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Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

Me and Sid Hunt both had
cents each, and we was tawking
about the different things we could
buy and the diffrent things we
couldent and wished we could, me
saying, Lets go erround to Mommy
Simminses and look in the window
and see If there's eny specials.
Wich we did and wich there
was, being sine saying Large
sour balls, special today, 8 for a
cent.
o boy, for cent for big sour
balls, this is our lucky day, Sid sed.
G., for a cent, that's the cheep-
est I've ever saw them, G WIZ |
wish / had about a dollar to invest,
for cent, o boy that's CRATE, her
ray l sed,
And we started to go in with our
cents apeece, and Sid sed, Hay,
waite a minnit, watts a hurry, wat
do you say we so to the High Class
candy store and zee how meny
they're selling for a cent, maybe
there selling 4.
G, let's go and see, I sed. And
we Wawked to the new High Class
candy store, being about 5 blocks,
and we wawked in and wawked
all the ways back to the end OF
the store ware you can buy things
by the cent insted Of the pound,
the man saying. Well boys are you
going to buy the store out today ?
How mutch is big sour balls? |
sed.
A cent apeece, the man sed.
G wiz, holey smoaks, good mite,
a cent apeece, jimminy Crissmas,
G, good mite me and Sid sed.
Is that so? the man sed. And
me and Sid went out and went
back to Mommy Simminses and
asked for 2 cents worth OF big
sour balls apeece and Mommy Sim
minis sed, II you had Of come in
Jest one minnit sooner you could
Of had them, but some boy jest
bawt s cents werth and they were
the last had.
So we bawt jelly boens instead,
not enjoying them mutch on ac-
count Of keeping on thinking of
the sour balls. Proving there's no
time like the present.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
PRODUCE
Chicago Produce

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-Butter-
higher; creamery extras 53c;
standards, SOC: extra firsts. 400
81 &c; firsts, 45@4Sc; seconds, ~
60AAo
Eggs-TIigher; receipts 5,0SS
cases; firsts, 50@ SEC; ordinary
firsts, 45@4Sc; miscellaneous, As
@ sec.
Poultry-Aliye higher; fowls, IA
019c; springs. 171ac; roosters.
13c; turkeys, 35c; geese. 2Oc.
Potatoes-Firm; few sales ac-
count or weather.; receipts 81 cars;
total U. s. shipments, 4S2; Wiscon-
sin sacked and bulk round whites,
95c@$1.1O cwt.; Minnesota sacked
and bulk round whites No. |. 9Oc
@$1.05 cwt.; Montana sacked rus
sets No. !, s1.20 cwt.; Idaho sack
ed russets No. 1. $1.25 cwt,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
HAGERMAN LODGE OF
ODD FELLOWS HOLDS
HOME COMING MEET


Hagerman, n. M, Dec. 1S.-The
/. o. O. L. lodge of Hagerman held
home coming" meeting here
Tuesday at the lodge rooms. The
lodge had invited the families of
all members and also the Rebekah
lodge as their guests. After the
regular session of the lodge, the
guests were invited into the lodge
rooms and a roll call of members
was responded to by impromptu
speeches and by talks on various
subjects. Each member of the /.
O. o. f. gave the date and place OF
his birth and also the date and
place where he Joined the lodge.
Eleven states and two foreign coun-
tries, Sweden and England, were
represented. Illinois led among the
states as having furnished more
members for the Hagerman lodge
than any other. One member Is a
native born Hagermanite.
The oldest Odd Fellow present
was Mr.. Harshey, who has been an
Odd Fellow almost fifty years..
Emmett Patton of Roswell was
present and gave q talk as did a
number of others including Grand
Master r. n. Miller, who discussed
the needs of the /. o. o. +. home
for orphans and widows at Ros-
we'll This home is kept up by the
1. 0. o. II. and Rebekah lodges of
New Mexico.
At the close of the speaking the
members and their guests ad-
iourned to the lower floor of the
/. 0. O. r. building and enjoyed
two screen comedies, then a lun-
cheon was served by the men.
Grand Master Robert N. Miller
recently returned from Albuquer-
que where he presided at meeting
Of the /. o. o. r., and later held
a meeting at Roswell and on Mon
day evening presided at the fr-
tesla I. o. o. i. "home coming"
meeting.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
The Markets
BY the Associated Press.
FINANCIAL
Wall Street

New YORK. Dec. 1S.--Prices
opened strong in today's market,
but q decided reaction set in later
upon announcement Of the failure
of a. large southwestern stock eX-
change firm and cut in the Great
Northern preferred dividend, plac-
it on q five per cent annual basis
instead of seven uer cent, rate
which has been paid without in
terruption since 1899. There were
a few notable exceptions to the
downward trend but the declines
in standard issues ranged from one
to four points.
An unusually large volume of
low priced oils were thrown onto
the market after the failure, sew
eral thousand shares being for the
account of the insolvent firm.
These included blocks of Sinclair,
Kelly. Maryland, Phillips Petro-
leum, 1nvincible oil and Texas
company, nearly 100000 shares of
these companies changing hands
during the day. Except for drop
of ~ on Maryland and one in
Kelly. the net losses in these is
sues We're all of a fractional char
acter.
Great Northern preferred fell to
1879, new low record, on an
nouncement or the dividend action,
but rallied at the close to 77A
which represented a net loss Of 2 II
for the day. Other rails which
We're active at rising prices in the
early dealings declined in SYM
pathy.
Fisher Body touched els, an
other new top, in the early deal
ings, but dropped later to 203 for
a net loss of ~ points, New high
records for the year also were es-
tablished during the session by
Westinghouse air brake. Stewart
Warner speedometer. Kesley wheel
Cerro de Pasco copper, Union
Tank and Stromberg carburetor.
the last named falling 21a points
below Saturdays close in later
dealings.
Copper stocks offered stubborn
resistance TO selling pressure, fresh
buying in this group being influ-
enced by higher prices quoted for
the red metal and speculative an
ticipation that a few more issues
would be pug on q dividend basis
within the next few months. Gem
eral Electric was one of the out
standing individual strong spots,
closing at a net gain of more than
four points.
United States Steel common was
again the most active stock on the
Big Board" more than 100 900
shares changing hands at prices
ranging from 10s7s to 1861, the
closing price Of 1069s represent
ing net loss of ss. Gulf States
and Bethlehem B dropped a point
each. Baldwin, which touched 129
before noon. fell later to 126% or
Is below Saturdays close.
Call money opened and renewed
at AZ per cent and advanced TO 3
before the close. The time money
market was slightly easier. a few
sixty and ninety day loans being
arranged at AZ per cent with
most Of the 30-day business being
done on n AZ per cent basis and
the longer maturities per cent.
Commercial paper trading con-
tinued quiet with no change in
rates.
Foreign exchanges were weak on
publication Of European dispatches
that little credence was being
placed there on the possibility of
an international loan for Germany
at this time. Demand sterling
dropped n cent TO 4.64 and French
francs fell nearly thirty points to
7.3S. The German mark dropped
from 1.97 to 1853 cents a hundred.
Closing prices:
American Beet Sugar ...,., 80
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

on as much as 4.000,000 bushels
The action of December, however
failed to indicate that such re-
ports were correct. Assertion that
100000 bushels Of wheat had
been taken for Europe were also
current but unverified
Corn and oats, as we'll as wheat,
touched new high top prices for
season, Notwithstanding that ar
rivals of corn here were the Iarg-
est in many weeks. 1t was ex-
planned that rural offerings were
light. and that the big receipts
were to fill overdue contracts.
Provisions derived their strength
chiefly from the upward swing OF
values for hogs and grain.
Closing prices:
Wheat--Dec, s1.274sf May,
$1.251s July, $1.16B.
Corn-Dec., 754ac; July, 745sc.
Oats-Decp 45Bc; May. 471ac;
July, 4S%c.
Pork-Blank.
Lard--Jan, $10.65; May, st0.82.
Rlbs--Jan., $1O.70; May, $10.T0.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
KEEN is APPOINTED
CAPITOL CUSTODIAN
BY GOV.-ELECT HUNT

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 1S,-Gover-
nor-elect George W. p. Hunt today
announced the selection Of Arthur
James Keen for appointment as
custodian of the state capitol
building and grounds
Mr.. Keen was custodian under
the territorial government begin
ming in 1908 and also under all
former Hunt administrations. He
has had special training as a land
scape architect.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
Denver Livestock

Denver, Dec. 1S.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 500; steady; beef steers
s4.50@ $50; cows and heifers.
$3.00@7.75; calves. $7.O0@9.0O;
stockers and feeders, S3.5O07SO.
Hogs-Receipts 1000; 1Oc to 20c
higher; top, sS.15: bulk, $7.40@
SIS.
Sheep--Receipts 100: steady:
lambs. $12.50@14.25: owes, $500
% 6.7j; feeder lambs, $4,000
1875.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
Foreign Exchange

New York. Dec. 1S.-Foreign ex.
changes, easy. Great Britain de.
mand, $4.64; cables, s4.644. Sixty
days bills on banks, S4.617s
France demand. 1888; cables $7.S4
Italy demand, 5.091s; cables, $40
Belgium demand. 6.s2; cables
6.S2 u. Germany demand, .015S;
cables Ola. Holland demand
@9.9S; cables 40.02. Norway de.
mand, 1910. Sweden demand
26.93. Denmark demand, Posi-
Switzerland demand, 1898. Spain
demand, 1879. Greece demand
l.2O. Poland demand, .0056
echorSlovakia demand, 2.S3. Ar.
gentina demand. 1920. Brazil
demand, 1920. Montreal 80 7-16.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

Kansas City, Dec. 1S.-Cash
wheat--No. 2 hard, $1.17@1.25;
No. 2 red. $1.27@1.30.
Corn--No. white, 73@731Ac;
No, 2 yellow, 75A @76c.
Hay-Unchanged; No. tim
othy $15.00016.0O; No. alfalfa.
choice $2400@245O; No. 1
prairie. $12.OO@13.OO; mixed clo-
YER, St4.5OM15,O0.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
TODAY'S BEST THOuGMT
SUCCESS

He has achieved success who has lived well,
laughed often and loved much; who has gained the
respect Of intelligent men and the love of little
children; who has filled his niche and accomplished
his task; who has left the world better than he
found it, whether by improved poppy perfect
poem rescued soul; who has always looked
for the best in others and given the best he had
whose life inspiration; whose memory
benediction. Selected
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
New York Money

New York, Dec. 1S.-Call money
firm; high per cent; low Az
per cent; ruling rates Az per cent;
closing bId 5 per cent; of date . Il
per cent: last loan 5 per cent; call
lonas against acceptances 4 per
cent; time loans steady; mixed coll
lateral 6090 days AZ 05 per
cent; 4-6 months Az d5 per cent;
prime commercial paper AZ per
cent
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
TWO FREEZE TO DEATH

Chicago, Ills, Dec. 1S,-Harry
T. Graham, so year old printer.
was found frozen to death in a
down town alley in the three be-
low zero weather early today. The
frozen body Of a man, Timothy
Tierney, Go, railroad watchman,
was found later near the tracks
Of the Chicago and Western Indi-
ana railroad.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
Knnsas City Produce

Kansas City. Dec. 1S.--Butter--
Unchanged; creamery 55@57c;
packing 2Sc.
Eggs-Unchanged. &c lower;
firsts, 45c; selects. 52c.
Poultry-Heavy: hens 1Sc; light
springs, 1Sc; turkeys, SAC.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

Professor explaining the results
obtained from the infection of the
voice)-Did 7 ever tell you the
story Of the actor who could read
a menu so as to make his audience
weep?
Student strangely movcd--He
must have read the prices AM
swers, LonGon.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

New York. Dec. 1S.--Cotton fu-
lures closed steady; December,
$25.92; January, $3.50; March,
$26.16; May, $26.23; July $26.04.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
Signs of the FIXTURE

What is the dear little hoy
going to he when he grows up"
II don't know" replied tho
weary mother. Judging from the
wall paper and everything else he
touches l think maybe he'll be a
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

Americans generally regret that
dollars for Near Eastern relief can
not be accompanied by bullets for
Turkish murderers. Pueblo Chief
tain,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

First x-soldier--"Got a job at
last. Going to be valet in saw
mill"
Second Ditto-"Hey! What"
First f.. s.--"Yep! Gonna dress
lumber. Life,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

When pouring gasoline never
let it fall any great distance, as
the petrol, when passing through
the air generates static electricity,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

+uS'ads
New York. Dec. 1S.-Copper-
Firm; electrolytic spot and nearby
141s @145sc.
Tin-Easier; spot and nearby,
$38.37 g $3.50; futures. $3.50.
lron-Steady; No. l northern,
$2IO0@ $500: No. northern,
$4,000 @2S.00; No. 2 southern,
$4,000 26.00.
Iead--Steady: SPOT, s7.10@7.16.
Iinc-Quiet; East st. Louis spot
and nearby delivery, $7.10@7,20.
Antimony-Spot, $6.37 66.62.
Foreign bar silver, 62%c; Mex
lean dollars, 477zc.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

New York, Dec. 1S.--Liberty
bonds closed:
S1as, $100.50; first 4As $9S.9s;
second 4As, s9S.14; third AIS,
$9S.SO; fourth 4As. s9S.46; victory
4&s, uncalled $100.34; U. S,
treasury AIS, s99.7S.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

Peace at Any Price

Browns young wife, who is not
especially sweet tempered. asked
her lord and master 70" Il hundred
dollars
"Td like 10 let you have II, my
dear" he began, "bIt the fact Is
have to take up a note for 5000
this afternoon"
"Oh, very well, Richard" said
his wife with ominous calm, "If
you think the man who holds the
note can make it any hotter for
you than can, why, do as you
say"
She got the money, --- Boston
Transcript,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19
A LITTLE LAUGHTER
"Tbe Poor. They Walk"

A stranger journeyiug to TAR
distant dale in Yorkshire proceeded
at the railway station to engage a
seat in the horse vehicle plying to
his destination.
Asked il he required Il first, sec
ond, or third class ticket, he took
first class one, tho he was not
little mystified by the request.
However, after five-nile run
on the level, the driver pulled up
at the foot Of a tremendously long,
steep hill.
First class passengers" he di-
rected, "sit still; second class, get
out and walk; third class, get out
and push. ."--Cappers Weekly.
Reconstruction
Ethelbert-"Who was that new
girl 7 saw you with last night"
Jacb--"That wasn't n ne girl.
That was my old girl painted
over. Exchange.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-19

finger print expert."-Washington
Star.
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Policeman Maybe

CLARKSBURG, N. Va, Aug.
22-Physicians today stated that
Nathan Wilburn, captured by po-
lice, deputy sheriffs and State r o.
lice after being smoked out of the
attic of his house at Weston last
evening after he had barricaded
himself there and fought off the
Officers, would probably die of the
burns received when the house
caught afire. David Brown. po-
liceman. who was shot by Wilburn
has more than 100 shot gun spot
wounds in his body and is hover
ing between life and death in the
General Hospital, where Wilburn
lis also a patient Police Chief
Skinner. who was shot in an arm,
is recovering at the City Hospital.
Wilburn attacked the officers
with shotgun when they went
to arrest him in response to COM
plants by ne1shbors of disorderly
conduct there. This followed the
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iOiLAND GAS EN- 40
MEET AT CLAR KSBURG5

The sixth annual convention of
the West Virginia Oil and Natural
Gas Association viii be held at
.C1arksburg Thursday and Friday
OF this week Members of the assoc
citation have the privilege OF TAX
ing with them all the oil and gas
men they know. Thursday evenins
the delegates to the convention
and other oil and gas men will be
guests Of the supply men
Edwin Robinson, secretarytreasa
urer of the association announced
in the invitation sent out for the
affair that the rogram-will be on
subjects interesting to Z everyone
connected with the Oil and gas In
dustry.
! The third annual picnic of all
the oil and gas men will be held
Saturday at Norwood Park. Clarks-
berg, The affair will be under the
direction of the employees Of the
Hope Natural Gas Co.. and the Re-
serve Gas Co. There will be all
kinds OF foot races, tugs of war.
flivyer races, and a baseball game
between the Clarksburg White
Sox and the North Side baseball
club Of Pitts burgh.
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|C[A!|iiIN Strikers | !!
NOT RESPONSIBLE j: [ Y s.. B {:
Declares Blame Placed on
shopmn by Plotters
Hired by Railroad,

CHICAGO, III, Aug. 22-J.
NcGrath, president OF the
railway employees department atN
the Federation Of Labor shop
Graf u worlSers) issued 2 statement
TO-DAY describing \" the real cause
of the Michigan Central wrecks
SUNDAY, which was merely by
stating the wreck was due to plot
.ters as "a hastily patched up ex-
planation to place the blame Oh
loss Of life on striking shopm ens
instead of on the railroad.
He, said the wreck did not dineE
a particle from wrecks reportedss
from various parts of the country
""Reports are based on an. my. invess
tigation by company Off g ais e; and
armed guards he said.
What can the public expect tod
get in the way of unbiased repo rtsg
from men who are hired to fight
the employees on strike what's
more they are not railroad men
therefore cannot be trusted to-
investigate an accident which isinA:
yolved the death of the engines
crew. An Investigation OF. th1s:
kind should have been given.oyeEs
to an impartial body Of me E'tstlsa'l'ss
cal experts. N
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Wife Of Newspaper Artist Con-
sidering Offer Made for
Popular Man.

s5 san. FRANCISCO Cal. Aug.
22.-An offer by Mrs Edith Hunt
ington Spreckels Wakefield, first
wife OF the late Jack" Sprecke1s,
California millionaire and herself
prominent in San Francisco So
ciety, to buy another woman's
husband from her for 500 a
month for the rest of her life,
came 10 light here today and is
admitted by all persons involved
The husband whom Mrs. Wake
field is credited with having of
fered to buy" is Rodney Kend-
rick. a newspaper artist The wife,
who is i'll and admits she is con
sidering'' the offer, said she all
to Mrs. Wakefield. Mrs. Wake
field said she too planned di-
vorce.
A statement from Mrs. Wake
field said:
Sd. 1T was long time ago ! told
Mrs. Kendrick that loved her
husband and wanted to marry
him. promised her she would
have home with Rodney and
myself as long as she lived. She
is a very sick girl and I took
care of her for weeks. A hundred
times she told me how grateful
she was in the presence Of her
husband and his mother and SIS
ter When we left her put $500
in the bank for her to draw on. =
The wife said: 55
Mrs. Wakefield wrote me a
letter five or six weeks ago when
I was in sanitarium asking m e
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while the strike lasted and there
was no reason for trouble.
The task of the first days work
was cleaning up the mine and get
ting it ready for operation. two
hundred loads were dumped yes
terday and more is expected to-
day.
Sunday School Picnic
The Ballah Chapel Sunday School
picnic will be held next Saturday
in the Floyd Grove near the church.
The time of having dinner was
changed from IL noon, until 5 p.
M, in order that the men work ing
at the mines could attend it. The
stunts and games will begin at L
O'Clock and few will be played
after dinner. The Rev. MIR. Thomas
of Rivesville is expected to give an
address on Sunday school work.
Rev. Pollit Here
There will be preaching at Bal
1ah Chapel Friday evening instead
of. the Bible study and prayer ser
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NONE CAP URED lin
RAID ON POKER. GAM N E. E.

"a hand full 81. poker chips and "
cents in money were seized by CITY
officers about $50 yesterday eve
ming when poker game in the
South Side Park grandstand was
raided. The players saw the cops
before the Officers were able to
find the players. There We're many
players engaged in the game. but
each OF them selected different
route to make his escape. Not q
/ single person was arrested.
Information that the game was
in progress reached the police sta
ton about 5so'clock, and Chief of
Police Snider detailed Officers
Holt. Carlow and Eakles to make
the raid sEhe officers went to
Twelfth street in the city automo-
bile. but had no sooner turned the
corner at that street until one of
the men gave an alarm and the
only things left were a few chips
/; and 10 cents in money
| Officer Holt came the nearest
catching a man. He picked out a
single man and followed him with
all his speed After an exciting
chase over fences, and through
fields. Officer Holt returned up
over the hill from Watson. but re-
ported that his man had also made
good his escape.
The officers returned to police
headquarters and told of the raid.
AS proof that they had really ans
wered the call, they presented the
| poker chips and money as evid-
! ence.
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USSPEEDSUP
Bill |: 1. |. .FORi|.II|NQU ..I|.|;|Y
.OF ] INDUSTRY
Outlook for Relief of Coal
Shortage Brighter Under
Government Agencies.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-The
House interstate commerce com
mittee continued work today on
the Winslow Bill proposing crea-
ton Of federal commission to
make a. sweeping investigation of
all questions bearing on the coal
industry as urged by President
Harding in his address to Con-
gress. There was some prospect
thatait would be rushed through
the House Immediately under
suspension of the rules, and lead
.ers declared that in any event it
journment tomorrow The pro-
posed committee of nine mem
bers will be required to submit
its first report with recommends
lions, to the President not later
than January 1, next.
At the same time Senator
Borah had called a meeting of
the Railroad Labor Board to take
up the Presidents recommended
lions and hoped to get action on
his own bill which Mr.. Harding
has approved in its major proper
lions but which differs in some
respects from the Winslow
The outlook as to relief
from the coal shortage resulting
from the strike was somewhat
Frightened by the forecast Of the
central coal distrib Ut on commit
tee placing coal distribution for
the week beginning yesterday at
100000 tons. This total, which
would be the highest output since
the beginning of the miners
strike, includes an estimated pro-
duction of 100000 tons result
ing from the Cleveland agreement
In connection with the rail
strike the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States submitted to
its membership today a compi1ia-
tion Of statistics on railroad Incl
dents showing that ninety-three
employees and passengers were
killed or seriously injured in
July. the first month of the sh OPP
mems strike. as com pared with a
total of 213 in the preceding
month and 123 in July of last
year. The figures. based on. re-
ports to the Chamber of Com
merce showed that for the first
sixteen days in August the total
of seriously injured reached 143.
although more than half of these
were said to have been caused by
two disastrous accidents.
The finest road system in the
world is to be seen in France. 1t
was opened by Napoleon.