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Evening star., 1923-06-04
PRICES OF COTTON
DROP AT OPENING
Good Weather Reports Cause Sell
ing of New Crop
Months.
Br the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 4.-Cotton
futures opened weak, July, 1910;
October. 1880 to 1905; December,
1856; January. 22.35; March, 1895.
The cotton market was weak and
irregular ut the opening today. There
was buying of near months on rela-
lively firm cables. better reports from
Manchester and larger Liverpool
spot sales. first prices being 13 to
30 points higher on July and Sep
freely however, owing to good
weather reports from the south and
opened at declines of Is to 81 points.
Cotton futures, 11:45 a.m.-Bids,
steady. July 25.75; October, 2290;
December 22.6o; January. 223O;
March, 2225
NEW ORLEANS, June 4.-Cotton
futures onened steady-July. 2S23;
October. 22.55; December, 22.2S; jan
uary. 22.1S; March. 22 .o8. Much bet
ter cables than due caused rise in
the cstton market today, but later
months were unchanges to 5 down,
compared with Saturdays close. After
the call a rapid decline set in re-
sulting from a favorable weather
forecast over the belt. and during the
carried S6 to 5s points under the
1 close of last week to 1913 for July
and 22,00 for October July traded
at $3.50 at it's highest, while October
traded as high as 22.5s.
1903 asked; October, 22.3S; Deeenh-
her, 22.10: January, 2200; March,
21.s0
Illinois Central May loadings, 1s7,-
os6. against 15S.41s year ago.
p F. Sinclair, chairman of che Sin
clair Consolidated Oil Corporation,
cables the Wall Street Journal from
London he believes the report that
only gas is showing in the second
sand at Teapot Dome is not correct.
Western Pacific declared the regu-
lar quarterly preferred dividend of
$3.50.
The New York state transit COM
mission has approved the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit reorganization plan
Municipal Corporation into the New
' York Construction Railroad Company
Babson, in his speculative circular,
says: Disregard the present pessi-
mism, as 1t will not be long lived.
1t will be followed. as it always has
in the past. by way OF. optimism.
We continue to advise holding OF
good stocks and suggest utilizing
weakness in rounding out your broad
list"
Argentine court orders oil seized
Declares west India Oil Co., STAN
dard Oil concern defrauded customs
with low-taxed mixture. 100000
levy involved.
A
NEW YORK, June 4.-Cotton flu.
lures closed steady. July, 26.00 to
26.07; October, 23.06 to 23.0s; Decem-
bvt. 22.79; January, 22.47; March,
22.42. Spot cotton, quiet; rhiddling,
27.05.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
GAS COMPANIES
FIGHT new LAW
Quickly Turn to Courts After New
York Governor Signs New
81 Rate Measure.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 4.-The New
York and Richmond and the Con-
solidated Gas companies today in
federal court filed suits seeking to
prevent operation of the 81 gas rate
bill signed by Gov. Smith last Satur-
day. The public service commission
and the attorney general were made
defendants in the actions which ask
injunctions against enforcement of
the law.
The companies claim that the 81
rate law would be confiscatory, would
not permit an adequate income, and,
therefore. would violate the four
teenth amendment Of the United
States Constitution. The present rate
is s1.15 per thousand feet.
Similar action will be instituted by
the seven. other companies which
comprise the consolidated system, 1T
was announced by counsel.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES

SALES. ~ =
Potomac Electric cons. 5s-s1 900 at s7h,
81 900 at 97I4. 81, 600 at s1k.
Washington Rwy. & Elec 4s-s1.oeO at 10.
Riggs Realty tiongl 5s-$5oo at sS.
Capital Traction-5 at 90. 10 at 90. 10 at 3d.
10 at 90. 10 at 90, 10 at 90, 10 at es. 10 at %,
washington Rwy & Eiec. pfd-6 at 72a
"a 10 at 73L. 10 at 73h, 5 at 7Sh.
Mergenthaler LinotyPe-10 at 49, at 1ei.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas 7tas, $500 at 1e8. 81, 900 at
1o3. $50
Washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.-1o at 12s'
10 at 72&. ..,-.,.-
Washington Gas Light-1e at JOIi
washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.-fo at 7sss,
10 at 72% 10 at 12bs.
UNLISTED DEPARTMENT.
Citizens Savings Bank-1oo at H.
Money-Calf loans. and per cent.
This exchange will be closed tomorrow.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
WEEK Sees GAINS
IN GRAIN EXPORTS
Heavy Shipments of Wheat
and 0atS-Less Barley,
Corn, Rye and Flour.
By the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
Grain exports from the United
States last week amounted to 4.Sf7.-
900 bushels, as compared with 4,452,-
600 the week before.
The figures made public today by
tho Commerce Department, compar-
ing the export total for grain last
week with those of the previous
week. follow:
, Barley. 1000 bushels, against
2s3, 900; corn. 1000. against 602 200;
oats. $4,000. against 10000; rye,
S31, 900. against 100000; wheat,
3.3s6,000, against 2.344.900; -four,
I63,2 200 barrels, against 10000.
; Canadian grain in transit shipped
from United States ports last week
amounted to 100000, as compared
with 6sS.000 bushels the week before.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Receives by prv.ts Wire Direct to The Star ONCE.

Imperial Oil Of Canada, off point.
the last named after some advance In
the first hour.
= Little Importance attached to the
m mov ement of prices in the motor
group. It did not take much effect 70
bring about lower prices Tor Duran. %
of Delaware. although the decline
did not extend beyond 2 points from
the Saturday closing. REQ at 10 e
was fractfonaIly higher. while 1el.
low Taxi advanced 4 points to l91, AT
which figure IL was points ABOVE the
low Of last week.
Coal stocks were strong under the
lead of Glen. Alden and Deiaware e,
backawanna and Western Mining
coal. There was active trading IN
Fortuna mining but with little change
in prices. Ohio Copper went lower.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
GRANTED MORE TIME.

NEW YORK, June federal
Judge Mayer today granted the appli-
cation Of the trustees holding capital
stock Of the Boston q Maine. railroad
fer en- exteh sion of time for the sale
OF these securities The application
was q modification of the govern
rnersgs dissolution decree Of the New
York, New Haven q Hartford sys.
TEN, entered October IL, 1914.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, June 4.-Cotton-Spot
good demand; but business moderate; /;
prices easier; good middling, 1887;
fully middling, 1877. middling. 1857;
low middling, 1912; good ordinary.
1872; ordinary, 1852; sales, $4,000
bales. including 5000 American; re-
ceipts, 5000 bales, including 1890
American; futures closed barely
steady. June, 14.39: July, 14.11: Sep
tember.. 1921; october, 1884; Decem-
Der, 1923; January, 12.11; March,
1193: May 117S
Evening star., 1923-06-04
PIGGLY WIGGLY FIXTURES
PLANT TO REMAIN OPEN

BY The AssOclated Press.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, June 4.-Repofts
from Jackson. Tenn, that the Piggly
Wiggly fixtures plant IN that city
had been ordered closed were denied
at the headquarters of the company
here today. where 1t was stated that
the only orders given were for a re-
duction of forces, as is customary
during the summer months, and due
to the fact that sufficient supply of
fixtures is on hand to meet Immediate
needs.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
June 4, 1823-f2:30 pm.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 4-Foreign ex-
changes easier; quotations Tin United
States dollars): Great Britain, de-
mand, 4.S21h; cables. 4.62S. Sixty
day bills on banks, 4.seB. France,
demand, .0641h; cables, .0642; Italy,
gium, demand, .o556 VI; cables, ,.0557.
Germany, demand, .oo0o14; cables.
.0o0014A Holland, demand, 1918;
cables, 1921. Norway, demand, 1855.
Sweden, demand, 1862. Denmark, de-
maf,d, 1881. Switzerland, demand,
1905. Spain, demand, .151S. Greece,
.e35e. Poland, demand, .00001S.
CzechosIovakia, demand, 0299H. Ar
gentine, demand, $3.50. Brazil, de-
marid, 1850. Montreal, ST 5-32.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
WOOL PRICES UNCHANGED.

BOSTON, June (SpeciaD.-The
wool market showed little activity
here today, although a fair quantity
of new western WOODS has arrived
here. Growers IN the west continued
to hold for prices ranging between
As and 55 cents in the grease and ap-
parently are sufficiently financed not
TO have to accept bids under those
figures, at least in the immediate
future.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
BY WILLIAM r. HEFrERSAN.
Received BY privats v

NEW YORK, June with pros
poets OF further reduction in the price
of mid continent and eastern crude
oii, selling Of the OH shares was re-
sumed on the curb market today. OUT
side participation on the buying side
in other directions was on "a smaller
scale. prices moving as rule in
sympa thy with oils -
Reduction in the dividend on New
York Transit brought further pres
sure against this stock, While others
of the Standard group reported losses
of from half point to 5 points be-
fore resistance was encountered In
claded among these were Standard Of
Indiana, off a point at one time; In
diana Pipe Line, off points, and
Evening star., 1923-06-04
BUTTER GOES HIGHER.

CHICAGO. June 4.-Butter-Hfsher
creamery extras. 40; standards, 3s%; !;
extra firsts. sstaass: frsts. ss1sas7h;
seconds, 34a35k
Eggs-Steady; receipts. 1887 cases:
frsts, 23E; ordinary firsts, 21ha22;
miscellaneous. az IA a23: storage pack.
extras, 25&; storage pack f1rsts, 25h
Evening star., 1923-06-04
BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.

LONDON, June 4.-Bar silver.
81 11-l6 pence per ounce. Money,
ia per cent. Discount rates, short
bills, 1Ma1 1916 per cent; three
month bills, / 15-16a2 per cent.
NEW. YORK, June 4.--Forefgn bar
silver, 65 "; Mexican dollars, 49N.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
VIRGINIAN RAIL WAY GIVEN
NEW FINANCING RIGHTS

The Virginian railway was author
lied today by the Interstate Com
.merce Commission to issue and sell
s5.700.000 in equipment trust certifi
Gates. The company proposes to use
funds derived from the securities for
procurement Of new equipment.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
PARIS BOURSE FIRM.

PARIS, June 4.-Priees were firm
on the bourse today. Three per cent
rertes, 81 francs 75 centines Ex-
change on London, 72 francs Z cen-
times Five per cent loan, "A francs
Is centimes The dollar was quoted
at Is francs 621a centimes.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
NEW PASTOR breaches.
Special Dispatch TO The star.

spcClal birpdtCH 10 ne STINT
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. June g.
The Rev. II. c. Goodman of Wash
.ington has just accepted a call to
become rector of st. Barnabas.
Church. Queen Anne parish, Prince
Georges county. and preached his
initial sermon yesterday before a
congregation that tested the capacity
of the edifice.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
STANDING IN GARAGE
BY the Associated Press.

FREDERICK, Md. June 4-Samuei
aAbrecht. jr., twenty-five years old, of
this city. was killed at Ridgeville.
near here, yesterday afternoon by
bolt of lightning. A garage in which
he was standing at the time was un-
damaged
Evening star., 1923-06-04
CALL MONEY STEADY.

steady; hisR, ~; low, ~; ruling rate,
4A:. closing bid. Az; offered at s:
last loan, 4%. Call loans against ac-
ceptancess 4A; time loans easier
mixed collateral. sixty to ninety days,
4%a5; four to six months, per cent
prime commercial paper, 8.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
fosota tions furnished BY Redmond d

TO become father 10 an accom-
pffshfiiert; TO become D mother ID
distinction.
Evening star., 1923-06-04

NEW YORK, June 4.-Foliowing is
an official list Of bonds and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb Mar
ket today:
Evening star., 1923-06-04
BONDS.
Bid and Asked Prices.
MISCELIMNEOUS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.

d. C. Paper Mfg. IS. .......... so
Riggs Realty IS 0ongl. ....... 93
Riggs Realty 5s tshorD. 1885,. 90
Security Storage & Safe Dep. s.. s3
Wash. Mkt. Cold Storage 5s.... 85
We rdman Park Hotel -6s 80
Evening star., 1923-06-04

BROCKTON, Mass. June 4.-Execu-
tives OF shoe factories here declared
today that the back bone of the shoe
strike had been broken, and that large
numbers of workers had returned to
their work today. Demand for leather
continues light.
Evening star., 1923-06-04

NEW YORK, june 4.-Cotton fu.
lures closed steady. July, 26.00 to
c6.07; October, 23.06 to 23.0s; Decen-
bvt. 227s; January, 2247; March,
22.42. Spot cotton, quiet; niiddling,
27.06.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-07
THE HIRED MANS SIDE

From Farm Life.
Blessings sometimes comes in dis
guise,s and perhaps the manifest re-
luctance of labor to meet the farm
er's present need for cheap help is in
itself blessing. There is very little
unemployment in the industrial
world, and the tendency Is to raise
wages rather than lower them Who
can blame the former corn husker
easier in the factory and earn a
larger wage? He says, in effect,
something like this:
IF you can't pay me what / can
earn in town. why. Mr.. Farmer, 1
will not work for you. / admit that
you are feeding the world and doing
noble work. l know you can't pay
me high wages and sell your corn at
80 cents a bushel There is no ar
gument about that. If you must keep
on producing 50-cent corn, can't
help it. If you want to work for low
wages, why. go to it. But don't call
on me to share your sacrifices"
That's what the worker says. and il
he'll just keep on saying it, the re-
suit will be simple and inevitable.
Gradually the farmer will produce
less corn until the price comes up
labor on something like parity.
Economic necessity will do for the
farmer what laws. and organizations.
and propaganda as to crop reduction.
and organized marketing have ut
terly failed to do. 1t may be. when
the farmer thinks it over long
enough, he will come to thank the
laborer for insisting on higher
wage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-07
A FABLE WITHOUT A MORAL

From Farm Life.
Once upon a time a distressed
farmer went to working man in
the village and said:
Il am looking for an industrious
corn husker-3 cents a busheI and
board"
"Then you are not looking for me,
old top" said the working man, with
his thumb on his nose. 81 can make
three iron men in eight hours with
the street gang, or IS cents an hour
as a carpenters helper. Now why
should l do your shucking?"
But my corn is yet in the field,
and the snow flieth," said the dis
tressed farmer. what shall / do?"
Don't ask me, old top said the
working man, as he grinned and
passed on down the street. 1q,
And the distressed farmer went
back home to think it over.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-07

He found one ruby and the emerald
During this time the young woman
had foraged about and found some
ropes.
Help me tie him."
"Efe may be dead.
IF there is any God he is dead.
But he has head like a gorilla.
Come"
She blew out the light. locked the
door, and flung the key into the gut
ter. She seized Cathew by the hand
and he followed her dumbly. After a
while he found his tongue.
What was that brute to you?"
MY husband. 1 have right to the
things L took. For more than year
he has beaten and kicked me-"
Here are two rickshaws. Get in
He obeyed. He would have done
anything she asked, absurd or tragic.
The rickshaws ran side by side. He
never looked at her, but straight
ahead.
Have you got any money! she
called across to him.
He shook his head, meaning that
he hadn't enough to take him to Eu-
rope. A moment later she passed Il
roll of notes toward him. He accept
ed them, and they were held tightly
in his poor SCARED hands till they
reached the Lloyd dock. Five minutes
after they went on board, the steamer
slipped her cables.
you go to the purser right away
and buy your ticket to Naples. I'll
buy mine later for Colombo. 1 have
an uncle there. Are the stones safe ~
Good lord!' He clapped his hand
to the little watch pocket The
stones were there. And for hours he
had forgotteni
where did you get them?"
He told her the story, rather in
coherently, conclusively: DC you
know anyone in Colombo who would
be likely to buy the stones?"
My uncle. II he can't buy them,
he'll know some one who will"
The voyage to Colombo was IN
eventful, and when eight hours later
he stepped again aboard the steamer.
in his pocket there was an order on
a new York bank for $4,000. Besides
this he had in rupee notes thou
sand more.
1t was fortune, and he had earned
every dollar of it by struggle, priva-
ton, in the face of overwhelming
odds.
And so the involuntary Odysseus
went back to his Ithaca. home to his
mother, his father, and the girl,
clear-eyed, brown-skinned. vigorous
young prodigal; and his Odyssey had
touch of the HCmeric.
Life is also full of anti-climaXes;
If you doubt it, wait little.
Two months after Cathew's re-
turn, his father received from San
Francisco cat his personal request),
a fine photograph of the most re-
cent addition to his new fleet of
Oriental freighters.
OF the - ships, II had Oriental
names. This one. the twelfth, re-
tanned the name by which she had
been launched. 1t was distinctly Irish.
After studying the photograph for
awhile. Cathew, senior. chuckled and
drew out of certain pigeon hole in
his desk two cancelled checks.
The first. for five thousand, was
made out to Captain Zimmerman of
the Limerick: the second, for a small
err sum, was made payable to James
Fall, ostensibly an employment agent
but in reality a crimp of the first
water.
And there you are,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-14

When Tiny Mite, the Pee Wee.
asked the lightning bug to take him
to the moon, the lightning bug took
him to a moonvine instead and left
him on one of the big round white
flowers.
"Oh. thank you, Mister Bug"
yavned Tiny Mite. Il never knew
the moon was so lovely. And doesn't
il smell good But I'm so sle-e-e-epy.
I'll have to have forty winks at once.
I'll crawl into this hole, which must
be one of the valleys l have beard of.
and have a nap. sThen you can take
me home"
Soon he was snoring like a buzz
saw.
But the lightning bug was worried.
He'd wasted so much electricity on
his way from Pee Wee Land that
he hadn't a speck left and his light
had gone out. And how on earth was
he ever going to get Tiny Mite back
to Pee Wee Land when his nap was
over. Besides, the real moon had
come from behind the cloud and Tiny
Mite would know he had been fooled.
"Oh, oh, Whatll l do?' said the
lightning bug. Then all at once he
noticed something. 1t was getting
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-14
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near daylight when moon flowers shut
themselves up tight. And Tiny Mites
particular flower had started to turn
itself slowly round and round, all
the time getting hitler and hitler like
n screw.
"Oh," said the bug. "Ill let him
stay there and he can't get out till
tomorrow night. I'll have time TO 50
home for more 'lectricity.'
When Tiny Mite woke up, there he
was. Tighter'n' a wad Of cotton in
a gun.
Let me out, Let me OUT" he
yelled. pounding and pounding. The
moons closed up on me and I'm hun
CRY arl wanta go home"
Who should come along just then
but Nancy and Nick.
And they heard him. They'd been
hunting for ever so long. for Tiny
Mites bed hadn't been slept in and
his mother was worried sick.
80 this is where you are" cried
Nancy. pulling open the moon flower
and letting Tiny Mite out.
You'd better stay in Pee Wee
Land, where you belong" said Nick.
Ito Be Continued)
Copyright, 1923, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-04
CITYS REAL ESTATE
 SLATED FOR BLOCK

What to do with a number of su- perfluous lots in it's possession Is a matter the members of the city com mission took up in informal discus sion Tuesday.
 Many previous administrations that had acquired lots for one purpose or another have passed the property on down the line of succession until today Birmingham is real estate owner of no mean proportions, as Tar as the number of lots Is concerned there being something like score of pieces of realty, other than parks, now in the city's possession.
 Casual estimate placed the value of them at $20,000 In time the com missioners believe they will be more valuable, as realty investments, but in the mean time, they are eating their heads off" When paving IS laid on streets beside them, the city has to shoulder the expense, and the same is true for sewerage and other improvements.
 It was suggested Tuesday that an inspection of them be held. the values appraised and where there can be no need for them for future fire sta- tions and other municipal needs. they be sold. No official action was taken, but the concensus of opinion among the board members present was that selling them would be the most ad- visable thing to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-04
B. R.L.& ?. SLATED AS LIKELY BUYER TIDE WATER LINE
Radical Changes Forecast In Operation Of Lines To
 EnsIey District
FAIRFIELD BUREAU i
 THE AGE-HERALD ! EnirfinII Ala InlN {

The order of Judge Grubb prohibit ing the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company revenues to be used for further payment of inter- est on Tidewater bonds will proba
 bly, bring about the sale of that line In Fairfield, where there is great deal of reliable information on the situation, 1t Is believed the sale will be brought about, and that the Bir- mingham Railway. Light and Power company wifi be permitted to buy in the properties at it's forced sale value. It will not be bought by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company interests except with the positive understanding and agreement that the company can abandon certain branches of the line and operate others that might be profitable. It is regarded as a cer- tainty that the operating company will not undertake to revive the lines which have been losing money since they were built. The Fairfield Ems ley line will suffer considerably in the slashing. It is believed that the line from the wire plant to Avenue I and Thirty fourth street will be cut off and left without any further op- erations. The cars will be operated from the wire plant on the present South Ensley lines to perhaps Thirty fourth street and tie in again with the TideWater tracks and operate through Birmingham cars to Twenti- eth street and Avenue l, there to take the South Ensley again to Birming- ham. This route will be one way to save operating time and distance of haulage and will completely elimi- nate a long part of the line.
 Again, it is stated, that this scheme of operation might be given up for the proposal 10 build over the hos pital hill and operate the cars to Vinesville, thence to Birmingham by way of the North Bessemer car line. It is stated that J. s. Pevear, presi- dent and general manager of the city lines, has for a long time felt the Tidewater to be a grave burden oD the resources of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, and has for many years believed that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-04

The velvet touch of balmy breezes and the realization that the glorious days of summer are here brings to all of us that desire to travel long trails awinding'-to visit new places, see new faces and know the joys of the wind rushing up to meet you as your motor car swings down the long, long trails This last named wish, by an obvious twist trans formed itself into a pronounced spurt for the eight splendid motor cars which top the big free "50,000 Club" offer of The Age-Herald. Eight free cars and guaranteed pay for all who participate in the campaign.
 And the winners of the cars to be decided on August 1S-just in time for vacation trips and just right for the new proud automobile owners to enjoy their cars to the utmost.
 Visions of that little trip" to Chi cago, seated at the wheel of the fa- nous Jewett; a day dream of a tour to Atlantic City in the fleet and powerful Columbia; mind eye pie lures of the sturdy Essex bowling down the city streets; these are the natural reactions of these glorious days and they caused a renewed ac- tivity in the "50,000 Club" race.
 New entrants came into the race yesterday and the day before and immediately started out in quest of the subscription orders that would give them the credits necessary to take the lead in the big race; mem bers already enrolled multiplied