale.
ForeIsn exchange was firmer, cot
Ton was irregular, and the grain mar
kets were triie improved.
American Loconotive.
d. American Locomotive operations in
the hrst six months Of this year
showed the company q profit equal
to twice the dividend requirement
for the year, according to the ad-
vance % information which has come to
NAH street. The report covering the
frst two quarters. is scheduled to be
made public the first of next week.
There was quite a bit Of discussion
regarding ne company's earnings in
the financial district today. and much
shspsise sh was expressed regarding
port would show that the company
had done quite q bit Of foreign busi-
ness and that this was responsible
for the favorable earnings. Quite q
lot OF repair work also has been done
by the company. because the railroad
companies have closed down their re-
business over to the manufacturers
Dullness Continues.
The dullness which is usual with a
market highly professional in charac-
ter continued today. There was some
weakness in certain rail issues and in
certain OF the industrials. Texas and
Pacific. which was one Of the favorites
in the junior rails early in the week,
slipped off badly in the first half hour
to around 22. which was slightly over
four points from it's high. From what
could be learned from sources which
have been correct on the market
movements in this stock it was said
that efforts were made to take profit
and the market was found bare Of
bids for the time. After selling at %,
Texas and Pacific rallied q point, but
became very inactive.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
BIG SUBSCRIPTION
TO CERTIFICATES
Allotment of August | Issue,
$376, 1862, ,50O-Washing.
/ ton Successful Buyer.
BY /. A. FLEMING.

The great success of the recent Of
fering of Treasury certificates has
again demonstrated the enormous
sums of money seeking investment
where safety is the chief considera-
tion and interest secondary.
This successful placing of federal
loans at 5A and 51a per cent. when
the street Is full of Z to per cent
investments, but accentuates this de-
sire for safety. There is another
point to the character of the certifi-
cate buying and that is. 1t indicates
the large amount of money seeking
temporary employment.
Much of this money has been with
drawn from stock market 6eera-
tions and no small part of 1t Is sal
wage from unfortunate stock trades.
Secretary Mellon asked for about
$500. 100000 when he made the August
] offering. He received subscriptions
was s376,362.5o0. divided into $116.-
S91 1000 of 5A per cents, maturing
March Is, 1922. and $259.471.500 of the
5'e per cents, maturing August l..
1922.
New York alone asked for 1924 .636. 900
of the issues, but had to be satisfied with
STAG 900.
Washington bankers were more for
tunate. having acquired considerable
reputation among their customers for
speedy work in placing their orders on
the f1rst hint Of an issue forthcoming.
Naturally Secretary Mellon and his
associates are satisfied with the op-
portunities for financing and will take
the money market into consideration
September 1, when there will be very
heavy maturities.
1t is suggested that the Secretary
may refund some of the maturing is
sues. as $1.477.O46.000. part tax issues
will mature in 1921, including $751;
$4,000 that will be due on the 18th
instant.
Bankers hold that it will be possible
for the government to borrow on
more favorable terms in it's financing
with the public than heretofore.
All issues of certificates are very
strong, the high being 1003s bid for
the 6s maturing in March, 1922. with
the asking price 1001a.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
MATERIAL SETBACKS IN
GRAIN PRICES FOR WEEK

CHICAGO, August 6.-Material set
backs in the price of wheat have
taken place this week. largely as a
result of continued big receipts. Com
pared with week ago. the wheat
market this morning showed declines
ranging from Az cents to 5% cents.
Corn was down 3ka3A to an cents;
oats of 1N to 2h cents. and provisions
over by 10 to 81 cents.
Although the rush of wheat to
primary centers slackened as COM
pared with last week. the volume re-
manned far in excess of the corre-
spending time a year ago-in fact.
nearly double. Persistent slowness
Of export demand. except when prices
had undergone declines, tended
further to discourage bulls. especially
as spring wheat growers appeared to
be following the early marketing
example Of the winter crop producers.
Heaviest individual liquidation was
ascribed to a prominent New York
trader who was reputed to have
bought at higher prices. As a rule.
new speculative buyers appeared to
be holding off. and hedging sales had
to be made at a disadvantage, the
amount CT pit transactions being the
smallest witnessed here in months.
Credit conditions were said to form
the chief stumbling block preventing
larger sales to Europe.
Rains and cooler weather had a
bearish effect on corn. Large stocks
in sight depressed oats.
Provisions were pulled down by
weakness Of grain and hogs.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
NO Definite TREND FOR
STOCKS DURING WEEK

NEW YORK. August 6.-Stocks fol-
lowed an uncertain course during the
week. which failed to show any de-
velopment of definite trend in move
ments or speculative feeling. After
two days Of well sustained strength.
the market became narrow and irreg-
ular and toward the close of the week
declined on profit taking and renewed
bear pressure. Trading was compare
lively light. and there were few de-
velopments Of importance in the snap
ing of sentiment Reports OF indus
trial conditions, as reflected In the
trade news were somewhat more hope
full but these indications were not
efficiently definite or general to be
of great effect.
Improvement in railroad earnings
attracted the attention of the specula-
tive element and the investment rails
were in strong demand at rising quo
'ations early in the week. but sub
'tantially sold off with the remainder
Of the list.
Money was frmer. Call funds ad-
yanced to per cent as compared with
last weeks low rate of 3h per cent
Withdrawals from New York banks
by the interior. which followed the
lecline last week. were largely re-
ponsibIe for the stiffening of the
rates.
The foreign exchange market was
irm. with a pronounced upward move
,ents followed the announcement that
Germany had made another payment
On her reparations account in dollars
md that a further amount had been
transferred to the credit of the Bank
IF England here.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
Foolproof Feet.
ON the Iondcn Daily News

FROM the London Daily News.
The human foot is one of the most
beautiful and useful instruments ever
conceived, but, unfortunately. it is
not what a motorist calls "foolproof."
There is great deal of misunder-
standing about our feet. We treat
them outrageously, as either custom
or fashion may dictate. AS a result
about one-third of the population is
like hen on hot cinders and the re-
naming third may be said to walk
fairly naturally.
The foot has a graceful arch run
ming fore and aft. We take this longi-
tudinal arch, turn the toes outward
Of As degrees. and then put all our
pressure in askew direction across
the arch. No railway engineer would
dream of building straight-arch
bridge to carry loads neither across
nor along the arch, but irregularly
askew over it.
We ought to walk with our great
toe pointed straight in the direction
Of progress. as Indian runners do. and
spring from the great toe" Instead,
most Of US take orr in numbering
sort Of way from the ball of the great
toe.
The arch of the foot is supported
largely by the tendon which runs
under the foot to the great toe itself,
and this neglect of use renders this
tendon weak and lax and causes de-
preston Of the arch. The best cure
for weak arch is the practice Of rails
ing ene's-self upon the great toe:
that is. doing as a penalty exercise
what you should have done all along
naturally. II you will try when walk
ing to keep the feet straight and to
end each stride with q little Spring
of each big toe alternately you will
be rewarded by finding that progress
seems easier. quicker and more buoy
ant.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
Needless Discomfort of Cities.
rom the Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
When the dog-star RACES and the
fierce heats envelop the earth. the
imperfections of the city as dwell
ling place become most apparent. Hot
weather is hot everywhere; but the
baking pavements, rejecting furious
ly the rays Of the sun, add peculiar
discomfort. And, as they retain their
heat long after the sun has gone
down, they play a leading part in
making the night comfortless.
Here is where the value OF grass
and trees 10 most conspicuous. Every
little park, every shaded street, is an
asset of enormous value.
1t has come to be realized that even
manufacturing districts need not be
ugly and uncomfortable. The mod
ern factory is a very different sort
of affair to the old. Suppose all our
cities had been laid out with tree
lined streets. abundant open spaces,
frequent Fairgrounds and with no
huddled alleys or dreary stretches of
brick and stone. A good many vital
problems of health and happiness
would have been solved in the sim
plest way.
But in the building of their cities
men have too often deliberately made
themselves miserable.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
A woman's Married" Name.
The New Republic


II you have from your very first
conscious thought regarded yourself
as Anna Maria Brown, you can't sud
denly with any comfort regard your
self as Mrs. Thomas Smith, or few
years later as Mrs. Henry Green and
then as Mrs. Richard Robinson. 1t is
too reminiscent Of cattle branding.
And historically, of course. It is in the
mans name is a symbol of what once
was true; that once he owned her
body. her property and her opinions.
Man and wife were one not in the
sense that they were he and she, but
entirely and. altogether he. Anna
Maria Brown was quite thoroughly
done away with, and it was very
proper to symbolize that by taking
away her name. And 1t is equally
proper now to give it back to her.
Married women do vote, after all,
and manage their property and get
divorces If a finger is lifted against
them; they've got back their bodies
and money and opinions. why not
their namesf
Evening star., 1921-08-06
FINANCIAL.
COMMERCIAL AND COMMODITY
INTERESTS FACTORS IN MARKET
Unprecedented Losses in Sugar, Cotton and
Copper Also Tie Up Large Sums.
Revival Slow.

will not be confined to the sugar in
dustry. @
Not so much encouragement.ca BE-
CLEANED from conditions in the steel
Industry. Production continues on
very small scale. The best that can
be said here is that when the railroads
are again able to enter the market
Improvement must follow And that
the railroads are in a stronger posi-
tion the course of the stock market
this week has plainly shown.
Practically the only stocks in which
there has been any advance are the
rails. The fact that Thursday and
Friday these shares experienced sharp
reactions cannot obscure the increas-
ing favor with which the speculative
community regards them. Any class
Of securities toward which bullish
ket must have something real In the
way of merit.
Funds for Investment.
The temporary Tightening of the
money market should not be taken too
seriously. Proof that funds are press
ing for employment is found In the
investment field. 1t is not alone quo
tations for bonds on the stock ex-
change that show this. These are
often obscured by speculative condi-
tions which prevail here. as well as in
the stock market. But when any large
block of prime securities is bid for
now IL can only be obtained at a sub
stantial advance. This also is the eX-
perience of the over-the-counter deal
ers. OF course, a surplus OF unem-
pioyed funds is no sign of trade recu-
peration. Quite the contrary is true.
But it is a sign that the turning point
has been reached. TIL same story is
told by the increasingly large reserve
percentages of the federal bank sys-
tenn as whole.
No long-range review of the out
look would be complete without ref
erence to the conditions abroad, par
ticularly in Russia Ever since the
close of the war vague uneasiness has
been felt by investors in European n
securities over the bolshevik menaca
Perhaps this. as well as prevailing
high rates for money, has affected the
prices at which the obligations Of
great powers. with century-old rec
ords for solvency, have sold in our
markets. But now the heads of soviet
Russia. pressed by the famine peril,
have called on the outside world for
aid. The specter of red armies over
running western Europe no longer
terrifies. 1t is more clearly seen that
economic law will not be denied. What
mas made the conditions of the pres
ent depression more difficult to an
alyze has been not only the great war.
social unrest which apparently was
worldwide.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1921-08-06
Will CONTEST DECISION.
PHILADELPHIA, Aui

PHILADELPHIA. August 6.-The
Prosser committee. representing COM
mon stockholders Of the Reading Com
pany. has taken steps to contest the
decision Of the United States district
court here that common and pre-
ferred sLoekhoiders snare equally IN
corporation. which is to take oyer the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company under the segregation
plan. An order, signed by Federal
Judge J. Whitaker Thompson. at Eux-
abethtoWn, N. r, where he Is passing
his vacation. allowing the Prosssr
United States Supreme Court, has
been filed in the district court here.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
Grain, Produce and Live Stock
LOCAL WHoLEsALE MARKET.

AOCAL WHOLE0ALE MAHhETs
Eggs-Strictly fresh, per doz.. ssa4o;
average receipts, IS.
Live poultry-Roosters, per H.. 1S;
turkeys, per h.. 33a35; chickens. spring.
per 3D. S6a40; hens. per h.. 26a2S: keats,
young, each, 35a50.
dressed pouitry-Fresh-k spring
cniokens. per lb.. 3Sa42: hens, per ib.'
81; ROSTERS. per lb.. %; turkeys. per d.
SeAso; Keats. young. each, 60a75.
Fork-Dressed. small, per lb., Is:
Live stock-Calves. choice. per H.. ~:
amps, choice. per lb.. sk; live hogs, per
Green fruits-Apples, per bbl. S.0oa
1000; per bushel basket, 1.00a4.oo: west
ern. per box. 3.50a4.50; California lem
onst per box, 10.00a11.00 California
oranges. per crate, 5.50a6.50; peaches,
per crate. 4.00a600; cantaloupes, per
crate, 1.00a3.00.
observation-disclosures, new. No. ], per
barrel. 5.0Oa600: No. 2. 2.5oa2.75; sweet
potatoes. per barrel, 5.ooa6.50; lettuce,
nearby. per crate, 75al.25: New York,
crate. 1.50a2.50; celery. per doz., 50aS0:
Romaine lettuce, 200a2.50; cymblings,
per crate, 50a75; spinach. per barrel,
S.00a4.50; onions. 2.00a2.25; cabbage,
3.50a4 90 per bbl. cucumbers. LOCAL so;
eggplants, per crate. 3.00a3.50: tomatoes.
per box. 1.25a3.50: corn. 26a50 per dozen:
beans. 1.o0a2.50 per barrel: lima beans.
4oa60 per quart.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
MARINE EARNINGS DROP.

NEW YORK. August 6-The Inter-
national Mercantile Marine Company
and it's subsidiaries earned $12,7S2,-
17S in 1920-a decrease of $4,962,753,
as compared with figures for 1919.
per annual report. From the 1920
earnings, s5,346.376 was charged OFF
to depreciation Of steamships, leaving
a net surplus for the year Of $7,435,-
sol. The compny's total surplus was
given as $30,556,973.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
Why, Mammal

From the Houston Post.
willie-.Mamma, will you answer
Just one more question; then I won't
bother you any more?
Mamma-A1 right, then. what is
1t? =
Willie-Why lis 1t that the little
tiny Ashes don't drown before they
have learned to swim3
Evening star., 1921-08-06
IMPORTS DECLINE HEAVILY

NEW YORK, August 6t-With total
imports at the port of New York in
June placed at s1oo.ols.7ss. against
$315,s50,911 in. June q year ago, the
revenue from collections of duties
at this port, amounting to s16,3s7,-
934, was only $5.O37,022 under the
total for June. 1920. In one year the
demands Of American business have
changed from the Underwood free list
to dutiable commodities to Q large
extent, and the more heavily taxed
have gained on the less heavily taxed
per cent of imports here were Euro
pean, against % per cent year ago.
Evening star., 1921-08-06
HUGE RADIO FOR POLAND.

NEW YORK, August "a contract
whereby tbs Radio Cooperation Of
America will erect in Poland. near
Warsaw. an international high power
radio station has been signed here by
representatives of the wireless tele-
graph company and Of the Polish
spproximately $4,000. 600 to constrpct
and will be ready for use early In
1898. The Transmitting aerial wires
will be about two miles in length and
win be supported hy ten tewers, each
OF which Will be 900 feet in height.