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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-16
SHIP NEWS OF
MOBILE PORT

MOBILE, Ala, April 15.Astspecial
Leased Wire)--Although most of the Of
flee forces adjourned for the baseball
shipping. for two vessels arrived Tues
days One of these was a United States
shipping board vessel in with cargo in
transit for ports of the United Kingdom,
and the second was coastwise motor
ship. There were no departures during
the day.
The Antinous. United States shipping
board, Waterman. Steamship corporation,
agents, arrived from Gulfport with cargo
ing and went in to Turner Terminals
where she will take additional cargo for
United Kingdom ports The second ar
rival was the motorship Sapehnco, Trans
ballast This vessel arriving on the Trans
marine coastwise schedule will load here
for Port Newark, sailing via Pensacola
A second coastwise steamer. the Agwi-
dale Of the Mallory lines. is due up early
Wednesday to load for New York, sail
ing via Port Tampa. NF
What is regarded as the first. vessel
of Its kind N port for several years
Is the Danish auxiliary steamer, Danne-
folk. due up during the day to Thomas
kainit from Nordenham. The vessel rwas
reported as sailing February 49, She
was due up late Tuesday. The last kAinit
cargo arrived aboard the German steam
er Freifteld. Continental lines, and pre-
coded by the Enfield, under the same
flag and operated by the same company,
The American schooner NJ. Turner,
whitney Bodden Shipping. company, clear
ed for Port Arthur in ballast and Is ex-
pected to sail late Tuesday or early We'd
nesday. The tanker Solitaire, the Texas
company, Is expected next week from
Texas ports with bulk oil and the Texas
pected from New Orleans within the next
two days with cargo of paraffin gas.
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FRANCS SET RECORD
AS YEN HIT NEW LOW
Sterling Near Peak And Pesetas
Climb To Years Highest

NEW YORK, April. 15.-Political
developments today were responsible for
conflicting movement In the foreign ex-
change market, carrying French francs
up to new high record for the year
above exc and forcing reaction in
japanese yen to 1924, low at 41.10c.
Germany's ready acceptance of the
experts report, combined with Great
Britain's approval, resulted in fresh
buying. of both sterling and French
francs and stiffening of the nominal
quotation for German marks. A new
top figure of 6.29c was established by
the franc before it reacted at the close
to 6.1815c, net gain of about points
for the day. Sterling selling above
$4.35 was within cent of the years
peak price, but shaded fractionally at
the close. Spanish pesetas also climbed
to new high levels around 1910.
Senate approval of the Japanese ex-
elusion amendment contributed to the
3-point drop in the yen and also. was
reflected in the weakness of the Japa-
nese bonds.
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1
With KICK In
Jefferson Players Drawing
Enthusiastic Audiences
At This Weeks Shows

Once again the All-Star Jefferscs
Players, triumph, according to press
and public alike, and the medium 0f
their triumph is kick In" drama
of action with a punch. Kick In" is
at the Jefferson this week, and it is re-
peating the success of the others plays
these talented actors have offered to
the delight of theatre covers.
Along entirely different lines from
"Smilin' Through" yet is just as
good a play in it's own field, which is
praise indeed. The leading roles. so
capably handled by J. Glynn MacFar-
land, Miss Kathleen Comegys, Russell
Fillmore and A. s. Byron, are about
regular people, and the characterize
tions of the players make the parts
live. Miss Tamzon Marker, DeForrest
Dawley, Miss Helen Ray, Miss Elaine
Davies and Peter Buffers round a we'll
finished performance.
Rehearsals are under way now for
next weeks production. Nice People"
a comedy drama of modern life. that Is
said to be one of the cleverest of re-
cent years. All of the favorites will be
seen to advantage in roles that give
everyone an opportunity. "Nice Peo-
ple' is a story of the younger genera
ton, which does what it pleases when
it is pleasant to do
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CAPITOL Shows
TWO new STARS
The Six Fifty Title Of
New Film Begin
ming Today

Renee Adoree, the delightful little
French actress whose recent dawn on
the film armament has been one of
the brilliant events of the season,
didn't act, she says, when she played
THE Six Fifty" new Universal attrac-
ton, based on Kate McLaurin's Broad
way play, coming Wednesday and
Thursday to the Capitol theatre.
II had to play young farmers
wife," she explained. And l had to
cook dinner, wash dishes, and tidy the
house. Now, l do all these things
every day, as a matter of fact, house
keeping. So it was perfectly natural.
I'm the scene where / cook the tur-
key in the old kitchen stove, 1 actually
cooked it, going to work an hour be-
fore they took the scenes, and that's
how l was able to draw it from the
oven all done and everything. And
that dinner party on the screen, was
a real dinner party, too. We took the
scene at lunch hour, and after the films
were ground, the cameraman and cleo
tricians. directors and stage hands
joined the party; and what they didn't
do to that turkey!
Mile. Adoree, known in private life
as Mrs. Tom Moore, cooked a com
plete dinner for the screen during the
Anniversary Party" scene for the pic
ture. She has charming home in
Hollywood, and loves to mess around
the Kitchen" as she calls it, when not
acting.
Orville Caldwell, another new film
star, plays opposite Renee Adoree in
1.-THE Six Fifty"
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GEORGIA COUNTY
SWEPT BY STORM

CAMILLA, Ca, April -15.-Thou.
sands of dollars worth of timber blocked
roads, crops were damaged, four houses
were destroyed, miles of fences were
blown down, and two persons were
seriously injured in the western part
of Mitchell county last night when a
tornado, accompanied by heavy rain,
hail and lightning, swept through this
county.
A negro farmer and his wife were in
jured when their house was torn down
by the tornado. Hailstones large
enough to break windows fell over a
two-mile area, causing great damage to
young crops. Several houses and farm
buildings were wrecked or damaged by
the storm,
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! GRAIN MARKET

-
NEW ORLEANS. April 15.--The market
was. disposed to do beteeRs=this- morning,
owing to rather general rains in the
eastern half of the belt, heavy in south
eastern Tennessee and southeastern Ala
bama and because of prospects for less
favorable weather In the southwest, Ir-
respective OF the reported consumption
for the first half of the season, mill
stocks are small compared with last year
and In event Of consumption for the last
half Of the season. of American cotton,
eQpaling the consumption of the first half
Of the season, the total of American for
the season would be about 11.464,000 bales.
whereas last years crop of American cot
ton. including linters, was only about
1ogS0e.000. which in turn would reduce
last years carryover of American about
$4,000 bales. The local weather bureau
predicts showers and thundershowers. with
strong. winds in most interior sections
indicated for the greater portion of the
west gulf district within the next ,se
hours and that colder weather will over
spread the northwestern half of the dis
trict by Wednesday afternoon.-H. & b.
Beer to J. r. Willingham g. Co.
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TROY HAS RLAZE

TROY, Ala, April 15.-Geased
Wire)-A fire in Cohen's shoe shop
late Monday night did about $1,000
worth Of damage and threatened the
entire business section. The blaze
gainde much headway,. but the prompt
response of the fire department held
the loss down and prevented a disas-
trous fire. The - re was closed Tues
day awaiting ad. kstment.
Plan Special Eiection--Palmyra
school district will hold special cleo
ton on May q, for the purpose of
determining whether or not a special
three mill tax shall be imposed for
school purposes.
Rotarians Entertained-Troy Rota-
rians were guests of the Troy high
school domestic science class Tuesday
night. The luncheon was prepared and
served by members of the home eco
Monies class under the. direction of
Miss Gertrude Garrison.
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COTTON MARKET

CHICAGO. April 15.-Grains were ex-
ceedingiy quiet today. There was a small
run Of commission house selling at the
opening and this forced early losses. Corn
was off more than wheat. After the first
dip activity subsidized and u to &C range
covered the fluctuations of the balance
of the session. Crop reports from the
4; so were adviees from the northwest At
the same time there were continued COM
plants from the Ohio valley. Cash mar
ket conditions were unchanged except
there was some indication of more active
bidding for corn at outside markets. 1t
strikes us the European wheat situation
10 decidedly stronger than that Of a few
months ago. 1t seems. however. that our
a premium. over the world price consid-
ering our liberal reserves and the fact
that much Of these reserves are in po-
sition to weigh most heavily on the flu
lures market.-H. & b.. Beer to J. r.
Willingham & Co.
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FARMER DROWNED,
rs JURY,S VERDICT
Two Held In Madison Case Are
Discharged

HUNTSVILLE, Ala; April 15.-
Jim Seagroves, Hobbs Island farmer,
whose body was found in the Tennessee
river yesterday, met death by acct
dental drowning, according to the YER
dict of the coroner's jury, which in
vestigated the case.
Sam Miller and Cleve Dean, who
were under arrest ON suspicion of be-
ing concerned in the death of Sea-
groves, have been discharged.
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NEW YORK. April 15.-Liverpooi was
about as due this morning. Our market
opened unchanged from last night. slowly
improving on the favorable cables from
England regarding the attitude OF the
British government in reference to the
Dawes commission report. However, fur
Their liquidation of the July position made
its appearance. Weather in the Atlantic
states is bad, too much rain. while in
the western belt It is temporarily clear,
but there Is low pressure over the mid
die mountain region, which should bring
further showers or rain In Texas in the
next as hours. Sentiment among the
local trade is again quite bearish on the
theory that all the favorable news is out
and that the hesitation In the drygoods
market evident in the past few days VIII
again bring about the recession In prices
During the afternoon a better trade de-
mand appeared to cover hedges against
spot sales. Prices quickly recovered
showing the offerings of the morning had
gone into good hands. Liverpool futures
are due tomorrow, May, 1LIId, July
17.1bd.-Hubbard Brothers and company.
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SALESMAN ENDS LIFE

ATLANTA, April 16.-Beside a
note saying that 81 would be found in
his pocket to pay his room rent, w. O.
Hoer, about 80 years old, and regis
tered as a travelling salesman, from
Newark, N. j., was found dead. in a
local hotel early today. An inyestiga-
ton, after W. @. Stockman, Of Cresco,
Iowa, told hotel authorities of hear
Ing pistol shot, disclosed the body of
Hoer, the right hand clutching an au-
tomato pistol and bullet hole in the
temple: Papers in his clothing identi-
fled Hoer as the son Of p. G. Hoer,
Pensacola, Fla.
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ROTARIANS TO BE
GUESTS FOR TRIP
Crawford To Conduct Party
Through Steel Plant

George Gordon Crawford, president
of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail
road company, Wednesday will be host
to his fellow Rotarians at the Fairfield
steel plant. -m
The program calls for. a 1 o'clock
luncheon at the American Steel and
Wire company to be followed by an in
spection tour of the industries located
there. This trip will be personally
conducted by Mr.. Crawford and his
assistants.
Members of the Rotary club are re-
quested to assemble on Fifth avenue be-
tween Twenty-first and Nineteenth
streets with their machines headed west
promptly at IL 80 o'clock.
About 175 are expected to make the
trip. 1t is one of the annual inspec-
ton trips planned by the Rotary club
to bring members into close touch with
industries of the Birmingham district.
Auo-HaraId Want Ada
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HARDWICK LEAVES +
JUSTICE COUNCIL

ATLANTA, Ga. April 15.-Former
Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick today am
nounced his resignation as special as
sistant to the attorney. general of the
United States and member of the adj
visory council of the Department of
Justice. The resignation is effective
today.
The resignation was offered in Feb
ruary but not accepted until few days
ago.
The former governor said his retire
ment was not connected in any way
with the investigation of the depart
ment
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DRY GOODS

NEW YORK. April 15.-J1nfinished cot
ton goods markets were quiet today with
Instances OF price weakening through Sec
Yarns showed little change, most of the
business being in small lots of weaving
numbers, Novelty silks sold in small lots
for immediate shipment. In wool goods
markets there was a moderate amount
of bordering OF spring goods and light
business on dress goods. New lines of fall
silks were shown. Burlaps were weaker
here and abroad. Linens showed more
firmness in primary markets. Jobbers
reported light trade.
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ITVE6TOCK

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. April 15.-Cattle
weiEhty steers steady; bulk fed steers,
$500 1880; she stock around steady ;
beef cows. $460@6.50; Gamers and cut
ters, S2.2b@3.75; bulls steady; bolognas
S4.25@4.5O: calves weak to SO cents low
err; bulk veals to packers. ts,0O@9.6O;
sthckers and feeders firm; heavy flesher
feeds, $500: bulk, i$6.5O@750.
Hogs. 10000; ! steady to s cents lower
bulk OF sales, $6.9007.25: stock pigs 10
cents higher; bulk. $6.6006.35; bulk
packing sows. S6.50@6.60.
Sheep. 1000 lambs slow, about steady /;
best offered. 1885; others, $15.75; clip
pers. ,S14.0O; odd lots native springers.
lower; shorn Texas .wether, $1,000.
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TUSCUMBIA, Ala, April 15.-The
Colbert county board Of tax reveiew is
now in session at the court house in
Tuscumbia and will pass on all assess
ments on property. 1t is estimated that
between, 5000 and 5000 individual as
easements viii be passed upon BY the
board Of review this year.
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Workers is. undergoing a change for the
better. Sensible New Workers do now
have a certain sense of responsibility
for; winning a good name for their city,
just as the citizens of smaller, places
Invariably take pride in doing every
thing within their power to gain, for
themselves and their city the esteem
and good will of outsiders.
Then, lastly, the heads of our big
banks and big corporations and other
big establishments in New York are
learning that the accumulation of
more and more money isn't everything,
and that life is rather barren unless
it is fruitful in friendships.
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PYTHIANs TO FROLIo
Meridian Lodge To Initiate las New
Members

81
MERIDIAN, Miss, April 15.L(spe-
cial)-Next Monday will be an i'm.
portant day in the history of the. local
Knights of Pythias lodge, when many
supreme and grand lodge officers from
over this state and Alabama will be
here to witness the initiation of a class
Of 125 new members of the local and
a class of 25 from the Quitman, Miss,
lodge. The initiation is to- follow a
membership drive of the past several
weeks.
Exchangeites Celebrate of
the Meridian Exchange club celebrated
the Thirteenth anniversary of the or
carnations existence at the noon. lunch
con today. 9d -
Have White Sunday-The total at
tendance at Meridian white Sunday
schools Sunday was 4,727. Central
Methodist with an attendance of $50
led all other churches of the city while
the Baptists. led the other denomina.
tons with an attendance of 1914.
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ATTEND CONFERENCE

J. +. Snead, internal revenue col
lector. and his assistants, ]. S. Frank
lin, chief clerk, and j. A. Downer, chief
field deputy, were in Louisville Tues
day attending three-day conference
of collectors for Alabama, Kentucky
Tennessee and Mississippi. During Mr..
Sneed's absence J. G. Bass will be act
ing collector.
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EETsSSSs the unne cessary
strainIns or breaking of friendships.
The idea is this: When New York
ers, either business men or others, 20
travelling through, the country, visiting.
In different cites, they often give sim.
cere invitations to come and visit them
In the big city. In the same way, per-
sons in other cities. promise their New
York friends that they will come and
see them when they next visit New
York.
/ But what often happens2 When a
visit. to New York is decided upon a
telegram or letter usually Ii dispatched.
to the friend or friends in New York
saying the writer is about to start for.
the big city. -.
On, reaching the big city the visitor
usually finds lot to engage his atten-
ton and thinks little about the friends
Tor tn efirst, day or two. Then there
begins to arise in the visitor more or
Hess resentment that the city friends
haven't made a move haven't even
ltelephoned. But, as like as not, the
9 visitor neglected to say where he was
going to stay in New York.
When New Yorker visits another
city and sends word in advance, it
usually Is easy enough for friends there
TO locate him, because in all likelihood;
there is only one or two principal.
hotels, SO that it is easy enough. to find
the new arrival ssa
But the visitor to New York often
eaiis to take into the reckoning that it
Is like looking for needle in a haystack
20 try ito locate stranger In, the city.
8 It is because have known Of this
port OF thing happening so very often
a That 1 believe it may help to prevent
me disrupting of good many friend
flips il the facts here outlined are
brought to the attention of both of New
Workers and people in other. cities.
Let every person who ever has oc
Easion to visit New York or Chicago or
ther big city, and who hopes to be
Jailed ON by friends there, make. mem
Ial note of this advice:
Always say which hotel you. are go
ng to stay at.
When YOU travel round the country,
ine complaint often heard is that.
Ehereas people in other cities, make a
Joint of being cordial to visitors, New
1erkers usually act as if they did not
rant to be bothered by calls from OUT
Flown people, k-a
Now, believe there used to he "a good
Pal Of foundation for this complaint;
ut am absolutely sure that there has
Zen quite a change for the better
Inong New Workers.. New York has.
Pconie distinctly more sociable to WISH
efs,s Even the busiest of business and
aancial men, at least. the majority OF
em, now take pride in showing due
mount Of courtesy and hospitality to
sitors. -. =. -
-sg -.
You get some idea of.how much more
ciable New York men now are If you
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JUsTICE sMYTHE dies

OMAHA, Neb., April 15.-Chief jus
tice Constine J. Smythe, of the circuit
court of appeals, of the District of
Columbia died last night at Rochester,
Mimi, following two operations for re-
lief from cancer.
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JAPANESE BONDS
FORCED TO YIELD
Entire List Unsettled. By
Weakness OF Various
Island Kingdom Issues

NEW YORK, April Dissolution
Of the syndicate which handled the sale
of the Japanese 61as coming stimuli
taneously with the Senate's approval of
the japanese exclusion measure brought
heavy offerings of the bonds into mar
ket today forcing the price down III
points to a new low figure at 91K
Weakness of the Japanese issues to-
gether with cratic fluctuations of Will
son and company liens, unsettled the
entire list.
Although bankers were certain that
the critical political situation would
have no effect on the financial rela-
tions of the two countries heaviness
of other japanese issues, including the
governments 4s, Tokios 5s and Orien-
tai Development 6s, reflected general
uneasiness. Two blocks of the 61as,
totalling $3.50 900, were absorbed by, the
market at the offering price, but the
steady flow of orders which followed
forced gradual decline.
With Wilson and company stock
holders holding their annual meeting
today the erratic movements. of the COM
pany's bonds enlivened trading in do
nestle issues. Reports that sinking
fund provisions of the convertibles
would be altered under the financing
brought declines Of to IL points, from
which levels buying support was effect
i've in causing rallies of 8 to II points.
Net gains of 1 to 3 points were re-
corded by all issues at the close.
Profit taking cancelled most of the
gains registered by French govern
mental and municipal bonds today and
also made inroads into the railroad list.
Total bond sales $12, al 900.
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ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE MOVIES

Jefferson-Jefferson aIl-star players
in kick In"
Lyric-Vaudeville lead, THE Road
to Vaudeville" a miniature musical
pictures, Fox comedies and
Pathe News.
Loew,s Bijou-vaudeville lead, Belle
Montrose Revue in you'd Be Sur
prisedr; picture, Bright Lights of
Broadway" with Lowell Sherman,
Doris Kenyon and Harrison Ford.
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VALUE OF'FREND
EsPLACED HIGH
Writer Tells How To Pre-
vent Straining Or Break
ing OF Friendships (
BY B. c. FORBES

2 As we grow Older
we find that few
things count as; much
as friendships. The
person who is poor
but who has a full
number Of real
friends, can feel we'll
blessed. The person
who is rich, but is
without friends can
not but feel poor as
age comes along.
This column is
inspired by actual
experiences and by
a desire to prevent
Al x.~~xssn q. :, a, ., a !. =,
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courses around the city. You are al
most certain to find some business man
there playing with visitors from other
parts of the country. Of course, these
little outings2fnay be inspired quite as
much by loye Of golf as by love of the
visitors. But the fact remains that this
practice has become much more general
than 1t used to be. - +
Again it has become very; common
for all classes of New York business
mef. to invite out-of-town visitors to
lunch, either with or without some
other friends and, of course, the thea
tres every evening of the week draw
hundreds and hundreds of New Yorkers
who are entertaining friends from
other places. -.
True; few New. Workers. do much en-
tertaiping in theirs own homes. The
average New Yorker reckons that the
visitor from out-6f-town would rather
20 and see a SHOW" and hav edinner
or supper at one Of the city,s swell
hotels or restaurants OF cabaret resorts.
Moreover, only the wealthy in New
York can afford homes large enough to
permit of any considerable entertain
ing. y -.ss ,e..
Hanpily. there are convincing indica.
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Happily, there are convincing indica-
tons that the attitude of the rest of
the country toward New York and New