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Evening star., 1924-07-22
STEWART-WARNER CUT
MORE THAN EXPECTED
Decline in Demand for Motor Car
Accessories Cause of Lower
Dividend Rate.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July pa reduction in
the Stewart-Warner Speedometer Cor
poration's dividend rate from $40 to
IS a share a year was ordered yester-
day by the directors. A quarterly divi-
dend of 1925 a share was declared.
The action is said to be the result
of the decline in automobile output
during the last few months and the
consequent decrease in demand for
motor car accessories. The corpora
tons quarterly statement showed that
after deducting Federal taxes the
earnings were only s1.0S a share for
the three months ended June 80. This
was smaller than expected. comparing
with $3.15 a share in the first quarter
of 1924 and $i.44 share in the second
quarter of last year.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
PREPARE TO HAUL CROPS.
Railroads Expect Enormous
Freight Traffic This Fall.

NEW YORK, July 22-The railroads
are expanding their plans to meet the
season crop movements, owing to In
creased estimates of the prospective
wheat crop giving a Winter yield of
542, 2,551. 900 bushels. an increase of
81, ,232, 900 bushels over June 1, and the
Spring wheat harvest estimate of
197. .461 900 bushels. which Is .13, 100000
bushels greater. Excessive traffic in
peaches and watermeIons from Geor-
gfa and also cantaloupes and lettuce
Is reported, owing to record yields Of
these crops.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
BY wILLIAMxF. HEFrERNAN.
Received by Priva,

NEW YORK, July 22.-The curb
market today was active and strong
with a further spectacular advance
In radio shares. This class of securi-
ties has taken the place of public
utilities as favorites among the
speculative clement. Moreover their
action in the market recently is con-
elusive proof that they have. become
objects of special attention of the
outside public.
With the majority of these shares
selling at their highest prices on rec
ord. there were no signs of slacken-
ing in the demand today. Dubulier
was bid up over points. Ware Radio
was actively bought and Hazeltine,
Rova, Radio Corporation new COM
Evening star., 1924-07-22
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

By the AssOciated Prfts.
NEW YORK. July 22.-Foreign ex-
changes strong. Quotations in United
States dollars. Great Britain, de-
mand 4.41as; cables. 4.41&; 60-day
bills on banks. 43S12. France, de-
mand, .0521; cables, .052lA. Italy,
demand, .O433A; cables, .o434. Bel
sium. demand, .0466; cables, .0466 y.
Germany, demand. .237s. Holland. de-
mand 1927. Norway, demand. 1874.
Sweden, demand. 1868. Denmark,
demand, 1872. Switzerland. demand,
1877 Spain, demand, 1874. Greece,
demand, OTIS. Poland, demand,
.0O1914 Czechoslovakia, demand,
.O2s71a. Jugoslavia, demand. OILS.
Austria, demand, .000014 Rumania,
demand 000014A. Argentina, demand,
.32S7. Brazil, demand .0962. Toxic.
demand, Al. Montreal, 80 7-32.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
GREAT NORTHERN NEARLY
DOUBLES INCOME IN YEAR
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 22.-The Great
Northern Railway Company almost
doubled its net income in 1928, which
reached $1s,067,947. a gain of ST.
202.275 over 1922 and equivalent to
7.24 per cent on the outstanding ca
pacity stock, the annual report re-
veals. Net railway operating income
was s24,751,991, an increase of ST.
455,393.
For the first six months of 1924,
total income was placed at s11.50O.-
600, which included s4.151,2s0 divi-
dend from Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy stock. The balance for the
half year available for dividend was
$2,600,000 after interest and other re-
ductionS.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
SEABOARD HEAD EXPECTS
HEAVY FALL TRAFFIC
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpeclAl Dlspatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. July 22.-The Florida,
Western and Northern Railroad, now
under construction, is expected to
earn at least all charges during the
first fulfyear of operation. according
to S. Davies Warfield. This road.
which will open up new territory in
Florida. will be leased by the Sea-
board Air Line. If authority to do so
is obtained from the Interstate Com
merce Commission
In regard to the Seaboard. Mr.. War
field expects heavy business to con-
tinue during the fall. Record earn
ings were reported during the first
five months of the current year.
About 1,500 new and rebuilt cars
ordered last December will be de-
livered by early fall to take care of
the expected traEc. The recent order
for 80 locomotives from the Baldwin
Works probably will be delivered in
October or November.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
MORE FERTILIZER URGED
TO INCREASE CROPS
National Association Says Farmers
Could Greatly Add to
r Present Yields.

In the eastern winter wheat belt,
from Missouri and Iowa to Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland wheat occupies
an important place in the rotation
with corn, oats and clover. 1t is the
only cash crop grown on thousands
Of farms, it aids in the seasonal dis
tribution of labor and is an excel
lent nurse" crop for clover. Wheat
producers in this territory, says the
National Fertilizer Association, have
an excellent opportunity to increase
yields and reduce production costs
by putting land that is poorly adapt
ed to wheat to other uses, by using
only seed of high-yielding varieties
and treating it to prevent disease
and by a more generous use OF the
right sort Of fertilizer.
In this way from 20 to 80 bushels
per acre can be grown instead or
the 10 to 20 bushels that are grown
at present.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
COURT ACTION LIKELY.
Brokers to Contest Exchange Rul
ing on "When Issued" Stock.

NEW YORK. July ga recent
ruling of the New York Stock Ex-
change voiding all transactions in
when issued" securities Of the Denver
and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Company may result in court actions
to test the validity of contracts.
Threats have been made by an indie
pendent brokerage house to compel
the acceptance of such, securities.
which it sold to an exchange firm.
The ruling of the stock exchange was
based on alteration of the reorganiza-
tion plans, said to have changed the
character of the security.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
MORE SPlNDLES IDLE,
Census Report Shows Severe Mill
Reductions.

Cotton spinning activity, which
has shown continual decline monthly
since January, registered further
decrease in activity in June.
The Census Bureaus monthly re-
port, issued today, recorded June with
almost half a billion active spindle
number having been 5,336,4O1,s ,s4s. or
an average of 141 per spindle in place,
compared with 5,907.670.o26, or an
average Of 1855 per spindle in place
in May this year, and 1884, 1882,
or an average of 224 per spindle in
place in June last year.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
CAT new FIRMS START
BUSINESS IN MARYLAND
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, July 21-That the
business depression has not dimin-
ished the organization of new COM
panies is shown by the total of SAT
corporations that have filed their
charters with the State Tax Com
mission from January l to July Is.
This compares with 500 charters dur
ing the same period last year.
Bonus taxes collected by the COM
missioner amounted to s22.S28. while
last year the total was $4,000. The
bonus tax is based on the capitalize
ton of the corporations, and the de-
crease in collections indicates that
the average capitalization was small
er than in 1928.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
WESTERN MARYLAND R. R.
EARNINGS IN SHARP DROP

Special Dispatch to The Star
BALTIMORE, July 22.-The West
mated earnings for the week ended
July IA as $300,568. against $461,773
for the corresponding week last year.
a decrease of $161, ,205, or 35 per cent.
For the first two weeks Of the month
earnings were $601,71735. a decrease
of $252,091.01, or 80 per cent, COM
pared with the corresponding weeks
year ago. For the year to July ~
estimated earnings totaled $10.303,-
790.80. a decrease Of $2,3S7,SS1.60. or
19 per cent
Receipts from coal and coke traffic
were $1.917,793.70, or 80 per cent less
than they were for the correspond
ing period a year ago.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
POTATOES ARE CHEAPER.

CHICAGO. July 22.-Potatoes weak,
prices lower, trading slow; total
United States shipments, SIT; re-
souri, choice Irish cobblers, LOCAL so,
according to quality and condition !;
sacked early -Ohios. 115a1.45: North
Carolina barreled Irish cobblers, 1.50
Ass; Virginia barreled Irish cob
.blers, 2.5ea2.S5.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
FLOUR UP 81 PER BARREL.

MINNEAPOLIS. July % tSpeciaD.-
Minneapolis mills are operating at
only 35 per cent capacity but hour
prices have increased more that 81
a barrel for best family patents since
June Is on the strength of advancing
grain prices.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
WEST VIRGINIA LUMBER
CONCERN REORGANIZES
Special Dispatch to The Star


RJCHWOOD. w. Va, July 22-New
articles of agreement and a certificate
of reorganization have been filed in
the offlce Of the secretary Of state by
the Cherry River Boom and Lumber
Company of Scranton. Pa. which oper-
ates an extensive plant at Redwood.
The new agreement shows the COM
pany to have capital stock of
$4,000, 900
Evening star., 1924-07-22
PARIS MARKET STRONG.

PARIS. July 22.-Prices were strong
on the Bourse today; per cnt rentes
were So francs IS .centimes. Exchange
on London, IS francs 40 centimes.
Five per cent loan, 81 francs IS CEN
times. The dollar was quoted at 10,
francs 37H centimes.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
RATES ON BAR SILVER.

LONDON, July 22.-Bar silver, "a
s-1ed per ounce. Money. 3A per cent.
Discount rates, short bills, 3ha3k
ner cent; three month bills, 3z a3
NEW YORK, July 22.-Bar silver.
e7N; Mexican dollars, 51M.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
HOG PRICES HIGHEST
SINCE SEPTEMBER
Sperial Dispatch to The Star.

CHICAGO July 22.-Continued
shrinkage of the supplies of hogs
offered throughout the east and west
brought another sharp gain in swine
values. Offerings at II principal
markets today showed a decrease of
80. 600 as compared with week ago.
Hogs sold up TO sS.S5. the highest
price since September, 1928.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
GERMAN BANK REPORT.

BERLIN, July THE statement Of
the Bank of Germany as of July Is,
shows an increase in gold holdings of
3,0O9, 900 to 4e9, ,372, ,000 marks, whereof
3x.4S8 900 ID deposited abroad. Silver
coin reserve increased 4,303,e14, 900
marks -
Evening star., 1924-07-22
STOCKS Ex.DIvIDEND.

Date. Corporation per Shire.
July 23-General Cigar Co., Inc. -. -. 81. 90
July 2+Shell Union OIL Corp. pf. ........ $50
July 24-Washburn Crosby Co. pf. u. 90
July 25-Atch., Top. 4 8. r. BY. Co. 41.50
July 25-Com. Solv Corp, class A. 49,. II 90
July 25-Paci6c Bank. ST. y extra.
Evening star., 1924-07-22

NEW. ORLEANS. July 22.-There
has been a marked increase In de-
ara AT the highest point reached
since January, exceeding production
hv. 2f,~-per cent AS result of this
innroyement and the short stocks on
hand. mills are expected to increase
working time and the number OF en-
ployeS.-
Evening star., 1924-07-22

NEW YORK, July 2e.-Following
is an official list of bonds/and stocks
traded in on the New York Curb
Market TODAY:
Evening star., 1924-07-22

SHREVEPORT, La, July 22.--Re-
can't cnts in the price of Arkansas and
I.ouisiana crude are reflected in a
dron Of 1896 barrels in daily average
PRODUCTION in those fields last week.
Thirty-five new wells, rs of them in
Smackover. added 5.22S barrels initial
production.
Evening star., 1924-07-22

PITTSBURGH, July 22.-Follansbee
Rros. steel manufacturers have
nerfected the first all-lead roofing
material in tho history of the indus
try and are making large 9uantitles
IF IT at the Follansbee, w. Va, plant.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

ATLANTA, JulN 22.-Surplus fruit
and vegetable production in Georgia
is being canned to greater extent
than ever before. Small community
plants are operating night and day.
Early prices for fresh products were
satisfactory, but the recent heavy
movement glutted the market.
BOSTON, July 22.-The potato acre
age of New England is about 90 per
cent higher this year than in 1923
and the prospects for large crop are
excellent.
FORT WORTH, July 22.-Estimates
of tha cotton crop of this State are
% oiaeed at about 5.ooo.o 900 bales barring
disaster in the next 80 days. The
crop is expected to bring to farmers
at least $65O,000,000, or Is per cent
more than the 1928 crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
 BACKING M'ADOO
Resolutions Express Confidence
 In His Integrity

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15.-William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, will have the support of southern California democrats if he elects to remain in the race for the democratic presidential nomination, ac- cording to resolutions adopted here Thursday at1la joint meeting of the Democratic Luncheon club, the <Wom- ems Democratic league and the Demo cratic Federation of Southern Cali fornia. E.
 Referring briefly to the call issued by MT. McAdoo to his friends and sup porters to assemble at Chicago and de- termine whether or not his candidacy should be set aside because of oil lease revelations in Washington, the resolu- tion, unanimously adoptd, express con fidence in the former secretary's in tegrity, and request, yes, ,sdemand of the honorable William Gibbs McAdoo that he become candidate of the demo- cratic party for the presidency of the United States.V
 Mfr. McAdoo," the resolutions state, in his testimony before the Senate committee was not only fully and com pletely exonerated but also the facts detailed by him before said committee should and do fully satisfy every fair and impartial person in the United States cognizant of said violation that even the remotest suspicion of a Ques- tionable act or deed can be justly charged or found in his private or off cial life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
FALL. A BROKEN
 MAN. RETURNS TO HIS III OM Es

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 15.Albert B. Fan, former secretary of the in-' tsrior and leading light in the naval 0H reserve sensation, is making the last leg of his trip to El Paso, Tex, in bed, a broken man on the vergei of a nervous collapse. v q GeorSe Curry, former governor of New Mexico and a lifelong friend of the former government official, Mrs. "Jack" Fall, daughter-in-' law and Q trained nurse, are ac- companying Fall. [ The party passed through here Friday. Curry refused to allow any- one to see the former secretary say ing:
 "Mr. Fall is very sick man. He probably will remain in bed for the rest of the trip. He Is much worse than when we left Washington"
 The oil lease scandal, however, B not discussed with Fall, his com panions said. He will go to his El Paso ranch, they said, to compose his shattered nerves and will not talk, unless he is forced to- by the Senate committee. Mrs. Fall, also i'll, returned to the ranch from New Orleans, when Fall was summoned to Washington to appear before the X Senate committee investigating the oil deal. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
NEWLY QUALIFIED
 VOTERS REACH 6,5OO
Number Is Double Those Regis
 tered During Last Year

More than $500 Jefferson county voters who qualified for the first time this year have been registered by the board of registrars, which has just com pleted a visit to most of the precincts in the county, according to figures an nounced. Friday by I. K. Bowen, chair man. This years total is said to be approximately twice as large as that for any previous. year. Last years total was 3,010.
 The board registered PIT voters Fri day, including A women and 35 former service men. In all, 5000 men and 55S women have registered this year.
 A heavy vote in this years elections was also indicated early. in the month, when Tax Collector J. F. Hawkins an- nounced that poll tax receipts for the year were larger than for any previous year in the history of the county. More than $55,000 was collected this year, as compared with only $38, 8,000, in 1882.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
DAVIS TO SPEAK AT
 PLANTING OF TREES
American Legion Will Dedicate
 Shrubbery To Fallen Heroes

Attorney General Harwell G. Davis will be the principal speaker at the ex- .ercises Sunday afternoon, marking the setting out and dedication of memorial trees to Woodrow Wilson and 150 men from, Jefferson county, who lost their lives, in the World war, it was decided at a meeting of Birmingham Post No. l Friday night. .El
 The exercises will begin at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon and will be held about one mile from Pratt City. The band from. the Boys Industrial school will play patriotic numbers. Ar thur Greenwood, post commander, will preside.
 Several friends and relatives of men who lost their lives during the war have contributed trees to be planted in their memory, including Walter McAdory, Sergt. Worth Lewis, Capt. Mortimer Jordan, Lieut.. Orville Nj. Coston, Pri- vate Wiley Jefferson Macy, and Sergt. Charlie Nelson Skidmore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
JAP PANESE JUAN
 QUICKLY TAKEN
Heavy Oversnbscsiption Of $l5O, ,OOO,O 900 Issue Announced
 By Morgan & Co.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Heavy over subscription of the $150. 900, 900 Jap anese loan was announced today by J. F. Morgan and company, head cf tho nationwide banking syndicate, which
 made "a public offering of the bonds.
 No estimate of the total of excess orr ders was obtainable, but it was said
 that subscriptions for the $25 900 900
 worth of bonds, offered In Holland num-
 bered several times that amount and that heavy volume of orders came | from Switzerland and Sweden.
 Allotment of the bonds probably will be announced tomorrow or Mon day, it was announced at the Morgan offices. An attempt was being made to-
 night to tabulate the flood of orders from all sections of the country.
 Industrial corporations were heavy
 subscribers, orders for $1,O00, 900 and
 more of the bonds coming from the | United States Steel corporation, the I General Electric, Western and Nesting
 house Electric companies, Standard Oil
 company of New York and Gillett
 Safety Razor company. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
PIGGLY WIGGLY ].
 SHOWS NET LOSS
$253,S92 Deficit Shown In Spite
 Of Large Receipts

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 16.-Al. though gross receipts from sales of gro. ceries and merchandise during 1923 to- tailed $34, ,69b,5 Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc, absorbed net loss of $253, ,S92 according to report submitted to stockholders today by J. O. Bradford who succeeded Clarence Saunders as president of the concern.
 The corporation earned a net profit of $48,071 during the period from Au. gust 15 to the end of the year, the re- port stated. >The new management was in control during this period. Gross profits during that period totaled $192,. 191, MT. Bradford said.
 A note of optimism was sounded by Mir. Bradford, who declared that the ability of your company to survive its extravaganza and wasteful management in the past and \ the response to inn proved operations indicates the funda! mental soundness of the organization.
 The corporation is now operating 439 grocery stores, eight variety stores, eight meat markets, twenty-seven warehouses six subdepots and bakery, the report showed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
CHURCH EXECUTIVE
 COMMITTEE MEETS
Clergyman In Attendance At
 Episcopal Gathering.

The executive committee of the Prot. estant Episcopal church in the diocese of Alabama held its initial meeting Fri. day in the office of Rt Rev. W. c. Mcdowell, bishop coadjutor.
 The following clergymen and laymen were in attendance: Rt. Rev. W. G. Mcdowell, Rev. Oscar de w. Randolph, 'I W. Mcqueen of Birmingham Rev F. N. Mcdonald, Rev. Richard Wilkin, son and Algefnon Blair of Montgom sery; Rev. J. F. PIummer and Pau] Tate of Mobile; Rev. ID. W. Gamble oi Selma Rev. J. M. Stoney of Anniston Charles Henderson, Troy, Rev. E. O. Seaman, Gadsden, and R. H. Cochrane of Tuscaloosa.
 Other members of the executive com mittee unable to attend were Dr. W. B.. Hall of Selma and H. J. Whit field of Demopolis.
 The following departments were or ganized: Department of mission, Rev. J. K. Hummer, vice chairman; Rev. o. de w. Randolph, secretary.
 Department of finance, Algernon Blair, vice chairman; Rev. J. NJ. Stoney, secretary. \
 Department of church pension, J. W. Rev. P. N. Mcdonald, vice chairman Rev. o. de W. Randolph, secretary. Department of Christian social serv- ice, J. W. Mcqueen, vice chairman Rev. Richard Wilkinson, secretary.
 Department of church pension, J. W. Mcqueen, vice chairman; Paul Tate, secretary.
 Department of publicity, Rev. E. c. Seaman, chairman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
EDISON E DlVED
 l BY MOVIE FOLK
Tells Them To Give Public The Best Work In Their
 Power

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Thomas A. Edison, who was perfecting the motion picture machine before the world had ever heard of Mary Pickford. gave the screen folks some advice Friday at a luncheon which movie men gave for him to celebrate his 77th birthday.
 Edison told his hosts they controlled '.the most powerful instrument in the world. for good and evil"
 Remember you are the servant of the public,'' Edison continued, "and never let resire for money or power prevent you from giving the public the best work, sof which you are capable, It is not the quantity of pictures that counts. It is the quality, that produces happiness, where htat is possible"
 Mr. Edison remarked that because he twas working before most of you were, born" he might be pardoned for giving some advice. His words were ready by one of the guests. The in. ventor explained that his extreme deaf ness, i; coupled with stage fright, pro hibited his speaking in public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
EXPECT LONDON TO
 MAKE STAND CLEAR
Note To Disclose Plans To Elimi- nate Misuse Of Flag

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.--Answer by the British government to the state department communication in connec- tion with the seizure beyond the three mile limit of the British flag schooner Tomoka as an alleged rum runner is expected by Washington officials to disclose in specific way the extent to which the new British ministry is will ing to go in its announced desire to protect the British flag from misuse in connection with liquor smuggling traffic.
 The London. government, it was learned today, now has before 1t . note from Secretary Hughes setting out in detail the reason why the United States government believes that the British flag in the Tokoma case does not constitute a protection against the operations of American prohibition en- forcement laws.
 Secretary Hughes in reply to that protest asserted that while the ship was in fact under the British flag, she was American owned and the entire enter prise was an effort of American citizens to use the British flag as a cloak for operations punishable by American law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-16
OIL PROMOTER HAS
 EIGHT-YEAR, JOB
S. E. J. Cox Becomes Plain
 Clerk At Leavenworth

LEAvENWORTH, Kan, Feb. 15. s. B. J. Cox, nationally known oil pro moter, from whose busy pen poured all turing pictures of fortunes made in oil, is going to be just plain, ordinary clerk in the federal prison here. Inasmuch as he wasn't contemplating a change of residence for eight years. maybe more, Cox was desirous of writ ing a book. It isn't exactly known on what subject he was planning to write about but federal officials readily admit an appropriate title for the book would easily be, Suckers and Imaginary Oil Wells"
 When this request was refused Cox desired to edit "The New Era" the prison paper. But it was pointed out thot the editor of this paper had been on the job faithfully for 20 years and he wouldn't be fired.
 So Cox, who pulled millions of dol lars from the pockets of unsuspecting and gullible Americans, and who was at one time rated as millionaire. is broke, but for the next eight years at least has a job, and Warden W. R. Riddle says he should make good clerk a#