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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
STOCKS ADVANCE l ASLABOR WINS|
Scare Mongers Who Predicted Ruin Discredited By Strong
 Market N
By CHARLES M. MCCAIN tLeased Wire to The Age-Herald)

LONDON, Jan. 26.-Scare- -mongers who predicted England would, fall into the depths of ruin when labor gov ernment took over the government were all wrong-and the laborites have figures to prove it.
 These figures consist of the trend in the stock exchange since last Tues day, the day Ramsay Macdonald sue ceeded Stanley Baldwin. as premier. All along the line, especially in indus trial shares, prices already have ad- vanced. Steadiness' prevailed through out the week and at no, time was there evidence of panic in any line of busi- ness.
 This favorable reaction to the labor government has resulted from public confidence, which soon became appar- ent when it developed Macdonald would follow a conservative, course, suppressing, or at least delaying. Radical policies which extremist mem bers of the party have favored. Meantime, the British public continues t0 place its money in sound business enterprises. # ~e
 Chairmen of the board of numerous London banks have expressed faith in MacDondlds ability to insure .stAble government and this has heightened the general confidence.
 The prospect of early recognition of Russia docs not alarm the business world. On the contrary, there is a feeling that resumption of full, official relations might improve the market for British p0ole
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
DEMAND BROADENS ! fN STEEL MARKET
Orders In Some Cases Extend
 Into The Second Quarter

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-A further broadening of demand was experienced in the steel making during the past week, and orders in some cases ex- tended into the second quarter. Struc- tural materials continued ito lead in the point of activity, but there were evidences of improvement in the de- mand for sheets and bars, while sales of plate were decidedly larger, espe- cially in the west. Railroad require ments evidently largest, and they felt confident of continued activity. Prices for pig iron were firm. The demand showed improvement with evident buy ing on fears of a coal strike. Copper was more active and decidedly firmer. Buying for domestic consump- tion was stimulated by an improve by reports of better. European trade ,'rgspsets and the small lots recently pressing for sale soon were absorbed Later business was reported at 12A for prompt or nearby delivery, and sales have been made at 12B for the second quarter. The more urgent de- Eand seems to have been supplied at
 s Figure but there was continued inquiry for March and April shipments and prices we're firm at the end of the week.
 Tin Seacted owing to lack of con- sum!ng demand, which futures offered at big discount, reaching 51c for spot stra ;Gh.s on account of delayed ar- rivals.
 Lead was firm here, but premiums were being shaded in the west. The general situation was strong with like. lahood of accumulation. Zinc continued firm, with better in. quiry z Anthony was unchanged with fair inquiry nearby requirements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
CORN CONTINUES TO < MAKE NEW RECORDS
Rise Lifts Other Grains And
 Oats Reach Top Price

CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-Corn vied with President Coolidge this week in giving aid to the farmer. The corn market Continued to surpass previous high price records for the season, and car ried other grain values upward. oats as well as corn reaching a new top rec ord. Indications were that winter ac- cumulations of corn at Chicago and other chief distributing centers would be the smallest in years. Compared with a week ago, corn this morning was 1@1Mc to 17sc up; oats unchanged to 1ssc higher; wheat at ss@Ac gain, and provisions varying from SoQ32c de- cline to a rise of %.
 It was current1gossip that continued high prices for corn would increase rural buying power much more than an equivalent advance in wheat, and it was a popular opinion that to a large extent the remarkable buying which had been witnessed of late in the corn market was part of a general campaign affecting other lines than grain. Among different reasons advanced was that feeding requirements had proved far greater than had been estimated early In the season, and that the quality of the corn crop in many sections was compelling the use of three bushels to accomplish what has ordinarily taken put two bushels or less. .c Highest prices of the week and of the season in the corn market went hand~in hand with government action in the northwest, which appeared likely to put an end to fear of forced liquida- tion, of grain. Subsequent heavy profit taking sales in corn were withstood by the market at only a fractional setback of values. s,n \
 Wheat and oats followed the leader ship of corn, and were influenced also by scantiness of receipts and by appre- hension that winter wheat mad been Ndamaged hy the succession of cold waves. ~
 Less active foreign demand tended to weigh down provisions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
STOCK LETTERS

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.--New high ground was attained by many indus trials stock. buying this Wee& m re- sponse 60 mercantile reports ana cheap money. CHS were influenced by further advances in crude and refined and by varlous news items relative to mergers ana fir 4ncial adjustment Of certain of the COT panies.
 Pan-Americans were the exception in this group. owing to the Teapot Dome lease investigation. Sinclair also came Tn for considerable selling for the same reason. United States Steel worked out of the rut into new territory on e;ipec- SLations of good. report and favorable dividend action next Monday. Coppers displayed firniress in ., u@e -iuence of hardening in price of the metal, and higher prices s-ce anticipated in Feb ruary. Sugar .tocks arc in \strongi ft- NnanCial position, and Il move in thls group appears 10. Dc on. Todays mar kes was seme'vb2g d iepetiticn of yes Oil. American Tobacco, American Car and Foundry ard Corn Products, Penna led Rails with {, 2-point advance. Ateh ison, vnicll fhS been lSSSing fo4 niontEs. has thu appearan~e of going higher, Some profit taking near tie close caused ss!ifht reeeSsions from the bleh figures, bUt final tone was strong underneath. Tctal sales. ti,CE0 shares --Fenner X Gcaas tu Kahn Bros. 6 Vhg.a
 NEW YORK. Jan. a6.-rlle market today has been strong and Iclilt, with a big turnover. There has Ue4n profit taxing in 'ert&in sections, but equally ssood n,.. ,hs H. other3, With the o.IS thc feature in the I&s,. half hour. l; loo-i2 Elic an active 4nI higher marker = <'-+ rex: sales, I'll ,y.u.--Poat & r.agg t. sSkannan & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
LIBERTY STRENGTH F.. FEATURES MARKET

NEW YORK, Jan. .S6.-Strength of Liberty bonds, of which sold at their highest prices since 1922, and[a broad Upward movement. in the stock mar ket,. which carried the industrial aver ages to the highest level sinceS last April. were the outstanding develop ments in this weeks financial markets. Easy money rates and the unusually large sums available for business and stock market loans were regarded as the primary cause for higher securities prices
 Trade news was again favorable. It included reports of expanding steel op- erations, a further reduction in crude oil output, with additional advances in crude and gasoline prices; high copper prices, predictions of higher Sugar prices, substantial increase in weekly freight car loadings and publication, of a number of favorable earnings re- ports, including that of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
 Foreign exchange rates steadied somewhat after the violent reactions last week. Spectators showed dis position to await developments of the reparations conference and the inau- guration of fthe new labor ministry in Great Britain before extending their commitments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
DEATH BLOW IS
 STRUCK REBELS.
U. s. Action Will Prevent Future Revolutions In
 Mexico
By FREDERICK G. NEUMEIER Aessei Mire tn The hca- Il eraiil

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-The action of the White House in lending support 1 to the Obregon government ill Mexico has struck death blow to future reyo- lutions in that country.
 Observers in Mexico City believe that revolutionists will hesitate to revolt in the future when they realize that in revoting against dH organized consti- tutional government of law and orGer they are acting against the United States.
 The Mexican people as q whole are tired of revolutions and would see the present one ended with all possible speed. The present revolution, which is q military uprising aimed at personal profit for those participating, cannot be said to be an expression of popular will.
 Feaerais Optimistic
 High civil and military government officials manifest no remote trace of worry or doubt regarding tine outcome. Their attitude is one of optimism and the evidence supports this optimism. As President Obrrgon recently pointed out, the rebels cannot hope to continue indefinitely without munitions of war, supplies and other necessities for the conduct of d successful campaign. At the worst. therefore, the end appears to be only a matter of time--a wear ing down process. It may be that the superior troops and other resources of the federal authorities will bring the closing stages in a couple of months. That is the general view ill Mexico City.
 Tie number of .upporters of De La Huerta are by no means small, but most of them are satisfied TO assume an attitude of watchful waiting and ready at all times 10 become stanch 8bre- gonistas sEoul, 1t suit their Look bet ter Precisely the same applies to many | on the other side Very little favori;- ism is expressed in Mexico City by the rank and file. for, as the people say, 'f,n boco cerrada no entran moscas' (f!ies cannot enter closed mouth). One thing is probably certain-if the feGerals achieve victory the country will soon be rid of isolated uprisinEs by stray bands of bandits and rebels. . General peace will follow within q req Sonably short time.
 Should the rebels gain ascenGency- say by the capture of Mexico City and other centers-the revolution will not ! have finished. Guerilla warfare may be expected to continue for months, perhaps for years.
 People of Mexico know this and therefore. are more inclined to believe in the permanent stabiiizing effect of q federal victory tls in a success for lie rebels. For this reason the ma jority view with pleasure the attitude of the United States in supplying war material.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
HERMIT MURDERER DECLARED INSANE
Statments On Stand Probably
 Saved Him From Death

FORT WORTH, Tex, Jan. 26.--- Robert Jackson Wright, 60 years old hermit who last summer shot and killed Henry Bates, was held by jury in county court yesterday to be dan gerously insane and ordered sent to an asylum His answers to questions when placed on the witness stand probably saved him from electrocution or long term in prison.
 Wright declared that ii he were re leased today he would seek to kill others. whom he claimed were members of a Black Cat society, and which had been torturing him by electricity for years past. He declared that he shot Bates because the latter through cleo tricity, was forcing him to, be intimate with women who were miles away. Bates wouldn't let me sleep" the wit ness testified. At night he would send me messages by electricity, which would burn my nose mad poison me. The London hotel keepers realize their shortcomings in providing first class accommodat tions for the city's regular flow of travellers, and the most likely solution will he an attempt to open thousands of English homes to tourists from overseas.
 New York opens dozen new hotels annually, according to reports here, but London has not had new first class hostelry in 20 years. However, the housing problem is nothing new in England and the tendency i, to point with pride to background of colorful history and to the cultural advantages that are EurOpe's rather than to view with alarm the prospect that western pilgrims will have to search for places to sleep.
 House Of Commons Crowded
 Dn the day that Stanley Baldwin announced his resignation to the House of Commons. two American newspaper correspondents were wedged between Il talkative lady and two small boys in the crowded visitors gallery that serves as the only point of vantage from which the American reporters can seen and hear what is done and said on the floor.
 The correspondents were pleasingly startled to hear one member plead for new seating arrangements.
 At last a labor government and the millennium v sighed one of the over seas journalists, who figures that he had spent several hundred hours on the doorstep of the Commons waiting for the red tape to unwind sufficiently for him to gain entrance.
 Hardly had his words been spoken when he heard the speaker reprove the honorable member. saying that he was evidently new to the august body but doubtless would soon become ucquaint- cd with the niceties of courtesy that enable more than six hundred members of the House to find place to sit.
 Then the Americans learned with dismay that the disecussion which had sounded so encouraging WAS in realty on the arrangement of the members on the benches that are already available and that no question had been raised concerning the construction of more seats for the House, much less fer ad- ditibnal accommodations for reporters and visitors.
 Things happen in England, but they never change remarked one of the re- porters to the other as he edged his way out of the narrow gallery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
 MOVIE ACTRESS FATHER IS KILLED
Henry Harris, Father Of Mill
 dred, Dies Of Injuries

CHICAGO. Jan. 2ti.--IIenry Harris, said to he the Gather of Mildred llar- ris. mo,ion picture actreSs, died today of in. uries sustained in an altercation with a taXicau chauffeur.
 D,Wii Barnnsky, who was arrested, :old the police that tue ear in which .;lr, Harris was riding cut in on his cab and forced it on the side 'alk. The cilaffeur said that he' demanded an eX lh:naton and that when Harris starrel after hiia ne struck Harris. wAo teii jo the pavement,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
CANADA CROPS Es qIMATNo
Aggregate :. Value in l92-i Is Placed At
 S9i Millions


 / OTTAWA. Jan. 2B.-rhe aggregate c vaiue oi all field crops ill Canad3 in 1922 waS estimated at Sh9l .75J.200 a dc rease of St0SiS.00O from 1922. in q report i;sued by the bureau of Stutistics today Lower prices were the main ictuSe of the drop, The hay and el,n cl },ron arsuunlcd for Il decrease of %$14Dj.0D.
 I hc ,srheat yield was estimated al t1 l. i90pD0 I..She!S. \ compared with 30A' dgJo busnc.S in 1922 and the aunua! S.eragr during the five years Of , 2,94s339i0 huShe.s. The average prize re,{ai, ed by the farmer last year per husHelS The average prize re- cei,ed bsl the farmer last year per rbushel w$s 6T cents, compared with S, cents Sn 1922 and S13I average aurilI. ha five previous years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
RICE MARKET

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 26.-...oug;: riu- nominal; no sales; Llillers' ree4ip, S. 2,6:i sacks. G'ean rice steady. Sales: 200 Hon.
 duras at 6$sc; G61 Japan at 9-15c, .s LlL1 Rose ;>t z5s V bo; 105 Carolina | 1 674c; lG3 Edith at 6ata 95 second he. C at 3sslgj7sc; l33 screenings at I$tQ-n- r..e pts, 5,4tG,f pc ciets.
 Er&n--$2i C 2j pIr ton. Polish, S3iel. per ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
Unusual. Business Opportunity

More than one half dollars in business don't > first year end 3ist l92;
 More than St2Ol0 in To al advertising in period to establish lines qui"kly and build suod will.
 increased their national last than $0UOloJtF This will materially the local demand of the product sell.
 product exclusive sale for in large territory on good profit greatly reduced this well known and soundY estab lished in this territory.
 Large territory recently added long term contract fuither expands.
 present capable handling the wholesale and hut not tie business end it. self-tle detail
 eAranou territory of he business increased success largely depends business executive of capacity.
 have Lig proposition capable of splendid the the management put behind it. but deficiencies realize that order to benefit will suce interest take full advantage of the opportunity at hand,
 With the business have proven business man with capitol needed! That will be let in the ground oor hpneting y all he >minary work Hdyer U,e franchise" Stnd:ns tuilt fH trade and retail usts
 His will ht hr-nnns j,h -]ut q 'g9"E't-"f Wf poft from inv smmt tIan from "the thing know.
 This advertisement is directed the man who can produce witt to put business
 Roth needed.
 We vii not consider money unless the himself or further details tpoitun,ty. AgeIerald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27

La Faye (Pay Day), bronze statue in Chicago by Jacopin of France, said to be the only piece of statuary inspired by temperance, was recently purchased by the Methodist Episcopal church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
..D .ADs.GE MODIFIED
..eme K No Longeg a Castle And
 SalrtItTy m Gj,P,rf.u

saNIlV IN MI -@OIISVa ' NdNIIt .1Ilu
 SanctItry in UGesun
 PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. 2i.-Tine has modified the oid asluge that every nrul,s home iS Lis castle and sanctuary 'tind in the future ureg,iI homes must bc kept in such condition that Il visit from one of the inSpetors of the state 'Urchi'lition forces Will be welcomed at Nv time, Goverlc Ter Pierce declared ,ast Tt at thc annual fanqaer of the N 5cs AttsFDsss ;sssoeia,io.l of 0Ie-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
MAIL DEGREES

..il Would Prohisit Diplomas By >0rrGsDen jonce Courses Beins Mailed - WASHINGTttI. Jun. 2j.-Scnools
 ring correspondence purses in mrii- zine wotlh ile proilibitA from sending ,iplonlas for certificates of graduation through Ghe mails. under d Dill intro du, ed bE itqplesentative Nenorlc~. dtmUcratl New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
Many Tourists Expected

This is to be year of many tourists for Europe. Tie British Empire ex- hibit. j. ternational conventions and the usual influx of summer visitors are expected to bring Americans across the Atlantic in thousands.
 Where they will sleep nobody knows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
roNLrnY. AND rRopucE

CHICAGO, Jan, 26.-Butter buyers moI.l buying policy today follow,ne a hal cent advance on s2-score in inc maFket, T. Furtaef offerings at ~5s cents dlate needs. Gutter at 4S cents snd inand.
 Ahe car market was, quiet, with the -.-4e' .2re qu-te generally being held n, -&tel pr.e~s u the ciose. Euye.s Of ~:s e-Ee a.s oper&ting Iolser. :. lively
 Fresh butter, 92 score, s2o; 9l score, Jl -=c; 90 sc.re, >50Ac; s9 score, syc; ss sore, .sIae; S7 score. 47iec; S6 score, .Gt.e.
 centralized car lots: 90 sore, 52.; 30 aeJre, 5U14c; sS score, 4sEe.
 The Unittd States biological survey has started stocking islands near :, ,ransie. Alaska, with raJbits itl- the r6pe that they will pruvi,ie a 1vitiil i- as fJQd suji.y sJf tariIiserOsis mi nIais vita Valuable fur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27

rhe oldest dwelling in Germany. and ne of tfIe oldest in Europe. in the ham { of aWiakc. oh ~tiIe Rhine, is more .,ia g-l'J se;rs Pla anu sgi.i has ten,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27

FURTHER DECLINES 1
 IN BUTTER VALUESI
Strength Shown Late In Week, When Advance Gets Under Way

CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-The decline which occurred during the week ending January 1s resulted in an average de- cline of 92 score butter at the four mar kets of 2Ac, carried over into the week ending January 26. Further price re- sessions occurred at Philadelphia and Chicago, but by the middle of the week the decline was checked and a reaction Of almost equal intensity as the pre- ceding decline followed. Prices at the close of the week were materially high CT than at the outset. Buyers who had remained out of the market or worked
 on a hand to mouth basis. during the decline displayed more interest. Pur- chases were made in anticipation of tivity assumed considerable impor- tance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ga.. Ja:. 26.--Turpon- tine s'ead}. 9l4ta~c, -iaa, none; re- s...,s, .~S; ai- l-T.es..-, ., 4vo k, l.,55e
 fss-I S,e u.., -~.c-, n,..s, reec.p $, 6io, a--.i i4cn-., V-C; ssGe-., 4iz,ySI. .g t.4~u,. h.. U, ;, f. 9i.,, c. St.6J: II, .ua. I, 9-..y, h. p .- Ii. 4O.6~ uo.95; ; M-n SaoiN n "@ @, S' oU.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27

at the top. while last year it again captured all four honors.
 Mr. Whiffen describes some of the wonderful attractions and 0pportuni- ties in Los Angeles and that part of the country, tells something of the city's amazing growth and finishes with this whole-hearted invitation
 Come out where the world is young. attractive, interesting. comfortable. full of happiness and potentially rich. When you aans up your hat anG call it home you will like us. and no land in the wor.. could treat you better"
 II1:identally the National Cash Reg iste. company is treating some 900 of it's s.ar statesmen, who reached or eX- ceedei their full quota last year, to a trip 70 Bermuda on a specially charter ed steamer, which leaves New York to- day. Every salesman who scores 100 per cent this year will he taken on J trip to California next January. The National Cash Register company be- lieves in offering it's men incentive to do their utmost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
Railway Advertising


 The campaign for beautifying rail way advertisements progressed a step this week in the private showing of several pictures executed by prominent members of the royal academy who are taking a hand in the effort to make sta, tions along the country side generally more artistic. If the pictures yet to come are equal tn those now on view the experts dc rot fear but that the scheme will be q great success. One of the most i'm pressive posters in the collection is one by Sir Bertrand Mackennal depicting the flying figure of Speed, to advertise the railway company's express service D. Y. Cameron's landscape of High. land mountain scenery; Sir David Murray's painting of Conway Castle and Adrain Stokes conception of War wick castle are very effective advertise. ments for the railways which pass through these districts. There is also loud praise for George Henry's picture of Edinburgh.
 Augustus John. Sir William Orpen and other prominent artists have not yet completed their contributions to the poster academy, which was opened ill response to an appeal from the railway lines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27

John II, Rich. chairman of the fed eral reserve bank of Minneapolis, sends me this encouraging statement concern ing the northwest:
 The northwest, while somewhat dis couraged at the present time, is not broke or iu danger of bankruptcy. 1he time is going to come when we will again want to go to the east and ask for investments in our western enter prises, in our lands and in our devel- opment projects. When the time comes for investment. it will he ill enter prises that are sound and that are going to make money. might say in pass ing that good farm Ian l throughout all of this northwestern area is on the bargain table today and is on better purchase basis than it has been, in my opinion, for lJ years. Land is not go- ing out of fashion, nor are opportuni- ties for investment going to be neglect ed after we pass out of this present Iull and depressien.'
 The stock market is still on solid ground.
 tconyFisht. lc2s..hy 6. c. foiasD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
JAt.kJuNVfL.E E'i,.

JAgkJcNN1L-Ea Fla. jan. 2S.- TuspeA.-ne s,caty. S1c.. ga es, none; re- ce4p4s, h.; s.i.I nlsnts. z46, sto3k, 25,- 5.o ,RosA tGn: s+ies, o84; receipts, 54. sn.pmesl,s, -2 st.ck, l29 ,D34
 Quote: td II ,ss4 OJ; I, $..65; k, $5.25; 1;
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