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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
GREATER SAFETY DEVICES NEEDED Thought Should Be Given To Increased
 Safety

CHICAGO, June 21.-Devices to in- crease safety, rather than improvements in body lines, motor or "refinements," must occupy the attention of automo- bile manufacturers if this industry is to continue to thrive, Richard E.. Kropf, supreme regent of the Royal Arcanum, declared, in an address here. Motoring accidents are the only class which shows marked increase each year, he said, and this is partly due to the fact that braking and acceIerator control have not been rendered safe in emergencies.
 ''The sensitive accelerator is, I be- heve, the cause of 60 per cent of our automobile accidents" said Mir. Kropf, who has made study of safety appli- ances in connection with the nation wide accident prevention campaign of the Royal Arcanun, among its 1900 councils in the United States and Can ada. Until a less sensitive substitute is invented or braking system with which it interlocks, fear we cannot expect our motor accidents to fall off in number. Compression brakes or shaft brakes have not received the at- tention they deserve in America.
 The fault lies in the theory that the movements of the hand and foot from accelerator to foot brake and of hand to emergency are performed automa- : tically in the twinkling of an eye. As a matter of fact, when danger looms, the body stiffens, the foot is thrust more firmly on the accelerator, while the nervous hand grips the wheel. The car leaps forward and another crash with its toll of killed and maimed re- suits. -sa
 All American braking systems rely primarily on brute force and friction. No system affects the spark or gas., I am informed by experts that brake which will Automatically cut off gas and spark at given point is practical. The possibilities of some cases of trouble and the trade tendency against 'cluttering up the car has undoubtedly prevented these elaborations of real safety to get fair showing in Ameri- can models"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
NASH COMPANY
 HASBIG WEEK Last Week Also Fine One For Birmingham
 Dealer

Last week was one of the biggest weeks in point of retail deliveries of new Nash cars in the history of the Nash Motors company. Sales reports received by the factory from distributors and dealers throughout the country unfold story of active buying of new cars that has been equalled by few similar periods in the past seven years.
 "As indicating the buying during the week pust closed" said E. H. Me Carty, general sales manager of The Nash Motors company, "our sales re- ports show, for instance, that New York delivered at retail 94 cars last week and 62 cars. were delivered at re- tail in Chicago. The figures for the week in Birmingham were 17 cars Buffalo were 27 cars; Cleveland 24 cars; Boston q cars; Pittsburg 20
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22

from cotton. The lacquer is made a clear for finishing coat and is mixed with pigment for color costs. The under coats aver which the lacquer is sprayed vary with the differet processes. Three
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
ars. and New Orleans Is cars.
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cars, and New Orleans IS cars.
 While some of these and other in- dividual cities have experienced bigger weeks at different times, retail de- liyeries for the week, taking ths coun- try generally, have seldom been ec1ipsed in any similar period"
 Although official reports from all sec- tions had not been received on Mon day, practically every distributor in the Nash selling organization had bfx week in the matter of retail deliveriea and indica tions are, according to rs. ports received by the Nash factory, oS a continuance of this fast pace through. out the balance of June
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
TOURING TIPS

It's easier to enter city during the homeward rush than to leave it. Time your arrivals and departures according ly, especially on a camping trip, when your time is your own.
 If you shut off the ignition when de- scending hills, using the engines com pression as an auxiliary brake, it is well to switch it on again quite some distance before reaching the bottom if a steep hill is to be climbed just beyond. In being turned over the engine may be loaded with oil, and unless this is burned off before the full power of the engine is called into play for the hill- climbing job performance may be up to expectations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
THIs REALLY HAPPENED

A true story is told of a car owner who was forced to consult repair, shop because his motor would not stop1 It was such shock to the repairer that he thought he car owner Shad 'en." He suggested stalling the, engine as q remedy, and jet it go at that. The next day the owner discovered a stray wire dangling behind the instrument board. It touched the terminals of the ignition switch, and thus completed the ignition circuit whether the switch was "on" or "off,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22

process, time: Burns off and clean, 1 day primer coat, 2 hours; Filler coats, 2 hours; glaze coats, 6-10 hours, then and wet or dry; first enamel coat. 2 hours each; last enamel coat, S-10 hours to dry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22

Did you ever try lemon juice for a headache? A teaspoonful in a cup of black coffee will greatly relieve a sick headache. A teaspoonful in a cup of tea, without milk or sugar, will relieve nervous headache.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
A RATTLE CHASER

That creaking and rattling you hear down deep" in the back of the car may be simply an unoiled shackle bolt. Any rust which collects between the bolt and washer is likely to make such a noise, while the metal parts of the car amplify it. A little kerosene squirted over the bolt should be the first remedy. Then a generous bath of oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
MUNRO LEAVES
Will Take Summer Work At Columbia
 University

SELMA, Ala, June 21.-(Special. ] Paul Munro, principal of Selma High school, left on Thursday to spend a week at Mentone, after which he will go to his home in Columbus, Ga, to visit his parents. He will spend the remainder of the summer at Columbia university, New York MT. Munro, to- gether with Omar Carmichael, superin- tendent of Selma schools, will attend the National Education association in Washington.
 Hobbs Home LOOted-Deputy Sheriff Gaddy arrested and brought to the county jail on Wednesday afternoon negro girl, Laura Orr accused of sys- | timatically footing the home of Judge Sam Hobbs, where she was employed. Deputy Gaddy found her at the home of her parents, near Orrville, and re- covered most of the valuables.
 Mrs. Anne Q. Munnerlyn-Death came to Mrs. Anne Orr Munnerlyn Thursday at the lhome of her sister, Mrs. W. D. Stoddard, of heart failure. Mrs. Munneflyn had been ill for sev- eral weeks, but was much improved when death came suddenly on Thurs day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22

remedy the condition, as it is not safe. C. A. K.
 The fact that the spark plugs are wet with oil indicates that an excess is get ting above the piston rings If the en- zine smokes, misfires, and above all shows a drop in power, I would say the engine is a bumper and needs to have the cylinders re-finished and over size pistons and rings installed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22

Imagine having your car painted in two days That is just what may hap pen if the development of lacquer auto mobile finishes continues at the present rate. These finishes or paints are spray ed on and they dry quickly. They may be applied to any type of, body wheth- CT wood or metal and whether the old paint is removed or not, but the good ness of the job is not guaranteed un- less the old paint is removed. The big advantage of lacquer finishes are:
 l. They do not crack or check.
 2. They last for two or three years or more.
 3. They can withstand weather to a far greater degree than ordinary paint and varnish.
 4. Dirt may be rubbed off without using water and the finish is unharmed.
 6. It takes from half to one-third the time in paint car with lacquer.
 Lacquer finishes are known techncal- ly as pyroxylin finishes. They are made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
LOST CAR

Where is the car" demanded Mrs. Diggs.
 Dear me- Calculated Prof. Diggs. Did I take the car out?"
 ''You certainly did. You drove it to town"
 "How odd. I remember now that after I got out turned around to thank the gentleman who gave me the lift and wondered where he had gone" American Legion Weekly.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Trading on Local Exchange.
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

KANSAS CITY, September 4.-The
majority Of the flour orders booked
recently by local mills have been for
80, 60 and 80 day shipment, but in
some cases they have been for de-
| livery six months ahead.
FORT WORTH, September A.
Generous buying of oil by pipe line
companies has been resumed. the
Summer lull having given place to
| reviying business in the Texas pro-
| ducing regions, where buying by pipe
| lines had been on a pro-rata basbs
| until last week.
PITTSBURGH, September An
the glassware field, novelties and
colored glass are in better demand.
Buyers are making price the out
standing consideration, but at tbs
same time demand good quality.
Trade is slow in bottles. ..:
PORTLAND, Greg, September A.,
Sales of Spitzenberg apples to Eng
lish interests have been confirmed at !.
s1.3O net to the grower for extra
fancy, 1888; with fancy, $1.15, and c
grade, 81. =
PHILADELPHIA, September a.
Factories making cotton and wool
mixtures, dress goods, overcoatings,
skirtings, cassimeres and kerseys are
working at so to 100 per cent capac-
ity, with enough untitled orders to
continue this rate for so days. AS
whole, the textile industry is work
ing at about so per cent of capacity,
ST. PAUL, September 4.-Shoe fac
tory output is beginning to expand
under the stimulus of reports from
statesmen on the road, who report
prospects excellent for Fall and
Winter business. Production at the
factories has been below normal for
| four months.
ST. LOUIS, September 4.-The
Vesper Buick Company after a can.
vass of Is Illinois counties announces
that it's retail automobile business is
better than it has been in the last
| nine months.
| BOSTON, September 4.-Retail coal
| prices here have been advanced a6
; cents a ton to SIG.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
SOFT COAL PRICES
IN SLIGHT DECLINE
More Anthracite Ordered to
Get Summer Rates-Gain
in Production.
.peciaI D:snstch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September Goal
Age reports the coal market today
as follows:
The general Improvement in busi-
ness is reflected in a steadily increas-
ing volume of inquiries in the soft
coal market, and while actual orders
have not scared to any great heights,
the evidence of interest on the part
of consumers has served TO restore a
much needed note of confidence.
Coal Age index of spot prices of
bituminous coal receded slightly dur
ing the past week, standing on Au-
gust so at S1.64. the corresponding
price being $l.99, compared with Sl.65
and So for the previous week.
A pronounced increase in activity
took place at Hampton Roads. dump
iEgs of coal for all accounts during
the week ended August Is totaling
364.227 net tons, compared with 3l5.-
$40 tons during the preceding week.
Production of bituminous coal reg
istered a striking gain during the
third week in August, crossing the
5000, ,O0G-ton mark for the first time
since last March. Anthracite produc-
tion also reacted upward, 1.711,000
net tons having been produced dur
ing the week ended August 90, an in
crease of $4,000 tons over the pre-
ceding week.
A better tone pervades the. anthra-
cite market, retailers ordering more
freely last week in a last minute
move to take advantage of SUNNI er
prices. The larger companies ad-
vanced mine prices of the larger sizes
on September 1, the increase averag-
ing 10 cents per ton. Independent
quotations, however, are practically
Unchanged. Stove coal continues to
show the greatest strength in de-
mand. though egg and pea show i'm
provement. Steam sizes are moving
somewhat better and prices show a
firmer tendency.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Provisions lacked support.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, September 4.-Cattle-
Receipts, $4,000 head; fed steer trade
snappy. all interests buying; gener-
ally steady to Is higher; spots. up
more: desirable lightweight heifers,
sharing advance: early top, 11.25 paid
for both yearlings and matured
steers; some long yearling> held
higher; several hundred head year
above; fat cows in more liberal sup
ply; weak to 25 lower: better classes
generally steady; bulk bologna bulls,
4.25a4.75: bulk veal calves to packers,
1250a13.25: small killers paying up
ward to 400; country demand stock
ers and feeders rather slow; supply,
small: killers taking practically
everything showing kill.
Hogs-Receipts. $1,000 head; slow,
uneven: mostly steady; desirable me-
dunn weight. steady to 5 higher:
light and killing pigs, steady. to 25
lower; big packers, inactive; top.
1925: bulk. better, 160 to 325 pound
averages, 9.70a1015; good and choice
140 to $50 pound weight, largely,
S.4Oa9.00: bulk packing sows, S.65a
800; majority desirable strong
weight slaughter pigs. 7.25a7.50.
Sheep-Receipts. $4,000 head; active:
fat lambs, strong to % higher; sort
ing, light; early bulk desirable ma
tives, 13.00a13.25; few to packers at
1340; choice wethers, early, 1875;
sheep strong; choice range ewes, $50;
feeding lambs, steady; choice feeders,
early, 1900
Evening star., 1924-09-04
CHICAGO GRAIN PRICES.

CHICAGO, September Wheat
displayed a heavy undertone here to-
day, on unresponsive Liverpool cables
and hedging pressure Pressure came
mostly from houses with NorthW est
ern and Southwestern connections,
but the trade was not large durin g
the early dealings and when buying
appeared the market rallied. Senti-
ment appeared mixed, with expecta-
tions generally of two-sided market.
Export demand and bullish foreign
crop news offset to a large extent the
pressure of spring wheat on both
sides of the international line. Buy
ing by a strong individual house.
which absorbed the surplus in the pit,
caused shorts to cover December for
sale above 1895. which checked the
advance and made a reaction. After
starting q higher to IL lower. with
September 1.23% and December 1.29A
to 1.29&, the market scored a trifle
gain all around and then receded
slightly.
Corn was affected by reports of
generally favorable weather for the
new crop. There was some pressure
early, but the market was unusually
quiet. After opening II lower to Il
higher, with December HAS to
Lax. corn underwent a decline all
around.
Confirmation of frost in parts of
the Canadian Northwest lifted oats.
Starting 4 to q higher. with De-
cember SO TO 5212. values sagged a
trifie and then hardened around the
initial figures.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
GRAIN RECORDS SHATTERED

CHICAGO, September 4.-Grain re-
ceipts at the Chicago market have
shattered records of the last six years
without any material slump in prices,
according. to reports compiled today by
statisticians at the board of trade.
Final figures on receipts for Tuesday
show that 5,S32, 900 bushels of grain
came into the market, of which wheat
led with an aggregate of 1856, 500
bushels, the largest volume since 1918,
the figures showed. Oats toGaled
almost as much, and corn receipts
were more than three-quarters Of a
million bushels.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
WOoLEN OFF 12 POINTS.
Other Stocks Show Better Strength
in Late Trading.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, September 4-Specu-
lators for the decline retained control
of today's stock market, being aided
in their operations by the Dassing of
the American Woolen dividend. Spe-
cial strength developed, however, in
d number of issues, including Nickel
Plate, Norfolk & Western, Lacha-
wanna and Studebaker. Sales ap-
proximated 10000 shares
The closing was irregular. The
unexpected omission of the quarterly
dividend on American Wooden COM
mon resulted in that stock breaking
over II points TO CO.'S. new low, and
bringing about further unsettlement
in the general list. Subsequent buy
ing of Studebaker, which touched a
new top at 40, and a brisk demand
for Lackawanna caused general
Strengthening OF prices at the close.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
BR|SKER DEMAND
FOR GOOD BONDS
Foreign Group Firm-Home
Rail Liens Higher-Day's
Leading Offerings.
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.

Speciai Disphfrh 70 The Star.
NEW YORK, September 4.-The
bond market presented a better tone
today, demand for investment issues
yielding from 5 to 5A per cent being
brisk. Evidences of a check to the
upward movement in money probably
helped bonds. Liberties were steady
or slightly higher. Some of the high
grade rails and industrials made
gains and none was weak.
Foreign Bonds Firm.
Foreign bonds were generally firm,
with a premium still being bid for
the new Belgian 6ks. The older is
sues, the 712s and the SIS. failed to
share the Improvement, notwith
standing their higher yield. Hunga-
rian 7l2s were not affected by the
announcement of the purchase by the
bankers of $1500,000 additional bonds
which had originally been reserved
for issue in Hungary. The new bonds
were all placed privately. French
bonds were trifle heavy.
In domestic rails international
Great Northern adjustments continued
their slow but persistent advance
making new high while the same
roads 6s again touched par. Among
the industrials Wilson & Co. first 6s
had another sinking spell. American
Agricultural A I.S were fairly Hrin
Eastern Cuban Sugar 112s went high
er in sympathy with sugar stocks
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit 6s and
Chicago Railway IS were higher.
Today's New Offerings.
by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 4.-Bond
prices drifted aimlessly in today S
early dealings. a firmer undertone
developed with the return of the call
money rate to a per cent basis at
the opening, but price changes as
rule were held within narrow limits.
An issue of s5.000.000 Interstate
Power Company first mortgage per
cent gold bonds led new offerings to-
day. The price was &c to yield 6.3j
per cent. other issues included S3,-
760. 900 Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
citic Railway Company per cent
equipment trust certificates at prices
TO yield to per cent and sl,9SO,oOO
City of Buffalo AZ per cent bonds at
prices to yield to $50 per cent.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
EARLY QUOTATIONS
LOWER ON COTTON
Average Reports Put Condition at
61.2 and Yield at H.
775,00O Bales.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 4.-The
cotton market had a quiet but steady
opening, with first prices to IL
points lower.
Moderate southern hedge selling
supplied the early demand, but sup
port became more active in the first
half hour. Prices recovered the early
losses, October advancing to 24.57 and
December to 24.27, representing to
points net advance. The trade. Wall
street and New Orleans bought on
the rally. Later, however, rejecting
private advices of cooler weather in
Texas, the market again turned
easier, October dropping to 24.45 and
December to 24.12, or s to 10 points
under the previous closing.
The average of IA private condition
reports thus far issued is 61.2, and
of the crop 12.775.000 bales.
cotton fufures cJocnd ha roIy sfeady
Evening star., 1924-09-04
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE, September (Spe-
ciaD.-Live poultry-Spring chickens,
pound, 25a30; Leghorns, 23a2S; old
hens, 1Sa26: Leghorns, 1Sa20; old
roosters, Is; ducks, 15a22; pigeons,
pair, 20a25; guinea fowl, each, 60aS0.
LEGISLATIVE and nearby firsts,
dozen. offered at 36k; bid, SO; re-
ceipts, zoos cases.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
RAILROAD SALE CERTAIN.

DENVER, Colo, September 4.-Har-
old Palmer of New York, H. L. Fin
klestein of New York and Horace w.
Bennett, Denver, capitalist, today
were denied the right to intervene in
the foreclosure sale of the Denver
and Rio Grande Western Railroad by
Federal Judge j. Foster Symes. fol-
lowing a hearing which started yes
terday.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Markets at a Glance

New York stocks irregular; Ameri-
can Woolen breaks II points on
dividend omission. Bonds mixed;
western rail issues firm. Foreign eX-
changes unsettled; sterling and francs
reactionary. Cotton lower; cooler
weather Southwest. Sugar firm;
Cuban and trade buying Coffee
higher; firmer Brazilian markets
Wheat lower; disappointing cables
Corn easy; favorable crop reports
Cattle steady to higher. Hogs slow
and irregular.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
CALL MONEY EASIER.

NEW YORK, September 4.-Call
money easier; high. 212; low. 2: rul-
ing rate, 2; closing bid, 2k; offered
at az; last loan, 2h: call loans
against acceptances. ia; time loans
firm: mixed collateral, go to 80 days.
"a a3; to months, 3A a31 1a; prime
commercial paper. 3Aa311.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
What Experts Buy.

Trained investors always buy Sc
curities that have a substantial loan
value. One of the surest methods of
determining the value of any stock
is to seek a loan on it. If your banker
declines to consider it as collateral
you can rest assured its market ability
does not amount to much.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
FOREIGN EXCHANGE,
Nv the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, September 4.-Foreign
exchanges easy. Quotations in Unit
ed States dollars: Great Britain, de-
mand, 446A: cables. 4.46k; 60-day
6lls on banks, 4.43h. France, de-
Mand, .O530: cables, .053o1z. Italy,
demand, .0437h; cables; .043S. Bel
GUM, demand, .0499h: cables, .050o
Germany, demand, per trillion, 23N.
Holland, .3S42; Norway, 1879; Sweden.
.2657; Denmark, 1859; Switzerland
1888; Spain, 1877; Greece, .01s0; Po-
land, .0019A; Czechoslovakia, .0299 n /;
Jugoslavia, .0133k; Austria, .000014;
Rumania, .0053: Argentina, .3462;
Brazil. .0ss7; Toxic, .41H; Montreal.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
New Orleans Market Dull.

NEW ORLEANS. September 4.-The
cotton market had a very dull but
steady, opening. Liverpool was lower
than due, but traders paid little at
tention to that fact, being little dis
posed to trade, owing to uncertainty
AS to what the government report
will show next Monday. First trades
were l to 3 points down and October
traded at 23.16 and December at 1881,
or points down from the close of
yesterday. Prices rallied to 23.S5 for
October and 1896 for December. or
l to points above the previous close.
Cotton futures closed steady at net decline
of =
Evening star., 1924-09-04
.TODAY'S METAL PRICES.

NEW YORK, September Cooper
easy; electrolytic, spot and futures,
1877. Tin easy; spot and futures,
52.37. Iron steady and unchanged.
Lead steady; spot, S.O0aS.25. Zinc
easy. East st. Louis, spot, 6.25; fu-
lures, 6.25a6.27. Antimony, spot,
1880.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
UNITED DRUG. SALES.

NEW YORK, September 4.-July
net sales of the United Drug Com
eliminated, amounted to $5,S07, ,785, an
increase Of s26s.s37 over July, 1928.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON, September 4.-FoIlowing
is list of today's highest, lowest
and closing prices for the most ac-
tive stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1924-09-04

UptHIng: UctObfr. D3.SU, UfcemUtr. 2~3.D
January. 1890 bid: March, 2i09 bid; Ma
y. OF bid.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

tPartly extra. tPayabie in preferred stock.
Dividend rates given in the above table
are the annual cash payments based ON the
latest quarterly or half yearly declarations.
Unless otherwise noted. extra Or special
dividends are not included.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Personal Mention.
August transactions Heavy.

Transactions in securities on the New
York Stock Exchange during August
totaled 22,255.600 shares, 9.011.30o
more than in the same month last
year, and 3,164,700 shares over Au
gust, 1922.
The daily trading average was
S55,SS4 shares. The heaviest tive-hou:
session recorded was 1.S67,500 shares.
end the smallest $4,000. The largest
two-hour day was 5S5,S00 shares and
he smallest 10000.