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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
STOCK MARKET TURNS LOWER
 AFTER ADVANCE
Bears Center Pressure On American WOOlen, And
 It Sags Heavily

NEW YORK, Oct 25.-Heavy week. end profit taking, accelerated by bear attacks against a few vulnerable issues, turned the course of prices downward in today's brief session of the market after an early advance, which was par ticularly brisk in the low priced rails. Net losses in the active industrial is- sues ranged from small fractions to nearly 3 points.
 Bear pressure centered on American woolen, which was driven down to within a small fraction of the years low at 511a, but it rallied later, to SPA. off 7s on the day. The preferred touch ed a new minimum price at 90.
 New 1924 peak prices in the railroad group were established by Frisco com mon, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Kansas City Southern and Gulf, Mo bile and Northern preferred. St. Paul preferred was heavily bought just be- Heaviness cropped out, however in Atchison, Lackawanna and. Union Pa cific. R.
 Merchandising issues continued in good demand with buying influenced by reports of increased sales. Manhattan Shirt, one of the most active issues in this group, sold 1A points higher at 3S. Brown Shoe broke through it's previous high and s. s. Kresge scored 15 points advance at 431. Woolworth fell back on realizing sales. ,A.
 United States Cast Iron Pipe was run up to new years high at 11!h, but recovered points on profit taking and closed at a small loss. Fleischmann and Simmons company also sold at their best prices of the year.
 Motor issues came under the range Of professional fire Mack Truck yielded 1ss points to 99; Maxwell "A" 1h points to 66A and Nash Motors 1E tofl52
 General Electric was one of the con spicuously heavy spots in the indus trial list, which was given decidedly ir- regular appearance by the pressure eX- cried against special issues. That stock was forced down almost 3 points to 250Is, while losses of l to points also were registered by General American Tak Carr General Baking. Internatlon-
 Trading in foreign exchanges was without particular interest.
 Stock market averages:
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CuRR MARKET

CURB MARKET
 NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Although busi- ness on the curb exchange today was in smaller volume than noted III otner recent sessions the market gave a lais M good account of itself. Steadily ao- yancing quotations in the last half or inc week had attracted considerable selljng nressure for both short account and profit taking. 1ndustrlal snares were in support with further gains pc ing recorded in Commonwealth Fo"er and few radio securities.
 ouietness ruled in the petroleum group with prices in most instances holding around the Week .soa5 m.s at mod There were some issues offered al Inou- @ crate concessions, but the declines were confined to small fractions and were without market significance.
 There was further marked improve ment in the character of trading our ing the week, the class Of stocks III which there was active buslness pe'hs wholly different from that Whlch nau formerly constituted this market Unit ad RaEeries was strong, moving up more than 5 points to above l21 anu making new high record, and gam oF 5 noints was made in Singer Manu- facturine to 174. Commonwealth POW CT had "a range of points, adVanclh6 Id 103, and the new American Fo"et Light stock ranSeu liohl II
 Roth classes of American Tobacco new stock. were traded in, the A stock sell ing at s2 to S1, and the B at SlFs 10 a0 on when issued contracts. .,
 Nickel Plate issues, after being dnll M for the time, became fairly active. The new common advanced from IS to aooVe No 74 and the preferred from S2ss to s. hut both issues subsequently reacted. Delaware, Lackawanna and western Coal made a gain of point ana Gleh AIdenj Coal rose points. Lehigh val lev Coal after it's recent advance re acted points, but was in demand agaln FridaJ. Pittsburg Terminal Coa ranged from A to 46h and the pre- ferred. from 80 to s1.
 Petrpleum stocks were affected by the stronger conditions in the trade. I'm Teriai; Oil of Canada advanced about 5 points And Royal Canadian moved up to a nswshigh for recent trading; Guit Ou advanced points to 65. Prairie oii ranged from 215 to 219 and Stand ard Oii of Nebraska from 2341a to 246: Pine Line stocks had an interval or strength in which Indiana Pipe Line advanced from 70 to " and Eureka Pine Zine rose points to SO,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
NEW oRLEANs CoTToN

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 25.-It was an active short session in the cotton mar ket today owing to the publication of the government report showing the con- dition of the crop on October IS, as 54.7 per cent of normal, the indicated yield at 12,675, 900 bales, and the total ginned 7,60O,s26 bales. Just prior to the pulp lication of the totals December, which had traded as low as 22.37c in the first hour, shot up to 2S.30c, ors93 points up, while January advanced S2 points from 2239c to 23.21c.
 As the crop forecast and ginning to- tals proved much larger than expected, prices gave way sharply after the pub lication of the figures, December drop ping to 21 95c and January to 21.9Sc, or 136 and 123 points, respectively, from the highs of few minutes earlier, but only 52 to 55 points under the closing wave of selling subsided prices rallied about Is to 16 points from the lows and the close was steady at net losses for the day of 35 to 39 points.
 No satisfactory explanation was found for the sudden advance just be- fore the official report was issued, it being assumed that some traders, feel ing that the report would be bullish, engaged in some wild buying. While the figures or the report were distinctly bearish, the comparatively small net de- cline had been pretty well discounted in advance.
 Yesterday was the last notice day for October deliveries in the local market and notices for 1000 bales were circu- lated and presumably all stopped. The month, however, advanced suddenly to ,23c right after the issue of the bureau figures, but soon slumped off to 22.O5c and went out at 22.09c.
 ( The weather map showed no rain eX- cept at the extreme southern point of Florida, but temperatures were gener- ally much lower than the average with light to heavy frost in many localities. No attention was paid to weather de- velopments, however. Exports for the day totalled 27,625 bales.
 f-' NEW YORK COTTON
 NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-CottOn futures closed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
CHAIN AND PRovIsJoNs
CASH GRAIN


 NEW YORK, Oct 25.-Flour. easier; spring patents, s7.5O@s.OO; soft winter straights, S675@725; hard winter straights, $7.00G7.50. Rye weak; No. 9 western, $1.34A f. O. b. New York and $1.32h, c. 1. f. export. Barley easy; malting $1.O3@1.O5 c. i. f. New York. Lard weak; middle west, $16.65@16.75 Other articles were unchanged.
 CHICAGO, Oct. 25-wheat: No. 2 hard, $1!S9A @L4OA; No. 3 hard, S1.39A @ l.
 Corn: n, No, Nc. ? mixed, s1.O8A; No. yell Oats: No: white, 47A 047&c; No. 8 Rye; No. ?, s1.22.
 Barley, 75@90c.
 Timeihy seed, $4.7596.5O.
 Glover seed, $1s@29. ....,.-.
 Lard, $15.6o; ribs, $1S.50; Bellies, $14.75. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 25.-wheat: No 1.4s. O '-'''&'i''0' MO- req Sl:4'@ Corn: No. ? yellow, s1.OO@1.Os; No. ? Oats: No. ? white. 4S@4sc. . TOLEDO, Oct. 25.AClover seed, S17s5: October, S17.95; December, $17.6o bid !; alsike. old, $12.30; new, $12.4O; timothy seed' $3;. October, $3; December, $310. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 25.-Cash: Wheat, No. red, $1.53; No. 3 red, S1.4761.5 50. Corn: No. white, $1.03h @L04h; No. ? yellow, $1.02Q1O4s. Oats: No. white, A9ci No. 8 white, 461a Q4sc.
 Close wheat: December, s1S9A; May, $1.44% Corn: December, S1.OO1a; May, $1.O4%. Oats: December, 4sc; May, 52Ac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
LTVERPOOL COTTON

2 LIVERPOOL, Oct. 25.-Cotton: Spot limited demand; prices steady; strictly good middling, 140sd; good middling, 13.6Sd; strictly middling, 13.43d; mid ding, 13.2Sd; strictly low midding, 13.0Sd; low middling, 12.5Sd strictly good ordinary, 12.1Sd; good ordinary. 11.5Sd; sales, 4,000 bales, including 1,4OO receipts. 17,0O0 balesI includ- ing, 16,100 American. Futures closed steady; October, 12.96d; December, 12.S4d; January, 12.s7d; March, 12.91d;
 May, 12.92d; July, 12.S0d; September,
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rnnEfGN EXCHANGE

NEW- YORK, oct. 25.-Foreign ex- changSs steady; quotations in cents: Great Britain, demand, $44s lo-I6; ca hIes s4 49&; 60-day bills on banks, sF46 s16. France, demand, $520h;
 cables S5.21. Italy, 4.31A@4.S2; Bel eium, ,4.79@4ssM; Germany per tril- iion), '2ST; Holland, S9.23; Norway 1424: Sweden, 266O Denmark, 17.15;
 Switzerland, 1928; Spain, 1S14; Greece, 1.74; Poland, 19h; Czechoslovakia' 2.9sA lJugosIavia, IA; Austria. .Oo141s; i; Rumahia, .56l4; Argentina, 36.62; Bra zil. 11 5o; Tokyo. 8; Montreal, 99 63-64.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
RICE MARKET

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 25-Rough rice steady; sales none; receipts, 12,549 sacks; millers' receipts, 12,297 sacks. Clean rice, steady; sales, 56O Honduras, A Q4c; 2,36F Blue Rose, 55s @5&c; 5i Edith at-65sc; 47 second heads at 41Sc. 3,521 screenings, 2%@3c; 200 Lady Wright at 6%c. Receipts, s,962 pockets Bran and polish unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
VEGETABLES

CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-Sweet potatoes, Tennessee hampers. $1.6501.75; cucum- bers, Florida crates and hampers, $500 G5.5O; Louisiana hampers, $4.5045.00.
 Peppers, Tennessee hampers, $1.00Q 1.25; rare variety, $1.75. Eggplant, Flor ida crates, $3.50Q400. Shallots, Louis jana plances, 20 dog. berrel, $12.O0Q14.O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 25.-Spot cot ton quiet, 35 points down. Sales, on the spot, none; to arrive, 134 Low mid ding, 20.15c; middling, 22.15c; good middling, 22.65c.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Cotton spot quiet; middling, 22.55c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
HUBBARD BROS. & cO.

Members New York Cotton Exchange, New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Now Members Liverpool Cotton Associatio1s Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special consignment of spot cotton for delivery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
LONDON MONEY

LONDON, Oct. 27.-Bar silver 35 1-16 pence ,per ounce.
 Money 29s per cent. Discount rates short bills, 35s per cent; three months, S% per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
FLAX MARI

..N FLAX MARKET
 DULUTH, Minn., Oct. 25.-Close flax; October, $2.S9; November, $2.39; Decem- Der, $2.S5; May, $2.40.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
COTTON LETTERS

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The bureau estimate today was about in line with expectations, although taken in con- junction with a large ginners report, 1t was thought to reflect the increase in the crop during the recent period of good weather The market declined somewhat on, the publication of the. fig ures, but met good buying from the trade, which held. prices steady to the close. While speculative sentiment is still bearish, 1t is noticeable that the estimate caused less excitement than might have been expected from the figures. showing that the problem of consumption is becoming more impor- tant than the matter of supply, which may be taken as fairly well establish ed. It is expected the market will be lower Monday, ass hedging sales are expected from the south oyer the week. end, but it remains to be seen what will be the attitude of Europe, whose spinners are well occupied at profitable prices and who still need cotton. Liver pool futures are due Monday; Decem- Der, 12.72d; January, 12.75d.-Hubbard Bros. & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
NEW YORK BONDS

NEW YORK, Oct z5-Following are today's high, low and closing prices of bonds on the New York Stock Exchange, and the total sales of each bond:
 UNITED STATES BONDS United States bonds are quoted in dollars and
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NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Folowing today's sales. high low and closing prices Of stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange:
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NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-with a very exceptional short session that indicated nothing except a desire on the part of the trading element to even up their speculative commitments over the week end, American Wool was one of the weak spots and sold off to 51h, a new low on the present move, and within a quarter of a point of the lowest rec ord figure touched a few days after the passing of the dividend, Kansas City Southern, Colorado Fuel and St, Paul were also in considerable demand at higher price levels. Optimism over trade conditions seems to be most nota- ble in the northwest, where depression was so rampant year ago. The mar ket closed irregular with many leading issues, such as Steel, Baldwin, Amerf- can Can, Cast Iron Pipe, General Elec- tric and Union Pacific and others. show ing fractional declines for the day. Fenner & Beane to Kahn 6 Virgin.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The govern ment report when completely posted was regarded as bearish and prices broke sharply from the high established just before it was posted, hut the decline
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NEW YORK CURB
INDUsTRIALS

NEW YORK Oct 25.-Folloxing is the official list Of transactions the New York Curb Exchange, giving all stocks and bonds traded in;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26

NEW YORK, Oct. 24-The figures of the government were about in line with local expectations and after much con fusion prices eased off under liquidation and short selling. It IS probable that the believers in large crop will feel more confident in. their views while those of bullish views will have to de- pend on the trade accepting such a crop as not being excessive. There is some improvement admitted in textile circles, but with today's figures some few days at least will be necessary for traders to form clearer view as to whether cot ton at this level is cheap. Would for the time being, make purchases only on setbacks.-Fenner & Beane to Kahn G Virgin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
SrCAR MARKET

NEW YORK, oct. 25.-Trading in raw sugar futures today was confined to a light evening up business. Prices held generally steady and closed net un- changed to one point higher. December cIosedi 3.93c; March, 3.16c; May, 3.9Sc; July, 3.33c.
 The raw and refined sugar spot mar kets were closed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
PORT MOVEMENT
INFERIOR MOVEMENT

Receipts-Week. AS sOS6; season. 2.7662IS EXports-Week 27.625: season. l6l942T
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 Leady at net declines Of 35 to 39 points.
 (rangel Gin. pr llOuen 1 High Low Close IPH. Cl.
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STEEL MARKET NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Steel prices unchanged.
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f- NEW YORK COTTON
 NEW YORK. Oct. 25-CottOn futures closed steady.
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COH(3R||EES5 NAY FORGE OFFICIALS
 USE ]. s. SHIPS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 Congress may pass law requiring all Ameri- can officials, diplomats, consuls and agents to travel on American ships in the future.
 This is the likely sequel to the in cident which has just aroused the senate in connection with the discov- cry that the American Bar Associa tion did not buy passage for it's mem bers on an American ship, but gave the business to a foreign steamship line
 While Congress has no control over private bodies like the American Bar e the Federal payroll to travel on ships owned by American firms.
 The shipping board has again and again been confronted abroad with hthe humiliating argument that if the American officials do not consider htheir own ships worth patronizing why should any one else QO so. AL present it will be simple thing for congress to attach rider to all ap- -propriation bills where travel is in volved requiring that passage be en- pgaged on American ships where such vessels sail to the destinations to which the journey on official business is to be made.
 The general effect, however, of such stipulation in appropriation | bills would be to make American off cials patronize their own fleet and the impression resulting therefrom would be beneficial to the American busi- ness as whole.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-01-08
BUGLE PLAYERS MAKE BIG
 HIT AMONG CHURCH GOERS

BERLIN, Jan. S,-Buglers who give Sunday concerts on church spires at tract large crowds in Germany, and in tact the practice is extending all over Central Europe.
 Trinity church which stands near the American embassy in Berlin ire quently has such concerts on religious holidays. A quartet of buglerS play religious tunes on a balcony about 100 feet above the streets.
 Four Dresden clergymen who are expert buglers but found it difficult to earn living preaching because of the financial depression are making a sue cess of bugle concerts in Czecho-Slo vakia. They are given on church steeples, in the auditorium of the churches; in marketplaces and even on street corners and the contribu- tions of the listeners maintain the clergymen who play only sacred mu- sic and hymns.
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NATIONWIDE PETITION FOR
 RELEASE l|EuT, eR|FF|s

CHICAGO, Jan 8.-A nation wide movement is under way to bring about the release of Lieutenant Cor liss Hoover Griffis, former American soldier, sentenced to 19 months in a German prison for attempted kidnap- ing of Grover c. Bergdoll, wealthy draft evader, Dr. James Whitney Hall, president of the Iroquois club, has an- nounced. He is head of national or ganization to obtain pardon for the convicted soldier.
 Dr. Hall said that Lieut.. Griffis was being notified of the movement in his behalf by Americans.
 One of the activities of the com mittee he said, was to botain sig natures to petition addressed to the German government asserting that the American people, would consider his release "most gracious act"
 .The first signature was that of Nor ris sussmaan9,, 2 former German soldier who Lost aA sTm in the ArsQppe.
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PARESIS AND LOCOMOTOR
 ATAxIA BELIEVED DURABLE

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. S.-The Rock feller institute is soon to release to physicians new specific called trypa- samid, of A-63, which is asserted to show a 50 per cent result in the treat ment of paresis and locomotor ataxia, according to story that appears in the Ohio State Journal which gives Dr. H. M. Brundage of Columbus as it's authority. Fifty per cent cures was declared by Dr. Brundage to be far in excess of results obtained by any previously known specific for these two diseases.
 The speeches. greatest virtue was declared to lie in the fact that the drNg possesses an affinity for tissues of the central nsrxoas system and can be- iptected gSs into into the veins.
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ALASKA TREASURER PAYS
 BOUNTY ON 45OO EAGLES

Announcement from the office of the Territorial Treasurer is that the Territory has paid the bounty on 45OO eagles killed within her confines with in the past year and that since the bounty was increased to one dollar, a noted increase is shown in the mum Der of claws presented One resident of the Rocky Pass neighborhood, 100 miles south of Juneau, has collected bounty on 400 eagles.
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UAUGHERII OARE0 ID
 PROSECUTE FORBES

WASHINGTON, Jan. .S.-Charles Forbes has written Attorney General Daugherty daring his to prosecute him for irregularities while in charge of the Veterans Bureau, and threatening to present evidence which will cause a greater upheaval in Government cir cles than was caused by the testimony at the Senate inquiry
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NEW CABLE WILL BE COMPLETED
 EARLY NOVEMBER

WASHINGTON, Jan S.-It is an nounced today that revised plans of the Signal Corps contemplate having the Alaska cable completed and in working order by November.
 The first section laid will be from Seattle to Ketchikan via Craig going overland from the latter point seven miles, and thence to Ketchikan under water.
 The remaining stretch will be laid from Ketchikan direct to Seward, and will be completed this year.
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DEFINITE DETAILS C;''|H'E|.II (NHFL.Il3IIT
 ni'lj1'iII) ii0nLD

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8 S-Defnite de tails have been received here stating that Commander Martin and his Army fliers will leave Langley Field, Vir- ginia, March l, for Santa Monica, then to San Diego for a trial flight, then fly to Seattle for a round the world flight. From Seattle they will hop off April 2 on the first leg to Attn Island, thence to Nagasaki, Japan Calcutta India; Constantinople, Fur key; London, Iceland, Greenland and thence down the Canadian coast line to Langley Field.
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Much Damage to Crops

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. S.-Re- ports from truck growers in this state indicate that heavy damage was done to growing crops and to fruit, thou sands of young trees being killed in the sections around Ocala, Sanford, and as far south as Barlow. Heavy, killing frosts are reported in many districts unprotected by water. and the loss will total hundreds of thou sands of dollars.
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= FORBES BRANDED As
 "#A9 DEVIL IN FRAUDS

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-That c. w. Forbes. deposed director general of the Veterans Bureau, was "head devil in an established conspiracy to defraud the government" was charg- ed today by General Counsel Ryan in his report to the Senate Veterans committed
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Death Rides I'm North Wind
kOYSES MARU SINKS

SEATTLE, Jan. 7.-The Koyees Maru which was reported in distress Sunday had her crew taken off by the President Mckinley yesterday. The vessel at the time was in latitude 49 I north and longitude 174.10 east, and was sinking fast Her rudder chains were broken and the vessel was drift ing helplessly.