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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08
DRY GOODS MARKET

NEW YORK. Feb. 7-Advances were announced in Al beached muslins today to basis of 17 lsc for Lonsdale. tali dress qinghams were being offered at value by some leading eastern mills. and buyers made arrangements. Gray goods were steady with transactions of moderate character Yarns were steady and burlaps were irregular. Wool fancy goods for Tall were being ordered steadily. Fancy silks were active. A strike in the dress manu- featuring trades threatened to imperial thn oelLNerY of goods on orders.
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Hubbard Bros & Go.

Members New York Stock Exchange. New Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Pro- duce Exchange. Associated Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders so- iicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for consignment of spot cotton for de-
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LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL. Feb. 7.-Cotton spot, In limited demand; prices steady. Good mid ding. 1s.o2d; low middling. 15.77d: good ordinary, 15.27d; ordinary, 14.s7d. Sales of 5000 bales, including s.2o0 American
 Receipts of s5,ooo bales. including 14, 600 American.
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COTTON SEED OIL MARKET

NEW YORK, Feb I-Cotton seed or eased off to points early with cotton
 but subsequently, reacted with lard and grain. Shorts were best buyers. Closing bids were 3 to 6 points net higher. Sales, 10 900 barrels Prime crude, 9.ST1ac bid, , prime summer yellow spot, 10 95c; March, il t9c: May. Il .43c: July II 66c. all bid.
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when they helped to carry the market 70 it's best prices.
 Liquidation by longs met this after noons rally. and this sort of selling be- came very heavy in the late trading. sp- parently on the fear of further unfavor- able political news in the morning.
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NEW YORK, Feb 7.--Butter firm; re- ceipts, l0.s72 creamery. higher than ex- tras. 49zc; creamery extras. 92 score 49c Eggs barely steady; receipts. 24.254 cases i; state and nearby hennery browns, extras, 40 a 43c; refrigerator seconds :G926c. Cheese steady: receipts, 2J2,024.
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INTERIOR MOVEMENT

Houston; Middlng, 2s, Csc; receipts stock. 277.5e3.
 Memphis; Middling, 2s 25c; receipts, $Is2 shipments. 5,i9s; sales. 4,2oo; stock. Augusta: Middilng. 2s.a4c; receipts Ss2; shipments, 752; sales, 146; stock, 6l, St. Louis: Middling, 2s 5oc; receipts, 2,o24 shipmen ents, 2SS7; stock. 1s,416.
 Atlanta: Middling. 2S soc
 Little Rock; Middllng, 2sc: receipts 2S2; shipments, e15; sales, 9S2 stock, 5l, Dallas: Middling, 27 4Oc; sales, 1,154. 31.
 Total today; Receipts. 14,517; ship ments, 21.7S1; stock. 54G.5S1.
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Profit Taking and Short Selling Impede the Uuvard Tre
NEW YORK BONDS

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Following are to- days high, low and closing prices of bonds on the New York Stock Exchange. and the total sales of each bond:
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Oil Melon Cut

CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-The Standard oil Company of Indiana today declared the first cash dividend of 62is cents a shar. since the 100 per cent stock dividend of last December.
 The old rate was s1 share. Under tn 3 stock dividend the rate per share was re- duced to 621a cents, but each stockholder who now has two shares instead of one formerly will receive s1.e5. The dividend Is payable on March 15.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 7.-Spot cotton steady; 12 points higher. Sales on the spot, 95s bales: to arrive. 1.1s2. Low middling. 27,7bc; middling, 2s.5oc; good 205.3f
 NEW YORK. Feb. 7.-cotton. spot was quiet. Middling 2s2oc.
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HITTER MARKET

CHICAGO. Feb. 7.-Llght supplies Of butter were quickly cleaned up in the butter market today under an active de- mand and the market became very firm. There were few lots of butter scoring bet ter than 91 score less than S9 score on the street. Early sales of 92 score were reported at 4Shc, but later in the day goods were firmly held and sold at 49c. Medium grades were well cleaned up. Cars of centralized were firm and above prices.
 Closing prices fresh butter; s6 score, 43c; s7 score. 431ac; ss score. 44l2c; s9 score l5isc; 90 score s6isc; 91 score. 4sc; 92 score. 49c. CentrA'ize lots: 89 score 46c: 90 score. 47l9c.
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NEW YORK CURB

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Transactions on the New York curb market today were as follows:
 saIe. 1Tiab low cIosa
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NEW YORK POULTRy

CHICAGO. Feb. 7.-Potatoes steady; re. ceipts. 16 cars; Wisconsin sacked round whites, s6n BOG cwt.; Wisconsin bulk round whites, s5 e 95c cwt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 7.-Ferdinand Katz. vice president of the Cuyamel Fruit company, and one of New Orleans best known business men. died today of heart trouble. Mir. Katz was 56 years old and was native of New Orleans.
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NEly YORK PRnnrCE

NEW YORK. Feb. Hive poultry very steady: chickens 26e. Dressed poultry was steady: prices unchanged
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NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Following are to-
 days sales, high, low and closing prices Of stocks listed on the New York Stock
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FOREIGN BONDS (On Curb Market)
Bread War Continues

CHICAGO. Feb. 7-House wives of Chi cago, taking advantage of bread war" between two chain store companies, swarmed today to the stores of one Of the companies to take advantage of free loaf of bread with each 5o-cent pur- chase.
 The other company maintaining it's cut price of 2ls cents loaf early in the day. but officers indicated they would duplicate the action of the other con cern.
 The war started when one company challenged the advertised slogan of the other, We undersell everyone" by cut ting the price of a 16-ounce loaf from s to cents. The other company retaliated by dropping the price to 3h cents The first then cut to and later to 2h cents
 The second company meeting each cut with lower price. reached the limits of bakery facilities yesterday, when 50.000 the same amount was to be given away loaves were sold at cents a loaf. Today as long as the supply lasted.
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MONTREAL. Feb. 7.-Reduction of, 25 to 30 per cent in the passenger rates by March l between Canada and the West Indies were announced today by the Ca nadian government merchant marine.t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08
FLAX SPED
yprSu pOrAToES

DULUTH. Minn.. Feb. 7.-FIax seed February. s2.96ia, asked: March, s2.90 bid; May, s2.74h; July, s2.6s. bid
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COFFEE MARKET

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Coffee futures showed continued firmness today with prices making new high records for the season further covering by trade buy ing. The opening was one to six points higher and the more active months sold 10 to 21 points above yesterdays closing quotations with March touching 11.65c- and July, 10.39c. The close was little off from the best with prices net un- changed to 19 points higher. Estimated sales 24.5o0 bags. Closing, March. l1,7Sc; May, 11.06c; Julq. 10.57c; September, 9.51c. and December. 9.12e.
 The spot market was firm with quota tions on the basis of 1 lac for Rio IS and 15%c to l6c for Santos 4s Cost and freight offers included santos 3s and 5s, part Bourbon at 145sc to 15i.c. and Rio Ts at 1l.s0c to 12.05c. American credits.
 The official cables reported no change in Rio exchange rates. The Rio market was 100 reis higher and santos 25 to 75 reis lower. Brazilian port receipts, 40, . 900; Jundiahy receipts. 22.000.
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wAsHINGToN. Feb 7-rar,,ars ir

WASHINGTON. Feb. T-Farmers in drouth stricken regions who borrowed money under the seed loan plan of 9ls and whose crops failed, would be reim- bursed for the money repaid the govern ment under Senate bill passed today by the House. The return of s6s.249 is in- volved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08
SUGAR MARKET

NEW YORK, Feb. Raw sugar con tinued it's upward trend today and prices were isc higher, advancing to the basis of Xc for Cubas, cost and freight, equal to .65c for centrifugal. There were sales of about 230, 900 bags of Cubas for Feb ruary- March shipment to local and outpor. refiners and operators
 New high records for the season were again established in raw sugar futures on renewed covering and buying for outside account. Prices at one time showed ad- vances of to 13 points, but there was a partial setback near the close under realizing and final quotations were un- changed to 10 points net higher. Closing: March, 3 .06c; May. 3. .95c; July, ,05c; September, He.
 Refined unchanged to 10 points higher. with fine granulated quoted at 6 90c to 7c. A better export business was reported.
 In refined futures there were sales for May delivery at 7.30c, or points above the previous close.
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FOREIGN BAR SILVER NEW YORK. Feb. 7.-Foreign bar sil- yer. 63Ac: Mexican dollara Aak~.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08

WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.-For the first time in 300 years, says a report to the commerce department. gold mines are being developed in Germany Deposits of gold were reported recently in the Elder river near Kerlach, just east of West phalia. Investiga tion proved the existence of gold veins and also showed that ton of earth in the mountains near Gorlach produced A grams of fine gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08
Short Market Flashes

NEW YORK, Feb 7.-An oil gusher producing 99oO0 barrels daily has been brought in at Babimas. state of zuiia. Venezuela, according to an official e. port received by Alfredo olayaria, Venez- ulean consul here. Mr. olavaria declared that the oil deposit in the Cabimas vi- cinity is regarded as the most promising in Venezuela.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 7.-Any state ment that compromise had been af fected in any litlZation arising from the Willis Branch coal mine strike in West Virginia is premature, according to a formal statement issued by John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America, here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08

CHICAGO, Feb. 7.--Armour of Dela- ware. s9ss Armour preferred, s3; Com monwealth Edison, 129%; National Leath- national. 1sh; Union Carbide. 651a wahl. 5sh; Yellow Manufacturing B. 2ss% Yellow Taxi. 72k
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NEW YORK MONEY

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Call money was easier: high, 4l3 per cent: low. per cent; ruling rate, 4a per cent; closing bid. 4 per cent; offered at A. per cent; last loan. per cent; call loans against accept . ances, per cent. Time loans firm mixed collateral, 60-eo days 4%@5 per cent; four-six months "A per cent: prime commercial paper, HOAX per cent.
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METALS

NEW YORK. Feb. 7.-Copper steady; electrolytic, spot and futures, 15@15Mc. Tin firm; spot and nearby. 40.37c; flu lures, 40 O 40.25c. Iron easy; No. 1 north ern, 29 e 31; No. 2 northern, $27@29; No. southern, s24@26. Lead steady: spot, s@S.25c. Zinc steady East St. Louis, spot and nearby delivery, 797.1oc. Anti mony. spot. 7.12c. sea-
 RAW SILK
 NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Raw silk was un- : changed.
 STEEI.
 NEW YORK. Feb. 7.-steel prices were
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PARIS, Feb. IA strike of French coal miners is threatened for February lG by the radical wing of the National Federation of Miners. The organization. which seeded from the main national body. has sent demand for increas sed wages to the mine employers, naming ply. The exact strength of the radical branch of the miners organization is un known, but il Is regarded as representing considerable proportion of the workers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08

ST. LOUIS Mo. Feb. 7.-The shopmen's strike last summer cost the Burlington system more than S3000, 900, it was tes- tined today at d government hearing here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08

WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.-Manufactured articles made up the largest single item Of American domestic exports for Decen- Der. although the total for raw materials Tor manufacture was nearly as large. Manufactured foodstuffs ranked third. Total exports for December were $339- S52,004, compared with S374543,79i for November, the department of commeres announced today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08
NAVAL STORES
CHICAGO STOCKS

 SAVANNAH, Ga, Feb. 7.-No maya stores market; holiday.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
WORK IS STARTED
!. ON BETTER HOME"
Exhibit House Gets Under
Way as Hoover Breaks
Ground.

Ground was broken Immediately
south Of the White House and within
a few yards OF. the Sherman monu-
Eent today for the construction Of
replica OF the home Of John howard
Payne. immortalized. by his Home.
Sweet Home" as an exhibit during
the coming Shrine convention and
also as feature of the better home"
movement. which will be celebrated
In June. -
A site was CHOSEN in the triangle
just south Of the Treasury for con-
struction of the replica Of the his
toric home, which will also be used
as a bureau of information for Shrine
women during the convention. Later
1t will be moved to a permanent To-
cation to serve as lasting exhibit
of the better homes movement.
Hoover Breaks Ground.
The building work was begun inn
mediately after Secretary Hoover of
the Commerce Department turned
"ver the first spadeful of ground. and
the structure. a two-Story affair OF
concrete blocks, will follow in every
detail the plan of the original Payne
home Every effort will be made to creat te
the atmosph...e Of the old homestead.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

WANTED-A VANLOAD OF FURNITURE
from New York. April 80; from Philadelphia
May :; from Pittsburgh, April 80: from Get
tysburg, May i; from Franklin, Va. May. 4
Weekly service for small lots to and from
Boston and intermediate points. The Big
Main ol59.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

USEkEEPERS WHY HAVE DIRTY.
faded out rugs, when Cyclone will wash and
restore rugs to their original colrrs: ) gallons
81 u Protects from moths. PROGRESSIVE
SALES co. sos + 81. NV
Evening star., 1923-04-23
PRESENTS OBREGON
WITH SISLER STATUE
Ban Johnson's Gift Shows Base
Ball Star in Act of Knock
ing Home Run.

On behalf of President Ban John
son of the American League, a statue
of George Sisler. in the act of smack
ing out home run, was presented to
the charge d'affaires of the Mexican
embassy at a luncheon in the Wash
ington Hotel early this afternoon
The gift will be forwarded to Presi-
dent Obregou.
w. n. Mooney. chief clerk OF the
Post Office Department and an ardent
base ball fan, made the presentation,
at the request of President Johnson,
who was obliged to be absent on ac-
count of sickness. A number of high
officials of the Post Office Department
and Of the local base ball club were
present.
Rerays Courtesies.
A military escort. courteousiy fur
nished by President Obregon last fall
game in the mountain regions Of
Mexico. was one OF the reasons why
Mr.. Johnson had the statue made for
President Obregop. Other courtesies
also We're accorded him during that
trip. in appreciation of which the
presentation was made.
Among those grouped about the
table when Mr. Mooney made the pres
entatfon were: Chairman Charles
Moore OF the Fine Arts Commission.
CLIFFORD *. Bergman. Benjamin
Minor. Clark Griffith and F.. p. Eynon.
jr-- the last three being Off ciaIs Of the
local base ball club.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

HoTSE PAINTING, roofing, roof repairing
cutters and spouts We on the SQUARE
talI Brown. North 937s. $50 $ ne. a5s
Evening star., 1923-04-23

The building is being constructed by
the Charles H. Tompkins Company of
Washington and must be finished
within three weeks, under contract
signed by Mr.. Tompkins with the
General Federation of Women's Clubs.
which Is sponsoring its erection.
Opening the exercises at the
nd-breaking ceremony. Miss Lida
Hafford, national director CT the Cen
eral Federation OF Women's Clubs.
need Of SOC, 900 homes for the nation.
Recognizing this need, she said, the
General Federation of Women's Clubs
takes it's place as sponsor for the
national demonstration OF better
homes in America. An American or
said, pledges it's intelligent service
to the perDetuation of the American
institution-the home. Miss Hafford
then turned the shovel over to Sec
rotary Hoover, who is chairman of
tl:e national advisory council on
better. homes in America ,sT e..
Prominent Persons Present.
Accepting the sponsorship. Secre-
tary Hoover said the responsibility
fer providing better homes was d
large one and that he felt sure that
under the ab leadership of the
General Federation OF Women's
Clubs the II ovement would be car
ried Ia success : Mis-. William Brown
Meloney. secretary OF the better
homes in America movement, also
turned over d spadeful of ground.
Present at the ceremony were also
Secretary of Labor Davis. Senator
Medill Mccormick. Col. c. o. Sheriff.,
Surgeon General Cumming, Mrs. Clara
Sears Taylor Of the District rent COM
mission. John NJ. Cries, chief of the
housing division of the Department
of Commerce, and many others, all
interested in the better homes move
ment.
The house will cost about $4,000
and will be constructed on wooden
foundation. which will serve as
temporary foundation until the home
is moved to permanent site. Ar
rangements are being made for fur
nishing the interior of the home in
approximately the same manner as
that of the original Psvne homestead
Music was furnished at the ceTe-
mony BY the Army Band.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

STOCkHOLDERS OF THE ST. LUKE HALL.
Associations hereby called to meet Mon
das night. April %; at the St Luke bldg,
from 4 to IL o'clock Come and bring GER
fiftates of stock T. II. NORMAN presi-
dent; Mrs. B. B. ANDERSON, secretary pro
tom
Evening star., 1923-04-23

kee nation. claiming to be a foreign
state in the constitutional sense, filed
suit i'll the Supreme Court against
Georgia, but jurisdiction was refused
on the ground that the Cherokee
nation. although q state. was de-
pendent not a foreign. state There
is no instance yet of a foreign power
recognized as such fling its bill and
pf fosecuting it to final judgment in
the United states Supreme Court
against state of the American
Union. Since 1918 the total number
Of Supreme Court actions brought by
or involving states of the Union in
creased from 81 to 10S. The latest
was litigation brought by Ohio
against West Virginia. Oklahoma
has figured conspicuously In latter
day actions. having sued Texas on
no fewer than nine different occa-
sions. West Virginia and Virginia
lave been opponents in the Supreme
Court ten times. Virginia In each case
being the plaintiff.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
GIVEN SPLINTER OF CROSS
Bishop Gailor Of Memphis Made
Knight of Sepulcher.

NEW YORK, April 23.-The insignia
Of a knight OF the Holy Sepucher for
Bishop Thomas F.. Gailor of Memphis
has been brought here from Jerusalem
by Bishop James Henry Darlington
of Harrisburg. who arrived yesterday
on the steamship Nieuw Amsterdam.
The order was conferred by the
patriarch of Jerusalem. The insignia.
Bishop Darlington explained, contains
a splinter Of the cross on which Christ
was crucified.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

DOWNRIGHT, 1922
Evening star., 1923-04-23

fIPEWRITING. NEATLY. ACCURATELY
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your work and deliver when finished Phoue
Columbia a2J7L 23s
Evening star., 1923-04-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.

VICTORIA LOUISE MULLER. FORMERLY
designer at Erlehat hers. has opened an exclu-
kive millinery shop at 515 1lth ST NV 50
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-29
World Federation
Education Ass'ns.
Invited to Scotland
For 1925 Meeting

The British delegates the World
Federation Of Education Associations
have extended an invitation for the
next convention of the Federation in
1926 to be held at Edinburgh, Scot
land, according to the announcement
made Wednesday by DR.. Augustus o
Thomas, Maine commissioner of edu-
cation and president of the World
Federation.
DR.. Thomas reports that the Brit
ish Teachers Union, the Education
Institute of Scotland, the Teachers
Federation of British Columbia, the
. American Federation of Teachers
and many lesser organizations have
submitted applications for member
ship. There will ultimately be 72
nations in the Federation which will
unite the five million teachers Of the
world in more concerted action for
the purposes of educational research,
for text book and teaching materials
and more universal educational OPP
portunities," DR.. Thomas declared
yesterday.
Each organization living men,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-29
State House Chat

DIR. J. B. Reidy, in charge of the
inspection work, livestock division of
the Department of Agriculture,
passed Wednesday at Boston in con-
ference with DR.. E. A Crossman,
who holds a similar position in
Massachusetts,. DR.. Reidy will visit
over Thanksgiving Day at Albany,
N. Y.
Gilbert r. Chadbourne, secretary
to Governor Baxter, went Wednesday
to Harmony for short visit with
relatives.
Miss Katherine Holway has resign
ed from her position as clerk in the
Department of Education, her resig-
nation taking effect early this week.
Miss Mary f. Kanaley, stenog-
rapher in the Office of the Governor,
and Miss Louise Brennan, stenog-
rapher in the Office of the adjutant
general, will visit over Thanks
giving Day at Bangor with Miss
Kanaley's mother, Mrs. Mary
Kanaley.
All the offices at the State House
will be closed today in observance
of Thanksgiving.