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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-18
DISCHARGE JURY KEEP UP BARS
Al Austin Case Must Be
Tried All Over

After dcllbsmtinF moro than 20
hours. during which timo d twice
came back for further Instructions
tho jury la tho Grove roadhouse
case was discharged by Federal
Judge william n sawtclls late
THURSDAY afternoon, after n had re-
ported that il was unable 20 reach
AN agreement.
A q Austin and C. Dean.
propretors Of tho Grove. Robert
Butler. head waiter. &. ID. Broback.
and q. W. ulush were charged
with conspiracy 20 violate prohibi.
ton laws They were released az
ter the disagreement on their pres.
Ont bonds. 10 await retriai u the
ease. which viii probably not be
held until fall
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-18
Ran Dope Store in
Ash Can, Arrested

John iongvorth, IS. ailegcd ash
can cope peddler,~ was IN San hi,
day morning. following his arrest
by Officers George y. Reynolds and
q W. ChHsty Of the police mar.
ooties squad az Western ave. and
Virginia 50. I.ongworth's method Of
operation. police say, was 10 deposit
tho DOPE in an ash can. and II tho
coast was clear. steer the customer
90 the can and make delivery.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-18
HORSE FLIES

PARASITIC first horse In hlS-
tory to ny thru the air was a year
ling taken from Paris TO a farm In
Holland. in n plano that had been
especially fitted up as horse box.
Tho horse was accompanied BY a
groom.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-18
Judges, Meeting Here, Are
Not for Easy Divorce

Judges of The state ga session hero
are strongly opposed 30 letting down
Tie restrictions on divorce seeking
couples. A motion 10 strike out the
provision requiring complaints 20 bee
filed 80 days before the IIal was
voted down.
The visiting judge we're welcomed
A. they assembled b. Judge ], D.
Ronald. veteran jurirt Y G. Mills
of walla wails. responded. Judgs
Mitchell Gillian presided and Judge
Calvin 3. Hali acted as secretary.
Friday The judges win be guest,
Of the King county bench AZ lunch
con and aboard n steamer viii 80
from the Sound thru the locks and
canal 10 Sand Point aviation field
Officers were 10 be elected Friday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-18

Small acre tracts along the high
ways arc listed for sale In the want
Al columns. You can buy them on
the easy payment plan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-18

Beach properties are listed in the
Summer Cottages 10 Rent columns
Ia the Want Ads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
STOCK MARKET
 CHARACTERIZED BY RREGULARITY
Special Groups Advance Unhampered By Set
 backs Of Others
By EDWARD J. CONDLoN

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Irregularity characterized proceedings in the stock market during the opening session of the week, with representative industrial stocks showing declines of more than half point on an average, while rails were off about one-third of a point. As was the cast last week, special groups continued their upward march unhampered by the setbacks received in other portions of the list The bak- ing and biscuit issues,' together with utility shares, were favored from the first and several new highs for 1924 were established.
 Petroleum shares finished lower, in view of the reductions today of 15 cents a barrel in Louisiana and south Arkansas crude. Selling, however, was tempered by the fact that Smackover heavy crude was advanced 15 cents. A courageous, if not unbiased, prediction was received from Tulsa that Scent gasoline might be expected within a fortnight on the navy grades. Exchange Rates Easier
 Easier foreign exchange rates were the order of the day, due in part to selling from abroad, Political unrest in both France and England, togeth- CT with the flying of danger signals in the Balkans, have not had a hearten- ing effect upon the foreign exchange market
 Just how far the protectorate in Spain will be able to restore public confidence ! In the ability of the Spanish to main tain their hold in Morocco. Is not clear, but rumors which have escaped the censor at Madrid have not been en- couraging. The peseta, however, con- tinues to hold well above 13 cents. The South American exchanges were firm, Argentine pesos registering a new high for the year at 35.6sc, with Bra gillian and Chilean exchanges recording similar gains.
 Commodities Under Fire
 The commodity markets came under fire almost from the opening of busi- ness, and, with the exception of wheat, which staged related rally on news of lighter receipts than expected, finished lower. Corn closed about 3 cents low CT owing to the hesitancy of traders to contracts. It Is evident that traders are counting on heavy frosts to injure the unmatured crop but so far advices from the northern sections have not re- ported chilling weather.
 The cotton market was chiefly an evening-up affair prior to the govern ment report Tuesday on the condition of the crop as of September 16. The average guess of "A members of the New York Cotton exchange is 56.8 per cent. Judging from the private crop estimates made during the past few days, a yield of about 13,000,000 bales is expected. The last government re- port made the condition 593 per cent, and the yield 12,7S7,00 bales, exclusive of linters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
THE WEATHER
By Webster

Alabama: Fair Tuesday. slightly cool CT in south portion; Wednesday far. Louisiana: Tuesday and Wednesday fair; warmer in north portion Wednes- day.
 Arkansas: Tuesday and Wednesday fair, warmer. Oklahoma Tuesday fair warmer, Wednesday fair.
 EastG Texas: Tuesday fair warmer in northwest portion; Wednesday fair warmer. .x fair, warmer Tuesday.
 Virginia North Carolina, Georgia. Ex- treme Northwest Florida: Fair and slightly cooler Tuesday; Wednesday fair. Florida: Fair in north and thunder showers in south portion Tuesday and Wednesday.
 Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair Tuesday; warmer
 Summary of observations made at sta tions of the United States Weather Bu- reau, during the 24 hours ending at ' D. m, 90th meridian time Sept. 22, 1924.
 -TEMPERATUREs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

each case the amount sent abroad fell off approximately as much as the value.
 During the coming year, however, there will probably occur reversal in part of this unfavorable situation. Corn exports cannot be expected to in- crease materially, because farmers in this country haven't more corn to sell even should demand improve But wheat presents a different situation. A large crop at home this year and a greatly reduced crop in other countries make it~seem inevitable that our export trade is wheat will experience a sharp revival.
 On the improvement side of the 1923- "A farm product export report, there are several outstanding features, chief of which is the remarkable increase in the value of cotton exports to the amount of 37 per cent. This means that American cotton growers received from abroad $245,000,000 more than in the year before,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
COTTON LETTERS

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Cables were
 about as due this morning, out market
 opened slightly lower and then eased
 during the day on increased selling in
 anticipation of a probably bearish re- port tomorrow That is to say from
 the indicated guess of the majority of the members of 56.8 it would appear that they expect a fairly large govern ment report; on the other hand, prac- tically no attention was paid to the weather in the south, where heavy
 showers contlnued over the belt during the weekend. The bearish feeling which had existed and which was quite badly shaken by the advance of last
 week is again predominating on the
 idea that the recovery of last week was purely technical and that as the market
 failed to respond to the bad weather it. will again ease off when the weather
 clears up and the movement can be resumed. Much will depend on the gov ernment report to be issued tomorrow.
 October, 12.51d; December, 12.29d.- Hubbard Bros.
 NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 22.-Trend of values were to a lower level today an a
 result of prospects for better weather in nearly all sections of the cotton re- zion; fair for west except showers in
 Texas coast and generally fair in east half, except showers for Florida, There was some liquidation, and probably some hedge selling because of uncer- tainty over tomorrow's government forecast and report on ginnings to September 15. The average guess of "A members of the New York Cotton
 exchange crop 56.S. There was issued a private estimate, indicating ginnings to September 15 at 2,900,000. There are no official comparatives for corre- spending date last year, but a private estimate based on the gin output per working day for last period, places the probable ginnings to September Is last i year at 2,400,000. Ginnings to Septem- Der 25 last year were 2,236,000 bales. If tomorrow's report indicates a yield
 of 12,S00,000 or more the market is likely to decline; advance If 12,600,000
 or less. The quantity of cotton to be reported ginned to September 15 will probably have some effect on values also. Domestic and Manchester textile trade advices are more cheerful, some | improvement in the demand for cotton goods reported, but there remains room | for much improvement. Washington advises that the average number of ] spindles operated in the United States during August was 23,761, ,440, or at
 only b2S per cent of capacity, on a sim
 gle shift basis, against 22,697, ,499 for July of this year and 31,965, ,279 for 'Au-
 gust of last year. Recently Washing ton wired New Orleans Cotton eX-
 change: "No estimate of cotton aban-
 donment will be made in September 2S report. Average abandonment allowed ] for parss' RmoFfow'ss government re- port will be NeIeased at 10 a. m., New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
f7MaNnoe Assoc14rns -soszoV

A GRICLrURAL products from the A United States during the year
 which ended June 30 were valued at $1 ,867, ,000, 900, an increase of SSS,0o0,- 900, or per cent, over the preceding 12 months.
 Satisfactory in many ways as it this exidence of expansion, there are other, less pleasing clements in the situation. First, these agricultural exports were less in proportion to our total sales abroad than during the two previous years. The 1923-24 proportion was A per cent; the preceding year it wes 46 per cent; in 1921-22 1t was 52 per cent. And second, while exports of other farm products were greater than in 1922-23, those of two bigs crops, corn and wheat, were less by the astounding amounts of 73.9 per cent and 54.S per cent, respectively.
 The decline in our corn and wheat ex- port trade, incidentally, cannot be laid at the door of lower prices since in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
LIVESTOCK

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, Sept. 29.4 Hogs: Receipts, 13,000; good butcher hogs, 190 pounds and up, 15 to 200 high CT; spots, 25c higher; lighter kinds un- evently, 15c higher; light lights and pigs, very slow. mostly soc lower; top, $10.4o; bulk 19o to 2S0 pounds. s1o.25@ 10.35; 240 to 300 pounds, S10.10@10.25; 16o to 1So pounds, $1o.15@10.25; 13o to 150 pounds, $925@1O00; lighter pigs, sS.ooQs.00; packing sows, Ss.5O.
 Cattle: Receipts, 1000; medium and good quality and lightweight native steers, steady to 25c higher; heavy fat steers, steady to 25c lower; weighty plain steers and grassers not wanted; steers steady; bulk native steers. S9.25 @9.75; one load mixed yearlings, S10.35; most cows, S3.75@4.50; canners, $215@ 2.50; bologna bulls, S3.7564.25; top bo- logna bulls, $4.50; light vealers, S10.25 @10.50.
 Sheep: Receipts, 1000: low and weak few scattered lots of lambs; not enough all told to test market; $11.00Q12.50; big end of run direct and through aged sheep steady fat ewes. S4.00@5.o0; can ners and culls, $1.00G3.00.
 CHICAGO. Sept. 22.-Cattle: Receipts, 10000; weighty fed steers closing very slow at recent sharp decline; liberal supply unsold; most medium grade and handy weights strong to 25c higher; mostly 10 to 15c up; top yearlings, $11.25 {; mixed steers and heifers upward to that price, numerous loads, $10.50611 .00; {; handy weights averaging 1,112 pounds at SHE'S; some 1906 pounds at S11.00; best big weight steers, S10.6o; average weight ,496 pounds: few loads weighty bullocks, S10.50610.60; these grades very choice; some kinds weighty steers aver aging 1,514 pounds at 1925; 1,644 pounds average, S9.75; bulk to killers, $6.00@ 700; two loads upward to $765 to kill CTS; she stock very uneven; steady to strong, closed weak: bulls 10 to 15c higher; vealers and stocllers and feed CTS steady.
 Hogs: Receipts. 27,0O0; desirable grades fairly active; mostly 15 to 20c higher; slaughter pigs and light lights largely 25c up; others slow, strong to 10c higher; top, s10.30; bulk better, 160 to 230 pounds, $9.90@10.25; good and choice 250 to 350-pound butchers large ly $975@9.90; majority better 140 to 15O- pound kind, $9.5049.G0; bulk pack ing sows, sS.6O@S.90; strong weight slaughter pigs largely $s.75G9.o5; esti- mated holdover, 11,000.
 Sheep: Receipts, 10000; fat lambs, steady to strong; spots 25c higher; sort ing moderate; bulk natives, $12.5o@13.00; few to outsiders, $13.25; few yearling wethers, $9.50; sheep, steady; aged weth- CTS, $7.00; bulk fat ewes, $4.75@6.50; feeding lambs, fully steady: few year. Iings and wethers, $9.50; bulk bdesirable feeders, $13.O0@13.10; top, $13.25; full Inouthed breeding ewes, $70oQs2s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

bolognas, S35o@4oo; practical top veals $9.50; stockers and feeders fairly ac- tive, 10 to 15c higher; early bulk, S5@7;- stock cows and heifers steady; bulk cows and heifers. s2.75@5.25; calves, S475@675.
 Hogs: Receipts, 5000. even; mostly 10 to 200 higher; bulk, S9.2569.S5; pack ing sows, $s259S.15; stock pigs steady; $800Q85O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
INTERIOR MOVEMENT
HORSEs AND MULES

EAST ST. LOUIS, H., Sept. a. Horses and mules steady; good to choice drafts, $150@2.0O; medium to good drafts, $100@150; good to choice chunks, $75@100; medium to good s606s5.
 AGAGules: Draft, 16 to F hands, $175@ 24o: sugar, 16 to 163 hands, $165@225: top cotton. 15.2 to 16 hands. $1450165; cotton mules, 15 to 15.2 hands, $SO@125.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
WFNUa

East and West Gulf: Moderate north east and east, and weather partly over cast Tuesday.
 Caribbean Sea &nd Windward Passage: Moderate east and southeast and weather partly overcast and showery Tuesday.
 Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate southwest and west and weather overcast and showery Tuesday.
 Hatteras to Florida Straits: Moderate to fresh northeast and east. and weather partly overcast Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 22.-George H. Corcoran, 45, longshoreman, com mitted suicide in his home here today by closing the rooms and windows and opening a gas jet. His wife found him Gead when she returned home from nearby market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
RICE MARKET

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 22.-Clean
 |rice strong; sales, 435 Blue Ros". 53% O |5H ;~ 2s5 Carolina, ,6K; .5s2 second heads,
 AZ @41hc; 33 screenings. 3Ac; PA Lady Wright, 6ssc; receipts, 2,556; rough rice
 |good demand; receipts, 16.742; milers' receipts, 15,739. ..==s44s, ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
Birmingham, Alabama,

Birmingham, Alabama,
 September 16, 1924. The Annual Meeting O. Stockholders of The Alabama Great Southern Rail- road Company, for election of Direc- tors and the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the meeting, will be held at the of- flee of the Company in Birmingham, Alabama, on Wednesday, October 1, 1924, at II o'clock a. m.
 c. E. A. MCCARTHY,
 Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23


 mark whereas a year ago they were
 not bringing $9. Cattle and sheep are, only very slight ly. below the Quotatiops ruling year ago. Hay continues to bring as good prices as last year. Lard Is distinctly higher. Butter is slightly lower, but eggs are dearer than q year ago. The cost of living for the farmer and the rest of us-is no higher than | 1t wal, last September. Interest rates on farm Ioans-and other loans-are lower than they were then.
 Labor has been somewhat Il ore plen- I Stiful than it was last year. Federal taxes meanwhile has been re- duced.
 Wheat exports are today running at the extraordinary rate of fully 100000 bushels every business day, contrasted with little more than 100000 bushels
 day. at this time last, fall, and there I is every indication that. heavy foreign demand will be- maintained. These are facts of basic inn ,rtance . in analysing the general business out look and perhaps the political outlook They do not portend business depres- ! tion, do they2
 Take these other faqts in considers
 Whereas a year agS European na- lions were at sixes- s-and-sevens, then striving earnestly to compose their diff 1erences and work towards recovery Optimism is highest in the highest circles, where the extent of the change l Tn Europe's attitude Is most fully un-
 derstood.
 { A year ago there was'iittle or no. talk of prospective important loans to Flu rope. All agree that we are today .on | AZ l... outflow of capital across the Atlantic, a development which cannot fail to mean quickened demand for American prod ucts.
 Our security markets reflect the pre- NValence today of much greater confi- denee than ruled last fall. Represen- tative industrial shares on the New York Stock exchange closed last week an average of 10 points above the cor responding quotation a year ago. Rail- road stocks average Il points above their quotations 12 months ago. Bonds are several points up HSuch record, on the eve of a presidential election, sureiy IS not without deep significance, An S'election scarev iF being prophe. Ssied by Wall street oracles, holders of ksood securities, however, will do well to think twice before being stampeded kto selling should the professional bears zsuceeed in bringing about sharp, yvfoss Sient reaction in security quotations. There are, of course, flies in the busi- ness ointment. s. e
 The oil industry continues demoral- tzede by overproduction. The important 4tixtile industry still has many idle looms, although the latest reports are that the demand for woolen goods has Improved and cheaper, raw >cotton shoufd shortly make it easier to move cotton goods. Wintry weather will nat Rurally curtail building operations. The severe decline in cotton will not be
 without effect upon the south. Auto mobiles are not going like hot cakes. Copper Is still dragging at low price.
 But the strong factors greatly out number and outweight the weak fac tors. Unless the unexpected happens,
 both business and stocks should do
 better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
MAN HURT IN FALL
 INTO DEVILS GAP
Stone Sustains Fractured Skull
 In Fall Of 40 Feet

c. NJ. Stone, SS15 Fifth avenue. south, was in a serious condition at the South Highlands infirmary from in juries sustained late Sunday night when he fell over an embankment at what is known as Devils Gapjat Edge wood.
 Stone and some young men were running along the the dam, near the gap when Stones foot slipped and he fell. He rolled to the edge of the pre- cipice and plunged 40 feet to the chasm below. He sustained a fractured skull and severe body bruises
 His companions decended into the gorge after him and after giving him first aid removed him to his home Later his condition became worse and physicians advised his removal to the hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

E Oats are nearing 50 cents a bushel, contrasted W 1 t h less than 50 cents last September.
 Rye was then worth 66 cents; 1t
 now brings over $1 a bushel.
 Barley is up 25 cents a bushel. Wool is bringing the farmer more than it did last year. Hides com mand better prices. Hogs have been selling near the S10
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 22.-Cattle: Re ceipts, 46,O0o. very slow; practically no early sales; killing steers or fat she stock, canners, bulls and calves about steady; bulk caners, $2.40@2.65; native
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

Sold before noon." The frequent result when AgeHerald classified ads are used.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Pre- bureau dullness has characterized today's trad ing but on the decline, which was at- tributed to hedge selling, the trade was a buyer The only news of interest that developed was the cut in spring prices by American Woolen company of 10 per cent. Worth street reported an ab- Sence of demand there today and said buying is being held in check by the forthcoming government report tomor- row. Trade here would likely construe figures as large as last months, basis on which to sell, while figures of 2,500,- 900 or under would likely cause an ad- vance-Fenner 6 Beane to Kahn & Virgin.
 NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 22.-Cotton prices were somewhat easier early Mon day in what was expected to be a pre- bureau affair of evening up of trades pending the bureau Tuesday. Liverpool was even to a shade worse than due, a cable from there said little trading in that market The weather map showed general rains over the belt except in the northwest and southeast section. Temperatures continue warm every where except in the northwest, where Amarillo had 46 degrees minimum.
 
 selling on government report of very light weevil damage this season, but the more conservative traders thought this factor had been discounted. Some good weathermen think the weather so far has been more beneficial than oth- erwise and except for an early frost will benefit the growing plant. A sus- taining influence are reports from dry goods centers, domestic and foreign. Better demand is reported from the northwestern cities and a London cable quotes the Financial Times as saying the stage is being set for Eevival in the textile trades. Spot demand was re- ported better and basis higher from Texas this morning.-Levy Aronson to $. R. Stewart.
 NEW YORK, Sept 22.-Hedge sell ing, some liquidation and a weakened technical condition due to heavy cover ing last week, gave the cotton market an easier tone today. The volume of business was only moderate and most people were inclined to meet the bureau garded as unfavorable, was offset by the forecast for fair weather and re- ports that the rains were more local than general. It was reported that all | October freight room available from New Orleans, Houston and Galveston was booked to Manchester and the con- l tinent, but it received little attention as 1t was neutralized by talk of ship ments to New York for tender on Oc- tober contract. The expectation seems to be for crop indication. tomorrow around 12,S00,000 bales.-John F. Clark < Co. t S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
COFFEE FUTuREs

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-The market for coffee futures opened today at an advance of 5 points to decline of 10 points, with September relatively steady on covering. Later months were for sale, but in small quantities. and the general market soon turned flrmer on reports of firm Brazilian exchange and rumors of European buying in Brazil ian markets. September advanced to 17. .13c and December to 16.30c the mar kot closing to 25 points net higher. Sales, 10000. Closing quotations: Sep tember, 17.1sc; October, s1673c; Deeenn- beE 16.30c; March, 15.s1c; May, 15.31c; July. 14.eSc.
 Spot coffee steady; Santos As, 22h@ 23Ac; Rio Is, 17%c. Cost and freight offers included part Bourbons 3s and 5s at 2205@24O0c. L
 Rio exchange on London 3-32 pence higher; dollar buying rate no reis low er; Rio market 50 reis lower to 100 high CT; Santos 975 to 1,775 reis lower. Bra gillian port receipts, 51,000; Jundiahy, 80 000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
STRONG FACTORS | OUTWEIGH WEAK
 FORBES AYERS
Both Business And Stocks
 Should Do Better Says Writer
By R. e. FORBES

ny M. Cs FOhbES ls'Ia
 Wheat, now selling in Chicago at $130, was bringing only $1 a year ago. Corn, now above S1i15, was the; worth on1 s5 cents a bushels
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-23
UNIOTE CASE

''So the jury brought in q verdict of murder while insane 2"
 "They couldn't do otherwise. The murderer confessed to the crime and insisted that he was in his right mind when he did it."-Buffalo Express.