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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
Chicken Thieves
Rob Hennery of +. II. RabcrtS-Three
Times III Three Weeks

Chicken thieves appear to have ar
irresistible desire to steal chickens
from the hcnncry Of f. Hun. Roberts,
Fairfax county. 1t appears that every
time they pass his place at night.
they ire attract 20 rs placr. II rec
rob.cries with; the past three weeks
and total oc eleven c9lrhens have
been taken thIs far. The third rob-
hery occurred last nigh. when. two
chickens were taken an ~ Roberts
encountered the reT While going
home. Each one had chicken under
his arm. He has furnished the po-
lice with a description Of the men
and if they are apprehended they will
be turned over tn the Fairfax authori-
ties.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
Road Building
Only One Contract ,f Washington
Richmond Highway Awarded
Especial 10 the tra2ctte)

Richmond. Feb. 16.-ln SPITE Of
the fact that materials and labor
have been decreasing in cost for some
months. bids ju;r opened by the State
Highway Commission for coutemp!a-
ted road work show that contractors;
instead Of decreasing, have raised
their estimates Of costs :.
As" a result cniy one contract has
been awarded this month Of the 81
100000 worth Of work advertised in
January. This is for thicd OF
mile Of concrete roadway and shrce
and half miles of gravel road n the
Richmond washington Highway JUST
north of Fredernkstcrg Z
Several reason: for the advanced
costs are given ny highway officials
One is tbe: ihe}yascd cost Of trans-
pertatieq OF materials caused ny M
creased through freight rates and
the osher..i Is ti7gt road building mater,
iale haze .rsn ained stasionaTE, Wh1's
.eversvSJ, ing. else has decreased in cost
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
Charter Granted
Brodt Brothers Hat Makers, Incor'
porated with $4,000 Capita
Stock

Richmond. .Fe". IA S50,oo0 hat
manufacturing firm with its principal
Office in Alexandria was Incorporated
and chartered BY the State Corpora
ton Commission. yesterday.
The concerned was incorporated as
Brodt Brothers and its officers are
the Brodt's Of Washington, we'll
known hat merchants.
The firm has on authorized Capital
stock Of s5O.0lO maximum and $4,000
minimum. William Paul Broat IS
president, E. Jack Brodt, secretary,
and Leon F. Cooper. is the Other in
corporator. All are from Washing
ton, D. c. :
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
LEE SCHOOL
HOl DS SOpHONnEE'S


IN closely contest" cSa'r whicf
was a thrill from start 10 finish, the
high school sophomore basket ball
team won out Jver the Lee Schoo!
seventh grade team By score of 9
to I last night in high school auditor
iu1n.
Both teams played good game and
there was never time that any play
cr on either team was not excrtoa to
the utmost to keep their opponents in
check.
Mary Davis, the star irst team
guard, played wonderful game for
the sophomoros, while Thelma
Wade. who pla, ed guard for the Lee
school team, showed up equally az
well in her position. Iouise Jones
tie little Lee School side :r:t"r. may
well nc especially comm"n}".; co. q"
c.ean cut MANN, in which she hand
led hersclf on the floor.
The line up '"as as follows: lt1Jn
School, Catherine Baumgarfnnr, for
ward; Theresa Connell. forward: Inez
Simpson. center: Mabel Bur. side
center; Mary Davis. guard: Isabelle
Abramson. guard Lee School Mar
ion Chilcotte: Forward: Gladys Hoher
stein, forward; Mary Finks, center:
Louise Jones. side cen:"r. rhelma
Wade. guard; .:::i Josenh:n, D:Ifey
n1lanl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
Wild Auto Driver
After Damaging Two Machines and
Crashing Into Pcle He DasEes
to Freedom as Cop Jumps
To Save Life

An automobile truck belonging to
De ". Aitcheson- coal dealer, was
taken from Mr.. Aitchesou's coal yard
last night BY a ccored employee after
the closing OF Il" yards and the man
ran amuck with the truck. damaging
two automobiles, and ended by crash-
ing into telegraph pole on South
Lee street between Duke and Wolfe
streets.
The wild drivcr was intercepted by
Policeman Douglas Lunsford ara the
officer got into tic machine and was
having the driver convey it to tie ga
rage from which it was taken The
driver, however, was inexperienced
and lust as he VAS about to crasn into
the telegraph lole Policemen i.uns-,
ford lcaped to escape his life 9:.d as.
he did so the repro fled from tic ma;
chine. The officers have MS "ame
and his arrest is expected.
It is reported that he only started
to learn to operate the machine yes
terday and took the vehicle out of the
place last night without the consent
Of the owner.
The machines damaged were park
ed on Alfred street just north Of
King and are the property of J. G.
Landers and J. :. Stonnell. TIC mud
guards and fcnGrrs Of both na"aines
were damaged.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
TWO FUNERALS


Funeral serttices for JQ.isG NJ.
Penn, 81 years old a former resident,
who died in Manchester, n. H.. Feb
ruary 12, will be held at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon from Wheatley's
mortuary chapel. Services will be
conducted BY Rev. Or. Z. V. Reyes
ter, pastor CT The NJ. E. Church South,
and burial will De in Union GER etery
The funeral OF Mrs. Manic Sptler,
wife of James R: Better. took place
this afternoon' f"om St. Paul's Ep!s-
copal Church, Rev. p. P. Phali,s, D.
D., former restor os that church, OF.
6riattng. Bu1sdl was in Bcths' Gem
etery.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
OUTLINE MERGER
PLAINS f0RRA|LWAYS
Tentative Basis Drawn up
by Expert Appointed
BY |. c. c.
PART OF PROGRAM
PART OF PROGRAM
Southern Railway, Chicago, Indiana
4 polls and Louisville and Florida
East Coast Railway

New York, Feb. l6.-Plans OF Prof.
w. Q. Ripley, 6 Harvard University,
for merging .he railroads of the coun
try according to regional groups, un-
der the provisions of the Transoorta-
ton act, have been formulated on
tentative basis. Professor Ripley, who
was appointed rs the Interstate Com
merce Ccmmiss;t J. to develop plans
for consolidation of the carriers, al
ready has submitted to the commits
sion his plan fer the Eastern roads.
His scheme far grouping the South
ern and Western roads, when COM
pleted, will be used as basis for
hearings before the Interstate Com
merce Commission. According to the
statistical department of Hornliower
and Weeks. Professor Ripley is under
stood to have used the following
grouping as the basis for possible
mergers:
New York Central and controlled
lines, Boston and Maine. Maine Cen
trail and Western Maryland.
Delaware, Lackawanna and Vest
ern, Lehigh Valley, Delaware and
Hudson, Erie, Wabash. Pere Mar
quctte and the Nickel Plate.
unetteFHud-mw bod ON dom od ON
Pennsylvani', Norfolk and West
ern and the Igy' Haven.
Bsltimoye AMI Ohio. Reading, Cen
tral RailIp;sa--f New jersey. !. hesa-
peakc and OH and the Virginian
Railway,
Louisville and Nashville,
Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk
Southern. lllin,s Central and tac Sea
board Air Line.
Chicago and Northwestern. Chic
ago, Minneapolis, and Omaha and
the Great Northern.
.seathern Railway, Chicago, Indian
apolis and Louisville and Florida.
East Coast Railway.
Chicago, Milwaukee, and st. Paul
and Sault Ste. Marie.
Northern Pacific. Burlington and
Colorado and Southern.
Union Pacific. Chicago. Great Wes.
crn and part If the Central Pacific.
Rock Island. Missouri Pacific, Den
yer and Rio Grsnde, Western Pacific,
Texas ard Paris:.': and the e Paso
Southwestern.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Re, St.
Louis Southwestern, Frisco ant IN
ternational AMI Great Northern.
Southern Pacific, with part ef the
Central Pacifis, ,.Hssour;. Kanscs and
Texas, X, Sas City Southern and
Chicago and Atom.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
To Observe Cherry Day
Artificial Cherries TO be Sold Wash
ingtcn's Birthday for Play
grounds

At meeting of the Fairgrounds
Committee held Yesterday, it was de-
cided to keep to he annual custom
of observing "Cherry Da5" on Feb
ruary %, for the benefit of the sum-
mer Fairgrounds.
Cherries will he sold on the streets
that day for. flat object. The PLAY
grounds Association has no funds in
the treasury To start the work thi>
year and hopes tc realize a substaE-
taal sum from The cherry sale.
srfronfrs- d nod ON dom oil modf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
. z /.
Y. M. c. A. ELECTS
ITS 0LD OFFICERS
Reports Submitted by Of
ficers Are Crafty
ing
SEEK $1,000 FOR 1921
To Name Committee Chairmen at
SEEK $1,000 FOR 1921
To Name Committee Chairmen at
Next Meeting-List of Those Who
Financed Y Last Year Given.

All of the officers of the board CT
directors of. thu Young Mems Chris
tian Association of last year were
reelected at the Chamber of Com
merce last night. c. c. L.amond,
president, Judge j. K. NJ. Norton,
first vice president: C. c. Carlin, sec
ond vice president; S. w. Pitts, Sec
retary, and Carroll Pierce, treasurer.
Nearly every member Of the newly
elected board was present at the OF
ganizatioH meeting and perhaps the
most enthusiastic meeting the board
has held resulted Reports were
heard from the general secretary and
the treasurer, and then nominating
committee consisting Of Urban 5.
Lambert, chairman. Chas. E. Dare, r.
E. Knight and Arthur King was APP
pointed. The committee unanimously
recommended tce re-electioM of last
years officers.
Mr.. Lambert in nominating the Of
ficers of last year paid a splcncid TT:
butte to their devotion and efficiency
in getting the I. NJ. C. A., so well
established in Alexandria. and pre-
dicted that under their leadership the
association has nothing to fear in the
future. President Lamond was then
asked 10 appola: the new finance COM
mittee for the present year. ani Chas.
F. Holden was appointed cheirman,
sni Arthur NJ: King and Erban s.
Lambert the other members Of the
committee.
Several comm.ttee chairman will BE-
appointed at tie mex. rcru!ar meet
Ing. Mr.. I.amcnd having taken the
matter Of thei: appointment under ad
visement until .inen. The chairman
will have charge of the coTmittees
on physical wo:k, educational work,
boys work, religious work, social
work and economies. The commit
tees will be made up Of members in
general. Membership cards are to
he issued to al subscribers this year
md Association Men," the Official Y.
VI. c. A.. magazine will be sent 20
every nember.
One of the rev members Of the
board asked las, evening tina. the list
If last years subscribers b" read 10
the board as hn thought all of the
members would DC glad to know just
who were responsible for the finan-
,inr of the first year CT the orgliza-
ion. Treasurer Carroll Pierce read
.hc list as follows:
George P. Andcrton, B. Abramson.
Ernest l.. Allen. Alexandria Laundry
Company, Alexandria Lumber Com
,any, Gardno~ l.. Boothc, A. D.
Brockett, Harry +. Burke. Arthur H.
bryant, Taylor Burke, Judge LOUIS
c. Barley, Harry Baader, William
Baader. Charles &. Carlin, Robert ii.
COX, Preston Q. Jockey. Central Auto
Company, DR.. T. B. Cochran, John u.
Cockey, James Z. Cation, l.. +. Dud-
ley, Downham AID RidSley, James NJ.
Duncan, Claude w. Fletcher, John G.
Graham, H. Eoel Garner. n. 5.
Greenawav. LIZ, P. Harlow. Morris h.
Horner, Charles F. Holden, NJ. 3.
Continued on Page Six
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
them 10 stoun to defamation Of cha:

them TO stoon to declaration Of cha:-
acter.''
The Democratic attack "H this
measure does the President aH i,njus--
fice." Mr.. Coed dcc.ared. 'ln my
mind you have created the impression
chat there was something crooked
when, no charges are made Thank
God ft,was not the Renuolical $ w''o
questioned the rroari"ty nof asking
the President for Information - J.
J.. After The vote rad been anRounced
Mr. Good asked that "a resolution nt
a. similar natpre:..I>ee talked ti3@ !
IFS that the Isst srTfeial; ;Jasplt 8
mad majority r:ipten:Ss ito offero:tae
rresidanti?" ::chorted :RepresentatiY
Garrset,. Democrat. TcDnessee..c !
=. NJ. Gpod; replied ti1zst ne.-'nsHlt bad
beer intendsd. .s- ~ I.rr - =. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
YOUNGEST MOTHER. IN
= GEORGIA ONLY TWEi.pE

Atlanta, Ga. Feb 16.-More chill
dren are born il Georgia to mothers
in their t:antr third year than at any
other time. IL" percentage being 6.l2.
according TO 'e..ain relative statistics
compiled oy the State Board Of health
1t is shown 5y these figures that
22.5+ PEI cent OF births are By
mothers between 90 and % years old
The figures were complied. among
I0,I1s white families in which births
occurred IN 2eh month of Jun", July
and AUGUST, l92O.sa
!, These f;liiES :;::cs averaged. 3.5 child
rem. each: ,,:fncladi'!G all ~bRtas ! durfss
and ,prior;to The months named. Tae
youngest moth@r: on: record was y
years old. =
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
HIGHWAY STREETS
WILL. BE IMPROVED

Falls Caurch, Va, Feb. l6.-An
important stnp toward good high
way come .tion between Washington
and the Shenandoah Valley was taken
at this week" meeting of the Falls
Church town council, when It was
unanimously voted to devote three
foyurths of all available street funds
this year 10 putting the two main
tforoughfar,S Vi the town in good
and pcrmancn1 condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
Washington Branch

Mrs. Francis 2. Weller Head D. C.,
Chapter Of st. Marys
The WASHINGTON Chapter .! St.
Mary's Alumna" OF Alexandra, Va,
Il meeting held At the Catholic
Community House, 6ol F. Street,
northwest. Washington, adoD:cd
constitution AMI elected officers I
1921 az follcw:: Mrs. Francs Z.
Weller. regent; 'i;ss Lillian Hill. vice
~cgent: Miss Bc"nadettc Allen, Sec
-rtary: Miss Matte Criily, treasurer.
This association is composeA OF
'sormcr graduate; of s.. ,Mary's Acad
envy Tow living IN Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
Charter Is Here
Foreign War Veterans to Close il
Thursday

A meeting OF Russell Mitchell Post,
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, Will be
held Thursday night at 8 O'Clock, at
he Dreadnaugnt Athletic Club hall,
corner King and Washington streets.
This will be the last opportunity for
eligible candidates to become charter
members. as the charter has arrived,
md it will be closed at this meeting.
All men, who have seen. foreign SER
vice, are urged to present their dis,
charge papers a.. this meeting, be.
come charter members of Alexandria
post, and assist in carrying or tie
many important matters concerning
he veterans OF. 1he world war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
Trappcr Keeps Diary Of Lingering
Death in Frozen Nnrthland

The Pa, Nan.toba, Feb, 1f.-Ou'
of the frozen cxpanscs of barren
lands, 200 miles from the nearest
trading post, raws has irsea reached
tine provincial rol:ca here of the
tragic death pf A. o. Rinefart, Of,
Duluth, Mimi. i trappcr. His body
was found in shack last October hy
two other trappr's.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
PRESIDENT TO REPORT

Washington, b.. C.,.tFeb. 1b.-.
White Horse officials announced yes
terday that President Wilson before:
his retirement aasarch 4 will make a
final itenise h Teport7showiattss the
disbursements and allutments- made
by him ,out- If The sf5Geoo,ooo war-
fund voted him fy Congress r y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
Snake Pickle T.iquor Causes j.
Cessation Of Thirst

TucalooSa, Ala, Feb. lG.-TficvcS
drained the alcohol off all the picked
snakes in the museum Of natural his
tory of the University Of Alabama
yesterday.
As there were several shelves
containing jar: Of reptiles, the roo
bers got enough alcohol to carry or
a good sized ,ir"or business
Chances are flat business VII: not
be profitable, icwever, for news Of
teh theft has caused "'hnoch hounds
TO lose their ttirst.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-02-16
" ASTED

Money to; loan on high class prop
erty. The safes: and,hest investment
Morris L. Horncr, s12; King street,
Phono 600. ..A, e. 40-tf.
The Pulaskian., 1921-08-11
PROSPECTS
 IMPROVING
NEW YORK SHIRT MAN, AFTER TOUR OF VARIOUS SECTIONS, REPORTS THAT RETAILERS ARE PLACING GOOD FALL ORDERS.

New York.-The entire country has apparently undergone a remark able change in its financial and busi- ness conditions, according to Hiram 4. Grosner, who recently took charge of the New York sales office of W. M. Steppacher & Co.,, manufacturers of Emery shirts, following his resig- nation from the Eagle Shirt Co. Mir. Grosner has just returned from trip during which he spent eight weeks touring various sections of the coun- try with the Emery fall line.
 Throughout the country, MT. Gros- ner found, there is a constant tend ency toward improvement. Retailers who heretofore would not be induced to buy for advance delivery, are now placing good orders for fall, and there is a strong outlook for spring, he said.
 The demand for fall, as for the spring, is for neat effects, Mir. Gros- ner reported. Loud patterns, clash ing colors, and other bizarre designs are apparently passe in all sections. At the same time, there is an evil dence of a willingness on> the part of the public to wear finer grades of merchandise.
 Demand Is for Good Grades.
 The dollar shirt, which was herald ed so widely on its reappearance in the market last fall, he said, had a short-lived return to favor, and is now again falling into disuse in fav- or of cotton shirts to sell up to S4; silk and cotton mixtures up to $5 or SC. and silks from there up to SIP or even SIS.
 Mir. Grosner predicted that the present demand for whites will con- tinue throughout the fall and winter, and that next spring 1t will lead in sales. Fans, he continued, are still retaining their popularity, but in MT. Grosner's opinion, they will soon fall from demand for a while during the fall and winter. Next spring, how ever, should find even a greater de- mand for tan shirts than this season, he said.
 Conditions in New England and the Pacific Coast are now about as good as any section of the country could possibly be expected to be, he said. Merchants throughout the country are still buying in quantities, and frequently for immediately de- livery, while they are now beginning to make plans for fall. There is practically merchant in all of the towns visited by Mir. Grosner on his
The Pulaskian., 1921-08-11

tionate to the lowered operating costs and the sentiment was expressed that they would s'sleep in the railway sta tions rather than patronize profiteer- ing establishments of which. 1t was said, there are still a large number.
 It was brought out that number of hotels have already made substan- tial reductions within the last few months, while several hotels were mentioned which did not raise their prices during the war and still made a fair profit.
 Names of hotels which have re duced their prices were named by travellers and made a matter of rec ord.
 The list, while incomplete, was given as follows: Rusher Hotel, Brinkley, $3.50 to $3; Arlington, Forrest City, $3 to $2.50; Van Noy. Gurdon European plan), $l.50 to $l; Hines, Conway, s to $2.50; Mil, ner, Ola, S3 to S2.25; Columbia, Newport, $3.50 to $2.50; Travellers Wheatley, $3 to $2.5o; Parks, Hoxie, $3 to $2.50; Prince, Bald Knob, S3.5C to $2.50; the New Park, Prescott, and the Handerer, Ozark, $3.50 to $2.50 The rate at the Baker hotel, BatesvilIe, was $2 before the war and remained so, as did the $2 rate charged by the O'Donnell sisters al Higginson.
 The campaign will be carried on in a friendly spirit and each travelling man will broach the subject to hotel proprietors when favorable oppor- tunity presents itself, but if this meth. cd does not have the desired effect, the travelling men have made 1t plain that they would adopt more drastic measures, even at the expense of their own personal convenience and com. fort, if necessary.
The Pulaskian., 1921-08-11

trip who has not alreday completed a good part of his fall buying, he de- clared.
 The reason for this is that the months when buyers were afraid to spend any money for stocks left them so depleted thaA they have been un- able to meet ar the demands of con sumers, and as a result, they are now avoiding the possibility of a repeti- tion of this condition by starting their buying now.
 This same condition, according to Mir. Grosner, is apparent in all fur nishings lines. Buyers are now talk ing underwear, hosiery, shirts, neck wear and other accessories for fall, and are at the same time continuing the immediate delivery purchases without abatement.
 Demand for Tropical Suits.
 articularly in the Middle West, Mir. Grosner continued, the demand for tropical suits and bathing suits has been far greater than the retail CTS, with their limited stocks, could meet. Most retailers had not appar- ently expected any exceptional de- mand for these goods, and as a re- suit, their supplies were soon sold out. Repeated efforts to replenish their stocks in order to supply the consumers have been largely unavail- ing, with the result that ii is a diff ficult task to find bathing suit or Palm Beach suit at retail in the Mid dle Wes, particularly around Chica- go and other lake cities.
 Regarding next spring, MT. Cros- ner intimated that W. M. Steppacher would probably bring out its new line sometime in September. Prices for next spring, he declared, will not show any great reductions, and in view of the present obvious tendency toward a stiffening in piece goods prices, 1t Is entirel y within the bounds of possibility that next springs shirt prices will be higher m price.
The Pulaskian., 1921-08-11
BANKS NO. l.

#z#* *.* X # x $ Our school opened Monday. John D. Hill is teacher.
 Charlie Lemaire and family were the guesst of Mir. John Mckenzie and family Sunday afternoon.
 Miss Lola Lawrence was the Thurs day night guest of Misses Bertha and Eunice Mann.
 There is going to be singing at Miss Bertha Mann's Sunday night, August l4
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Mckenzie and daughter, Ruby, visited MT. and Mrs. Boatman of Halstead Sunday. I. J. Lawrence is working for his brother, W A. Lawrence, of Hal stead.
 Miss Francis Arnold was the din- her guest of Mir. and Mrs. L. E. Mad den Sunday. Also John and Wood row Ryan.
 MT. Ernest Mann is on the sick list.
 FoRCET-ME-NoT.
The Pulaskian., 1921-08-11
HOTEL RATES
 BEINCCUT DOWN
UNITED ACTION BEING TAKEN
 BY THE VARIOUS ORCANIZA- TIONS OF THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS IN THE STATE.

A joint committee composed of representatives of the Arkansaw Travellers, United Commercial Trav- elers and the Travellers Protective Association was appointed at meet ing to take steps to bring about a reduction of hotel rates to pre-war levels in Arkansas.
 The personnel of the committee follows: E. F. Edwards, Conway, chairman; R. C. Rudisill, vice chair man; C. H. Wickard, Jr., secretary; R. o. Parke, chairman for the T. P. A.; W. H. Halliburton, chairman for the U. T. C., and E. C. Clark, chair man for the Arkansaw Travellers.
 The appointment of the committee, which is empowered to act with free rein, is the opening gun of what the travelling men intend to make a thor ough and systematic campaign to put an end to what they allege are the exorbitant prices which large num- Der of hotel men still persist in charging, in the face of sharp decline in the price of hotel commodities since the rates were established dur ing the war period.
 The travelling men are determined to bring about reduction propor-
The Pulaskian., 1921-08-11
PREDICTED COTTON CROP.

This years cotton crop will yield 8,203,000 bales, is the governments monthly estimate, based upon con- ditions as of July 25. A month ago an estimate was made, which indi- cated a yield of 8,433,000 bales rep resenting the smallest output since l89o. The new report shows even worse conditions. Compared with 8,203,000 bales this year, last years yield was 13,365, 754 bales, and the production in 1914 was 6,l34,930 bales.