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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-09-26
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-09-26
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1924

Entered at the Postoffice at Hamilton,
Ohio, as Second Glass Mail Matter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE TEMPLE

With the pipe organ ready and d large crew of men working day and night at the Temple theater to get every thing in readiness for the opening next Monday evening at seven o'clock, it looks like big week for the patrons of the theater beautiful, or "Birming- hams Million Dollar Movie Palace"
 Joe Stoves, well known organist, will have complete charge of the giant organ at the Temple, and comes to Birmingham with many laurels added to his crown on some of the largest pipe organs in the country. In addition. the Temple will present all next week Will liam Nappi and his orchestra.
 'Marvella,' the worlds greatest triple voice singer and impersonator of char acters feminine, will appear in com plete repertoire of songs at all evening performances next week at the Temple while the famous stage play, "The Man Who Came Back" will be the feature production with added novelties.
 The cast for the William Fox screen version of Jules Eckert Goodman's play ''The Man Who Came Back is one oi the best that has been assembled foi any picture of the season. George o Brien plays the title role and Dorothy Mackaill will appear in the feminine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
THE WEATHER

Alabama and Missippi: Rain Wednes- day; much colder Wednesday nignt' lnui hnS, day fair and colder: temperature aoou freezing on the coast Thursuay'
 Virginia: Rain on the coast and rain or snow in the interior Wednesday; Ihursuay mostly cloudy and colder; possibly sho" Thursday morning.
 North Carolina and South Carolina: Ram Wednesday and Wednesday night; prooaDiy clearing Thursday morning; somewhal warmer in east and central portions Wednesday; colder Thursday
 Georgia: Rain Wednesday and Wednes- day night; Thursday clearing and colder
 Florida: Rain Wednesday and Wednes- day night; probably followed by clearing and colder Thursday.
 Extreme Northwest Florida: Rair Wednesday; much colder Wednesday nlsh' Thursday fair and colder
 Tennessee: Rain in east and rain. slee or snow and somewhat colder in wes' portions Wednesday; Thursday generaAs fair and colder.
 Kentucky: snow or rain and somewhat colder Wednesday; Thursday generally fair and colder. T.,
 Louisiana: Wednesday rain. colder in north portion; Thursday unsettled colder in east and south portions.
 Arkansas: Wedpssday probably sleet and snow, colder. cold wave in northwes portion: Thursday probably fair, continued cold.
 Oklahoma; Wednesday probably snow colder. Thursday Fair. continued cold. East Texas: Wednesday rain in south rain or snow in north portion, much cold CT, cold wave in east and south portions proba ply freezing to coast Wednesday night, Thursday probably fair. continued cold.
 West Texas: Wednesday unsettled snow in north. rain snow in southeast portion. colder, cold wave in south DOT tion: Thursday fair. continued cold.
 Summary of observations made at sta tions of the United States weather bureau during the 2t hours ending at D. m. 9Oth meridian time Tuesday. December 23 1924
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
LYRIC POSTAGE
 PARTY FOR BOYS
Vaudeville To Be Present. ed At Boys
 School

A real Christmas treat will be fur nished to inmates of the Boys Indus trial school at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning when all five big time Keith vaudeville acts now playing at the Lyric and the Lyrics 10-piece orches- tra will be taken to the school to ren- der a program for the boys.
 Manager Crosbie decided that he could do nothing calculated to interest the boys more than a great big vaude- vile performance right in their own school so he arranged with the actors to stage the show as Christmas treat. The orchestra will be an added fea- ture of the occasion and great party is anticipated.
 Included on the program will be one of the best bills to play Birmingham this season and is rumored that the actors probably will furnish some added specialties as good measure for the kids.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
MONEY ASCENDS
 AT FIVE PER CENT; RISE TEMPORARY;
Stock Sales Dwindle As Traders Engage In
 Christmas Shopping
Rx ToDD l.. WRIGHT

Rx Ieased Wire to The Age-Herald)
 NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Last minute Christmas shopping kept many traeeis away from the markets Tuesday anu as result the stock exchange nau no smallest turnover for any day since election. with total transactions reacn- ing only 135,000 shares.
 Aside from dividend assumptions ana extra payments, the most important oe velopment was the increase Tn cal, money to per cent after 1t opened a' 3Ia. Calling of loans by banks m prep aration for the year-end operations caused the increase, which brought the highest figure attained since Aprli Q. The condition Is regarded as temporary however and destined to pass with the advent of the year.
 Extra Dividend Declared The corporation news included per cent extra dividend by the American Can company and resumption of divi- dends by the Anaconda Copper Mining company. This resumption of dividends turned attention sharply to the req metal shares in the afternoon and mel dentally brought better undertone 10 the list, which had been suffering recessions most of the day. Generai Electric which had dropped points. recovered points in the afternoon. This action indicates the movement of the list of general, which while closing lower, displayed plenty of absorption powers and discouraged any renewal of selling by spectators for the decline who had earlier in the day forced the prices down.
 COmmodities Irregular Commodity markets were inclined to be irregular with price movements changing in narrow fluctuations. Corn and wheat were both stronger, but cot ton was weaker as Friday, notice day for January contracts, approached on that day, longs in January options must deliver and notices calling for delivery are expected to be heavy.
 Bonds continued their dull, unevent- full way with narrow fluctuations in prices inclined to an upward trend. only dealings in small amounts were made | in the foreign exchanges which so far | as sterling and francs were concerned were a bit easier. Other European ex- changes were steady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
PICTURES TEACH
 MORAL LESSONS
De Mile Says Producers Have Great Re-
 sponsibility

The definite social responsibilities which fall upon the shoulders of the modern motion picture producer were discussed in a public address recently by Cecil B. De Mile, whose master piece "The Ten Commandments comes to the Jefferson for one week, beginning Monday, December 20.
 "The motion picture producer has a far greater responsibility than the banker who handles your money, stated Mir. De Mile. Far greater even than the engineer who guides you at GU miles an hour over the route of fast limited. We who make the films talk to the worlds largest audience. We have the same opportunity to educate entertain and uplift at one and the same time. And we reach thousands of people who ordinarily would not De touched by either educative or moral influences.
 "The modern motion picture producer has risen splendidly to the opportunity placed before him. Never in the his tory of any new art or industry has there been such rapid improvement, such earnest and definite striving tow ards higher things. We are blocked Tn these efforts more by the misunder- standings or prejudice of persons out side the industry than by forces within it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
CONRAD NAGEL
 CAPITOL STAR
The Rejected Woman Of. fering For Wednesday
 And Thursday

For today and Christmas day, the Capitol theater will present Conrad Nagel and Alma Rubens in "Ihe Re- jected Woman"
 The story deals with the love of a Canadian girl and q tremendously wealthy New York youth who meets her in her native environment. She follows him to New York and there discovers immediately that her lack of culture and raiment are insurmountable obstacles to her marriage to the man. In attempting to overcome these ob- stacles she falls into trap laid for her. Her happiness and that of the hero IS wrecked-for q time. The feature plc- ture at the Capitol Friday and Satmr- day will be Thomas Meighan in The Confidence Man"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

For instance, these points advanced, as percentages of prices just before cleo tion, reveal the following increases, roughly speaking: Steels, IT per cent. appreciation; motors, 15 per cent; rails, IA per cent; coppers, 12 per cent; equip ments, 10 per cent; foods, per cent; utilities, per cent. oils 6 per cent.
 The above figures indicate, in most instances, a very marked heightening of stock values. In fact, for some weeks, now, there have been many authorities doubtful of possibilities for further ad- vancement. Values. these authorities believe. are now at levels too high to be maintained. In this connection, it is interesting to note recent comment by Col. Leonard P. Ayres, who, after con verting stock prices into multiples of dividends paid that is, prices divided by dividends) states that judged by this standard, present market quotations are not exceptionally high-not as high, for instance, as in 1905, 1906, 1909 or 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

IN AVERAGE number of points rise ! since election day just seven weeks
 ago, rails and equipment issues have been the leaders of the more important groups of stocks. The average advance of twenty-five prominent rail issues has been 11.5 points while the average rise of several equipment stocks has been 11.75 points. Steel and motor shares have followed next in order. Ten steei stocks have appreciated approximately 9.25 points and ten motors s.4 points. Utilities have averaged a rise of 7.5 points; food, 5.25 points; ten coppers. AS points; and seven oil shares 20 points. It will thus be seen that coppers and oils have not yet shared in any great degree in the remarkable process sion upward of values.
 But If the number of points advanced, as quoted, be considered as percentages rather than as actual expectations, somewhat different results will ensue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
POWER SAIEIP

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 23.- Special )-The Alabama Public Serv- ice commission today finished hearing the petition of the Georgia Alabama Power company and Georgia Alabama Utilities, Inc, for approval .of sale of their utility property in Alabama to the Gulf Electric company, recently or Alabama Power company. It was an nounced that parties in the case would be allowed to file briefs on or before January 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
SHIP NEWS OF
 MOBILE PORT

MOBILE, Ala, Dec. 23.-(Special)- Arriving today were three steamers and schooner with one vessel, laden with loal, marked on the departure list for he day. One boat is scheduled to ar live today and spend Christmas in port Ehile one or two more will sail late 5omorrow and spend Christmas at sea. krrivals today were the United States 'hipping board steamer Wildwood, Nor kegian steamers Nils and Lysefjord Ind the British schooner Explicit. The steamer Lisbeth with 1.475 |ons of coal was the only departure. zailing for Mackenzie, South America. The Wildwood brought cargo. She Errived to the Mobile oceanic line from Pensacola. The Van Heynigen Broker ge company, which had the schooner Explicit from Jamaica, announced that 5he had about 100 tons of Underwood board and would load out a return largo of lumber, sailing about the first Peek in January. ' In for the bunker coal and general argo, the Norwegian steamer Nils ar
 ved to the Aluminium line from Gulf ort and will complete here for Puerto,
 olombia, etc., and Paramarbo, sailing bday, if bunkers were finished at the overnment coal tipple last night. The
 eamer will take rosin, nails, pine tar, *ig iron, etc., with calls scheduled at
 ort of Spain, San Fernando, etc. 7 Two sailing vessels cleared, one for
 uerto Rico and the second for Guad- 3oupe and Jamaica. The first was the
 merican brig Geneva, Whitney Bod en Shipping company, for Arroyo and be second was the American schooner
 ebecca c. Scott, l.. A. Scott for Pointe
 Pitre and Kingston with about three
 uarters of a million feet of pine lum-
 er.
 The Warrior barge Cordova left last
 ght for up river points with some
 anganese ore discharged by the steam
 Santa Isable and a lot of freight
 nd merchandise from New Orleans for be upper river.
 Due today are several barges of steel IT the steamer Orinoco due from Rio
 Janeiro to Thomas Ross to load ills for Launion sailing via New Or
 ans to complete with crossties and
 ack fittings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
COnvicts Send
 Christmas Gift
 To Gov. Brandon
(State Capital Bureau)

NEONTGOMERY. Ala. Dec B. MI Inmates of Kilby prison have
 presented Governor Brandon with fountain pen as token of their appreciation of :avors rendered by the governor. In letter addressed to the governor and made public to- day the donors told Governor Bran don that many in prison had been the beneficiaries of his charity of judgment and clemency of adminis- tration." Three men in prison for life, J. T. Terry, John Williams and Freeman Long, signed the letter of presentation.
 The pen was purchased with small contributions made by practically all the men in kilby prison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
day, December 23, 1924:
WINDS

EaFt Gulf: Fresh 10 strong southeaat and south. shifting to northerly over west portion and weather overcast and show cry Wednesday.
 West Gulf: Fresh to strong northerly and weather overcast; rain Wednesday,
 Caribbean Sea and Windward Passage: Moderate northeast and weather partly overcast Wednesday,
 Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate to fresh, mostly southerly and weather over cast with rain Wednesday,
 Hatteras to Florida Straits: Fresh northeast to southeast and weather over cast with local rains Wednesday,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
RAW SUGAR

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Ray sugar declined 1sc today to the basis of 4.65c for Cuban duty paid. Sales included 1000 bags Cuban, December or early January clearance at 4.77c; 11,o0O bags Cuban first half January clearance; 1000 bags Philippines due January 12 at 4.71c and 12,000 bags Cuban, early Jan uary clearance at 4.65c, all to local re- liners.
 Aside from an opening advance of ten points in December which was later lost, raw sugar futures were easy through out the session, owing to scattered liquidation and commission house sell ing influenced by increased offerings in the spot market. Final prices were five to 10 points net lower. December closed 3.25c; March, 2.79c; May, 2.9Oc; July, 3.01c.
 The market for refined was quiet and unchanged at 5.10c to 730c for fine granulated.
 Refined futures were nominal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
STOCK LETTERS

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-There were three important news developments dur ing today's market. Probably the most important of these was the resumption of dividend on Anaconda, accompanied by statement that the copper industry looked better at present than at any period since the war. This dividend ac- ton should go long way toward point ing out the favorable trade position of the copper industry as a whole. Amer ican Can during the first hour an nounced an extra dividend of per cent payable on the common and shortly afterwards Pittsburg Coal directors de- cided that the coal business was un- favorable enough to warrant a passing of the common dividend. Many of the rails lost large fractions owing to mar ket dullness and a desire on part of speculators to even up their position over the holiday.-Fenner and Beane to Kahn and Virgin.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-A decrease in volume of business on the stock ex- change may be due either to prepara- tions for Christmas holidays or to a less confident feeling. It is probably due to a combinatio nof both. There has been a very substantial increase in public commitments. These commit ments now average at high level Of values. Many who owned stocks at low level have accepted their profits. thus there has been a change in own ership of a large quantity of stocks. The question Is, is there at present a sufficient buying power to continue to take stocks at existing levels and thus hold and eventually bring about the higher levels hoped for? This Is a question that Is not easily answered. The market will have to be put to a test. The test may come at any time. being prepared for eventualities, and this can only be done by marketing some long stocks and being in a posi- ton to take advantage of a sharp re- action when 1t comes.-John F. Clark & Go.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-It Is impos- sible and foolish to regard the present market from a day to day standpoint, but the receipts of stocks today was not particularly alarming, even though the list most of the time was rather re- actionary. Buying power is more timid, willing to trail along while stocks are advancing, but just as willing to with draw when the list Is under pressure. Without attempting to measure each days fluctuations, we firmly believe that the wise policy to pursue Is to keep on the long side of established stocks, rails and good industrtals and not be- come swayed from this position by sud den outbursts of selling. It is a pre- holiday affair and many traders natur- ally are taking profits with the hope in view of replacing their long lines on the setbacks. We believe there are many buying orders in the market slightly under today's closing level.- Steiner, Rouse and Stroock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Cotton goods arkets held steady today with trading rht. Print cloths were especially firm. 5nehams and flannels sold better. New vles percales were having quite a in. Burlap purchases in the past two aeks for deliveries running through
 arch approximate 10000 bales. The sIcutta markets were firm and local
 arkets steady. The wool merchandis-
 2 trade is actively discussing the
 erits of the high wool prices now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
GREENVILLE MAYOR
 INCREASES PENALTY
Bootleggers Sentenced To Hard
 LabOr-Many Arrests Made
Especial Leased Wire. ]

GREENVILLE, Ala, Dec. 23.-Boot- Mayor Claude Hamilton of this city, who besides exacting heavy fines from them is administering hard labor sen tences. The local police department has been very successful in bringing the violators of the law to justice during the past few weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
PAGEANT PRESENTED

A Christmas pageant entitled "The Promised Messiah was presented at the First Methodist church of this city Sunday night. Almost 100 young peo- pie took part in the number and the Christmas music that accompanied it Mns greatly enjoyed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

lead. Others who have been cast and the roles which they will essay are Cyril Chadwick, Captain Trevalan Ralph Lewis, Thomas Potter; Emily Fitzroy, Aunt Isabel; Harvey Clark. Charles Reisling; Edward Piel, Sam Shu Sin, and David Kirby, Gibson. Walter Wilkinson will play Henry Pot ter at the age of four, and Brother Mill Ter will portray the character at twelve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
COTTON SEED OIL

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-After an ir- regular opening in which December ad- vanced IS points on covering, cotton seed oil today worked off several points under scattered realizing in sympathy with weakness In lard. Prices steadied d up later, however, on buying by houses traders on the late firmness in grains. Closing bids were ? points higher to l net mower. Sales, 16,90O barrels. Prime crude, 5000 asked; prime summer vel low spot, $1150G11.so December closed s11 50; January, S11.41; March, $11.59; May, S11.94, all bid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24

the employees of the
 great Filene store
 in Boston are being
 investigated a n d
 analysed by the
 Russell Sage foun- dation and t b 6 findings 8 b o Il y will be laid before |the public.
 A comprehensive | effort Is being made to find just lhow far employers lean go properly in lsharing manage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
ATLOEW'S BIJOU

Not in many weeks has an act aruosed such an interest among patrons and friends of Loew's Bijou as that of the Great Protean artist, Arturo Berdardi, representing 35 distinct characters In three scenes, as he represented them to the king and queen of England.
 Added to the Christmas week offer ings is another feature, the Zaza and Adele Revue, with cast of six terp- sichorean artists featuring the latest dances, including the famous underworld dance of Paris.
 The famous blackface aces, Fagg and White. are also on this bill in return engagement, along with Edah Delbridge and Tobe Gremer in 'Harmonies and Smiles" and as an opener the Two Royal Guards" famous head balancers and mandolin, cornet and general ln- strumentalists.
 Baby Peggy, in her latest full length feature, "Captain January, is adding to her many friends among the juvenile movie fans, who have been Hooking to Loew's Bijou to see their favorite star in this screen adaptation of the Amer ican classic by Laura F. Richards, in which Baby Peggy is supported by such stars as Hobart Bosworth. Irene Rich, Lincoln Stedman. Harry T. Mercy and Barbara Tenant.