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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
Washington
 Times Back Taxes Due On Incomes Put At Over Billio
Federal Inquiry Already Reveals $3OO,OOO,OOO
 Shortage, It Is Said
TODAY LAST IN WHICH
 TO PAY FOR 1923
Government Begins Jack ing Up Delinquents for
 Former Years

Washington, March 14.-More than S1.009. .000, 900 in income taxes payable in former years are due to the Federal Government, investigation by Federal field agents has disclosed, it is de- eIared here.
 With the Government six years be- hind in auditing the-t tax returns, itis said shortage of $300, 100000 already has been uncovered, and the agents are only now completing the audit for the year 1917. It is pointed out by Federal agents that if this proportion is maintained for the other years yet to be audited, the billion-dollar figure easily will be surpassed.
 Today Last Day.
 Tomorrow is the last day on which federal taxes for last years income may be paid." and the government agents today began lacking up citizens alleged to have failed to report ac- curateIy on their incomes for former years
 The Government still has 25,OO0,- coo old returns to audit, and expert accountants, it is stated, are urgently needed There are, 1t is declared, ap- proximateIy 10000 positions, paying from $1 800 to S3,00O annually, to be filled before the work of auditing these old tax returns can be properly carried on.
 Government field agents declare that the returns for 1922 should show a considerable increase over 1921. Fewer financial losses are being reported, it IS said, and there are more substantial returns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
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Cotf0ra Letters
KAHN EROS. e VIRGIN

CHICAGO. Jan 21.--Wheat: Prices held within a narrow fanSe influenced at times ky the action of corn and at other times by unsatisfactory situation abroad Iuyfng by the northwest and shorts covered to take the surplus off the market on dips. but previous buy CTS sold freely on upturns. Corn: Mar row, but firm, with leading bulls sup porting on all reactions. Advances att 3raeked sailing but disappeared on breaks Cash basis easier. Corn con tfnnues t0 show independent strength and receipts are disappointing with the trade.
 Oats. Elevator interests again sold freely and there was some liquidation through Ecuscs that previously advo- estsd purchases The buying appeared to be mostly on, =eaetinS orders on dips
 ProvisioDs: Commission houses ab- seTtssd eSIsy offerings and nartlet rAl- n sd sss~- . brSak; hogs 10e up: top, ' 70 b T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
U. $. BONDS MAKE NEW HIGH LEVEL
Interest Centers in Prospects For New Financing. Espe-
 cially by Japanese

NEW FORK. Ian. z1.-st-cngth of Liberty bonds, some of which reached new high levels for the year. under the stimulus of increased foreign buying snd activity in Japanese iSsue1- in re- necffo1 of continued reports that . Japs anese loan would be sold here, featured today's irregular bond market.
 Interest ceufexed in the prospects for new financing with rumors tint -the Japanese issue totaling between ESQ., eoo,ooo and $70.o00, ,o0o, would bear a 61s Der cent interest rate and sch around =
 Prices of speculative railfoad bonds Aeld fairly finn, athoush interest sub sided somewhat in these issues. St. Paul liens were subjected to further profit taking, the zs o< 1925 losing al- nest points. Ba1ffmore and Ohio 4s yielded . pofEs and Denver and Rio Grende consolidated ls West Shoro zs moved fractionally lower.
 Reports of improved earnings sent the New Haven, tssues higher, with marked activity in the franc 7s
 Traction issues led the advance fin the public utility list. Interborough Third Avenue Railway and Milwaukee Electric Railway bonds were in demand and made substantial gains.
 Weakness developed in the industrial list. Wilson first es declining points and Vfrgfnia-Carolina Chemical 7Ks with warrants and Sinclair Pipe Line 6s losing ground.
 New bond issues scheduled for early offerings were said to include $1O.0O0.- GO Union Electric Light and Power company with prospects that the Can madam National Railways $50 0,000, 900 lean would be sold to New York banks. Public offering probably will be made of $6.000o00 issue of Continental Gas and Electric corporation per cent prior preferenee stock.
 Total bond sales. par valae, $12, ,2o5.-
 Ten first grade rails averaged sss2; net loss, A
 Ten secondary rails averaged s3so; net gain. .gz.
 Tea public utilities averaged ss.7o; net gain, 20
 Tan industrials averaged s4.24; net lo==. -g7.
 Combined avreage, s7s2; net loss, .o2.
 Conhined average month ago, S6.6s; y0UE 8E0. SS.<k
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
SIX MUST DIE
Supreme Court Refused To Set Aside
 Conviction

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The su- preme court dismissed for want of juris- diction today the case brought by Jo- seph Fini. Joseph Giglie, Andrea La mantia, Roy Leons, Joseph BOochio and Natali Deamore to have set aside their conviction with death sentence for tue murder of Dallas Gaines in the parish of TangipshOs, Louisiana.
 They had two trials. the first being set aside by the Louisiana supreme court. They contended that confessinos had been improperly admitted; that prejudiced juror sat; that the trial judge refused to withdraw and permit another judge to conduct the trials after he had been objected to and that the case should have been tried in an- other parish because of the public sen timent in the parish where the crime was committed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
Short Market Flashes

LONDON, Jan. 21.-The pound ster- ling slunped badly today, falling to A-1. The decline was attributed to the national rail strike and the un- settled political situation. French francs were quoted at 95.25, and lire at sT.a.
 PARIS. Jan. >H.-The French franc was slightly lower today, being quoted at s9.S0 to the dollar at noon, French fnancfers were amazed at the new de- cline of the franc, saying it Is fnex- hSable in view of the governments financial measures. The franc slumped from the opening, which was at 22.47 to the dollar, 57 centfmes lower than Saturdays close.
 DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 2f.-An increase of 20 cents to $160 per barrel in the price of Mexfa crude and Corsicana hsht crude was announced by the Mag nolfa Petroleum company here today.
 SHREVEPORT, La. Ian. n-Au grades of crude oil in northern Louis- jana and Arkansas were advanced IS cents today by the Standard Oil com p4ny of Louisiana. This is the third raise since last December %. The com hfned advance has been 35 cents a bar has been increased 50 cents in the three advances
 NEW YORK. Ian 1.=The visible supply of American grain shows the following changes in bushels: Wheat decreased z.07o, 900; corn decreased 72,- 00es oats decreased 1,147,000; rye in creased 115,000s barley decreased 347,- coo.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. N.-Cotton spinning activity had a marked decline in December. the census bureaus monthly report issued today showing a decrease of S75,000, 900 in the number of active spindle hours as compared with November The total was the lowest since July. Active spindle hours for December totaIed 7,139, ,371, SAT, or an av- craze of 1so hours per spindle in place, compared with s.0f4. 4.57s 167, or an aver age of 213 in November.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Grain ex- ports from the United States last week amounted to 1,s11, 900 bushels, compared with 2,320,000 bushels the week before.
 NEW YORK, Jan. ,2f.-British ex- change broke sharply today as a result of the British railwaymeI's strike, de- mand bills dropping 21k cents to $4-21M, the lowest since 1922. Other European exchanges yielded in sympathy, French francs dropping 5h points to 4.441sc end Belgian francs dropping 91z points, e0 AoS1ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
Washington
 Times Personnel Work Is Of Pioneer Type
Specifications In Various Grades Are Subject To
 Revision If Necessary

The cassifications in accountancy established by the Personnel Classifi- cation Board are presented in The Washington Timees today. The specifications for each type of position in grades five, six, nine and ten have been worked out thoroughly by the members of the board, although they e'subject to revision if changes are shown to be necessary.
 Pioneer Work Accountancy is one of the most diff ficult branches of work to classify and the work done by the Personnel Board has been virtually of a pioneer type with respect to this speciality The following are the specifications: Senior Accounting Clerk,
 Grade 5 Standard annual rates. $1,S6O, $1.- 92O, $2,O0O, $2,1OO, $2,2OO, $2 1909, $2, 400. Principal Accounting Clerk,
 Grade 6 Standard annual rates, $2,1O0, S2,2OO. S2,3OO, $2,40O, $2,50O, $2,60O, $2,7OO.
 Junior Accountant,
 Grade 5 Standard annual rates. $1,S60. $l,92O, $2,0OC, $2,1OO, $2,SO0, $2,4OO.
 Accountant, Grade 6 Standard annual rates. S21OO. s2.- 200, $2,SO0, S2,400, $2,5OO, $2.6OO, $2, 700.
 Senior Accountant,
 Grade 2 Standard annual rates. $2,4OO, s2,- 500, $2,600, $2,7O0, $2,8OO, s2,9O and $3,000.
 Head Accountant,
 Grade 9 Standard annual rates. $3,OOO, $s,- 100, $S,200, $3,S00, S3,4OO, $3,5O0, $S,- 600. Assistant Chief Accountant, Grade 10 Standard annual rates. $500, $3,- 400, $S,500, $3,6O0, $S,7OO, $3,8OO, $3.- 900.
 Chief Accountant Standard annual rates. S3,8OO. S4.- 900, $4,2OO, $4,40O. $4,6OO, $4,SOO, $5,- 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22

line price advances 1t is wonder that stock values have not increased more rapidly than they have during the past two weeks. More price advances were announced Monday in the central oil section and elsewhere.
 The explanation may lie in the fact that a number of oil mergers are in contemplation. Traders appear reluct- ant to assume new commitments until they gain an mixing of what is going on behind the scenes. The Standard Oil interests, 1t is known, have a new com bination in mind, involving Prairie Oil and Gas, and strong interests have bought into Marland Oil, possibly for foreign account. Stories are appearing that Marland ON is to form the nu- cleus for the largest independent oil company in the world. Names of sev- eral companies to be included in the merger with Marland have been men, tioned. These include Skelly and Phil lips Petroleum. Another company men, toned in merger gossip is Pierce oil.
 On the club. Standard Oil of Ne braska sold at PAT, new high price. The stock is being sought in expecta- tion of a widening in the scope of the company's activities.
 Interest In Rails Checked
 With one or two exceptions interest in the rails subsided entirely. The ad- vance in the steels and equipment stocks was checked while some of the motors at times were definitely weak.
 All that the divergent price move- general list had lost a good part of it's forward push and that professional traders were selling out stocks which had ceased to advance and going into others where there was some initiative on the buying side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
BIG DEMAND FOR I
 STEEL REPORTED
Building Operations Continue On High LeyeLIndustrial L
 News Bright

NEW YORK. Jan- s1.--with the spe- cfal factors introduced in the financial markets by the year-end losing force, quarters during the last week to indus trial news That from the steel trade was encouraging. While the mild win ter may be hard on certain trades, such as elothfns, it is helping to sustain an unusually high level of building opera tfons- The demand for structural steel is strong and promises to continue so for some months to come.
 Automobile production also is holding up well. The results of the New York show are stated to have been encourag- ing- and makers are increasing their produetfon schedules, which already were high Another 4,000, ,0o0-car year is anticipated. and there Is even talk in soune quarters of an output of 5,000,000 cars
 Am additional branch of industry Which is contributing to increased ac- tfvfty i'm steel is oil Oil country goods are now in better demand, and this pickup Cofncidented with rising prices for both crude oil and gasoline.
 Steel Plants Active
 Taking the steel industry as a whole, plants are now operating at 75 per
 
 has attained an s5 per cent rate, De- mand during December exceeded ex- pectationS, and that so far in January is as good as the previous month. Prices are firm Pig iron has had ah- ether burst of activities which. has lifted quotations slightly. Shading of prices in eertian Hines of steel prod ucts has disappeared and some ad- vances have taken place.
 Gotten has furnished a striking ex- eeptton to rule of general firmness nm commodity prices A rather sharp break carried the spot to level over four cents below the December high. and one which was, in fact, below anything since early in November. The census bureaus report showed that De eemher's exports were unusually large, reaching 4S5.eeo bales, and that domes- tic consumption was larger than the trade xpected-amounting to 461 900 bales. Nevertheless, the spot demand now is light, and this, with reports of further curtailments and with Euro pean uncertainties, weakened the po- sitfon of the market. Trade buying dis appeared and discouraged speculators for the rise sold out. The principle fu- tures dropped we'll below 8 cents.
 Money Is Easy
 Money remained easy. The reserve statement showed a remarkable con- A3ChAUn A1 e1C NUkumc OI CTcQ1t Wn1cn is being extended The volume of in- serest-bearfng paper which these banks now hold is less than at any time since the war expansion began; it is $1S4, ,O0O,- o0W smaller than a year ago. In the same period circulation has fallen $11., 600 900 As reserves have increased some $16, ,0G9Ao0. it will be seen that member banks are well supplied with funds of their own
 A break i'm French francs which car rfed them off to a new low of 427 cents was the feature ofthe foreign exchange market. The decline occurred principally on the foreign markets and was accentuated by the discussion of French budgetary troubles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
T. ID. MURPHY ORSEQUIES Many Prominent Pespse Atfema Fu
 neral of NewSpaper Man

AUGUSTA Ga, Jam T-Nen from the leading walks of life and public officials of the highest rank were numbered among th0se who at- tended the funeral here this mourning of Thomas D. Murphy, managing edl- tor of the Augustra Chronicle and vet eran Georgia newspaper imam, whO dled suddenly at his h0me here Late Sauur- day after a brief illness
 The deceased held mamy newspaper positinos of respect in Georgia durims his, lengthy journalistic career, having worked in Atlanta, Savannah Macon and Augusta. He was 6S years old
 Mir. Murphy was for fWWr years postmaster of Augustra- having been appointed by Judge William H. Taft when he was president, Judge Taft having been A el0se personal frlned Oi the Augusta editor- Scores of people from all sections of the c0umHry, imeluG- ing Judge Taft, sent messages of sym- pathy to his widow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
SrCAR NrAnEFT,

NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. 2t.-Raw sugar futures closed: January, 4.92@ 4.93c; February, 4.75c; March, 4.71@ 4.72c; April, 4:74c; May, 4.77@4.7sc; July, 4.S3@4.S4c; September, 4.S7@4.Ssc; December. 4.Sl6l482c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
RAW SILK

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.--Raw silk, ir- regular; prices, per pound: Kansai double extra cracks, SS.10@S.3O; Kansai best No. l, $7.s5@7.95; Shinshu, $7.75@ 7.S5; Canton extras A, 14-16, $7.60@7. 70. Shanghai-China steam i'll gold double deer. $8.20M8.4O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
SUGAR MARKET

NEW YORK, Jan. 2I.-While prices for raw sugar were unchanged today, the undeFtone was little softer and additional sales of 10000 bags of Cubas New Orleans $6.52 duty paid. &
 Raw sugar futures ruled easier, un- der light liquidation and selling by commlssion houses, prompted by the poorer tone of thes-spot market. Final prices were from 8 to 8 points lower. January, 4S2c bid; March, 4.71c; May, 4.77c; July, 4.S3c.
 Demand for refined sugar, while fair, was limited to nearby require ments, and fine granulated remained unchanged at S.25Qs.60c.
 Refined futures nominal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
FLAx MARKET

DULUTH, Jan. 21.-Close, flax: Jan- Nary, $2,49h bid; February, $2.50ss bid;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22

firm; sheep, $A5D@S.5D: culRs, $29N@ BPS; lambs, $10l0D@1475s elHRs, $8@0@ 800.
 Hogs- Receipts, 51N5O: steady; Tight to medium weights. $z85@&@8s pigx. $7.50@775; heavy hogs, $7@@TA5,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22

OIL CITY REPORT
 OIL CITY, Jan. 21,-Credit balances, S3.50, Runs, SS,921; average, 49, ,4s1. Shipments, S1,677; average, s5, 1889.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22

There are nearly 300.0O0 Polish wOrkmen in the Ruhr reSl@n-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
Accountancy

| New business laws, new con- ditions, great expansions are making the accountant an indis- pensable factor in all big busi- ness. At present his salary is high; it will soon go higher. The demand for accountants is ur- gent and growing. due to busi- ness readjustment."
 To meet this demand, a group of accountants and business ex7 perts have devised a method by which you can qualify as junior accountant in six months and senior accountant in twelve months. This method does not interfere with your present work at all.
 You can qualify in the income tax unit of, Tax Division of the government as we'll as qualifying as accountant in commercial life, with our training for Auditor, Junior and Senior Accountants and the C. P. A. examination.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22

By a new attachment it is possible to convert a small tractor into ditch digger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
P0FATO MARKET

CHICAGO, Ian 2l@POtaA0es steady. Receipts, g cars: total Unified States shipments, Saturday, TIA: Sunday. 2ss practically no trading on account 0f cold weather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22

More than 130 varieties of the mang0 are cultivated in India.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
I KILLED, 4 INJURED.
Tramway at Bould~, Col. Runs
 Wild.

BOULDER, Col, Jan. 2f.---One per son was killed and four injured when a tramway car ran wild here last night and crashed into a Colorado and Southern passengre train. The casual ties occurred when the trolley passen- gers jumped from the car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22
Stock Letters
KAHN mos. ( VIRGIN

NETWORK, Jan. n.-During the first hour there were few stocks that failed to sell off under the persistent pressure exerted against the market. al- though General Electric and Corn Products were exceptions, which were rather hznling to the short sellers.
 Associated Oil reached a new high on reports that the Pacific Oil company, which owns 1 per cent of the former, contemplated an attractive bid for it's u1inartty holdings.
 In addition to it's Mexican troubles there Is talk of a bill in Congress to cameel the lease of naval reserve No. ir CaIfownia with Pan-American, which would be a serious loss.
 Corn Products finally reached 170A, a new ksgh for all time. and the shorts as usual ge=e badly punished.
 SxHdehaksr was peEsistently sold and Iosk considerable ground. selling below par
 The few rallies that occurred in it were feeble and did not accomplish hrn. steela lost little. American Can and Baldwin f1uctuated in narrow range. finallye gaining fractionally for the day4 We are still in a trading mar kek in which special issues respond to separate influences and no general trend ts in evidence yet. Total sales, Saa.5ao shaHeSs-Fenner and Beanc.
 SHANNON & co,
 NEW YORK. Jan. 21.-Generally speaking. the market has been quiet I0days although certain specialties have shown considerable life and a great deal of strength Attention will be cen tered on Washington and the reports are not particularly good as they come Grom, the-& but we think these should he taken with certain reservations, as the reportsr has to say something, and it Is manifestly injudlcfous to make things look too good. In other words, Ee h0ps and believe affairs are better down thee than the papers seem to mzka them The market today has bean very spotty. but if anything with a strong tone. Sales. 9S1 400.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22

About one-fifth of the farm lands of Japan is planted in rice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22

There about eight species of swans seattered over the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-22

NEW YORK. Ian z1.=The visible supply of American grain shows the following changes in bushels: Wheat decreased z07o. 900; corn decreased 72,-. 00es oats decreased 1,147 900; rye in creased 115,000s barley decreased 347,- e00. 2
The Dolores star., 1924-10-10
Good Pointer for Seed
Corn Picker Given Out

II you wish to keep your corn in
constant state of Improvement. the
thing TO do is TO select for vigor with
out close attention for score card type.
That is the new word based on years
of careful study and experiment at the
Minnesota experiment station. Univer-
siiy farm, st. Paul.
For several years the Minnesota ex-
pertinent station has carried on activi-
ties designed to encourage the selection
of seed corn from the standing stalks
in the field before frost time in the fall.
The idea was to get early maturing
corn from vigorous plants. But now
comes II. X. Hayes, plant breeder OF
the division of agronOmy and farm
management with n new bulletin, No.
30 Of the Minnesota experiment sta
tion series, Methods of Corn Breed.
ing which among other things says:
Corn should be selected from per-
fect-stand hills and from vigorous
healthy stalks. Plants which are green
when the ear approaches maturity in
sure normal maturity of the ear.
"ClOse selection for ear type leads to
reduction in yielding ability. For
this reason no close selection for ear
type should he made"
The Dolores star., 1924-10-10
Cocklebur Plants Found
Poisonous to All Stock

Cocklebur plants are poisonous to
swine cattle. sheep, and chickens, ac-
cording to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. This weed has
long been suspected, but many persons
thought that deaths reported from this
cause were produced by the mechanical
action of the burs rather than by the
toxic effect of the plant. While the
burs ma. produce some mechanical
injury. end while the seeds are very
poisonous. stock poisoning, the depart
ment says, is caused by feeding on the
very young plants before the develop
ment of true leaves.
To avoid losses from this cause the
most important thing is to prevent the
animals from eating the weed. II
there is a shortage Of good forage, they
NAV eat enough of the young cookie
burs to cause serious results. Feeding
milk to pigs Immediately after they
have eaten the weed has proved bene-
fetal, probably because of the fat con
tent. Good results also may be eX-
pected by feeding them bacon grease,
lard, or linseed oil.
The Dolores star., 1924-10-10
Arrange Official Grain
Standards for Sorghums

An order promulgnting official grain
standards of the United States for
grain sorghums to become effective De
cember /, 1924, was issued on August
28 by the Secretary of Agriculture.
The Department of Agriculture is
sued In 1922 circular containing
grades for grain sorghums which were
recommended for use by the grain
trade and inspection departments, but
were not made official under the grain
standards act. Since that time these
recommended standards have been
adopted by state grain inspection de
partments as well as by commercial
INSPECTION departments and have
worked out satisfactorily. Repeated
requests have beeen received by the de-
partment that the standards be made
official in order that interested parties
may have the benefit of supervision
md appeal under the act.
In making the standards olhciai no
change was made in the grades or re-
ouIrements as set forth in the recon-
mended grades for the reason that they
hnye been in satisfactory colnmercia'
operation for the past two years.