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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
BAR SILVER Rv Aksociated prekA

By Aks0ciated Prets
 London, August 23.--Bar silver. SSd per ounce Money SM per cent. Dis count rates: Short bills, 11-16 per cent; three months bills, A per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
HAIR SILVER

By AaeocIat0d proae l
 New York. August 23.-Bar silver, domests~ ssNc; foreign q Nc; Mexi- can do urs 47skc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
Grain Market Was
 Errafic, But Rallied
 Strongly at the Close
By Associated Press

Chicago, August 23.-An cratic market in grain futures, which fluctuated irregularly, but rapidly the greater part of the day, rallied strongly in the final trading on re- ports of local sales of S00 900 bushels of wheat to export interests. The close showed net gains of 74 to 1c in wheat, but corn was unchanged to A lower, and oats unchanged to k c higher, Provisions advanced from yesterdays decline, the operations ranging from unchanged to 20 points higher.
 Wheat started with a moderately firm undertone, due to heavy sales to exporters after Mondays close. The initial bulge brought out selling or ders which caused setback, but tn, offerings were absorbed readily Fluctuations continued along these lines the greater part of the session trade being mainly local. Some buy ing of September and selling of De- cember was noted.
 Toward the finish the buying pow- CT improved on the breaks and the export business figures stimulated 1t further.
 Corn was generally lower despite Mondays export business at the sea- board of around 2,000,000 bushels and local sales today of 100000 bushels to the same account. Hot weather southwest which was calculated to mature the corn rapidly was facto- in this developments.
 Reports exhibited fairly strong undertone, but trade was limited ana the range of prices narrow Shipping demand was reported slow in this grain, but country offerings declined.
 Provisions withstood further break in live hog prices mainly be- cause packing house representatives were moderate buyers of lard The trade extended to ribs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
POTATOES By Associated Prese

s Chicago August 23.-Potatoes slow and weak, cobblers, sacked, $4.00; Idaho, Colorado and Washington round whites. $3,0oG3.15; Minnesota s200@2.60.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
COFFEE MARKET Ry AssocIated PresS


 New York, August 23.--There was R further decline in the market for coffee futures today, owing to the easier ruling of Rio exchange and continued scattering liquidation, par ticularly in the near months. The market opened at decline of to $ points and active position sold about 10 to Is points below last nights closing figures, with December touch ing 6S9c, or about 22 points below the recent high level. Closing prices were about the lowest of the day. showing net declines of to To points. Sales, including switches, were estimated at about 5000 bags September, .42c; October, .57c; De- cember, 6 SSc; January, 7.01c; March, [ PIC; May. 7.47c; July, 7.62c.
 Spot coffee quiet; Rio Is, ss G 7c; Santos 4s, 1oiz ellie. Cost ana freight offers were a shade easier from Santos. Santos As, partly Bour- bon, were offered at 10. 25@ 10 DOC, with sales reported at lo.25c, Amer ican credits. Victoria Is and ss were quoted at 6 .40c, American credit.
 The official cables showed an ad- vance of 50 reis in the dollar buying rate, with decline of l-32d in RIO exchange on London The Rio mar lxet was 25 to 50 reis higher. There was no official quotations from san tos owing to the holiday. Brazilian pcrt receipts, 47,00o; Jundiahy, 2s,ooo; Rio cleared $500 for New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
HUBBARD,s LETrER

New York. August 2s.--Spot cottor steady; middling 13.75c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
SPOT COTTON

New Orleans. August 23.-Spot cot ton firm, 50 points higher. Sales on the spot 1.259 bales; to arrive. sIly low middling 11.25c; middling iS.00c; good middlings i4.00c; re- ceipits S.090; stock lS5,l72.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
CASH GRAIN R. A..nc.a4t

r,, DE 4hSsUCIdItU TFtSS
 Chicago, August 23-Wheat No. 3 hard 1.17s@1.1S%c; No. mixed 1.16hc
 Corn No mixed 5sA @54A; No. yellow 54a4c No 2 white 34e. No. 5 white S0@313. Rye No. 2 9S@99c;' barley s5.70@s5.I5; timothy s4@s5; clover lS@s1s; pork nominal; lard s1o.45; ribs s9@$10.25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
NEW YORK COTTON By Associated Press

New York, August 2S.--The cotton mar Lat ole
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
PRODUCE - DrasS

By Associated Press Chicago, August 2S.--Butter lower; creamery standards, S4hc; firsts, 32A @351zc.
 EgEs unchanged. Poultry, alive, lower; fowls. 1s@ 26c; springs, 25c. New York, August 2S.-Butter un- settled; creamery extras, 3s la @ 4oc; creamery firsts. sSls @Ssc.
 Eggs unsettled; fresh gathered firsts. 32h @36c.
 Cheese steady; average run. .o@ 2014c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-24
LIBERTY BOND QUOTATIONS

By Associated Prcas W York, August 2S.--Liberty bonds
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
Sims Belittles Navy

I victory had they boldly continued
to advance.
Imagine Nelson or Farragut run
ming away from fire which had
slackened, because some of their
ships had gone down in the battle:
In the battle of Jutland the whole
German fleet was at the mercy of
the much superior British fleet, and
a bold, continued attack by the Brit
ish would have won the war then
and there. And the British fleet
ran away home.
The ridiculous thing is that the
German navy was not captured by
the British navy at all, but by the
Allied ARMIES, of which the Amer
ican army was one. That is tho
most colossal joke in history, but it
is a fact.
And since that is a fact, where
does this Sims person get his notion
that the British fleet protected us
poor, trembling Americans from the
bold and fearsome Germany navy!
There is no possible combination
of powers that can beat the United
States on its own soil, and not all
the navies in the world can blockade
and starve this gigantic and self
suppOrtinp nation.
The meanest and most contempti-
BILE expression that ever fouled and
shamed an Americans mouth was
this wretched and lying claim of
propaganda and ignorance that We
owed help to the Allies because the
British fleets stood between us and
the invasion and conquest Of our
land by Germans.
We owed the Allies nothing.
They owe us everything, and d
naval officer who does not know
this is not fit to be in command
in the American navy; first, be-
cause he is not a good naval officer;
second, because he is not a good
American, and, third, because La
! is a plain fool
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
Continuation OfBaLL Rent
Act Imperative
By BILL PRICE.

If the Ball rent law is not continued beyond next
October HALF THE PEOPLE Of Washington will be
turned of their homes compelled to pay exorbtan
rentals"
This is the emphatic assertion of Capt. JAMES +.
OYSTER District Commissioner, and former member
of the Rent Commission Virtually the thing has been
said the Senate by every member of the Rent Commission
Captain Oyser has been president of the Washington
Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce. His life has
Washington. If he could conscenousy do so he would
prefer to the rental situation unhampered by laws but
he has gone deeply into conditions here and sounds
ing that unless this law is contnuedwth amendments that
will encourage construction and burdens
CHAOS will result
No legal restriction ever be imposed which doesn't
do some Injustice but law is for the good of the whole
people, and where benefits and protects the it is
right Somebody has got to be hit, but it shouldn't be
HALF THE PEOPLE of Washington.
Evidence before the Senate is that large numbers Of
apartment and other houses today enaness They
being held for regular RIOT OF SPECULATION in the
event the Ball law dies If tenants be made pay any
sort of prices for homes these vacant buildings will yield
enormous profits to gentlemen willing to buy them for the
BLOOD MONEY they get They will, in turn, sell
them other speculaors while the word that you
can make big money this dea'-out of defenseess
tenants 1t will be decided pity to prevent spectators
making millions of the public, long accustomed to
being squeezed to the limit but justice and the best inter
ests of the community do not favor this course
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
THE capital offense committed
by Admiral Sims is not that

HE capital o1fense conullI'co
by Admiral Sims is not that
4 he assailed Irish-Americans
with opprobrious epithets and false
accusations. That is bad enough
and unbecoming enough, Heaven
knows. But it is not the chief Of
fense.
Both directly and by sneering i'm
plication, Sims has belittled the
achievements of our navy to mag
nifty the achievements of the British
navy.
He has said that our naval and
military forces played only a very
subordinate part in winning the
war, and that the British navy pro-
tected us from the might of Ger
many.
One of those statements is peril
ously near to complete falsehood
and the other is an absolute and
unqualified falsehood.
It is just as we'll to tell the plain
truth about the British navy, which
Sims so lauds and magnifes. The
British navy had two opportunities
to win the war and lost both.
The capture of the Dardanelles
would have opened free communica-
ton between the Cars empire and
the other Allies, and would have
sealed the doom of the Central En-
pires.
At the time the British fleet
abandoned the final attack, because
some of their ships had been sunk
by Turkish fire, there were just
exactly seven shells left in the
Turkish forts.
When the British attacking fleet
turned tail and fled, the Turkish
soldiers fell on their knees as one
man and offered up thanksgiving to
God who had put it in the hearts of
the enemy to flee when there was
no human hope of preventing their
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
The March of EUents

If we were fighting Japan we
should get this message from Eu-
rope: "We shall be delighted to re-
main neutral if you will CANCEL
OUR DEBTS. We shall consider
going in on your side if you will
make it worth our while"
That ism t pleasant fancy, but it is
cold, unpleasant FACT, and this
country ought to remember it.
Japan is not building battleships
seven hundred feet long, more pow
erful than any in the world, for mere
amusement. And the son of the
Mikado, who in turn calls himself
and believes himself the Son OF
Heaven, is not travelling in Europe
merely for exercise or because he
likes to see the sights.
Mr.. Harding and others in this
country ought to keep that in mind
steadily.
There is terrific energy, determine
ton, politeness and self-control in
the well-trained French nation.
Close together you read these items.
One Frenchman wanted to die, Mon
sieur Hue, aged fifty-seven. He tied
a wire around his left wrist, fastened
stone to the other end, threw
the stone up over a. live wire and
died "par le foudre," which means
by lightning
Then, consider Monsieur Combet,
famous professor, lecturing in Marie
Corelli's drawing room. He felt faint,
dropped dead in the arms of a friend,
saying with a last breath, and a
feeble but polite bow toward his
hostess, "Pardon, madame" het
is French courage and politeress.
Somebody is prosperous, that
ought to cheer you.
Standard Oil companies, for the
second quarter of this year, paid out
more than twenty-nine. millions in
profts-not counting many millions,
not taxed, of stock dividends.
That is two million dollars more
than last year, three millions more
than the year before. Few business
men or concerns are able to report
such after-the-war prosperity.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

YYYHY, in your opinion, is Japan
" building two more monster
W warships, each seven hundred
feet long, shielded from air attack
by flying machines as the turtle is
shielded from the hawk; with speed,
guns and broadsides greater than
oursi
Japan doesn't want these powerful
fighting machines for Asia, for in
Asia nothing WORRIES her. She
lives next to China like ferret next
to chicken yard. She can help her
self there.
Japan is not going to fight Eng
! land, France, Germany or Italy. She
T, knows they would unite to prevent
her conquering the civilization OF
western EUROPE.
But what about AMERICA, and
) why is France, as the New York
!. Times special dispatch puts 1t,
Showing new interest in JAPAN
and considering her, Frances, "role
/, in the Pacifici" Why are the French
: and Japanese fleets to "join in
festivities in honor of the Japanese
Crown Princei"
France loves us, moderately. But
! of every 1000 Frenchmen, 999 are
convinced that this country recently
failed to show appreciation OF
Frances service to us in 1776. And
the other one of the thousand agrees
with the nine hundred and ninety
nine, but thinks that we also failed
to show appreciation of the service
that France rendered us in bearing
the brunt of war against Germany.
None of the big European nations
would CONSCIOUSLY be glad to
see Japan fight, worry and perhaps
beat us. But every one OF them
would UNCONSCIOUSLY be de,
lighted, not knowing exactly WHY.
The reason is this:
THEY OWE US MONEY. They
owe us ten thousand millions of dol
lars. The interest is five hundred
millions a year. Their money has
deprecated so that where ordinarily
they would have paid us one dollar
of their money, they must now pay
us two-more than that in the case
of France, less in the case of Eng
land.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
THE BowERY,s SONG.

JULES B. asks about the ia
nous old song of the Bowery.
Yes, the Bowery is there yet, but
the song has been changed to The
Brewery. the Brewery, Well Never
Go There Any More"
OIDONO.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
.a RAILS FOR A NICKELi ~

An Orange county, N. Y, farmer
swears he "dodged a falling meteor.
That guy could make fortunte
sticking his head through a canvass
screen at some amusement park.
JULES BACKENHEIMER.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
EAMOLS WORDS.

The borrower-"You know me. AL"
The card winner--"Guess ! better
be going now; It's getting late"
The irritated wife-"Sit down, you
big ham"
The bargain maker-"well. seeing
it's YOU. you can have IL for"
n and s fans-'Smile with us"
HARVARD.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
OIDONO.
Most any barber whose chair
Is nearest a window spends
your time lamping the James"
who pass. CHEERUPADIST.
RusIAyAr OF FAME's IRoNyi

CJOE CONKLIN was the author OF
that catchy ode about the first linn
erick, but his name was accidentally
left off, and he writes this):
How niftiIy that shifty coquette, Fame,
Ailures us to sit In Ambitions Game,
Where hope of great renown's the only
stake.
Then, with her Card Of Fate, trumps out
our namel
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered u. S. Patent offce.
!. S. Patent ofhce.
BY X. G.. b.

ONE ARTHUR I AND YEARS went
Calder. by.
A RET. D.UAIRED AND 1T came to
youth pass.
IN TUE ro,a., dow. THAT IN Canada.
WHEN THE Prince
WHEN WE were of Wales.
CAME ON his trip.
TCEn tr,,doa
with me- THIS ED-HAIRED
TO SUNDAY school.
-. OF MY boyhood 0.
AND WE called him days.
Artie. WAS ~,
--.,-x..r-o
AMI or 81. ' ~ AND NOW I learn.
Artie. THAT A month ago.
OR HE with me. OR MAYBE two.
THE MYSTERIES. HE HAD audience.
OF THE many WITH ROYALTY.
'nlnsS' IN LONDON town.
iHnn taanb SUo0hi ~. '" AND GETTING.
around.
AT THE Sunday ro ,,v
school. ~ humpie SELL
AND remember. WANT Artie to
THAT ONE of the rB
things. - I'VE been IN
WE COULD under ro s
stand. ~ "aohiNGIoN.
OR THOUGHT we TO SEE Laddie Boy.
could. ,>n
WAS THE teachers
promise. Ill ZEE Ladies'
"BE THOU diligent AMI Ir
in business. oo'
"AND YOU shall sit down W'' 10 SIT
before kings"
49,, WHICH is one move
WE ACCEPTED THAN ARTIE made.
that; FOR HE had to
AND ROTH grew stand.
up. AND ANYWAY.
AND WENT our IT'S ALL come trus
ways.
AND ART1E. AS - Understood
CHOSE A railroad said.
life. THANK you.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
g. Gss1iiEARlanSEErHsS'a -

Judge--See here, Rastus, l want
the naked truth.
Rnstus-Judge, dsts Just what IL
am. IL amt chen got d. v. DIS on
HARPER'S FERRY.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

who remembers oldtimer
who couldn't wear evening
gowns because her elbows
were red? Now, the same
bird rouges her dorsal. GER
vicaI and lumbar vertebrae
so they will match her
knee pans
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

Hot house flower Is over.
dressed compared with
fashionable fiipper. Latest
dope from clothes touts in
Paris indicates that skirts
are more unpopular than
ever.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

"over in Philadelphia the other
day" writes CONSTANT READER,
"I got an order of that old standby
ham. cabbage. potatoes, coffee and
rolls-all for % cents, more than
could eat. They are getting 40 and
As cents here. It's a plain case Of
prohteering."
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

Old time long skirts used
to wrinkle when lady sat
down. There Is nothing to
wrinkle now.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

No material to alter now.
Nothing to At. Remember
when tailor used to tell
sister that skirt fitted like
paper on wall? Now there
is no paper on wall.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

The expensive sex are
now wearing skirts that
resemble window shades
rolled up.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
JUST HATs-THAT's ALL.
AN ACROSTIC.

AN ASNoo III.
n lossoms all along the way,
would strew today for you:
n oses white and red. so gay,
T led with ribbons blue.
III carts ease, I'd find at your side:
ID affodils, and daisies sweet,
A nd lilacs once the maiden's pride'
Y our floral path would make COM
plete. II. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
OUR FLAG TODAY.


The Emblem of Glory
That waves DER our land
Has carried the story
OF Freedom, so grand.
To downtrodden peoples
In all parts OF earth,
II foats from all steeples,
o. Flag OF great worth.
The same Spangled Banner
That waved through that night
when KEY In a manner
Gave vent to his flight
In song that's immortal,
That Flag of the Free,
Still waves from each portal
OF Democracy.
That starry Flag ever
Shall stand for the Right,
America never
VIII bow to the blight
OF tyranny, schism,
or greed OF blood lust,
It's hues like a prism
Glows-"God is our Trust
WILLIAM n, SEVERE.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

Latest skirt from Paris
consists of waist band
trimmed with buckle.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
THOSE COOKIES TOMORROW.

Whenever you fnd a man
whose insight into the spiritual
nature OF womankind is haZy, |
you may be quite sure that there
is nothing the matter with his
outsight upon their physical
nature. F. j. SCHWAB.
Those bankers and business men
who were not invited to the Presi-
dents conference of the "best finan-
cial minds" of the country may not
be so sure they voted right last
November! 7. c. D.
JUST HATS-THAT's ALL.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
MIR. B. Baer
FASHION NOTES.

Woman is like fragile
flower in hot house, which
is protected from curious
eyes by much glass.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

Forty tons of chicle, says J. B.
just arrived in New York to max,
chewing gum. Just so many mor'
contributions to theater chairs anc
bed posts.
THOSE COOKIES TOMORROW.
when vou buy cookies tomorrow
-dnd you ioW do so TO aid the
Juvenile Protective Association In
its Efforts to prevent delinquency IN
Washington jtveniles-dont hest
tate to hand out the largest amount
Of money yon can spare. You con-
,0eH afford TO 90 to the limit, as
stlred that your money con aud totll
be judiciously expended IN a splen-
did cause.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

A daring cake-eater said, Gee.
Some aerial racing for me"
But something went pop,
And he started 20 drop;
Now flowers for him, tee-hee.
A. &. Il.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

Famous Americanette now
in Paris was piped off at
races in Poiret gown. She
was just barely fashionable
Modern woman Is lazy. Our
grandmothers were Differ
ent. They were all hustle.
Looks like we're going
back TO days of ancient
ancestors who never wore
anything hat wouldn't
wash of.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

Mother used to ask clerk
to show her latest epidemic
in fashions. Clerk would
open show case. Now,
daughter asks to look at
latest stuff. Clerk opens
window.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
OH, II T. l. L o !

y 1T, II u ID y y
Isn't IL strange your wife Is so
fond of other articles OF jewelry.
and yet she detests earrings7"
Nothing strange about that" re-
piled hubby, "you know she was
telephone operator before we were
married" OIDONO.
"And then the fun began" says
PAT O'MALLEY, regarding the
Sims speech in London.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14

This is just another one of those
freakily addressed envelopes that
come to Heard and Seen:
"B. P.-G. o. c.,
"T. w. T.,
wv. d. c."
And here was another one;
"POSTMAN. ATTENTION!
This letter is not returnable,
So see that IT hits BILL PRICE
In the right spot"
Some directory sesrcher in the city
postoffice added this: Price Is the
creator of the dumbbells who think
the postoffice runs a puzzle depart
ment," likewise adding a few com
ments as TO the "elephsntine noun
tainness" of the editor.
The Washington times., 1921-06-14
AT CHESAPEAKE BEACH.

The war has long been over
And prices are on the decline,
But everything, at Chesapeake Beach,
Has raised q couple Of dimes.
o. u
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-07-29
PRAIRIE CLUB TO
ARRIVE SATURDAY

TIE Prairie Club of Chicago, with q
registration of sixty, will arrive here
Saturday for three weeks camp
ing trip at Huron Bay.
A prospectus of this years trip has
been received by Leo Paquette and
d. P. Menard, who had a great deal
to do with inducing the club to spend
the summer outing at the bay.
The following is from the clubs
prospectus.
"The lower end of Huron Bay, Bar
aga county, indents the southern
shore of Lake Superior to a depth of
several miles. Two large rivers-the
Silver and the Slate-and number
Of smaller streams empty into the
bay near the camp site. Rocky and
well wooded hills partially surround
the bay. The district is sparsely set
tied, but good roads run through it.
"L'Anse, situated at the lower end
of Keweenaw Bay, is the seat of Bar
aga county and the largest town near
the camp site. 1t has railway, tele-
graph and telephone connections and
is reached by daily trains from Chi
cago. The camp will be located eight
miles from the town. A daily auto
SIdbc Will pass Lie camp, IHcICUy luI
nishing means of transportation to
and from L'Anse and places along
the shore Of the bay. A shelter bay.
with sandy beach, gives promise Of
good bathing. Lake and stream fish
ing will tempt the fishermen. while
the surrounding woods and hills will
be a delight to the hiker. Warm,
bright days. and cool nights prevail.
The rainfall is slight in August.
"The size Of the party will neces-
sarily be limited IT, the number that
can conveniently be accommodated.
Preference will be given, first, to ac-
tive members Ct the Prairie Club and
their families, and second to nom
members who are known personally
and recommended by active members.
Those who are unable to spend three
weeks in camp may make special ar
rangements for whatever time they
wish to be with the party.
"The club provides tents, foods,
dishes and so on. The club does not
provide cots or bedding. These must
be furnished by each member of the
party. Special costumes are not nee
essary, as any clothing which is
strong and serviceable will be suit
able"
1t is believed that the selection of
Huron Bay by the Prairie Club but
the forerunner of other organizations
to come from Chicago in the future.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1921-07-29

Mrs. Chas. H. Anderson, Deputy
State Grange Master, returned from
a trip to the 500. Manistique, Escana-
ba, Towers and Iron River, where she
met with local and district committees
and completed plans for four Of the
six regional grange meetings to be
held in the upper peninsula August
"a to September 2 inclusive. These
will be attended by State Grange
Master A. B. Cook of Owosso, State
Grange Lecturer Mrs. Dora H. Stock
man cf Lansing and the Hon. Chas.
M. Gardner Of Massachusetts, of the
National Grange. A varied program
of speaking, community singing, or
chestra and band music, with sports
and dancing is planned for each Of
these meetings. One Of these meet
ings will be held in the Barara
Grange Hall for Ontonagon, Hough-
ton end Baraga counties on Septem-
Der 1.