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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
BOND HOUSE EXPANDS.
s. w. straus & Co. Will Seek Bust
ness in England.
special pispa Itch. to The Star.

Special DlSphtcht0 The SlaT'
SAN FRANCISCO, August As. w.
Straus & Co.. among the largest first
mortgage bond houses in America, is
Manning to invade England. with a
program of building, using American
methods of construction and financ-
ing, according to w. K. Bowles. vice
president Mr. Bowles said he and
Mr.. Straus had just completed per-
sonal survey of British housing con-
ditfons and that their new enterprise
was the. result of these observations.
Ninety nine-year leases on millions
of dollars worth of property in Lon
don are about to expire and improve
ment OF this property offers ire
mendous field, Mr.. Bowles added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
BUTTER rs HIGHER.

CHICAGO August 4.-Butter-High-
er; creamery extras. Az; standards,
IN: extra f1rsts, SO 12a41; firsts, 97h
a3S1s; seconds. 35AaS612. Eggs
Unchanged. receipts, 20,669 cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
SALES UP "a PER CENT.

ST. LOUIS. August 4 Especially .-rr
Sales of ST. Louis merchants for the
first. half of 1928 were appropriated
% per cent higher than for the sinfi-
lar period of 1922. Increases wesA
largest in automobiles, building ma
terials and dry goods. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.

LONDON. August 4.-Bar silver,
30Nd per ounce. Money, IA per cent.
Discount rates. short bills, 3A per
cent; three-month bill. ga per cent
NEW YORK, August 4.-Bar silver,
Sc rs; Mexican dollars, 47A
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WEEKLY COTTON REPORT.

LIVERPOOL. August 4.-WeekIv
cotton statistics: Total forwarded to
mills. $4,000 bales. of which $4,000
American; stock, $4,000, American,
$4,000; imports, $4,000. American,
1000; exports. 1000; no American.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
She Couldn't Take a Joke.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Won't you marry me- Miss Rich
leyU pleaded the poor young man:
NO, can't; you see you stated the
situation exactly some time ago
when you declared / could, not take
a. joke" she replied Jelly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE. August 4 tSpecian.-
Live poultry-Spring chickens. pound,
25a35: leghorns. 23a27: old hens. Goa
%: leghorns. 1Sa20; old ROSTERS. Is;
ducks. 15a23; pigeons. pair, 20a25.
EGGS Qoss off1-Native and nearby
firsts. dozen, Is; southern, IS.
Butter-Creamery good to fancy,
pound, 40a4312: prints. 44a45; nearby
creamery, 36a39: ladies'. S4a35: rolls,
31a33; store packed, 81; dairy prints,
31aSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04

BOSTON. August 4.--Following is a
list of today's highest. lowest and
closing prices for the most active stocks
dealt in here:
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Music, broadcast by wireless from
Glasgow was heard by miners $50.
feet below ground at a. distance of
fifteen miles from the city.
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has to travel $4,000 miles. it reaches
Although butter from New. Zealand
the sconsumer In England in perfect
0ndttion. ..- -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
BUSINESS AT GLANCE.

MORGART, Md, August 4--William
A. Morgart of Cumberland, Md, and
associates are planning development
Of 5000 acres of coal land in Garrett
county in connection with their work
on the Cumberland Valley Railroad
Company. Fifteen mines have been
opened and work on others Is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
Difference in Treatment.

Z TOM the Clnc1nndt Enquirer. =
Blinks-Ny wife treats me coldly.
Jinks-YQpr: are luckyJ mine makes
it heEfafS me. ! - Is. = -. ..s.......
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

TOTAL SALES (par Vaiue):
Il an. 2 656 900 12noon 4I97000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04

McADOO. Pa. August 4-Enough
coal to keep the mines working 200
years has been discovered in the
Candlemas Coal Company tract at
Silver Brook as a result of operations
Of diamond drillerS who have been
working there for six months. The
Wentz interests of Philadelphia for
merly operated mines on the tract.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04

HOURLY SALES OF STOCKS.
IL am. .2S3 500 12m..... 446 900
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
DAILY BUSINESS EDITORIAL
Hum Of Progress All Over The State
 By RICHARD F. JOHNSTON

omnpresent spirit progress Ala all of the giant tread Out of this there the united of the state as willing servant do his bidding when Aladdin rubbed the lamp the wants of a population of 50,O0O ally delays completion of the job Indeed they believe will be finished from date will forever thereafter operate to make Alabama r popuou and happ'.
 paving mile of its streets They doing things down in southern Alabama
 Kentucky incorporated purpose developing asphalt Morgan and Sheffield paving with Colbert county asphalt its merit with the seaboard odenve and thus bring ow into closer touch with Birmingham and furnish Birmingham with another line to Chat That different affairs from when the TAG the block and seemed to it.
 They making rapid the North and South highway through Shelby that of the highway between
 Birmingham and Montgomery courng through Chiffon county dis tance of & miles, nearing completion It will time before paved road between Birmingham and the capital
 every town on the line ana those
 Talapoosa going textile mills inviting field aapooa has the labor emineny suited for the textile at Cherokee Bluffs
 substantial telephone recently witnessed the completion and operation of the structural mill of the is its other
 What Saturday when further from Mobile than other service the gateway the world hungry for the surplus production
 Alabama We will the of that the world and bring back the money in return according treat that gateway
 Aabamans whosoued united the state No fitting time could have been chosen Alabama All that capital requires to head it this ookin
 The souhwrd trend Alabama will her of the invest
 millions coming to Dixie she only lets these millions into knowledge her and what she has already done with them
 letting paving school that shows steady growth Baldwin and Mobile fruit and vegetable growers report record shipments
 It the good They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
HERE'S LATEST JOKE ON l VALUE OF THE MARK
Escaped Lunatic And Taxi Driver
 Furnish The Fun

BERLIN, June 1O.-With the an- nouncement of the Reichstag that 30O,0OO paper marks Is being paid for one gold 20 piece, American resi- dents in Berlin were laughing Sun day over the latest mark story told in the Adlon bar, famous rendezvous of visitors here.
 As the story runs, lunatic man aged to escape Saturday from an asylum where he had been incaree- rated since 1914. Once free and Tn the open streets he hailed taxi, ana ordered the driver to take him to cabaret.
 Taxlmeters still register the old normal fare, but the man who uses taxi must pay 5000 times what It registers. However, when the luna tic reached his destination, the meter only read 3 marks.
 Fishing about in his pockets, he came upon 10-mark gold piece. TOT gotten there years before. Ihls ne tendcred to the chauffeur. who, al though surprised to see gold in circu- lation, began to figure up What change he must give. .-
 "Your ride cost marks-that IS to say, 27,Oo0 marks" he told the lunatic. Now, you gave me 10 marks gold, that is, 10000 marKs, Ga KS Therefore, you must get l2S'oo' marks change
 Pulling a huge wad of paper money from his pocket, the chauffeur began bills. The lunatic's jaw dropped. :.
 Hey" he said, do you mean that I actually get 12S,o 900 marks changer
 "Yes-if I can find that much.
 "Never mind," said the lunatic. "Keep the change. Drive me back to the asylum. It's the only place where people aren't crazy!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
$600,000 WILL BE USED ADVERTISING STATE RESOURCES
Representatives From Each County Will Meet In
 Mobile June 16

Members of the executive commit tee of the Greater Ala abama Associa- tion" are to meet at Mobile Saturday, June Is, as the next step in the state wide movement for the raising of a fund of from s4o0.oo to $500, 900 to be used in the national advertising of Alabama. This announcement was made to The Age-HeraId Sunday night by o. L. Bum, secretary man aGer of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the ex- ecutive committee of the association, as the outgrowth of the Advertise Alabama" meeting, which was held in the Cha of Commerce audi torium when official sanction and promise of support of the plan was given by a group of more than 200 of the leading manufacturers, industri- alists and business men from all sec tionS of the state
 MT. Bum stated Sunday night that the meeting Saturday had only been held to test out the sentiment of the people of the state, and that he was highly gratified to see such a large turnout. With the indorSement of the plan, definite action will be taken immediately to advertise to the world the fact that Alabama Is the best Sld te Ol lHe uHlOH MT. bunn SalQ.
 Members of the executive commit tee of the association who will meet in Mobile are as follows O. L. Bum, Birmingham, chairman; J. E. Addicks, Mobile; W. F. Black, Montgomery; J. B. Brossious, Tuscaloosa; J. G. Scherf, Andalusia W. C. Watson, An niston; R. N. Jones, Florence.
 At the Mobile meeting, members of an advisory committee of 97 mem bers, one from each county of Ala bama, will be named, and will act In conjunction with the executive com mittee in handling the affairs of the association. Members of the advisory committee will not necessarily be Chamber of Commerce men, but will be chosen from among the strongest men in the county. and will particu- larly be named with view to their abilities along the lines of organiza- tion.
 The next step In the movement, ac- cording to Chairman O. L. Bum, will be the selection of some one man In the state to act as chairman of the advisory committee, and on whose shoulders will fall the heaviest re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
MILLIONAIRES FEARFUL
Furore Started When Bandits haid
 Well Stocked Cellar

CHICAGO. June 1o.-Millionaire residents of the Chicago gold coast were busy Sunday hiring private guards and pleading for additional police protection for their private stocks of liquor.
 A raid by bandits on the cellar of George Thorne of Lake Shore drive late Saturday night started this furore. The rum robbers are under stood to have relieved Thorne of some s50,000 worth of his best booze. and police have no clue.
 Sunday police raided the headquar- ters of four known hi -jacker" rings on the theory that the vendors of the gold coast booze supply had em- parked on a campaign of seizure and resale of their own wares. As they searched for the Thorne robbers they also prepared to increase the num- Der of night patrolmen on duty in the Lincoln park and gold coast dis tricts.
 Private detectives maintaining pa trol services are filling orders so rapidly that whereas private guards previously patroled entire blocks. they are in many cases now being assigned to but one or two build ingS per man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
GOLFERS READY TO, PLAY M BRITISH
 OPEN GOLF MEET

TROON. Scotland, June 10.-(By Associated Press .)-Cold winds were blowing in from the sea upon the Ayreshire coast tonight rattling the bedroom windows Of 222 golfers as they went to sleep tonight, each with hope. faint or strong, that the play in which he will begin to participate tomorrow morning may carry him by Friday night to the glory of owning the title of British open champion.
 Tt day being Sunday, no one played golf at Troon, but being the eve of the first test for the championship, everyone talked golf. From the wealth of words there came one dis tinct impre ssion-the impression that Walter Hagen, one of the American contingent, still stands first among the favorites to win the honor. There was feeling that if Hagen does not win, Gene SaraZen, another man from overseas, will There are other dreaded golf masters among the dozen American entrants, but it is these two the British feel their rep resentatives must conquer if they are to win back the trophy which for the past two years has been taken away from them by visitors from the United States.
 The eleventh hour prohibition act which the legislators of the Royal and Ancient committee enacted against the punched and slotted clubs of the Americans have not weakened the confidence of the players who nave crt ssed the ocean in quest of the opon title. The poise of the tall, ue-eyed Hagen today, and his words as we'll. indicated confidence in the outcome of tournament. The small, black eyed Sarazen was filled with exuberance. The attitude of these two prime American players brought surprise to their hosts, who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

so that since they went to work they have all been employed all of the time. The high and still higher wages demanded are to enable them all to earn a fair living regardless of their periods of idleness. which means that the consumer Is compelled to support s00,00O,men In idleness all the year. If these surplus men could be turned into the steel trade or other industries where they are needed it Woul solve number of problems.
 Proof Of Soundness.
 Finally there is the federal reserve statement for the week as proof of the soundnesS of the business situa- tion. If there Is any tendency for commercial credits to run away the statement does not show 1t. It IS true rediscounts are now above the high point of March, mounting to $73o,9OO.- = 900, but considering the fact that our industry Is running full speed it it is not a very large sum when com pared with s2.5O0,O00,000 in 1920.
 Foreign government bonds have been holding firm and the time seems favorable for the floating of the Austrian loan of s25, ,0O0, 900, which will be offered on Monday which is likely to be the forerunner of a number of foreign offerings.
 O O Q
 A Step Forward.
 The latest German reparations of fer is encouraging to the extent that 1t is another step forward. It is not supposed for a moment that the allies will allow Germany to set her own reparation terms, but there Is a strong intimation said to emanate from government circles that with in the next two months there will be a real proposition put forward that will bring the matter to head. In fact, the suggestion is made that the present German offer is merely for the purpose of leading her own peo- pie up to a realization of what ulti- mately will have to be done.
 In the mean time there Is no in timation of any immediate advance in interest rates nor any reason why there shoud be. Credit is ample for all requirements, but there Is no dis position to take undue advantage of the circumstance. Altogether. there seems to be no reason why our prosperity should not continue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
IMP PR0vEMENT IN
 R AL MORTGAGES MARKET FEATURE
New Bond Offerings Show Increase For Fourth Suc-
 CeSSiVe Week

NEW YORK, June 9.-(By Associ- ated css.)-While bond prices held relatively steady in the trading dur irg the past week, the volume of new offerings showed an increase for the fourth successive week. Chief interest in transactions in listed bonds centered in railroad mort gages, which showed marked inn provement.
 Practically half of the total of new bonds offered last week were those of states and municipalities. The offerings aggregated $7O.S93.450, compared with s45,sS9,17o the pre- ceding week. State and municipal of S22 2,G00.000 Iowa bonus bonds be- ing the largest single issue.
 Reports in the financial district indicated that the $25,oO0.000 Aus trian issue, to be offered formally tomorrow, already has been over subscribed through informal sub
 United States government bonds closed the week fractionally higher than week ago. Trading, however. was not on large scale. although there were reports that sizable blocks of the bonds were handled in overtime e-counter transactions.
 Serbian Ss. which have been in de- mand since first announcement of the proposed Austrian loan, contin- ued their climb upward. Final quo tations for the week showed them more than points above closing figures a week ago. Most of the foreign government bonds held firm throughout the week, although there was some selling of the French is- sues late in the week on reports that France would reject the latest Ger man separations offering.
 Public utility liens showed steady from 1 to nearly points. Sugar company liens were somewhat mixed, with a majority registering small recessions. Specialties moved for the most part with the stocks.
 High class railroad mortgages showed firmness, while the lower priced issues generally moved up ward. Influenced by favorable earn ings statements and the strength of stock buyers indicated eagerness to take on this class of security.
 Money. continued easy. with no Statistics compiled by banking house showed the average price of 66 bonds on May 31 was 4S points above the average price of the same bonds on April 30 and points be- low the average of December 31, l9lA. I.diii odo JULIUS AuVAHceo La points during May. Fractional ad vances were recorded also In the case of public utility. industrial. telegraph and telephone bonds, while Liberty, treasury and foreign issues declined fractionally.
 Important new offerings last week were: $22,000.000 six months to one- year AZ per cent state of Iowa bo- nus bonds at prices to yield 4 to 4.25 per cent; ss.o00,0o0 2O-year 6 per cent BelgoCanadian Paper Com pany, Ltd, mortgage bonds at 97 to yield GA per cent. and $4,274.000 one to 34-year "A per cent Jersey City, N. J., improvement bonds at prices to yield 4.25 to 4.35 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

sponsibility for the carrying out of the program of advertising.
 With the personnel of the commit tee of 97 decided upon, meeting will then be called to be held in Mont gomery at some future date. when organization will be perfected, and everything will be gotten in readi- ness for action. This organization meeting of the committee of g7 prob ably will be held two weeks from Satu rday, MT. Bum said, but this is not definite.
 After all organization plans have been perfected joint meeting of the committee of 97, and of the executive committee will be held at some later date when a definite program of ac tion will be mapped out looking to. ward the raising of the advertising fund, and the employing of a corps of experts who will plan the advertising campaign to put Alabama on the map. This Is the meeting which will see definite executive action ini- tiated. As to the approximate date of this meeting, Mir. Bum said that he was without information.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
STEWART TO TAKE
 REINS OF BARONS AS DUNN LEAVES
(Continued From Page One.

insist on his sticking by his con tract"
 Dunn May scout.
 Proxy "Quack" Smith. in announc- ing Dunn's resignation. stated that fe understands Joe will go back to scouting. Dunn came to BlrmlnS- ham from Detroit, where he had served in various capacities. He was scoutinG for Ty Cobb when of fercd the post as pilot of the Barons
 Dunn took over the Baronial man agership on July 16, 1923, his lead ership lasting a little less than Il months.
 When Joe Dunn was questioned Sunday night, ke merely confirmed his resignation, stating that he had made up his mind Sunday, while talking things over with Baronial officials that the best course open for him was to resign the team, and that he had notified his bosses to that effect
 No open Breaks.
 Dunn, when questioned about the rumored internal dissension, merely stated that he knew &of no open breaks in discipline, although there might have been some discussion among the players of the poor luck of the club in winning ball games.
 Joe stdteu that He idsl HiauS uP his mind what he will do after he leaves the Barons. There are sev- eral courses open, you know" he asserted. For instance, there is scouting I might return to Ty Cobb's s Detroit Tigers. However, 1 haven't | decided about that yet"
 The Barons, playing double header against the Little Rock Trav- elers, will Monday afternoon have their first taste of baseball as Stuffy Stewart stellar little keystoner, thinks it ought to be played.
 Stewards temporary promotion to the managerial bench will in no way affect his position as second base man, it is understood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
WILL MEET WEDNESDAY
Presbyterian Mems Club To Hold
 MOnt1y Dinner

GuOhny OlmnGf
 Dr. Lloyd Noland and Meryin H. Sterne will be the principal speakers at the monthly meeting and dinner of the Mems club of the Independent Presbyterian church Wednesday eve ming at o'clock in the dining hall of the new church, Highland avenue at Thirty-first street.
 pr: Noland will speak on "wel- fare" and MT. Sterne will discuss Future Plans and Work for the Junior Chamber of Commerce." Sup per will be served by Mrs. Hubert A. Drennen's band of the woman's or ganlzation of the church.
 The board of deacons and elders will hold their regular monthly meet ing at the church Wednesday night at o'clock. They have been invited to join the Mems club at supper, and a general invitation is extended by President H. I1 Badham of the club to all mer x->no are interested in church work to join them at this gathering,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
NEED OF TRAINING URGED
Dr. Tidwell Heard By Auburn Sum-
 mer School Students

AUBURN. Ala, June 10.-(Special.) Emphasizing the necessity of real professional training, Dr. R. F. Tid- well, assistant superintendent of edu- cation, In convocation exercises in connection with the Auburn summer school, declared that more and more teachers of Alabama are seeking op- portunity to do professional work in lieu of preparing to write the so- called teachers examination for cer- tificates. Dr. Tidwell pointed out as significant the fact that 75 per cent of the teaching force in Alabama was included last year in summer schools.
 Other speakers who are scheduled to address the Auburn summer school students. as announced by Director Clark. include Dr. John W. Aber- crombie, superintendent of educa- tion; Dr. P. P. Claxton. provost, Uni- versity of Alabama, and Prof. J. B. Holdy, director of vocational educa- tion of the state of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11

did not see how they could maintain their nonchalant air when the seers Of the Royal and Ancient committee had taken their pet mashies from them on the ground that the jagged punches or corrugations on the faires of their clubs constituted artificial aid." to their artistry.
 These two have gathered here for the tournament seemed surprised that the fierce and noisy winds which came in the wake of today's rain evoked no signs of fear in the little group Of determined Americans. There has been rather well founded idea that the weather helped to whip the American amateurs at the cham picnship tournament at Deal.
 A compound that counteracts the effectiveness of poison gas, has been perfected, it is reported.