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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
: COTTON LETTERS,

NEW ORLEANS, March 5.-The cot Don market gave better account of it. belf today than for several days. A
 mere cheerful Liverpool, reports that p4ondon and the continent were large buyers on that market, and bad weather fn the central and northeastern part of the belt gave it good start-off. The Meckly few turned out to be more bullish than looked for and stimulated huite fair amount of covering. Liy- erpool also cabled that the threatened lockout at Manchester was likely to be hverted at meeting between operatives hrd employers Thursday. The weekly review said that the recent freeze had Zone damage in the southwest and that little or no additional cotton had been planted in that section, owing to we. Boil and cool weather. Very little prog fess was made during the past week in preparation anywhere except in the flosing days, according to the weather bareau. Theo. Price, who gathered the Ideas of all sections on acreage, issued a ktatement saying advices to him indi- Eated Texas and Oklahoma would in- krease their acreage "A per cent, North Earolina might have a small increase, while all other states would show de- ereases. Sentiment seemed to be less lbearish, though: a large element in the trade sold rather freely on the bulges pn the theory that the decline has not run it's course. The selling, however, met with more buying than 1t has for kome time and had less effect. The tone Of the market is undoubtedly better but it is doubtful, if the selling. has yet kun its course. The tone of the market hnd the outlook have improved consid- erably.-Fenner & Beane to Kahn 6 Virgin.
 NEW YORK, March 5.--While show Ing rather steady tone the market hoes not reflect any urgent need of cot kon and operators for the decline have how met with so much success that they
 vill be ready to oppose vigorously any tendency to recovery displayed by the market. In our opinion, the final chapter of the story has not yet been written, how ever, and while only a trading posi- lion looks at all advisable for the pres knt, the existence of a much over-ex- tended short interest for speculative ac- Eount creates a, possibility that some bne of these rallies, of which there have been so many, will prove a genuine btart and lead to a demand to cover both shorts and hedges that will force
 much larger recovery than any so Bar seen. What the supply will be an- other year remains to be seen, but the btart of the crop has not been brilliant hnd present levels for new crops may easily prove cheap.GPost & Flagg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
BAIL BONDS HIT
 HIGHER GROUND
Sharp Rally In St. Paul Fol- E. lowed By Spurt Steels Are Firmer

NEW YORK, March 5.-A sharp rally h St. Paul bonds on reports that next fear's refunding operations had been
 hrranged satisfactorily led the entire
 Fail list into higher ground in today's
 bond market. Further recovery of the
 Pome of the independent steel issues Fave an improved tone to the industrial Bection of the market. Coming in addition to purchases by he railroad iself, the heavy demand for Inc St. Paul As, maturing in 1925, ran the price of this issue up almost 5 points during the day. Rumors that [he bonds would be redeemed for cash pr exchanged for new securities on a Favorable basis attracted considerable Speculative buying, with the result that Ehis issue led the entire list in activity. brisk demand also developed for the Pthcr St. Paul issues. which made gains lPf, from one to three points.
 Bankers of the Nickel Plate railroad Eonfirmed reports that they were work Eng on plans which would form the basis for new bond issues. but indicated fhat no early financing was in prep kration. The first large funding oper- Rtton which will likely come under the pew blanket mortgage will be the $10.- P00, ,O00 Toledo. St.. Louis and Western prior lien 31ss, maturing next year.
 Veahhess oA OnNeo StateS soVerH- knent bonds persisted today, a firmer tendency at the start. being met by a Flood of offerings, which carried the treasury notes below par. The general bone of the industrial list was better except for weakness of Central Leather Ps and American Agricultural 71ss, due fo uneasiness over trade conditions.
 Total bond sales (par value). $9,573,- poo. Ten flrst-grade rails averaged F5.50, net gain .04; 10 secondary rails averaged s3.50, net gain .05: 10 public utilities averaged s6.S5, net loss .08; 10 fndustrials averaged 93.67,. net gain .01 ; combined average s7.3S, net unchanged; fombined average month ago SS.22, year hgo S7.42
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
NOTED '
 IN WALL STREET
Fertilizer Shares Unsettled. Steel Market Reported
 Strong
By WILL JOHNSON ueased wire to The Age -Heraid)

(Leassd wire to The Age Heraid) NEW YORK, March 5.-wall Street added another dull session of the stock market to it's record Wednesday. Throughout the day the professional ele- ment again swayed the movement of security values and found still addi- .tionAl points to attack.
 Fertilizer shares were again unsettled and this was assumed to be the natural reflection of the Virginia Carolina Chemical failure, and notwithstanding assurances of good financial strength, both the common and preferred shares of American Agricultural company went down to new low ground.
 Rallies Noted
 Shares of some representative indus tries suffered as whole during the day, but efforts to stage rallies were matte in some instances with different results. Leathers, rubbers and silks were es- pecially affected by the days softness, but, on the other hand, the motors, cop pers and some of the higher priced in- dustria..; evidenced strength.
 The bear crowd was in retreat in the oils and some good gains were marked up. Market observers held that this lat ter movement, was based on the statis- tically sound position of the oil trade outlook, which has been beclouded in recent weeks by the inquiry at Wash ington to such an extent that it was completely forgotten by hte short in- terest. Steel Outlook Bright The reports from the steel. industry remain encouraging. Production by the industry as whole continues to ap- proximate S5 per cent of capacity, and the Iron Age states that manufacturers are planning a further expansion of op- erations. Foreign exchange traders today were offering French francs for delivery in thirty days at discount of points under the demand price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
HunnARD,s LETTER

NEW YORK, March 5.-Some short lowering brought a sharp advance this
 morning on the improvement in Liver bool,. after which there was some real zing of old long stale, cotton carried
 bver the recent break, causing a loss 'Sf some, 50 points, but sufficient trade buying around 2SH cents appeared to theck the decline, and the market grad Hially turned strong. The market has slll indications of being sold out, but, ike most markets, either at the top or
 At the bottom of any big movement, they do not turn immediately from I he previous course which they have
 been following. and the trade are nat
 lrally confused by the recent break. It Nvill take a few days to recover their
 bquilibrium and get a clear point of siew on the situation. The outstand-
 Ing feature of this decline is that it
 bad permitted the mills to fix a large
 portion of their cotton at the lowest
 prices since last September, and has greatly relieved a very stringent situa- sion. As to the future, there are no big stocks of raw material or cloth in z he hands of the mills, as compared .Vith the reverse situation last spring, had it would seem that any develop
 nents which are Of constructive char Slcter and which would bring any im-
 Drovement in the dry goods market will bring an active demand for spot cot
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INCREASE IN CROP
 VALUES REPORTED
1923 Output Worth ss6o, 900, ,OoO
 Over 1922

WASHINGTON, March 5.v-Crops, a1i- imals raised and live stock products of American farms were valued at $12,- 204,000,000 last year, the department of agriculture announced today in pre- liminary estimate. This was $960, 600 900 more than in 1922. The total includes 9,S63, 900. 900 for crops, and $6, III 900 900 for animal products, less an allowance of $S.860 DOC, 900, the estimated value of crops fed to live stock. r e
 Value of the various crops was: Ce- reals, $3,793, ,000, 600; cotton lint and seed, $1 ,769. .000, 900; hay and forage, $1,- 4s0 0,000. 900; vegetables, $1,0s9, 900 900; fruit and fruit products, $6s1 900, 900; farm forest products, $31s, s,O00, 900; to- bacco, $299, 100000; legume seeds. s175,- 100000; sugar and syrup crops, S142, ,000,- 900; seeds for planting, clover, etc., $3S,- 100000; flax fiber and seed, S37, 900 ,000, and other crops, S132 ,000, 900.
 The distress of wheat growers is strikingly shown, the department said; by the 1923 wheat value estimate of $726 900 900, compared with SS74, 900 900 in 1922, and with $2,0Gee ,000 in 1919.
 Value of live stock products was: An imals raised $2,397 900 900; dairy prod ucts, s2,56S. 100000; poultry products, $1 ,047 ,000. 900; wool, ss7 000, ,000; bee prod ucts, $11,000,0 900, and other animal prod ucts S ,0O0, ,000 es
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

 ports of the Far East. She will arrive at Mobile probably Thursday and will go into loading berth to complete. Capt. L. A. Scott reports that the British schooner Admiral Beatty Is due any day now, to load a cargo of lumber for Jamaica. The schooner sailed from the Windwards and should be here by now.
 The Danish steamer Nordlys, Munson Lines, arrived and entered from Pen sacola Wednesday in ballast, and will load for Cuba. This steamer had the distinction of bringing what was said to be the largest cargo of nitrates ever to enter Pensacola. The vessel origi- mated her voyage in Chile.
 The American steamer Ossabaw, Nal lory Lines, is scheduled to sail Thurs day for New York via Port Tampa with general cargo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

rive Thursday from the Black sea to Haze 4 Jones, while the former ves- sel, which arrived Tuesday, brought up cargo of ore from Cuban mines to Norton, Lilly & Co.
 Not only will there be manganese but the Cuban transport Maxine Go- meg will be here Thursday from Havana to load cargo of 5000 tons of Alabama coal. This steamer will be loaded by the W. c. Coyle company and will be handled by Thomas M. Ross & Co. The Maxine Gomez was formerly German steamer. She has made several trips between Pensacola and Havana with coal.
 The United States shipping board steamer Dryden, Waterman Steamship company, agents, was reported 150 miles southeast of Mobile bar at 9:3O o'clock Wednesday morning, coming from Havana with cargo in transit for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
THE WEAiHER

Alabama: extreme northwest Florida. Mississippi;s Fair Thursday and probably Friday; moderate temperatures.
 Virginia: Fair and cooler Thursday Friday. probably fair.
 North Carolina. South Carolina. Georaia: FaIr and cooler Thursday; Friday cloudy Florida: Partly cloudy in south. IocAl showers in north portion. Thursday: Fri day fair. slightly cooler in north portion
 Tennessee and Kentucky:, Fair Thurs day: Friday cloudy and sunsettied uo change in temperature. erally fair. ts 75
 Arkansas: Thursday and Friday gen eralfy fair, colder Thursday night.
 oklahoma;' Thursday fair. colder; Fri day fair. ssG
 East Texas: Thursday and Friday par, cloudy, colder Thursday night and Friday
 West Texas: Thursday fair. colder in south portion; Friday fair.
 Summary of observations made at sta tions of the United States Weather Bureau during the 24 hours ending at z D. m., gOth meridian time, March s. 1924:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
STOCK LETTERS

| NEW YORK, March 5.-The public continued to hold off and activity is mostly confined to professional opera lions, although 1t is becoming evident khat the market is in sold-out condi- kion and on any pronounced demand Ftocks are hard to buy. In the early dealings a drive against Central Leather hnd Kelly Springfield unsettled the bal hnce of the list, while American Agri- cultural sold off points to 30h. Other declines did not go far, and the strength In the oils and American Can was particularly impressive. A surprise was Eprung when Westinghouse declared a DO per cent stock dividend, which caused ht to immediately jump to s.. Pacific H0il has been favorite with short sell Eers of late, but when attempts to cover Evcre made there was little stock for isale, with the result that sharp ad- Ivance was brought about. Several of strength, among which were the St. Paul issues. St. Paul bonds were ex- Tceptionally strong. Missouri Pacific Railway preferred developed strong Bone and before the close the regular dividend was declared. Central Leather Fecovered most of its loss when atten- kton was called to the fact that it's Financial position with the banks had fmproved since the first of the year. bPan-Amerlcans came back strong in the Afternoon. The short interest in this fssue Is still large. The final tone was Istrong. Total sales, 707,000 shares HFenner & Beane to Kahn & Virgin.
 NEW YORK; March 5.-The market has given a good account of itself to- Hay. It has been somewhat more active
 with prices distinctly strong. The oil htocks have done better. It Is beginning ko be recognized that a great deal of Anysterical talk has been built up hround the oil situation, more than the actual facts would appear to justify. The rails also are doing better. The Favorable February statements being
 published had q helpful effect. The
 Presidents, stand ip favor of the Nell
 on bill has given encouragement in #he hope that the Senate will deal with he matter more intelligently.
 The market has all along shown a
 kood tone under most adverse circum-
 Stances and disposition to advance if
 given an opportunity.
 i Saless 69S,s0e.-Post & Flags.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
Shipping ActiUities
 Of AIabanna Seaport

MOBILE, Ala, March 5. Special Leased WireJ = Although there have been but two sailings. since the begin- nins of the week, imports have been heavy, eI,d from schedules as offered by local ship brokers and agents, the next two days will see a heavy volume of inbound steamers to load cargo here. Perhaps the, feature of the week has been the manganese shipments which are nominated aboard the British steam CTS, Livingstonian and Santa Theresa, The former vessel is scheduled to ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
GRAIN LETTERS

CHICAGO, ul., March 5. --sWheat: Volume of business much smaller, with trade disposed to await President Cool idge on the tariff. Weather conditions generally favorable. We continue to favor sales of wheat on all rallies.
 Corn: Commission houses absorbed early offerings and prices recovered from an early break as strength in the cash market led to short covering in futures. Cash basis half a cent up Our eastern advices decidedly bearish We believe it will be difficult to main tain present corn values.
 Oats: Trade small with prices hold creased on hard spots. but disappeared on dips with firmness in spot market acting as a sustaining influence.-Fen. ner & Beane to Kahn & Virgin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
MILAN RETURNS Mayor Of New York Back At Desk
 After Long Illness

NEW YORK, March 5.--Mayor Hy. Ian today returned to his desk in the city hall after six months of serious illness and convalescence.
 The mayor returned from Palm Beach yesterday bearing no trace of the ill., ness which brought him close to death in Saratoga Springs last September. He walked briskly and bore out his az sertion that he felt better than at any time for two years preceding his ilh ness. aae
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

ton to give the mills enough to get through to the next crop, a situation ing into another sharp advance.
 Whether this condition will develop remains to be seen. In the meantime, further rains have fallen in the Missis- stppi Valley and eastern Texas Clear weather is needed over the entire belt.
 Liverpool futures are due tomorrow. May, 16.37d; July, 16.15d.-Huhbard Bros. 6 Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
LOCAL DATA
MINDS
East ruIf. Modsrsfs south. ciou

: East guif: Moderate south, cloudy showery weather Thursday.
 West gulf: Moderate. mostly southeas and east and weather partly cloudJ Thursday. ...e,. ] Carribean sea and windward passage Moderate east, except north over extreme south portion, and weather fair, Thursday
 Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate wes and northwest and weather overcas Thursday. s~[
 Hatteras to Florida straits: Moderate south, becoming variable, and weather cloudy and showery Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06
NATIONS SIGN PACT Germany And Turkey Enter Into Treaty Of Friendshin

LONDON, March 5.-7-A treaty of friendship between Germany and Tur- key was signed yesterday, says an agency dispatch from Constantinople. This was forecast in Constantinople message Monday. ' i.e7.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

FLAX SEED
 DULUTH, Minn., March 5.-Closes Flax-March, 2.56Tc asked; Mays 2.56Mc; July, 2.54hc.
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lucky, and therefore enjoys low com petitive prices while most of, the large oil refining companies have !, district headquarters in the city. ,s- s
 The street car service, both city and interurban, is excellent for both homes and factories-(Copyright. 1924, by B. c. Forbes1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-06

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The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13
DESPONDENT MARINE
SUICIDES IN PRESCOTT

NJ. j. King, formerly a member OF
the United States marine corps and a
recent arrival in Prescott from Chi
cago, committed suicide some time
Tuesday night in his room at the
Highland hotel by drinking solution
of cyanide of potassium. His body
was found soon after eight o'clock
the next morning by roomer in the
house when went to call King.
The man, who was about 40 years
of age, apparently was in good health
and was happy, according to those
who knew him, although he is said
to have told one of his companions
that he planned committing suicide,
He left two notes, one with two boxes
of his effects, which he wanted de-
ivered to John Laird at Whipple and
says "good wishes to all mankind. y
The other was to the general public
and read as follow: II have been cali
ed everything I am not. This is call
ed cowardly act, but as write this
n this death chamber, normal and
almost healthy, / want to say that it
takes a little real courage. And the
only real sympathy and feeling have
is for the dear ones | have mistreat-
ed, not Intentionally. But l know
God will care for them. Do what
you like with my body, and my scant
effects / want John Laird to have. P.
s. And If you want to know the real
cause of this task, it hurts me
to spell his name. Pat DurEin of
the Marine hospital, Chicago"
Durkin, according to friends of
Kings here, was a close companion
of the man in the east. King was un-
married and is survived by a sister
and niece. A verdict of suicide was
returned by the coroner's jury.
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13
EBERT LEE TRINKLE NEW
PRESIDENT u. S. ROAD ASSN

Electing Elbert Lee Trinkle of Vir-
ginia president of the association,
leaving the selection of the 1925 con-
vention city to be made by the execu-
tive committee at later date and
adopting resolutions asking for the
continuance of federal aid for high
way construction, the cession Of lib
eral grants of federal lands to public
land states for the improvement of
public roads, for the defeat of the
proposed constitutional amendment to
permit state, county and municipal
bonds, the enactment Of bill provid-
ing for the financing of badly needed
road projects when the state is un-
able for the time being to finance
them, and an appropriation by con-
gress for the construction and main
tenance of roads through the nat
ional forests and national parks, the
United States Good Roads association
finished its last days business in
session as separate organization
Thursday at Albuquerque.