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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-13
pnEr STANDINGS

20 20 II. Tho Teddies pulled out b.
scoring ax counters IN tho lasI
period. while holding their opponents
scorelesH.
Don Day led the scorers for the
winners with nine points. while
Frankie Wilson played tho stellar
role for the losera.
The Quaker scrubs won. 8 70 7.
The tne,t1 and summary, follow.
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HE CAN
HIT.

But he can hit. being undoubtedly
tho hardest punching lightweight
that has ever stepped thru the ropes
In Seattle. Hell knock over the Jim.
my o'Briens as fast as they can trot
them out for him. but how he will
fare against the smarter boxers and
fellows who can defend themselves
and hit too. is something else again.
Once let Mack learn something
about defense and style so that he
can protect his chin. which isn't any
too strong. and we may have cham.
pion In the making right here In Sc.
attic.
George Burns outfought Roy Small
in the clinches and beat the Camp
Lewis lightweight in an interesting
fourround go. Small had the better
OF the long range work. but the
rough and tumble Burns ou,roughed
him in the clinches.
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ROOSEVELT &c. FRANKLIN IL
Franklin gave Roosevelt n bad
scare at Franklin. and at the end OF
tho third quarter the league leaders
were in the van by the close score OF
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Sabttitgtlons-we.t Seattle. DuTyea a.
for Scott. Garfield. johnson for Hopper.
Weiss for neouarris, Barragsr for Fleet.
BarrnEer for weiss. Hopper for BArrager.
Lsmscks for BArrAssr.
offioiais-Morris referee; FARMLAND.
umpire. 4
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kOPP
RETURNS

Merlin Kopp. tho best left fielder
in tho league las; year and tho cir,
cults best base Hteaicr. will hold
down his old berth for Sacramento.
Joe Kelly. one OF tho finoat ny.
chasers and ali-Around outfselders in
tho minors. Will paniimo for Frisco
again.
Ted Gather. terrific righthandsd
hitter. will 10 on deck for Oakland.
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whitm.a t.s,


suhs,ituiions ounGlach for Gardner.
Douglas for Jackson. Garrett for FRY.
conneil for York.
r0uis conssrtsd--rerk 10 9. FRY In
9. Kent Ia :. Frayns 10 I. wsits "a ..
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MACK WINS
BY X. o.

Freddie Mack took boxing lesson
from Jimmy o'Bricn for a couple OF
rounds and then no finally got 70
James and laid him cold with three
terrific punches. two left hooks on
tho chin and right 20 tho stomach.
II was n great fight while IL lasted.
o'Brien socked Mack on tho chin
with n right hand and Mack nearly
went over. catching himself with his
gloves Oh tho floor. Mack was timid
OF his chin from there until he fin.
ally parked his haymakcrs.
While o'Brien is n fairly smart
performer everybody expected Mack
TO win by X. o. and no did. This
husky fellow will floor most any.
body no can hit, bu, his defense is
stu as poor as ever and his boxing
hasn't improved much, II any.
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HARPER WINS
/ SIXTH

Harper forced the fight in the
SIXTH and beat Cline badly in this
round. altho Cline made desperate
rally IN which his right hand found
It's mark on Harper's body several
times.
Tho local boy joi,cd Cline in the
elinchea and had clinc's face badly
beaten up. His loft eye being prae.
iicniiy closed nj tho end OF the fight.
Cline took the first round BY out.
boxing Harper and tho second was
even.
Harper weighed isiis and Cline
ii5a.
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RoIi,yIsR
III.IiI.

Hohwer. one OF the Biz Bertha hit.
tern of the CoaA, league last year
and the real homo run king Of tho
circuit because 30 hit most Of his
drives In legitimate parks. while mos,
OF Paul Strands circuit blows were
made IN taht Utah ehsosebor. will
ho back for the Inhlans.
Rohwer can hii EN- far and II no
gets a little moro aggressive he will
be a real star.
Duffy I.awisr altho long in base.
ball service. Is nts,l ono Of the beat
aii.arouud ouifieldera Ia the business,
ITO can hit. field and throw.
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West Seattle had little trouble
with Garfield, winning % to
9.
Tho next games in the league are
20 be played next Tuesday with West
Seattle NJ Ballard. Queen Anne at
Roosevelt. Lincoln ~ Garfield and
Franklin at Broadway.
Tho two big games OF the schedule
come with Ballard meeting Broad.
way at Broadway February 20 and
tho Roosevelt Ballard tusslo at Bal
lard three days later.
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broadway 4 10 s-ss
substiiptions--osssn Anns; Murray for
Larson Larson for Andersen. Broad
way; HsSH for CTaEin.
Referee. Aunson. umpire. Torranoe
The Tiger scrubs pulled out ahead
OF tho Hilltop seconds by a 2l.1i
score.
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Left Field
Win Have
Star Corps
BY LEO II. LASSEN

GENERAL new faces and some vel
- come veterans will DO found IN
left field bcrihs when tho Coast
league teams get under way this
spring.
Tho followers arr Rohwer. Seat
tie. Lewis, Salt Lake: Gather. Oak.
land. Kopp. sacramento. and Kelly.
san Francisco.
Tho newcomers arc Menoskey.
Vernon; whaley. Loa Angeles. and
possibly wetxol. Portland.
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PORTLAND
DOUBTFUL,

Portland's LEI. field berth 1. still
open. There's a chance that young
wctxsl. let out BY Oakland when ho
didn't do very we'll after recovering
from n broken icg. may be tho boy
20 flll the bill. Portland has Cor,
wolfcr. Grcsaoit and High on deck.
hut they have always served IN cen.
ter or right field. mono OF them hay.
Ing played left field Of ia,o years.
Tho Portland team IL still angling
for a rlghthandcd hitting outflelder.
whaley. who comes TO Los An.
COLES from tho 81. Louis Browns, was
quite hitter when no was regular
with Hay City in the Mint league.
lie didn't have much chance OF play.
ing with the Browns ns they had
Tobln. Jacobson and williams work.
Ing every day.
Mike Monoskey, veteran OF many
big league campaigns. VIII play tho
station for Vernon. They say he's
n good fielder. but rather light with
tho willow.
As n general slzcup left field viii
be pretty well taken caro- OF in tho
! Coast league this year.
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BROADWAY. 20.
| QUEEN ANNE. "a

Rising 20 the occasion IN wonder
full style. a reyamped Queen Anne
quintet. led by Captain Percy Boil
gtad. gave tho Broadway Tigers
terrible scare in tho Hilltop gym.
Tho Pine street men stayed ahead
by tho dint OF some fine basketball,
finally winning 1924. The Hilltop
crowd gave their team great ova-
ton as II left tho floor.
First honors for the afternoon 30
20 Captain Stan Grummett Of Broad.
way. who made half his teams
points and played a splendid all.
around game. Next In line comes
Percy Boistad. the newly elected
Quay leader. who injected ginger in
10 n faded team.
The first half was a runaway for
The orange and black men. the score
az half time being i4-e. Coach saal
waechter's lecture between halves
had its effect however. and the
Quays ran wild during tho last half.
scoring IS POINTS. Ole Larson. Chef
schlenker, Little Carulli. and Buzz.
yard Murray. new first team add
tons TO the maroon and orange five.
played we'll
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Harper Is
inner in
Pool Bout
Local Welter Beats Cline
in Clinches; Mack Wins
by X. 0.

OUTFIGuTSG Gene Cline in the
" clinches Bob Harper. Seattle
wclterweiRh,, defeated tho Californ.
ian in fairly interesting fight At
tho Crystal Pool last night after The
usual nix rounds.
Harper's best round was The third
when he really got started for the
first time during the fight. Ito had
cline in had way on tho ropes
from body punishment and when
they got 10 tho center OF tho ring
again Harper staggered him with
some etiff head punches.
Harper also won the third by a
shade. but Cline staged nice rally
10 win tho firth round BY superior
long range punching.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, April 2 Omitted States
Department of Agriculture).- ).-Hogs-
Receipts, $4,000 head: fairly active
une7enly lower as compared with
yesterdays general trade: Medium
and heavyweight butchers. 10 lower;
lightweight, 10 to Is off; light light,
Is to % lower; spots show more
loss; pigs, 25 to so lower; all inter
ests buying; shipping orders very
light: bulk good and choice $50 to
$50 pound butchers. 7.45a7.55: few nm
to go; grades 160 to 225 pounds.
7.33a7. so: best 100 to 200 pound kind.
7.55; desirable 40 to $50 pound aver
ages, 7.00a7.25; packing sows, 6.70a
6.S5: desirable weighty killing pigs.
6.00a650; heavyweight hogs, 7,35a
100; medium, 7.40a7.55: light. 7.40a
7.55: light light. 6.00a74O: packing
sows. smooth, 6.75a6.90; packing sows.
rough, 660a6.75; slaughter pigs, AIS
a6.50.
Cattle-Recipts. 10000 head: fairly
active; most classes steady to strong:
spots shade higher on better grades
beef steers; bulk fed steers, S.50a
1915; several loads heavies and
handyweight offerings, 11O0a115O:
early top. 11.65; shipping demand
fairly broad; beef heifers inactive de-
mand; fat cows scarce: best bologna
bulls, 5.00a5.25; vealers, uneven;
choice heavyweight upward TO 1900
to packers; bulk vealers. averaging
100 to lis pounds, 10-00a11.00; light
vealers slow; bidding around $50;
stockers and feeders scarce; country
demand fairly broad.
Sheep-Receipts, 10000 head; slow,
fed lambs around steady; sheep IS
higher; shearing lambs steady; early
bulk desirable fat wooled lambs,
15.50a16.O0: clipped lambs, 13.75a
1880; fat ewes upward to 1900:
choice shea ring lambs, 1915.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, April Cotton fu-
tures opened easy today. with May
2S.05, July 21.06, October 24.20, De
cember 23.S4 and January 23.51.
1t was reported that one of the
large Manchester mills had booked a
larger business yesterday than for
any day since the war. There also
were reiterated reports of firm spot
situation in the south, and the rally
from the opening decline here carried
May contracts up TO 2S.40 and October
to 24.40 early in the noon hour. when
the market was about net unchanged
to 4 points higher. Offerings were
comparatively light after early sell
ing orders had been executed. Gov
ering for May shorts helped the tone
of the general list.
The cotton market opened easy at
IA decline of 19 to 80 points today IN
response to relatively easy Liverpool
cables and more favorable weather
reports. The weather bureaus weekly
review made a fairly favorable show
ing and houses with southern con
nectionS were among the early sellers
May declined to 2S.04 and October to
24.0S, making net declines Of % to 81
points on the active months. Liverpool
was among the early sellers and pri-
vate cables reported poor demand for
futures there, but continued good
tone in Manchester. Trading here was
only moderately active and prices
%teadied after the opening break on
better reports from the cotton goods
trade.
Tho advance continued during the
early afternoon, with May selling
up to 2S.SS and October 24.67. The
general mark Ell was firm at net gains
of % to 80 points around o'clock.
NEW ORLEANS, April THE cot
ton market opened easier on very
poor Liverpool cables and fair
weather map. First trades showed
Losses Of % to % points from the
previous close and prices lost a few
points additional after the opening,
when q favora Bile weekly weather
report by the government was post
cd. May traded at $500. July at 1888
and October 23.42, or &c to IS points
net lower than yesterdays close. The
market later recovered about half
the early loss, owing to good trade
reports from Manchester.
LIVERPOOL. April 2.-Cotton-Spot OF
good demand, but business moderate
prices easier; good middling, 17.75;
fully middling. 1880: middling, 1J.S5;
low middling. 1900; good ordinary.
1900; ordinary, 1880; sales, 1000
bales, including 1900 American; re-
ceipts, 10000 bales, including 1900
American. Futures closed steady.
Closing: April. 1916; July. 1917;
October. 14.3S; December, 1895; Jan
uary, 1856.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO April with receipts
Iof corn today about the lightest so far
this season and with country offerings
TO arrive practically zero, the corn
market took an upward swing in
price soon after business began. It
was contended that feeding of corn to
hogs promised better returns than has
recently been the case and that with
field work in progress no important
movement of corn was likely. In this
connection some talk was current that
May delivery of corn might yet reach
100 2 buShel. The opening. which
varied from unchanged figures to L
lower, with May, - 7sa7S, was fol
lowed by a material upturn all round.
Scattered selling on the part Of
commission houses weakened the
wheat market. The selling appeared
10 be for the northwest. After open
ing unchanged to p off. May, LOLA
1.0l Ss, and Judw, LOCAL OBS; wheat un-
,dcrwent a general sag.
Seeding delay tended to give firm
ness to oats. Initial prices, un-
changed to Is higher, May, 45A, were
succeeded by 4 slight further advance.
Lower quotations on hogs eased the
provision market.
: Subsequently the wheat market raj
lied in sympathy with corn. Besides
; il was reported that France was buy
wheat here from store. The close was
to 1854 a103&s and July 1864 to 1.03 q.
-
Evening star., 1924-04-02
o. S. TREASURY CERTIFICATES
touo,ations furnished by Redmond & ca.l
RAW SUGAR QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. April Raw sugar
was Quieter early today and no fresh
business was reported. Prices were
unchanged at 6.65 for Cubans, duty
paid
Reports of continued favora BILE
crop conditions in Cuba led to fur
ther selling pressure in raw sugar
futures. Later there was sale of
10000 bags of Cuban to arrive for
late April shipment at 6.65, duty paid
Houses with Cuban connections were
the principal sellers. Prices at mid
day showed declines of to points.
No increase was noted in the de-
mand for refined sugar and prices
were unchanged at $50 to $40 for
fine granu1ated.
Refined futures were nominal.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. Md. April . (Special).
Potatoes, white. 100 lbs. 75a1.75:
yams, Dbl. 2.5Oa7. 90; bu., 1.ooas. 90 !;
beans. bu-. 3.00a5.50: beetS. bu. 201a
ESQ: broccoli and kale, bu.. 65a75;
cabbage, basket. 1.25a2.00; carrots.
hundred. 4.Ooa6.Oo; caulifiower. crate,
S.o0a3.25: celery, crate, 3.50a4.50; Gu
cumbers. crate, S.00a1000; eggplants.
crate. S.00a5.0O; lettuce. bu., 2.00a5. 90 !:
onions, 100 lbs. 1.25a200; spring
onions. hundred. 1.5oa1.75; oyster
plants. 100 lbs. 6.oOa7.oO; parsnips,
peppers, crate. 3.00a6.00; radishes, bu..
1.50a2.5O: spinach, bu., 150a1. rs
squash. crate, 4.ooa5.oo; tomatoes.
crate, 1.5oa4.25; turnips. bu.,- 4Oa5O
bu, 50a1.50: box apples. 1.75a2.25;
grapefruit box 1.50a2.75; oranges,
box. 2.00a2.75; strawberries. qt, 55aS5
Settling Prices ON Grain.
Wheat-No. > red winter, spot,
1.07 7%s; No. . red winter. garlicky,
spot. domestic, 1.o7 g: exports. no
quotations; No. or No. , red win
ter. g7arlicky; spot, no quotations.
Corn-Cob. new. 4.25a4.So per bar
rel for yellow and 4.10a415 per bar
rel for white: No. . corn, spot, 49,;
No. corn- spot, S6: track corn, yell
low, No. ,. new, SSa89.
Oats-No. white. SO: No. ? white
new, 54a54h
Rye-Nearby, 7oaSo; No. rye.
spot, 76as.
Hay-Receipts. 121 tons. For good
timothy and white clover mixed and
strictly No. 1 clover, fair demand at
quotations; lowgrade hay plentiful
and difficult to move, causing a sharp
discount. Quotations: No. timothy,
$500 per ton; No. g, 26.50a27 90: No. ,
clover, 2S.O0a24.50: No. clover mixed,
25. 5Oa26.00; No. 1 cloveA 26.00a270O.
Straw-No. l straight rye, 2400a
$500 per ton; No. l tangled rye, 1900
a20.00; No. 1 wheat, 1S.00a1S.50; No. 1
oat, 17.0oa1S.00.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

OAKLAND. Calf. April .
Wharves here are becoming badly
congestcd by lumber products wait
ing shipment to New York. Phila-
delphia and other AtIantic ports. II
Is estimated 15.000.o00 shingles. TO-
U0o, 600 laths and 100000 feet Of
building lumber are awaiting vessel
space.
NEW ORLEANS. Ape4I New
business at southern Pine ASSocia-
tion mills last week Increased 40
per cent, production rose IL per cent
and shipments 1872 per cent. There
were 100000 feet ordered at III
mills, 16,000.60o feet shipped and
1S,50e,090 feet produced.
CONCORD. y. r.. April maple
sugar now Is being quoted here at
90 to 50 cents 4 pound. Farmers are
receiving 40 to 80 cents a pound for
their product. There has been Il fine
run Of sap this year and prices are
higher than in 1923.
HOUSTON. Tex. April The de
cline in production and increased de-
mand are tn" factors held responsible
for the advance in heavy crude oil
prices to 81 for grade \ and Si.-G for
grade R. announced by tn" Humble
oil Company.
PHILADELPHIA. April MAKERS
OF plumbers supplies have more or
derS on their books at present than
at any time in recent years. Many
OF them predict a shortage of such
materials before the summer build
ing season is over
HAMMOND. La. April 2-Shipment
OF StTa "berrleS In quantity from here,
fonchatoula, Natalbany. independence
and Amitc is now in full swing Prices
to producers range from $685. to s747
crate. the highest price ever known
here. Five cars shipped Monday
brought Il little above s. a crate The
total crop is expected to reach 1.400
to 1900 cars.
ATLANTA. Ga, April "A state
quarantine has been put into effect to
combat spread of Japanese beetle and
the orienta! peach moth.
BOSTON, April 2-Honeydew melons
from Chile have made their appear
ance in this market for the first time,
and are retailing at $50 each.
ROCHESTER,, n. y. April 2.-The
Eastman Kodak Company experienced
the biggest year in its. history in
1873. Earnings totaled s1S,s77.229.5 50,
aS compared with S1S556.21O92 in
1920. the next best year.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. April 2.-The Cur
lee Clothing Company announced to-
day that ii had purchased more
woolen goods for fall garments than
ever before in it's history.
FORT WORTH, April 2.-Texas cot
ton growers are using fertilizers to
a much greater extent this year than
usual They hope by this means to
overcome the handicap of a late sea-
son start and get ahead of the boil
weevil.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
By the Associated Press.
NE,M YORK Anril 2-Enraien

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 2.-Foreign ex-
changes irregular. Quotations Gin
United States dollars): Great Britain,
demand, 4.30A cables, 4.3OiA; sixty
day bills on banks, 4.2S. France, de-
maHd, .0602h2: cables, .0603l%. Italy,
demand, .0445: cables, .04451a. Bel
GUM, demand, .0517: cables, .051S
Germany, demand (per trillion). %:
Holland, demand. .369S; Norway. de-
mand, 1871; Sweden, demand. .2641:
Denmark. demand, .165214; Switzer-
land, demand. 1855; Spain, demand,
1928: Greece. demand, .0172; Poland,
demand, .o00o0012: Czechoslovakia,
ldemand, .029SB Jugoslavia, demand.
i.0125; Austria. demand, .000O14is: Ru-
mania, demand, .005214; Argentina,
demand, 1925; Brazil, demand, .1115;
Toxic. demand. .42h; Montreal. 81
|15-16.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPT.

CHICAGO, April Am inyoluntf ry
petition in bankruptcy showing liza
bilities of s239,06S.3S and assets of
SIC, ,l25.45 has been filed in the United
States district court by Norris H Mum
day, sugar broker. Other sugar brokers
and refiners were the chief creditors.
Among the creditors are Adams &
Sons, grocers, Chillicothe, Ohio, S37,-
sos, and Anna A. Munday, New York,
S19500
Evening star., 1924-04-02
PEAS, BERRIES AND SNOW.

NEW YORK. April 2.-Along with
spring snowstorms New York yesterday
received the first Louisiana Strawberries
of the season and several carloads of
green peas from California
The price of the Strawberries ranged
from 90 to 40 cents pint. and the peas
sold for from $3.50 to $3.50 q crate.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
BALTIMORE DAIRY PRICES.

BALTIMORE, Nd. April . (SpeCi2D
Live poultry Dung chicken lb
25a35: leghorns. 25a3O: winters. 45a
80; old hens, 23a2J: leShorns. old, 22a
%: old roosters, 15a16; ducks, 25a35;
springers. 55a60; pigeons. pair. 45a50;
guinea fowl, each, 30a60.
Dressed pOultry-Chickens ID. 2Sa
50: ducks, 30a35; old roosters. I6aI7;
capons, 35a43.
Eggs tloss of)-Native and nearby
firStS, dozen, ii; southern. 20; duck
eggs, 40
Butter-Cream good to fancy,
3Sa42: prints, 42a44; nearby creamery,
3Ja3S: rolls. 29a32: storepacked. %;
dairy prints, 30a32: process butter.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
Washington Stock Exchange,
SALES.

National Mortgage & Investncut pfd-2"
al So.
AFTER CALL
Metropolitan l. r. 5s 81 0oo at 100.
Pot. FL Cons :is-sl .o00 AT 81
Capital Traction 5s-Sl. 600 al 97hl. 81 0n'
at 9IIa.
Canital Traction Co al aSa4.
Wash. Rwy. & Elec. 4s-sa,0OD at -.
Wash Bait & AnnaH. 5s-Sl ,0no al 6S.
Washington Gas Us $500 at iN't.
Wash Rwy & Elec pfd.-5 al 12l2.
Pot El Is 1953-S1 600 at 1921.
MerEenthaler Linotype-1O at 154, at tE4
at 154.
Evening star., 1924-04-02
PRICES FORGE AHEAD.
Many Industrials Reach Higher
Ground in Today's Trading.
By the Associated Pryss.

By the Assoc Iated fryss.
NEW YORK. April 2.-StucI prices
continued to forge ahead at the open
ing OF today'S market. \ vide variety
ii industrial shares participated III the
advance. although changes for the most
part were fractional. Nash Motors, with
i gain Of 31a points, led the motor
group into higher ground. Oil, copper
and chemical issues We're in good de-
nland-
The markets brighter tone was fur
ther enhanced in the early dealings
by brisk buying Of a number Of indus
trial leaders. which carried General
Electric. Baldwin and Studebaker up /
TO . points. Copper shares were bcne-
fitted by reports that Germany was pre-
paring TO enter the market for large
quantities OF red metal. Demand for
low and medium priced railroad issues
widened. carrying St. Paul preferred up
: to a new high for the year, at 30. and
bringing about substantial advances in
all the Erie issues, Atlantic Coast Line
ard Missouri Pacific preferred. Gulf
States Steel, Houston oil and United
States Industrial Alcohol moved up more
than point.
Foreign exchanges opened higher.
short Covering Gains in Volume.
Short covering gained in volume
as the recovery progressed and nu-
merouS issues which had bren sub
jeCted to heavy selling pressure in
recent sessions quickly rebounded.
American Agricultural Chemical pre-
ferrCd. Nirginia-CarOlina preferred.
american international, lutcrration
u Paper. Otis Elevator and tneri-
tan Smelling scored advances of from
y to points. American Can moved
UP more than u point into new high
territory tor the movement and Cen
raj Electric extended its early gain
to more than ; points. American To-
bacco E. with 3i2point rally, led
he tobacco shares into higher
ground Erie preferred We'd with
1t. Paul for derShip Of the rails
With a jump of . points and
6-point advance III Fisher Body en-
iivened trading in the motor section.
call money opened at 4 l. per cent.
Prices having demonstrated their
ability /" rise. testifying to the ap-
parent liqujdated condition of the
list and the timidity of the bear fac
ton. buying became more confident
as the session progressed Virtually
all divisions Of the list showed con-
siderable strength. advances of | to 4
points being made by more than four
score Of the leading shares by the
early afternoon.
The closing was strong. Copper
and zine shares assumed the leader
ship Of the upward movement in the
late dealings. but uw-rriced rails
continued in good demand.
ATLANTA. April . Especial. The
Southern railway last year handled
iS.310,Ol3 passengers. according 10