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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
Cotton Prices Are
 Moderately Higher

NEW ORLEANg, August 1s.-Dur- The greater part of this last week in the cotton market prices were
 tely above the level or the preceding weeks close but on the final session they were reduced py the scattered rains In the western belt. so that the close was points higher to 24 points lower than the ctfse of the preceding week. At the 1owest prices were at net declines or 22 to 37 points while at the hlgnesO they were al net advances or DO to 70 noints. the market moving over range of 90 to 103 points. Oetoper traded as low as 23.l0e, as hlgh as 2413c and closed at 23.42c. In the spot department middlins gained loo noints in the net results, closing at 25c a pound which compared Wlth 21c as the closing price this week last year. Al. .,v +he market was sustained by the drouth and high temperatures over rrexas and Oklahoma, but on the closing session there were many prl- vate reports of scattered showers over large areas in both states TOO much rain was complained CT III ceu- traI portions of the belt along with evtensive army worm and bill weeviI damage. Private crop reports re- flected pronounced deterioration, one of them placing the condition of the cron on the average at only 56 per cent of normal, a loss of LIZ points since the end of the July period.
 Toward the end of the week an ad- ditional steadying influence was found in more favorable reports rom cotton g0ods market of this country, a better demand at higher prices heing noted in many lines. The trade was impressed by Fall river ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
LOCAL SECURITIES
STATE AND MUNICIUAL BONDS

Alabama sAs. 1858 .......... s8 s7 4IsSsms IsSsTS ti 4%. 1913 isso.s5 i25Si t6 basis Cjtv of Birmingham, 4.5005.0O oasis. Jefferson county, 4.50@5 basis.
 Jsfferaon county warrants 5.26 96,25 basls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
NET CHANGES IN BONDS ARE SMALL DURING THE WEEK
Feature Of Trading Lies In Foreign Group, French And
 Belgian Issues Off

NEW YORK, August 19.-(By As sociated Press.) .)-While there was moderate improvement in the volume of over -the-counter bond sales dur ing the past week, net changes in bonds listed on the New York Stock Exchange were with few exceptions very small.
 New offerings for the week total Ss2,o41,000, the $20,O00, 900 govern ment of Norway 20-year per cent gold bonds comprising nearly half of the total. That issue was heavily r-subscribed within a few hours after it was offered at 96z to yield 6.30 per cent. Offerings the preced- ing week totaled only S3,45O,0OO. U. s. Bonds Unchanged.
 United States government bonds closed the week practically un- cha nged, stnNngth in the latter half of the week overcoming slight downward slant earlier. The feature of the weeks trading lay in the for eign group, where practically all of the French and Belgium issues dropped off several points on the change in the German government administration only to come back during the last few days of the week.
 Mexican As and 5s moved up 4 and 5 points respectively on announce ment that the joint commission had signed minutes of their conference to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

the name Colonel E. R. Doyle and wife"
 Among Griffis papers, officials say, was a letter from the war de- partment. written this spring, noti- flying Griffis of his commission in the army intelligence service as a first lieutenant. Ncilsen's American Legion cards and other papers, ac- c0rding to the investigators show that he was born in 15ackett, Monts but several years before the war lived in Chicago, and that the car used in the alleged Kidnapping att tempt is the property of the United States government, assigned for use of the service in Paris,
 The evidence against the four ac. cused men is designed to show they were directly connected with an al- legged conspiracy to secretly remove Bergdoll from the country, contrary to law, it is said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
EARLY CLIMAX IN EUROPE MUDDLE
 SEEN AS BENEFIT
Worse It Gets, Better It Will Be, Is ParadoxicaI View
 Or Wall Street
By WALTER F. BROWN
 Editor New York Commercial rT.Haaad Wire fn nUHa A ssa IT nwuVd1


 NEW YORK, August 19.-The for eign situation in a puzzle, but Wall street takes the paradoxieal view that the worse it gets the better it will be. This is because the sooner 1t reaches a climax the quicker some agreement will be reached.
 As Wall street views it, Great Britain Is inclined to regard new profits as more desirable than old reparations which are not being paid at all. One big fact that stands out Is that neither British nor German territory was devastated It was France that suffered. A willingness to forget and start anew is not pos sible for France, because there is no way of wiping out the devastated areas except by rebuilding them. DuIlness Nearing End.
 Our own industrial situation does not call for pessimism. There are already indications that the summer dullness is about at an end. A great deal will depend upon the final out come of the crops. If they are boun- tiful it will be a detriment. because. so far as grain is concerned, there is not the available market for it and prices will be depressed. Cotton seems headed for higher prices, with the damage to the crop. being re- ported from all sections of the south caused by the boil weevil. Wheat prices are not likely to remain at present levels, for there is still time for damage to spring wheat, espe- cisily in the more northern 1ocali- ties. There is still a good buying power in the country, and there is no reason to anticipate other than satisfactory fall trade.
 Q O U
 Recognition Is Issue.
 Although it looked at one time during the week as if the anthracite coal troubles could be settled, there appears once more to be a deadlock between the unions and the opera tors. The question of wages and working conditions IS secondary. It Is really a question of recognition of the union, because the hard coal fields have not been so completely unionized as have the bituminous fields
 These facts are well known to President Coolidge, who is likely to take much firmer stand than did MT. Harding. He has, in fact, sent word to the two contending parties to get together and reach an agree ment, and accordingly the Atlantic City conference will be resumed. The probability is that an agreement will lie opinion is opposed toi another strike, and they know also that the President will not permit one. The operators know that they must make whatever reasonable concessions can be made. In other words, they are reasonably sure that the government will take the matter in hand in way that may lead to consequences neither side is looking for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

Books in libraries of higher educa- tional institutions in this country total over 20,000,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS
BANK STOCKS

Amer. IT. & sav. Bank ......21o z2B Sir. IT. & Say. co. ........,.225 25O Fed. Blk. & IT. Go. (par 10) 10 II FirstNat. Bank .,............320 335 First Nat. Bank, Fairfield ....I4O 156 N. B'ham TT. & Say. Bank ....15O 165 Traders Nat. Bank ......... 200 225
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

ernments as a basis for possible I acognition of the Mexican republic.
 Railroad mortgages and industrials recorded irregular movements, most of the high-grade investment issues holding relatively firm throughout the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
INSPECTION BEGUN
Germans Start Investigation of Men
 Held in Bergdon Affair

Germans Start investigation of Men
 Held in BergdOI Affair
 MoSBACH, Germany, August 19.-- (By Associated Press. .)-Authorities have begun an inspection of the bag gage of Hooyen Griffis, Victor Neii- sen, Prince Gagarin and Roger Sper : Der, alleged to have been implicated in the recent attempt to kidhap Grover Bergdoll, and also that of Carl Schmidt, who was shot and killed in the attempt. It is believed the task will require weeks, owing to the mass of telegrams in code and letters, credenaitls and various arti- cles found among the effects.
 In Sperber's baggage, it is de- clared, was list of g American army officers with Sperber's name at the head, while in his pocket was found an American passport bearing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

counts of larger sales of print cloths there. This coming week, while trade accounts will be read very carefully, interest is bound to in- crease in the crop situation and the market on it's opening session prob ably will be governed by the extent of the rainfall in the west ever the weekend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
RAILROADS BREAK
 HAULAGE RECORDS
Traffic First Six Months Of 1923
 Greatest In History

WASHINGTON, August i9.-Rail- roads of the United States, during the first six months of this year, carried a greater amount of freight than during any corresponding pe- ried in their history, according to tabulations made by the bureau of railway economies, based on reports filed by the carriers.
 The traffic amounted to 225,435,- 60S,o00 net tons miles, an increase of [ per cent over the corresponding period of 1920 which had marked the previous record The average movement of freight cars during
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
Time Money StaEnanf.


 The time money market was stag nant, little money being offered and little sought. Bankers expressed di- vided opinions as the future trend of rates.
 There was renewal of interest in the $150,000 900 loan recently author ized by the Argentine government reports having it that three separate syndicates of New York bankers have submitted bids for the issue. It is probable the initial offering will be for s5O,O00 900, the amount of the Argentine short term loan due Octo- Der l. London, it is understood, has withdrawn from the competition be- cause of the fact that the issue to refund a dollar obligation.
 The only offering of any size last week besides the Norwegian loan was an issue of Ss,00O0OO, 25-year 6lb per cent gold bonds of the North American Edison company at 9s1a to yield 6.65 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

Sisal hemp makes up the bulk of the hard fibre used for cordage in this country, the larger portion of the sisal going into binder twine for the growing grain crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
Hubbard Brcs. & Co.

Members New York Cotton Exchange. New Orleans Cation Exchange, New York Produce Exchange, Aasociated Members Liverpool Cotton Assoriation3 Orl ders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms given for consignments of spot eot- ton for delivery. f4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

Paper made from the waste fibers of the sugar cane, known as mulch, is used to cover the ground under pine apple plants in the Hawaiian Islands to kill off the weeds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20
INSURANCE STOCKS
MISCELLANEOUS STOCK

Ala. Power Go. per cent pfd.. ss Ala. IT., It. & P. common .... 19 2S Amer. Bakeries Co. ..........125 14O Avondale Mills common ......650 $50 Avondale Mills pfd. ...........105 110 Bess. Coal. Iron & Land Go. Q. 55 65 Bir. Realty Co. ............135 15C Sir. W. W. Co.,, 8 per cent pfd. .101 106 Elmwood Cemetery Go. ....., 70 st Fairfield Land Co. ............ 40 bC Jefferson County Bank ..... 1t Loveman, Joseph & Loeb .... S3 % Morris Plan Bank ............1o0 10E Nat. Cast Iron Pipe Co. ......100 1lC Southeastern Express Go. .,. 95 10(
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-20

June was 2S8 miles per day, the highest average for any June since 1917. Every increase of one mile in the average car movement, it was explained, was equivalent to the ad- ditioR of 100000 freight cars. I
 To please the good spirits of the
 sea and baffle evil ones, weird rites are performed by Chinese crews be- fore the ocean liners leave Pacific coast ports for the Orient, in follow ing a tradition handed down for thousands of years.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
BURDEN FOR ANY STOMACH
rified at kephew's Peculiar Com
blnation for Lunch.

Aunt Pauline is dear old soul, but
she doesn't understand II thing about
golf, The other day her nephew re-.
turned from the local course, after II
particularly rotten exhibition of golf
did you have II good gamc?' asked
Aunt Pauline, who always processes II
kindly interest In what she terms her
ncphcw's "ccccntricity."
NO" was the reply. "Thc seventh
tee was sloppy and nll the green's were
in II terrible state"
Aunt Pauline shuddcrcd.
"fou mustn't lunch there any more,
Gilbert. Whit II weird combination |!
And you know how easily you 90, indi-
sestion.' She shrugged her shoulders,
thereby relieving herself Of all rcspon.
sibiliiy. 81 can understand how enjoy
able n cup OF tea and II sandwich must
be after II game: but seven cups of tea
and grcens-."-Chicngo Daily News.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
His Condition.

"Ah! How fine to have such n
family, to be married. and" rhap-
sodized n Queer-looking tourist who
had halted his Hootin Nanny cur In
the big road. How"
"Eh-yah" responded Gap Johnson
of Rumpus Ridge, who was looping
over his own front fence. "l've got
fourtccn-yaw-w-wn children, and
the gcnerl impression pears to he
that I'm married. l d'know myself,
though. You see, whilst the justice
or the peace was operating l fell
asleep and hain't never been right
shore that ! wasn't sued for dam
ages, or something hathaway, instead
of getting married. But wife lows
wedding ceremony was performed,
and so I've just sorter-yaw-w-wn! -
let 1t 20 ut thnt."-Kansas City STIR
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROO1

Thousands Of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble or the
result Of kidney or bladder disease.
II the kidneys are not in a healthy con-
di,on. they may cause the other organs
TO become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache loss of am.
biton. nervousness, are often times symp.
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmcr's Swamp. Root. a physicians pre-
scription. obtained at any drug store. may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle i'm
mcdiatcly from any drug store.
However. il YOU wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer h Co., Mnghamton. N. V, for n
sample bottle. When writing he sure and
mention this approximations
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
Human Sacrifices Still
Persist in North Burma

Rnngoon, 1ndia.-Slavery and human
sacrifices still are going on in some OF
the mountain districts of northern Bur
ma, according to the annual report Of
the commissioner Of the northeastern
frontier, published by the government
here. 1t is in the territory known as
the Maya hills that the sacrifices take
place. Attempts by the government to
stop these practices have not entirely
succeeded.
In recent government investigation
1t was discovered that human sacrifices
in the Nnga hills are never fewer than
from six TO ten n year. Sometimes.
when funds are plentiful. the number
in n year is 20 or 30. The most com.
mon victims are Indian children. both
boys and girls, kidnapped from Assam.
although any kind OF available slaves
may he included In the slaughter.
At the time OF the last government
estimate there were 271 slaves In
IIkampti. against 1913 in the previous
year. A few deaths of slaves had oc-
Cured. bur the reduction was mainly
due to slaves redecming themselves or
being released voluntarily by their
owners.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
Josephine's Home Used
for Statcsmen's Rest

fnrIs,-Ln MnlmnIspn, on the rind
frOm Paris TO 81 Gormaln where tho
Empress Josephine lived after her dl.
yOrc" from Napoleon. where the ON.
perez stopped for scyorni DAYS infer
his defeat nt Waterloo. and where the
French ana Gcrmnn forces bnt,lnd
during the winter Of 1870, hns heroine
popular retreat for retired H'ntos.
men.
Attention was first attracted to l,s
advantages ~ II curative resort by the
late Paul Dcschnngci who went there
Immediately inter reslgnlng from IA.
presidency. stephen Pichon. n senator
formerly. minister Of foreign nnnirs
In the wnr cnbinc' Of Georges Cicnon.
ccnu, followed Deschnngcl there.
i,noul rerc'. prcsidcn, Of the cham.
Der Of deputies, prominently men.
TONED for president when 81. Mll.
lorntd was elected. hlso ~ recupernt.
Ing nj In Mnlmnlson. Rene viy,nnl.
who has been alllng ever since the
death of his wife went recently a. n
rural retreat, presumably La Mninss
son.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
Nurse Called Infant Her Own and
Told of deserted Husband"

ChIcago.-The story OF woman
with spotlcss reputation who posed
MS the mother o. an illegitimate child
to save the reputation Of girl she
loved, even going so far us to divorce
a fictitious husband. has come to light
in the Chicago divorce courts.
A German nurse, n pretty daughter
OF rich family. youth who was
killed, and n tiny baby nre the char.
acters OF the strange story.
The young rich girl fell in love with
n man whom her parents did not favor.
The girl and the youth met secretly.
One day the couple decided TO el"pe
and oe married two weeks later. But
n few days before the elopcment the
young man was killed In n fall from Il
horse.
The girl. henrt-hrokcn, told her
nurse the story OF the > be that was
expected. The nurse decided TO help
her favor!tc.
The nurse asked for n leave OF nh.
eoncc for a vacation, md then Invited
the girl to 60 along With her. Several
months Inter. the nurse sent word that
she vas married. She went back TO
her former employers, with the bnhy
In her arms, and nskcd for work. de-
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
Man Convicted Of Murder Is
Acquitted as Result.

san Quentin, Cnl.-Scopolnmin. mn
hIknlold, was used In experiments on
three Inmates Of San Quentin prison
hero. MS n result OF which John l..
Fhrrnr, convicted OF the murder Of n
Chinese In Sacramento. was ndjudgcd
Innocent; Eugene OLenry. n former
service man sentenced from Sncrn.
men'o on n grind larceny charge.
provided authorities with information
~ to his Identity: md John l.. John.
son. negro. admitted his guilt md con.
fessed to participation IN other crimes.
according to the experimentcrs. Or.
H. y. House Of Ferris. Tex. conducted
Me experiments before several prison
'nicinls and criminal Investigators
DOCTOR House declared the scope.
Inih made the subjects incapable Of
~ en1hl Inhibition and deprived them
sonias Dewef 10 that they were
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
Stork, Death and Cupid
Are Stunning ENGLAND

II the next three-quarters of 1923
are anything like the quarter ended
March 81 England's population will
not show much increase. The figures
Just published for the first quarter
show that the birth rate in England
and Wales was the lowest on record
Tor any first quarter. with the excep-
ton of the war yenrs.
The figure for January, February
md March Of this year Is 1880,
which Is JACOB less than that record.
ed for the same months last year. On
the other hand. less deaths Of children
under n year old have occurred. and
the total death rate for the quarter
l24.I2O-is the lowest ever recorded.
OF every thousand babies born in
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
Aces From France and Italy Will
Enter October Contests
at st. Louis.

St. Louisa program enabling vlr-
tually every type Of airplane and
drigible to compete in the interna-
tional air races here, October l to 8,
has been prepared by the Flying club
Of st. Louis.
In addition to the Pulitzer trophy
race, many other events designed to
test the speed. durability and con.
structlon Of the different types Of air
craft have been arranged.
For the first time the Pulitzer race
probably will assume an International
aspect, rs assurances have been re-
ceived that Sadi Lacointe. the French
ace, and Brace Paya. Italian aviator.
will enter. The British government
may enter Herbert James, the Eng.
lish ace It has been announced.
Race on Triangular Course.
The races will be over 5O-kilome-
ter (3l.O7 miles) triangular course.
similar to that in Detroit last year.
Each corner OF the triangle will be
marked by pylon, GO feet high and
70 feet square at the base for the
guidance Of the flyers. who, it is ex.
pected. will make the turns ut high
speed.
The list of trophies md prizes has
mounted steadily. In addition to cash
prizes totaling $4,000. numerous tro-
piles emhlematic of championship in
the respective classes will he awarded
the winners. Gold. silver and bronze
decorations will be given pilots finish.
Ing second and third.
Special $1,000 Prize.
A cash prize of $1,000 and a silver
loving cup donated by the Chamber of
Commerce Of st. Louis. will he award.
ed winners Of the ION to St. Louis"
race. About 100 entries nre expected
from all parts OF the United States
and possibly points in Canada.
Other major events and prizes in.
clude:
Flying club Of st. Louis trophy. a
silver loving cup. and cash prizes to.
falling $1,000 for two-sented low-pow.
eF planes; Liberty Engine Builders
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
Blind Boy Operates
Telephone Switchboard

Jacksonville.-Carl Wiley. n blind
boy who is night telephone switch.
board operator NJ the state hopi'ni
here has attracted attention for his nj.
most uncnnny ability to distinguish
sounds. His most unusual feat IL In
The operation Of the telephone switch.
board with practically no help hu, the
ear.
The attendants In charge Of wards
all over the great hospital report in
every half hour during N" night.
Wllcy's hearing Is SO acute be 10 able
TO tell what station the call cones
from by the sound Of the buzzer for
that station. though to the ordinary
ear all the buzzcrs sound alike.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
Quite Likely.

81 hccrd tell In town that Lum
Sucker slashcd Buck iolligcc with n
knife last night" related Gap John.
son of Rumpus Ridge. upon his ro.
turn from the county seat.
"What for?' inquired his wife
"Burhung II know You see. ]
was sortcr mixed up In Il swnp when
some Teller came by and told II, and !
didn't pay no pcriicklcr attention.
hut reckon likely they'd been
Iunrr"ling. or something thntn-wny."-
Kansas City Star.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
BESMIRCHES OWN NAME
TO SAVE GIRL SHE LOVED

ciarine that her husband had deserted
her. She was accepted.
But there was talk. People asked
why the husband left so soon. The
nurse, undaunted. obtained divorce
from the husband" and then told her
lawyer the complete story. The law
yer told the court.
Today, the nurse. the baby and the
girl live under the same roof. Some
day, just when she doesn't know. the
girl intends to adopt the nurses"
baby.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
Aircraft of All
/ ypes i'm Races

trophy and $500 in cash for military
observation planes only; Aviation
cruz OF Detroit trophy and $1,000
cash for light commercial speed and
eliiciency planes; Merchants Ex.
chahee OF st. Louis trophy and $1,000
cash Tor large capacity planes, both
civilian and military; Mulvihlll model
trophy and $500 cash. duration race
ior model airplanes; and the Detroit
News Air Mail trophy and $3.50 for
air-mail pilots.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-07-19
PRISONERS TELL TRUTH
UNDER NEW MEDICINE

Incapable of lying while under It's In
iiuence. other faculties, however, re-
manned intact. he said.
Fnrrar. while under the Influence
Of the drug. confessed that he took
part In the attempted robbery OF n
Chinese merchant In Sacramento. dur
ing which the Chinese was Killed
Fnrrar WINS convicted OF the mans
murder. bnt. according 10 his story,
told while under the drugs Influence.
the fn,ni shot was fred by Roy Cary.
or. nm accomplish In the attempted
robbery.
Much mystery Ind surrounded
OLenry's case. His court testimony
and wnr department records dis
agreed. In the course Of the testimony
he In snld 20 have supplied dlscr"pnn.
cics. Those discrepancies were
Strengthened out when he wns under
the influence Of the drug.