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Evening star., 1924-06-12
TRADING VERY HEAVY.

NEW YORK, June 12.-Althoueh
the reduction in rediscount rates by
the New York and Boston federal re-
serve banks did not come until after
the close of yesterdays market, this
action was preceded by unusually
active stock and bond trading. Total
stock sales for the first time in many
weeks appropriated a million shares
and bond transactions exceeding $z3,-
100000 were the largest Of any day
this year. Financial circles were
confident that the lower bank rate
would provide the needed stimulus
to enable the markets to maintain
their latest display Of strength
Evening star., 1924-06-12
MARKET CLOSES STRONG.
Several High-Grade Securities Ad
vance in Final Trading.

NEW YORK, June 12.-Stock prices,
under the leadership of representa-
tive rails, Surged upward in today s
active trading. The advance was ac-
centuated by the reduction in New
York and Boston rediscount rates
and the cheerful tenor of commission
house reviews. Sales approximated
one million shares.
The closing was strong. Despite
selling of Baldwin and American Can,
the market was galvanized into re-
newed activity and strength in the
final dealings, when high grade is
sues, including Western Union and
National Lead, advanced sharply.
Illinois Central u. s. Cast Iron Pipe,
Nickel Plate" and u. S. Rubber first
preferred also jumped ahead.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
JULY COTTON JUMPS
70 POINTS DURING DAY
Later Months Fail to Keep Up
With Advance of About
So Per Bale.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 12.-Active COW
ering and trade buying Of July con-
tracts today emphasized the bullish-
ness Of the statistical situation on
the cotton market, and advanced that
contract to 1892. or 10 points over
yesterdays close. Later months
were quiet and only Is to 20 points
higher.
The opening was steady at decline
of 1 to 10 points. Slight rallies right
after the call met increased offerings,
active months selling about 10 to II
points net lower.
July declined to 2S.12 and October
to $3.50. Selling on the better wealth
er was checked to some extent by ex-
pectations of bullish midmonth condi-
tion figures, however, and there were
rallies toward the end of the first hour.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, June 12.-Fresh strength
quickly developed in the wheat mar
ket today after wavering start
Owing to showers in Canada and to
the fact that Liverpool quotations
were unresponsive to yesterdays ad-
vance in prices on this side of the
Atlantic, first trading here showed a
downward tendency. Offerings, how
ever, were quickly absorbed, and the
rise of values thereafter, with active
buying based on likelihood of greatly
reduced production, carried the mar
ket to we'll above yesterdays finish.
Opening prices ranged from Is to s.
lower, July 1.o9T to 1.1ot and Sep
tember 1.12 to 1.12s, and were sue
ceeded by rallies of one cent or more
all around.
Despite warmer temperatures. corn
sympathized a little with the wheat
advance. The corn opening, which
varied from Il off to 4 up, July 1918
to 8oh, was followed by a slight gen.
eral sag and then by small gains.
Provisions were firmer, owing to
ahSence of any aggreSSiYe selling.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

Live poultry-Spring chickens, pound,
35a45; leghorns, s0a3S; old hens, 22a
81 leghorns, old. 22a23; old roosters,
15a16; ducks, 15a22; spring. 2Sa30;
pigeons, pair, 40a45.
Eggs-Loss off, native and nearby
firsts, 81; dozen, southern, &c.
Butter-Creamery, good to fancy,
:sa4a: nearby creamery, 34a3S; prints,
43a4s; ladies, 30a32; rolls, 2sa31;
store packed, %; dairy prints, 29a31;
Hprocess butter, 34a35.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
COAL TRAFFIC SHRINKAGE
HITS RAILROADS HARD
B. & o., Pennsylvania and Western
Maryland Suffer Slump in
Earnings.
Special pispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE. Md, June 12.-ShTink
age in the movement of coal has
bea1 the most important factor in the
falling off in earnings of railroads.
particularly of lines which realize
their largest receipts when the coal
trade is active.
The drop in coal tonnage has affect
ed the earning power of the Balti-
fore and Ohio. the Pennsylvania and
Western Maryland to a greater ex-
tent than the average person sus-
poets.
The Western Maryland estimated
earnings for May, just made
public, show that loss in coal re-
ceIpts accounted for s4S3.479.12 of the
total decrease of S62s.929: A reported
In earnings for that month. Receipts
from coal traffic last month amounted
to s591,3e7.36 against s1,O74,S76.4S, for
the corresponding month a year ago.
This is a decline of s4S3,4t9.lZ ~. or
operations for the month showed
comparative loss Of 80 per cent.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

BALTIMORE, June IL (SpeciaD.-
Potatoes, white, per 100 lbs 76a200;
150-lb sacks, 1.5oa3. so; new potatoes,
bbl. 2ooa5.oo. Beans buc: l.5o' 10
4.Ooa4 50. Beets. 100, 2.ooas.oo. KaIe,
bu.. 5aas5. Carrots, bu., 1.ooal. 25'
Cucumbers. crate. 5oa1.50. Corn, crate
2.0oa3-5o Eggplant, crate. 2Ooa3.So
Lettuce. bu.. 5oaL0o. Spring onions
100. 1.2sa175. Peas Pea "a o9;, .aSaItSo ~ hp
5oa75. Radishes, 100, 1.0oa2-5o. Squash
basket, 1.5oa2. 90. Tomatoes crate
150a3.50
Apples, packed. Dbl. 2-5oa5.oo; bu.
1.o0a1.75; box apples, 2.50a3-25. Grape
4.ooa4.75. Strawberries, at,. GALS
Peaches, crate, 1.50a3.0o. Cantaloupes
crate, 2.75a3.75. Pineapples' crate
2.50a5.75.
Settling Prices on Grain.
wheat-No. 2 red winter, spot, LA
No. red winter. garlicky, domestic,
1.14; no quotations on No. or No.
red winter, garlicky.
corn-cob, new, 425a4.so per bar
rel for yellow and 4.10a4-15 per barrel
for white; No. corn, spot, ST; No. 3,
"a; track corn, yellow, No. ), 81.
oats-No. 2 white, SO; No. white,
new, So.
Rye-Nearby. 7oa75; No. 2, rye, spot,
81ss.
Hay-Receipts, fifty-nine tons. Re
ceipts of hay are more liberal and
the tone of the market is easy Under
accumulations on spot. Market on
unsound and off-color hay is weak
and hay of this sort is hard to move,
even at sharp discounts.
Quotations-No. l timothy, $3.50;
No. 2, 2S 5oa2s.00: No. timothy, $500
a27o0: No. l light clover. mixed
275oa2S.o 90; No. 2 light clover, mixed
25.00a26.00 No. 1 clover. mixed, 27.00
a27.50: No. 2 clover, 24.00a25.o0.
Straw-No. l straight rye, 2S.00a
240O per ton; No. 1 tangled rye, 1890
a2o.0o; No. 1 wheat 17.o0a17.5o; No.
oat, 16.50a17.00.
Another advance of 10 cents pei
barrel on all city-milled brands and
western grades of -four was an
nounced at the chamber of commerce
this morning.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
NEW YORK EGG PRICES.

NEW YORK, June 12.-Eggs firm;
receipts, 43,o1o cases; fresh gathered.
extra firsts, regular packed, 29a29 "
do. storage packed, 29k a30h; fresh
gathered, firsts, regular packed, 2Sa
.8h; do, storage packed. 29a29 "
fresh gathered, seconds and poorer,
.7a271k; nearby hennery, whites,
closely selected extras, 36a3S; nearby
and nearby western hennery whites,
firsts to average extras, 30a35; nearby
bennery browns, extras, 34a35; Pacific
coast whites, extras, 37a3S; do, firsts
10 extra firsts, 30a34.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
BOND PRICES SOAR
TO RECORD LEVELS
Years Best Quotations Reached
Soon After Opening-Many
100000 Transactions.
ALL LIBERTIES ADVANCE
Four q. S. Issues Hit Highest
Marks for All Time.
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, June 12.-Response to
the announcement to a cut in the re-
discount rate of the New York Fed
eraI Reserve Bank to 81 per cent
came at the opening of the bond
market today in the shape of sharp
advances in all investment securities
under vigorous demand With two
exceptions opening prices for liberty
bonds were new high records. One
exception was the tax-exempt 3ks.
The other exception, the first 4A lib
ertys, joined the rest in making a
new high soon after the opening.
The advance in the Treasury "A S
was the most spectacular.
War Issues at New Peaks.
Every United States government
war and postwar loan is selling at
the highest since it's issue with the
single exception of the liberty 3hs.
There was some reaction under
ofit-taking, but dealers expressed
the opinion that in the present money
market libertys ought to sell on 3 ~
per cent basis, which would necessi-
tate some further price advance.
Buying spread rapidly to the high
grade rails and industrials. New
highs for the year were made by such
issues as United States Steel sinking
fund SIS, American Telephone and
Telegraph collateral trust SIS and
debenture 5hs, Atchison General Is
and New York Central 5s.
French IsSues Advance.
One of the most interesting Incl
dents was the advance in foreign
bonds. notably the French issues.
French IS were at a new high for
the year above par and French 7hs
at 96Iz were selling at the record for
1924 made late in April. French mu-
nicipal and provincial issues were
also strong. There was buying of
Cuban 5hs at the best price of the
year.
Activity in the speculative rails
covered wide range with special
strength in Seaboard 6s, Wheeling
and Lake Erie AVS, Missouri Pacific
General As and Missouri Pacific 6s.
Erie prior lien As made a new high
on this movement. B. & o. converti-
Bile AS were in demand around 80.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK. June 12.-Stocks
strong: several rails at new 1924
highs.
Bonds. vigorous; four government
issues establish record highs.
Foreign exchanges, steady; French
francs easier.
Cotton firm. spot houses buying.
Sugar advanced; short covering.
Coffee lower; trade selling.
CHICAGO. June 12.-Wheat higher;
light receipts.
Corn firm; prediction unfavorable
weather.
Cattle lower; quality unsatisfactory.
Hogs steady to lower; packers in
active.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
PARIS MARKET QUIET.

PARIS, June 12.-Tradins was
ouiet on the bourse today.
Three per cent rentes, 5S francs %
centimes. ., . IN
centimes. =,
Five per cent loan, 81 francs 10
The dollar was quoted at Is francs
80 centimes.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
PLAN TRADE PARLEY.

ATLANTA, June IL (SpeciaD.-
Twenty-one Latin American coun-
tries have agreed to send representa-
tives here in October to attend the
Pan-American Commercial Congress
now being arranged to cultivate bet
ter relationships between southeast
ern shippers and merchants of those
countries
Evening star., 1924-06-12

Opening: July, 2S.2U; Uctober, 2J.W, Dc
cember, 25.25; January, 25.G March. 2o.11.
NEW ORLEANS, June 1.-THE cot
ton market opened quiet and slight
ly easier Liverpool was hardly as
good as due and weather and crop
news was favorable. First trades
showed losses of IA to is points and
prices eased off Immediately after
the call July trading down to 27-94;
October, 25.01. and December, 24.7s,
or 10 to 21 points below the pre-
vious close. The reactionary trend
was held in check by the lowered
federal reserve rediscount rate ana
the active stock market.
Cotton futures closed steady at net advance
Evening star., 1924-06-12
TODAY'S METAL PRICES.

NEW YORK, June 12-Copper-
Easier; electrolytic, spot and futures,
12&a12z. Tin-Steady; spot and fu-
lures, 42.00a42.25. Iron Steady:
prices unchanged. Lead-Steady;
spot, 7.00a7.25. Zinc-Easier; East
st. Louis spot and nearby, 575a5. so,
Antimony-Spot s.35.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
RATES ON BAR SILVER.

LONDON, June 12.-Bar silver
81 11-16d per ounce. Money, IA per
cent. Discount rates: Short bills
215-16 per cent; three-month bills
215-16a3 per cent.
NEW YORK, June 12.-Bar silver,
66x; Mexican dollars, 81.
Evening star., 1924-06-12

Opening-July, H.9I; Uctober, 2s'.Uo' Dc
cember, 24so: January, 24.s0; March, 24sO.
bid.
LIVERPOOL, June 12.-Cotton-
Spot, quiet; prices steady. Good mid
ding, 1914: fully middling. 17.e4 !;
middIing, 1714; low middling, 1925;
good ordinary, 1923; ordinary, l41s:
Sales. 1000 bales including $500
American. Receipts, $1,000 bales, in
Guiding 200 American. Futures
closed barely steady June, p7.os;
July, 1877; September. 1879; octo-
Der, 1921; December, 1882; January
1472; March, 1850: May, l4.45.
Evening star., 1924-06-12
BONDS
ON NEW YORK
Private Wire Direct to The Star ONCE.
(Sales are in Sl,o0o.)

UNITED STATES BONDS.
Fractions represent thirty-seconds,
Example: 1918 means 101 3-32)
Sales. High. low. Close.
Lib 3ks...... 624 lO0-28 l0O-23 lo0-28
Lib 1st-2d 4Ls IL l0l-2O 100-28 1920
Lib 1st AIS. >. 312 lCI.28 l0l-22 loo-26
Lib I'd 4ks... 772 1919 1918 1916
Lib Sd 4As. 1880 1929 1925 1928
LIB 4th s. 2l54 1928 100-3l l0z.
U * 1852. 1911 l04-8 l0l. l04-7
Evening star., 1924-06-12

TOTAL SALES (Par Vaiue):
II am. 10 028 600 IL noon I6 202 600
1p.m.. 19 5000 2p.m.. % 1s2 f,o0
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II you want work read the want
columns of The Star.
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opening-July. 2s7; October, 25o5: I
Evening star., 1924-06-12

Opening: July. % 70; October. -. 30; De
cember, 25 25; January, 25. .02: March, 25.11.
Evening star., 1924-11-18
RENT-BUsINEss PROPERTY

1902 u, End FIR. LIGHT BUSINESS 5000
1880 Pa. ave 3rd fyJr-Liyht business. 50 uy
I. W. GRAHAM q CO..
1902 II y w.
Evening star., 1924-11-18

REFINED. employed couple desre small rea
erusbly priced furn SHED room: vicinity ot
3th and Harvard; private family; state par
,iculars; references. Address Box 30O-A, star
81, 1Hs
Evening star., 1924-11-18
FOR SALE-APARTMEKTs.

2-FAMLY APT. Is TIIE RICINrTY 81
loth ANA Goi. rd.; real home AID lave
melt.
DIN0WIIZ REALLY co.
T3G Ii.h st NV. II 1891
Evening star., 1924-11-18

Exceptionally attractive and
conveniently located apartments
in the downtown and uptown
sections of the city. rents $50
to SIS, located in the following
buildings:
Evening star., 1924-11-18
SHOW 20 GROSS.
FOR EXCHANGE

A THOROUGHLY MODERN STORE PROP
erty with fve-roun and batn apar Iuent above,
located In uptoyu northwest sec 'oH and no"
occupied by lie owugr who i coEductnZ r
confectionery bus ness. Can lie traded for
small clear res dence or other business pr9i.
erty. Subject to ist trast Of SO Cbp At e..
Should rent about s. l36 per year. Alliy
Hedges & Middleton, Inc,
Realtors.
1894 II :. = " Franklin p5fE
Evening star., 1924-11-18
SALE--APkPTMEET HOUSES.

BY OWNER -SMATT. NEW APT. BEILD,
lns In fashionable Washington Heights =
ton; entire second -iio0U suite arrs u-ed -
owners ue.aqau,y IL desired Apply so7 8
81 u
Evening star., 1924-11-18
FOR SALE OR EXCHAf-GE

CLEAR LuTS, TBDIVISiON. ACREAG.,.
vaiue S75.gtH first Commercial. improved;
s21 900: Gil part for invest. prop brob",..
nrUtec-ed Address Boz f77-A. star Office. -"
WILL TRADE LOT CLEAR OF INCUN-
brance, located in one OF WazhEgt0a's *
elusive subdivisions, for a late model autom"-
bile having d value of about 500. Lot iiesi
for building purposes. Address Box 80 A
Star office
Evening star., 1924-11-18

GENTLEMAN desires we'll heated, comfort
able room In private home. State locationr
no@ furnished etc. Address Box 292 =, star
Evening star., 1924-11-18
RENT RooMS-FUR. OR UNFUR.
WANTED-ROOMS.

u 10th ST. s.E.-Two rooms for Ink. /;
Evening star., 1924-11-18

SINGLE, furp sued room. outside, private
bath or next bath, near 10th and L. Give
rate and phone. Address Box 306A. Star
Evening star., 1924-11-18
WANTED TO RENT-HoUsES

10 OBTAIN UNFURNISHEB HOUSE OR
apartment with three bedrooms. NV. section
Rear Rock Greek PARK: viii rent for six
months or one year from January l next:
dress OK 2T4A Star Office
Evening star., 1924-11-18

EMPLOYED COUPLE with two small chtl-
Gren want one furnished or unfnrnIshed room
with care of children during day; must ne
lean. refined Protestant family. ADDRESS
- $50 A Stsr office las
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
CONDEMN LITERARY GENT
Sinclair Lewis ParticuIarizes Tn The
 Case Of Christopher Morley

SlMCl1lE LeWIS fArttcuA8ffZeS Ell 1H6
 Case Of Christopher Morley
 Sinclair Lewis, who discovered Main street, and then wrote about it r has been visiting the far Canadian north, along with an expedition to pay treaty money to the Indians.
 As he passed through Regina toward the north, Lewis was entertained, and Austin Boutwell,, writing of the visitor in the Canadian Bookman, describes him as a vivid personality with a vivid colOring.
 "He is as 'rede as the bristle of q sow's ear,' like Chaucer's miller. He confesses to being a pal of MeDcken and Nathan, les enfants terribles' of New York. and of Ben Hecht, Carl Sandberg and Sherwood Anderson of Chicago, who are even more terrible, at least so they seem to one who dwells in the wild and woolly west. It is Mir. Lewis's pride, one gathered, that he is a rough neck. He condemns the literary gent, such as Christopher Morley, whom he mentioned specifically, with a scorn that passes understanding.
 "As lecturer, Sinclair Lewis Is practieed, efficient. He knows where to stop for the laughs, and when finally. He is monOloguist on stage and off. Rational conversation, which means give and take, he is not used to; he doesn't practice it very often, one judges. Babbitt's portrait marks him for all time. He understands Babbitt so well, because as Coleridge said of Hamlet, he has a smack of Babbitt himself in his composition. Quite a hefty smack. k."-TorOnto Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06

or fifteen years
 been playing in stock or in little road companies, year in and var out She had one great ambition--to play on Broadway. But somehow she could never get her chance. Fate seemed al- ways against her. She had all but given up hope.
 One day one of the little downtown theaters in New York gave her chance in it's leading role. It wasn't Broadway but still it was New York and she came. The first night of the play, one of the foremost Broadway managers saw 1t, liked the play and bought 1t for Broad way. He not only gave the leading woman a contract for the role-in that play but. I am told, signed her up for five years. On her opening night on Broadway the audience greeted her with cheers.
 To me, the thought of the feelings that must have been hers that evening is thrilling beyond words. Sometimes success of this kind comes almost too late, as in the case of Frank Bacon, who died while still playing his first success-though it was a tremendous success.
 l suppose there IS great NnFili lOr the girl who achieves success quickly but, after all, we grow to appreciate things and we learn to understand their value through years of wanting them and of endeavor. One who has had to struggle for her reward must appreciate it more deeply than those who win it out of hand. Her appreciation of it is probably more enduring, as she has her work---her foundation for secure success--behind her, while, the other girl still has 1t ahead and must be in teIligent enough to realize that it is still in front of her. Many people have been killed by quick success.
 l suppose many people would attribute this latest New York instance to luck. It may have been a stroke of luck that brought the chance to play in the little theater, but would not call it that. If this actress had not preservered all these years; if she had not done work that made the director of the little thea. ter think her capable of the part and l made the Broadway manager think the same, then all the luck in the world would not have placed her on Broadway People are apt to put down to luck what is really courage, hard work and de- termination. Certainly, these are the qualities that it does ones heart good to see at last rewarded and have a thrill whenever I think of this girl now playing in a success on Broadway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
Dire rectoIre Is 1 Knocking For
 Admission

D EGARDLESS of much talk con n corning the Directoire influence
 in fashion, women in general are loath to give in to it. This period comes back every so often to knock for admission. sometimes accentuating its good points through the tall square crown of a hat, sometimes through the deep wide cuff of a coat, or the double breasted closing of 1t with it's broad lapels, or sometimes by short cape at tached to either frock or coat, but this year it is calling to us through the medium of our waistlines.
 Indeed, the raised waistline has re- ceived quite favorable attention from the younger set all summer. but not 1 in any definite manner--merely care less drawing in of their belts to nor. maj, and then slight raising of them, which was more suggestive than actual, Youthful figures can wear this style, but the matron who must cater to her form, and also to the attribute of dig nity, will retain the one-piece or tube long day before she will find another fr0ck as long as she can. It will be a type of frock which solves her prob lems so satisfactorily and so simply.
 new term.
 One model offered Is for light weight woolen material combining crepe black satin for low pointed yoke and puffed undersleeves. These are elabo- rated with fine bead or thread embroid. cry, which may contrast with the rest of the frock. For instance, red and gold embroidery on black satin, with dark blue for the frock, would be pretty. Or a tan frock supplied with brown satin embroidered with tan beads would achieve a neutral effect oi pleasing charm. 20
 The ornament at the front may be in the form of metal buckle clasp or may be made of cordings of the ! dress fabric held with strands of flosl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06

"when we were married. my wifes mother came to live with us. She met us at the train after our honeymoon and escorted us to our new home, where she had already established herself, and she has never let us out of her sight when she could help it from that day to this I am not complaining. My wife was only n child and her mother was widow, and it seemed the right and proper thing for her to live with us, but never dreamed that she wouldn't have enough sense to realize that hus- band and wife who love each other as we do would not sometimes like to be alone, and that she would not have tact enough occasionally to efface herself. But she doesn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06

aTo be sure, a man beams and takes it as a compliment to his acumen when any one says what good taste his wife has, how artistic she is about fixing up the house and what difference it does make, but that is nothing whatever com pared to the expression of bursting pride with which he tells the boys that mo- body can beat dear making pie or flaY- jacks and that they just ought to taste the mullins she gave him for breakfast 4 little less concentration on artistic ef- fects and a trifle more upon the possi- bilities of a frying pan is the simple solution of so many matrimonial trage- dies"
 "You scare me to death !" shivered the bride, pale and apprehen1ive. Tive just recalled that all l have in the pantry is a cold boiled pot to and one piece of bacon!' I should just die if Tom"
 Well, welI!' the lady who had been married long time sOothed her. Its all right this time, because what came in for was to ask you and Tom to rEB
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06
Reflections of Dorothy Dis

paying back the debt of gratitude that my wife owes her for lifetime of devotion. and that l owe her for giving me as good a wife as any man ever had. We want to do ev- erything we can to make things pleasant and comfortable for her, but there is no denying that we buy our happiness largely at the price of our own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-06

Il would be glad to establish her in a little home of her own, or to pay her board in jolly little family hotel, but she would be perfectly miserable. away from my wife. She is one of those mothers who live on their daughters and who have no interest on earth apart from them. She Is the clinging-vine mother who smothers her child and saps it's strength with the tendrils of her affection.
 "Now, as I said before, I want my wife to take care of her mother, and I am willing that she should have her mother in our home, but 1t does seem to me that mother might make things . little easier for us.