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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
| ENSLEY BAPTISTS
 PUSH NEW CHURCH
Present Quarters Outgfown. To Care For Rapid Growth

Ensley Baptists are forging rapidly ahead with plans for erection of their new church in the near future, accord ing to information. brought to the office of Building Inspector J. B. Spencer by Ensley citizens.
 The church has outgrown its present building, and many persons are being turned away from the Sunday serv-
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BRAZILIAN BONDS
 RECOVER LOSSES
Reports Of Federal Sue cesses Start Upward
 Movement

NEW YORK, July 16.-The pace of bond trading quickened perceptibly to- day, bringing recovery in prices of Bra zilian issues and substantial improve ment in the values of various railroad liens. Reports of federal successes in the Brazilian revolution were encour- aging to bond holders and rallies of to 3 points were scored by the Rio de JaneirO Ss, Sac Paulo Ss. Brazilian government Ss and Central Railway 7s Bullish demonstrations in the railroad shares stimulated buying of numerous rail bonds. Buying orders again flood ed in for the St. Paul issues bringing advances of l to 2112 points, while gains of a point or so were registered by Western Maryland. Seaboard Air Line, Louisville and Nashville, Frisco. North ern Pacific and Chicago and Eastern Illinois liens. High grade issues ap- peared to lead in popularity.
 Several weak spots appeared in the industrial list, although the man price trend of this group was upward. Re sessions ranging from fractions to 212 points took place in the Wilson and company, Virginia, Carolina. Sinclair and Armour issues.
 Prospective new financing includes total of more than $30,000,000 in pub lie utility and industrial stock and bond issues under negotiation. Offer ing of a $15,000,00 0great consolidated electric power company, limited, of Ja- pan is under contemplation but may be delayed until next week.
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CANADIAN RUMOR SENDS WHEAT UP Net Gains Of From Three To Over Five Cents
 Recorded

CHICAGO, July 16.-A. wild stam- pede to the buying side 'of the wheat market today sent prices whirling up as much as 53sc. Reports that a large part of the Canadian crop had been ire parably damaged 50 per cent and that $1.50 a bushel would likely be reached at Winnipeg were chiefly responsible. New high price records for the season were made here both for wheat and corn and for oats and hogs as well. Wheat closed excited with 3s to 5asc net gain, September $1.26b @1.27 and De- cember $1.29@1.291a. Corn finished 3% to 41ac up, oats at to 2%c ad- vance and provision showing rise varying from to 42c.
 At first the wheat market showed a downward tendency, owing to rains over part of the drought district in Canada. Prices failed to break to any advance ensued, stimulated by dis patches from trained observers telling of deplorable conditions from which rain would afford no relief. One Chi cagO expert wired from Davidson, Sas- katchewan, of having seen thousands of acres of wheat that would scarcely Hldke tUe Seeu anu OlucF llcIuS DuEuSu nearly bare, worthless to harvest.
 Trading on a big scale quickly de- veloped in the wheat pit, but the up- ward sweep of the market proved to be of a somewhat restrained character until near the end of the day. Then in the final 15 minutes prices leaped 2c and finished at the topmost point reached. Drought complaints from south of the Canadian boundary and reports of hot winds in some sections were a contributing factor. The chief influence, however, was the increasing ly sensational character of crop news from Canada. A good deal of the buy ing was ascribed to foreigners.
 Corn and oats acquired much of their strength from wheat. Bull crop re- ports regarding corn in Ohio and In- diana were also given notice and 80 too were advices about injury to the oat crop in Canada.
 Provisions advanced with hogs and grain.
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CROP REPORTS
 BOOSTS COTTON
Market Closes Steady With Good Advances
 Reported

NEW YORK, July s16.-Reports of deterriorating crop prospects in both eastern belt sections and the southwest seemed responsible for the sharp ad- vances in the cotton market today. De- tober contracts led the advance, selling up to 25.95c, or 91 points net higher and 221 points above the low level touched at the beginning of last week. They closed at 25.7Sc, the general mar ket closing steady at net advances of 35 to "A points.
 The tone was rather nervous at the start. First prices were 3 points lower to points higher. Liverpool made a fairly steady showing, but there was a little liquidation of July incident to the circulation of notices estimated at about 2,6O0 bales. Active positions consequently showed net losses of about 3 to points right after the call, but comparatively small offerings were soon absorbed and the market turned up- ward toward midday.
 The weekly report of the weather bureau was considered about a stand- off and created little interest, Buying became more general on the forecast for further showers in the eastern belt and the late market was stimulated by re- ports of high temperatures in the south west. Complaints from that section were numerous and fear that they might be reflected by disappointingfy low condidtion figures from the gov ernment next Monday led to active cov- ering. July sold up to 30.60c and De cember to 25.10c, active months show ing net advances of 57 to 91. points in the late trading. The close was off from the best under realizing. r
 It was reported that q steamer today brought 1,53S bales of American cot ton back from Bremen, presumably for delivery on July contracts.
 Exports today, 55 bales, making B. 701,7SS so ~far this season. Port re- ceipts, 1923. United States port stocks, 209,77S.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
CAsn GRAIN

ST. LOUIS, July 16.-Cash wheat, No. ? red, $1.35@1.36 tnew); No. 8 (old), $1.27 @1.30.
 Corn, No. ? white, s1.14@116; No. 2 yellow, $115@1.16.
 Oats. No. white, 5sh95sc; No. 8, 5S05SMc.
 Futures-Wheat: July, $1.22N; Sep tember, $1.25. Corn: July, $1.10A; Sep tember, $1.05S. Oats: July, 57c.
 DULUTH, Minn., July 16.-Flax: July, $2.531s; September, $2.s2; October, $2.2s. NEW YORK, July 16.-Rye, quiet; No. western, 93hc, f. O. b. New York, and 91Ac, c. 1. f. export.
 Barley; steady; mating, -9411 @9shc, c. i. f. New York.
 Lard, barely steady; middle west, $12,50d12.60.
 Other articles were unchanged.
 KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 1s.-wheat, No. 2 hard, $1.13h 91.S5; No. 2 red, $1.20@1.21.
 Corn. No. 2 yellow, s1.11; No. 2 mixed, Oats, No. white. s1es2c; No. 8 white, 5S@61c.
 TOLEDO, O.. July 1s.-clover seed, cash. $12.15; October, $13.2o; December, $12.7O.
 Alsike, cash. $1O.65; August, $11.so.
 Timothy seed, cash, $3.75; September, $4.15; October, $3.95.
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MIscELLANEoU OILS

state says,to date nothing has happened to seriously impair the hope for good crop throughout the state, and the prevalent feeling is that they will make good crop; and, while the plant Is smaller than usual, 1t Is more per- fectly limbed and has been putting on fruit rapidly. Dry weather will rapidly mature the plant and keep down boil weevil damage, which has been negligi- ble so far.
 Dry goods reports show cotton goods steady, with slight increase in business. Yarns were quiet.
 Worth street says Jobbers are looking for an improved demand from the west, owing to the higher prices of grain.
 The market advanced early in the forenoon on. the high temperatures re- ported from Texas, 25 stations report ing 100 to 106 degrees there today. The fear of drouth in the western belt was also considered an important factor and the market continued to advance to-
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PRICES CONTRAST IN STOCK MARKET
Railroad Shares Strong
 While Oil Issues Wilt

NEW YORK, July 16.-Contrasting price movements featured today's active stock market; strength of the railroad shares being enumerated by the weak ness of the oil and steel issues. Divi- dend news and rumors were an im- portant contributing influence in the determination of quoted values, omis- sion of the Sinclair common dividend bringing flood of selling orders into the oils while several high grade rails moved up smartly on the likelihood of increased dividend payments. Sinclair was hammered down more than one point to 15, a record low for all time, but rallied late to 15R. At lantic Refining broke nearly 6 points to 7S1a, then snapped back to S0A, :, while losses of point or more were recorded by California Petroleum com mon and preferred, Cosden, Houston and Atlantic Refining preferred. An nouncement of additional gasoline price cuts also was factor in the selling of the oils.
 Reports questioning the safety of the Bethlehem Steel dividend sent the common stock down 25s points to q new 1924 low at 43A. Other inde- pendent steels reacted in sympathy. Crucible dropped IA points and Gulf States Steel two. United States Steel common dropped below par, but later rallied and closed at slight fractional gain. ......=..-.....-..s .....--.z...
 Interborough Rapid Transit was one of the outstanding individual strong spots, jumping more than 6 points to 3S9s in reflection of an unusually large gain in earnings during the last few months. Other local fractions ad- vanced in sympathy.
 Other flock of new high records were established by the railroad shares, in- cluding such issues as New Haven, at 267s, Southern Pacific at 045s, Balti- more and Ohio at 61B, Delaware and Hudson at 1201s, and Wheeling and Lake Erie common and preferred at 11% and g, respectively. Rock Is- land. z per cent preferred duplicated its high of 8612.
 Weekly steel trade reviews showed little change in the general situation, although Iron Age reported that an en- couraging feature was the moderate in crease in orders taken recently by the various mills. r. .,
 General Baking led the advance in industrials specialties by jumping 12 points and then slipping back to Ill on profit taking. Commercial Solvent issues advanced points each on pubIi- cation of an unusually favorable semi annual earnings report
 Call money continued to rule at 2 per cent. The time money market was quiet with rates unchahged. In the commercial paper market, the few best grades names discounted at. 3X per cent, new low on the movement.
 Early irregularitiy in the foreign exchange market gave way in firmness with most of the principal European rates closing at small net gains. De mand sterling ruled about & of a cent higher at 437as and French francs we're active around 5.17 cents.
 Stock Market Averages
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have been for some little time, because they feel that the weevil has gotten a start and 1t will be more difficult to foretell how much damage this pest will do. The probabilities are the mar ket will not do very much before the government report Is issued on Monday, although as long as the July position continues to show much strength 1t is doubtful if any decline of moment will take place.
 Liverpool futures are due tomorrow: October, 14.S9d, and December, 14.56d.- Hubbard Bros. & Co. N- r
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW OhLEAN6 COTION
 NEW ORLEANS, July 16.-The cot ton market developed a sharp upward swing today, with very active trading. At the start, new-crop months were 2 to g points up on good Liverpool cables, but they soon eased off, October trad ing down to. 24.09c and December to 23.93c, or 4 to 6 points below the preyi- ous close. The dip was due to more favorable weather map, particularly for the eastern belt. The weekly weather and crop report proving bullish when bearish document had been expected, the market rallied sharply; and, al- though there were slight reactions from time to time, the market kept on gath ering strength, and in the afternoon October traded as high as 25.05c and December at 24.S3c, or 90V to 96 points above the early lows. The close was at the top, the new-crop months showing net gains for the day of 80 to S1 points. July was not very active, but ad- vanced from 27c near the start to 27.40c, and the close showed a net gain for the day of 3s points.
 The upward swing was kept going with constantly increasing strength by reports of high temperatures and drouth in Texas. where 25- stations showed teme peratures of loo to 10S degrees. The prospect for another hot wave in Texas induced scared shorts to. cover freely during the afternoon and the advance was further helped by a good rally in the grain markets. Runiors from New York that a prominent spot house was still short of a big amount Of July contracts undoubtedly helped the ad- vance by stimulating covering.
 The market was entirely dominated by weather and crop news, and the general average of such advices tended to shake confidence in favorable semi monthly condition report by the gov ernment, due Monday next.
 NEW 0RLEARs COTTON
 NEW 0RLENS. July l6.-Foowing are today s opening high. low and closing prices on the New
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Bond Market Averages
POTATO MARKET

CHICAGO, July 16.-Potatoes, trad ing fair. Receipts, 34 cars; total United States shipments, s8s cars. Market was slightly stronger on sacks and about steady on barrels. Kansas and Mis- souri Irish cobblers, best, $1.4001.60; early Ohio, Missouri, Kansas and nli- nois, H.2561.45; barrel Virginia Irish cobblers, $3@3.25; North Carolina, $20 21O.
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HUBBARD BROs.' LETTER

NEW YORK, July 16.-While it is beginning to clear up in the Atlantic states, nevertheless the reports of boil weevil are increasing. At the same time, the weather in Texas Is getting warm. Rains are needed there now, although no harm has yet been done.
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SILK MARKET

bILk MARKET
 NEW YORK, July 16.-Raw silk, steady; prices per pound: Kansai dou- ble extra cracks, $5.45@5.55; Kansai best No. 1, $5.1095.20; Shinshu No. 1. s6.05Q6.10; Canton extras, A." 14-16 $5.25Q5.35; Shanghai. China, steam fiji gold double deer, $5.9006.
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HUBR ARD BROS. & CO,

Members New York Cotton Exchange, New OrlesnS- Cotton Exchange, New Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future deliveNy. Special cOnsignments De snot cotton for delivery.
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STEEL MARKET

NEW YORK, July 16.-Steel prices, f. 0. b. Pittsburg, per 100 pounds:
 Blue annealed sheets, $2.70Q2.sO; gal vanized sheets, $4.7O@4sO; black sheets, $3.55@3.65; steel bars, $2.15@2.2O.
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CHICAGO yEGETABLEs

CHICAGO, July 16.-Peaches, Ceor- gia Hiley Bellies, crates, $1.2591.50; bushels, H.254150; Carman, crates, S1 G1.25.
 Tomatoes, Tennessee flats, S1.5o@1.7 .76; Tennessee 6s, $3.5O94; repacked 6s, $5.25 d5.50.
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EnREIaM RnMns

ward the close, due to higher grain markets.-H. and B. Beer to J. F. Will Iingham & Co.
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RICE MARKET

NEW ORLEANS, July 16.-CIean and rough rice were unchanged. Sales, 20 pockets Japan, 51sc; 3s0 Blue Rose, 6k 96Kc.
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GRAIN AND PROvIsIoNs

CHICAGO, July 1s.-wheat. No. ? hard, SIPS.
 Corn, No. mixed, 1h0112h; No. 2 yellow, $1.12Q1.121a; No. ? white, SLIP @1.121s; sample grade, $1.O3@107h. Oats, No. white, 5s@6Oc. Barley, 77@s5c.
 Timothy seed, $69s.25. Glover seed, $11@19.5O. Lard, SIP.
 Ribs, $1O.5O.
 Bellies, $11.12.
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NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK. Jaly l6.--Following are today's sales. high low and closing prices Of stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange:
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NEW ORLEANS, July 16.-Our mar ket was unchanged this morning on the opening, although Liverpool. was three points better than due on July and seven points better on october. Spots were 13 points lower, however, with sales of 5000 bales, of which 4.000 were American. The market remained more or less quiet the first hour, awaiting the weekly. report, which, by the way, will be the last one until the govern ment report Is released next Monday
 and much stress will be laid upon 1t, as 1t covers practically the time up to which the report will be based on.
 The report as a whole was construed as more or less bullish, as there was too much moisture Tn the eastern belt, where the third consecutive week of rainy and cloudy weather has prevailed while moisture was needed in the west gulf section. As rule, conditions were favorable in north-central sections and fair in northwest portions of the belt. But in Texas, while progress was fair and early-planted cotton was fruiting, the crop remained backward and IT, regular and shows lack of rainfall.
 A report from Jackson, Miss, from a very reliable source in regard to that
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NEW YORK CURB

NEW YORK. July le-FofIowing is the official list of transactions on the New York Curb Exchange giving all stocks and bonds traded in:
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NEW YORK, July 16.-Cotton gained 50 to 65 points today on professional buying and covering, due to western high temperatures. No immediate pros pects for rain and fear of hot winds, coupled locally with covering in July up to 30.6Oc. A forecast for more rain in the eastern belt helped the rise. This is about all there is to say re- garding today's market.
 The weekly weather was mixed to bull fish. Two thousand bales came over from Europe today for tender on July. Contracts became very scarce in the last hour, with October 25.s5c.-John F. Clark & Co.
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BAR SILVER NEW YORK, July 16.-Bar silver, STAG; Mexican dollars, 51%c.
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NEW YORK COTTON NEW YORK. July l6.-Following are today's opening, high; low and closing prices on the New
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NEW YORK BONDS

NEW YORK July 16.-FollowinE are today . high, low and closing prices of bonds on the New York Stock Exchange, and the total sales Of each
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Stock Market Averages
COTTON LETTER

NEW ORLEANS, July 16.-Cotton was somewhat higher Wednesday morn ing on fair showing by Liverpool, continuance by dry and hot weather in the west and expectations of a fairly bullish weekly crop and weather re- view.
 Buying was held in check by reports of less rains in the eastern belt than recently, the only real rains being in Alabama and at Little Rock.
 Liverpool was about as due on the opening. Waco, Texas, wired the state Texas condition is now T2, compared to 70 last month, and conditions have greatly improved.
 There were some reports of better spot and goods demand. New York said cot ton goods were steady, with a slight increase in business, with yarns quiet. Another New York wire said good job bers were looking for increased busi- ness from the west, owing to better grain prices.
 Several messages from Texas points reporting temperatures higher than yes terday were received. One message said 1t looks as if Texas and Oklahoma are in for protracted heat wave.- Levy & Aronson to s. R. Stewart. NEW ORLEANS, July 16.-Cotton slipped a little at the start today on selling brought on by early reports of favorable weather, and then climbed nearly 100 points for the new crops. Most of the advance was made in the afternoon as a result of a heavy COW ering movement on the part of scared shorts. The statement from the weather bureau that only one-tenth of the re- porting stations in Texas had enough rain during the past week to be effec- tive, that the Atlantic states have had too much, that most of Texas Is in need of rain and reports showing tempera- lures of 100 to 10s at 25 stations in Texas, coupled with prospects of con tinued heat and drouth, caused the covering. Rumors from New York to the effect that one big spot house Is short 100000 to 300,000 bales of July in that market probably stimulated much of the days covering, as there Is apparently no possibility of any one being able to. deliver such an amount of cotton i if delivery is demanded. Short sellers are talking about a high estimate from the government next week, but there is increasing apprehen- sion lest the western crop, on which a high condition and large estimate de- bends, has already reached the peak of it's condition and may soon be on the down grade.-Fenner & Beane to Kahn & Virgin.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 1s.-spot cot ton, steady; 30 points up. Sales on the spot, 103 bales; to arrive, none. Low mlddling, 25.65c; middling, 2s.90c;. good middling, 30.02c. Receipts, 1907 bales; stock, 6,702 bales.
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INFERIOR MOVEMENT
SPOT COTTON

LIVERPOOL, July 16.-Spot cotton, fair demand; prices were easier; Good middling, 17.60d; fully middlings 16.95d; middling, 16.35d; low niddlings 15.50d; good ordinary, 1450d; ordinary, 14d. Sales, 5000 bales, including $500 Ameri- can. Receipts, 1000 bales, including 400 American. Futures closed quiet and steady: July, 16.29d; September, 15.12d; October, 14.59d; December, 14.27di Jan uary, 14.21d; March, 14.12d; May, 14.0ed.
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NEW 0RLEARs COTTON
 NEW ORLENS. July le.-Following are todays | opening, high. low and closing prices the New | Orleans Cotton Exchange: - |
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United States bonds are quoted in dollars and hirty seconds of dollars
Evening star., 1924-03-28
SAY QUEENSTOWN
ATTACK REPEATED
Wounded Troops, Reaching Wales,
Tell Of Snipers in Building After
Cory Pier Scene.
BY the Azsoci.ted Press

By the AAoci1ted Prees.
LONDON. March 2S.-A second at
tack was made on British soldiers at
Queenstown about an hour after the
sanguinary onslaught last Friday on
the unarmed party from Spike Island,
according to statements by some Of
the wounded, who were landed at
Fishguard, Wales. yesterday.
An armed party under Capt Neville,
they say, was sent ashore to ascertain
II all those wounded by the machine
gun bullets Of the four assassins on
the pier had been accounted for. The
soldiers were marching along the pier
when shots were fired from a neigh
boring building, and Capt. Neville fell,
severely wounded in the thigh
The soldiers Immediately fired ma
chine guns in the direction whence
the bullets had come and a search
was made for the snipers. but this
was fruitless owing to the darkness.
The wounded men also declare that
some of the soldiers on Spike Island
received letters from their sweet
hearts ashore telling them not to land
Friday. but that they disregarded the
warning, believing it to be a joke.
The four men in the motorcar who
attacked the unarmed party which
first landed. were poor marksmen, the
wounded say. or they could easily
have killed all the party as they stood
punched on the pier.
MeGrnth to Retain Seat.
DUBLIN. March 2s.-Joseph Nc
Grath, resigned minister of industry
and commerce, has decided to retain
his seat in the dali eireann. He is
now engaged in forming an inde-
pendent party with the other dissen-
tients who support him.
Evening star., 1924-03-28
FOLEY CASE DEFENSE
!. ARGUMENT IS BEGUN
State Testimony Ends in Alleged
Bribery and Conspiracy by
: New jersey Official.
BY tire Associated Press.

By tise Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 2s-The de-
fcnse argument begins today in the
trial OF j. Harry Foley. state super
intedent of weights and measures in
New Jersey: Mai. L Katz and the
Paterson Brewing and Mailing Com
pany on charges of bribery and con-
spiracy to bribe federal agents.
Summing its case yesterday the
prosecution alleged that bribes were
given to obtain protection for the
manufacture OF beer and liquor in
New Jersey and to obtain the co-op-
Grafton Of federal agents in keeping
Pennsylvania beer out Of New Jersey.
Counsel for the defense said Foley 8
contention would be that he had been
led into the case by the agents who
sought to collect graft from the
breweries, and that katz's defense
would be that federal agents threat
ened to close his as we'll as all other
New Jersey breweries unless the
agents were paid to permit them to
cooperate. Foley once was secre-
tary TO former Gov. Edwards of New
Jersey.