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Evening star., 1924-09-03
new BELGIAN ISSUE
/. IN HEAVY DEMAND
Bond AIIotments Cut to rs
Per Cent-Eries Leaders
in Railroad Group.
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.
SDAciAl nfana tch IN ThA Sfar

NEW YORK, September 3-The fea.
ture of the bond market today was the
demand for the new Belgian issue of.
fered on Tuesday at 81. The issue was
oversubscribed to such an extent that
allotments were made on 25 per cent
basis. and dealers were active bidders
for additional bonds. On the exchange
premium of a half point and more
was paid.
Other foreign bonds were about
steady, with no especial activity. The
same was true of the domestic issues
Dealers were not inclined to take on
stock. but offerings were readily ab-
sorbed, apparently for investment ac-
counts either of institutions or individ-
uals. AS far as could be seen the
slightly firmer tone for money was
without effect in the bond market. Lib
ertys were frm under reports of Treas
ury buying. and there were no impor-
tant changes in the high-grade rails
and industrialS.
Eries Leads Rail Liens.
The leaders among the rails were
the Erie issues. Transactions in the
general As and in the convertible A
and B As were heavy. Buying seem.
the fact that the the Van Sweringens
equity in the Erie practically assure
caring for the bonds. l. q. N ad-
Justments. continued to be bought
around 56. Norfolk and Western con-
vertible 6s went up with the stock
In the industrials, sugar bonds
were prominent in sympathy with
the activity in sugar stocks. Cuba
cane Ss sold at par.
The only reason for this apparent
low price was recollection of the
difficulties attending the price slump
in sugars three years ago. Eastern
Cuba Sugar 7i2s and Punta Allegro
Sugar Is were fractionally higher
Among the utilities, Brooklyn Union
Gas Is of 1882 jumped more than
points. Beginning November 1 next.
the bonds are convertible into stock.
TOday's New Issues.
New issues included $4,000 Wes,
Missouri Power 1st 6hs. due 1914. at
par. The Offering of 100000 West
ern. Pacific 5s at 91A to yield 81
per cent was of bonds acquired from
sources other than the railroad and
did not represent new financing.
Evening star., 1924-09-03
CLOSING Is HEAVY.
Selling Pressure Most Acute in
Last-Hour Trading.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September Stock
prices lost ground in today's market
after an early display of strength by
the sugar, public utility and railroad
shares. Temporary abandonment of
pool operations encouraged a resump-
tion of bear selling which was par
ticular!y effective in the textile and
merchandising issues. Sales approx
imated 10000 shares.
The closing was heavy Selling
pressure became more acute in the
late trading, American Can, Dawson
Chemical, international Paper and
American Agricultural Chemical pre-
ferred being hammered down 2 to 4
points. Norfolk and Western showed
independent strength, climbing nearly
3 points to 1881.
Evening star., 1924-09-03
BANK CLEARINGS UP.
Gain During Year in Baltimore
Slump in August.
D;snatcb TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, September AL
though bank clearings in Baltimore
slumped to some extent during
August compared with the same
month last year and with July, the
total clearings of the banks of this
city during the first seven months
of 1924 increased about "a per cent
over the corresponding period last
year.
Rejecting the midsummer dullness
during August, clearings for that
month, which totaled $3SS,92S,s s31.
were the lowest for any month this
year, with the exception of Febru-
ary, short month. The August
figures reported by the ,Baitimore
clearing house declined $17,o6s,167
under the total for the same month
last year and were s4O.7s6,s54 under
July.
Evening star., 1924-09-03
TREASURY ISSUES
CALL FOR FUNDS
Local Stock Exchange Active
al. ~
and Strong-FaiIures at
Lowest Point.
By CHAS. r. SHAEErrp

Secretary of the Treas,,-,, ,.o,,
Quay again called on national hanks
o.. e country for funds Thirty per
* soT the remainder of the March
onestaI Vi ertlhcates has been re-
duested' payable tomorrow Tho
amount amount totals s15,955, 400, leaving .
balance of s37,2o8.1no
ooo noo original loan was for s400
I'V,'oo or which sI37.365 ooo uss H.
eAchanses- 1t bears Interest a. H.
rate OF per cent '"''
ha nc" treasury loan will shortly
onered the public, probably on
oer month 10, which will run for six
'Hs or one year. 1t is estirnstad
onat nna between $4,000 900 and s25o
',uuo oe VIII be asked yor with a rat
"a rom Zrs to 3 per cent. The latter
! work matter Oh guess
ood 90 sury certificates totaling s377
Oo,ouo r. mature the middle of nc-
,Yi,I interest on the national debt
lay of s115,o0o,0 900. To nen, ,p put.
expenditures the Treasury D.nar,
nieHt VIII receive the third install
iheht OF income tax pavm-nIs a.,
amount estimated to run hetw.ar,
Two hundred million TO a Quarter NJ
billion dollars. -
Mr. Melons long absence has
-. e'S ioCdl bdnklng fraternity
OUT OF touch with his views on tba
money y market, and the new issue is
eagerly awaited
Failures ut Lowest Point.
august recorded the lowest noin,
ehis year in commercial failures in
me chlted States with a total ~
I'o@o' the X. g. Dunn Company 70
ports Ihis was asdecrease Of IS ner
cent under July. although liabiIities
OF soo'lo3,9S1 show an increase of
nearly so per cent
a number of defaults of urusuaI
SIZE % having been for 500. 600 ~.
more, accounted for the heavier in
debtedness for August.
raiIurrt - the eight months or 1924
| totaleo 1870, with liabilities asprc-
eating s3S6,42S,11S, against 1aoI4 and
Indebtedness of s3?9.479,978 in the
same period of 1923.
Local Exchange Active.
common stock of the Washington
railway and Electric COMPANY ad
'ahced 10 a on one sale of 10 shares
inns morning. A huge disparity in
price was evidenced at the close of the
session when "A was bid with IS asked
All active listings except Capitai
traction stock were strong. I.anston
Mohotype sold at II. and National
Mortgage and Investment preferred
soid at SIS and 9i4. Washington Gas
was nrm at 50i2, but Traction sold
of to 81 Is after openin at 81.
BONDS were firm, Idt UNCHANGED
transactions being restricted to utili
ties.
Evening star., 1924-09-03
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK.-Stocks, reactionary:
textiles and merchandise issues weak
Bonds steady: Brooklyn Union Gas
liens strong. Foreign exchanges easy;
trade demand holds rates down. Cot
ton higher; trade buying. Sugar ad-
vanced; improved spot demand. Cof-
fee firm; Brazilian buying.
CHICAGO.--Wheat higher; heavy
export buying. Corn firm; predic-
tions, cooler weather Cattle steadier
better demand. Hogs dull and lower
Evening star., 1924-09-03
STUDY sPAIN's FINANCES.
NEW YORK. September 3.-Furt

NEW YORK, September 3.-Further
participation of American bankers In
of Charles e. Mitchell, president Of
the National City Bank. to that coun-
try. After being presented at court.
where he discussed the economic needs
of Spain with King Alfonso. Mr.
Mitchell met members of the Spanish
Banking Consortium and witnessed
the formal signing Of the contract
whereby the International Telephone
and Telegraph Corporation will un-
dertake the financing and reorganiza-
tion Of the country's telephone sys-
tam, - . - :. -. = =
Evening star., 1924-09-03
POTATO MARKET FAIR.
(ouotations furnished by Redmond & Co,

CHICAGO, September 3.-Potatoe>
trading fair; market weak on early
Ohios, about steady on white stock.
receipts, 80 cars; total United States
shipments. 499; Minnesota bulk early
Ohios. S0a95; Nebraska sacked early
Ohios, S5a1.10; Kansas sacked Irish
'cobblers, ..l5a1.4o; Missouri sacked
Irish NHSp1ers, 1.15a1-30; New Jersey
sacksa Irish cobblers, around lbs.
Evening star., 1924-09-03
POOR CROP REPORTS
HELP COTTON BUYING
Prices, However, Decline at Open
ing-Very Little Rain
in Belt.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press.
NEW YORK, September 3.-After
opening steady at an advance OF !
point to a decline Of points the cot
ton market sold up to PAS for Octo-
ber and 24.10 for December. or to 5
points net higher, during the day
early trading. Considerable trade
buying and covering were promoted
by rather unfayorable private re-
views Of crop progress in the past
week. Hedge selling increased on
the advance. however, and prices soon
eased off 10 or IL points from the
best.
A private crop report made the con-
dition 6o.6 and the indicated yield
13.068.000 bales, compared with an
indication of 13,314,00O bales pub
lished by the same authority IN the
middle Of August.
Evening star., 1924-09-03
TOURIST TRAVEL GAINS.

SAN FRANCISCO, September (Spe-
ciaD.--Unusually heavy Winter travel
to- Hawaii Is expected to result from
cooperation between Eastern railroad
lines and Pacific steamship companies.
Advance reservations are 35 per cent
haaR1As today tAanA.xear AS& p
Evening star., 1924-09-03
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 3.-Foreign
exchanges easy. Quotations in United
States dollars: Great Britain, de-
nand, 4.47h; cables, 4.47%; 60-day
bills on banks, 4.44A. France. de-
mand, .9534h: cables, .0535. Italy,
demand, .0441; cables, ,.0441 Bel
gium, demand, .0501 II; cables, .0502.
Germany, demand, per trillion, .23H
Holland, demand, 3S49; Norway. de-
mand, 1880; Sweden. demand, .2657;
Denmark, demand, 1851: Switzerland.
demand, 1881; Spain, demand, 1922;
Greece, demand, .01s2; Poland, de-
mand, .001sA; Czechoslovakia, de-
mand, .o3o0; Juguoslavia, demand,
OBI; Austria, demand. .o00014; Ru-
mania, demand, .0051 u; Argentina.
demand, 1872; Brazil. demand, 1000;
Toxic, demand, ALP; Montreal, LOO.
Evening star., 1924-09-03
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON, September 3.-Following
is a list of today's highest, lowest
and closing prices for the most ac-
tive stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1924-09-03
New Orleans Market.

New OrIeanE Market.
NEW ORLEANS, September Sine
cotton market opened quiet ana
easier today. Liverpool was consld-
erably lower than due and first trades
here showed losses Of to IL points
After October had traded at 23oO,
December at 1853 and January at
xS75, or 12 to Is points below the
previous close, prices rallied, recoV-
ering the initial loss. the gain being
attributed to expected bullish private
condition reports. The market soon
eased off again, but showed no deh-
mite trend, trading Being decidedly
narrow. Early reports indicated
little rain in the Central and West
ern belts, but temperatures were very
materially lower.
frift, gtpldY lt net adj
Evening star., 1924-09-03
NEW YORK EGG PRICES.

NEW YORK, September 3.-Eggs-
Irregular; receipts. 25.535 cases. Near.
by and nearby western fIennery whites,
ffrsts to average extras, 42a52; Pacific
coast whites, frsts to extra firsts, 20
AL
Evening star., 1924-09-03
FIGHT ON SELLING
OF RAILROAD OPENS
Denver & Rio Grande Now
Recuperating, According
to BondhoIders.
BY the Associated Press.

DENVER. Colo, September 3.-The
proposed foreclosure sale. reorgan-
ization and future ownership and
management of the Denver and Rio
Grande Western Railroad soon will
be determined as result of hear
before Judge J. F. Foster Symes Of
the United States District Court
The hearing is the outgrowth of
the filing of a suit in foreclosure as
a result of the default, by the road.
of the semi-annual payment of inter-
est on s3S,119.000 first mortgage and
refunding bonds due February /.
1922. The court will be asked to pass
upon the application Of Harold Pal
mer of New York. representing hold
er of approximately 10 per cent of
the outstanding defaulted first mort
gage and refunding bonds Of the road.
and of Morace w. Bennett, Denver
capitalist, who have asked to be per-
mitted to intervene and be heard in
opposition to the proposed sale and
reorganization Of the road.
Sale Held Unnecessary.
The petitions declare the proposed
foreclosure and reorganization Is un-
necessary as a result of the "recup-
erative vitality" displayed under the
present Federal court receivership,
and ask that the receivership be con-
tinued for at least two years more.
The petitions state that the earnings
of the road under the receivership
have shown marked improvement
and that under such continued opera
tion it is fair to believe that at the
end of two years the road could pay
all of its interest obligations and at
the same time take, care Of the sink
ing fund and be rehabilitated f1nanci-
ally.
Provision is made in the petition
however, for the contingency that
the application for the continuation
of the receivership be rejected, that
the court fix the upset or auction
price for the sale of the road at
$42,sS3,S75. This amount represents
the total par value of the outstanding
first mortgage and refunding bonds
764.S75. The par value of the mort
900.
Step Toward Reorganization.
The proposed foreclosure sale oi
| the road is the first step in a pro-
posed reorganization plan recently
approved by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, whereby the control OF
! the line will pass to the joint owner.
ship of the Missouri Pacific and the
Western Pacific Railroads. The plan
provides that the Missouri Pacific shall
purchase 10000 shares or one-hali
Of the outstanding common capital
| stock OF no par value Of the road.
Evening star., 1924-09-03

Opening: October, $3.50: December. 3. 1O
January, %. s.: March, 23 81. bid; May, 80
bid.
Evening star., 1924-09-03

| II you need. work, read the want
columns Of The Star. = -"
Evening star., 1924-09-03

Dividend rates a. given In tic above table
are the annual cash payments based on the
latest quarterly or half-yeariy declaratfonA
dividends= sss nat ileluee1. sz,,=..r-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
AFTER BABY ARRIVES
  Many Mothers Weak, Nervous
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
 Helps to Restore Health

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06

three crusty old bachelors who in their youth all loved the same girl. They wake up one morning to find that she has died and that her child is on its way to them to be taken care of. There follows q panic among the old gentlemen. What can they do with q baby? They call in the nephew of one of the trio and, right in the midst of everything, their ward arrives. But she isn't baby; she is an attractive young woman of IS or 20. They take one look at her and all of the routine of the household goes by the board. The young nephew, of course, proceeds to fall desperately in love with her.
 From that instant on the story moves swiftly, punctuated with tears and laughter, to the conclusion. It is one of the sweetest stories that has ever teen written for the stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
8 YOUTHS, 3 GIRLS
 TAKEN AS BANDITS
Eleven Participated In Forty
 RObberies, Say Police

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5.-Eight youths and a trio of bOb-haired girls, all of the eleven under 21, are in GUS tody here today as bandit suspects. Po- lice alleged they participated in more than 40 holdups and rObberies. Includ- ing the robbery near here last Friday of Betty Blythe, motion picture ac- tress who lost several diamond rings and fur.
 The gang operated in an automobile, officers relate, the furs and jewelry obtained going to the girl members of the crowd while the money paid the groups cabaret expenses. Jewelry and furs valued at $5,000 were recovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
RUM SALES DENIED

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 5.-E. F. Kenne- dy, acting chief of police at Miami Beach, says he knows absolutely noth- ing of any liquor being sold at the beach when informed of the dispatch from Tampa, in which it was said raids would be made on places there dispens- ing intoxicating drinks.
 With reference to previous stories of the encounter Sunday night at the beach when two prohibition officers were assaulted by a mob of about 20 men, Mir. Kennedy said the persons representing themselves to be federal agents were under the influence of liquor just prior to the fight.
 'They had been talking to the po- liceman on duty at the place where the fight occurred and were telling him of watching breweries at Tampa" said the chief. "The policeman left the two men on the corner while he went to eat and had not been at the scene where the fight took place for 10 minutes be- fore the time it is reported to have happened. The statement by the fed eral men that a policeman was stand ing near when one of the agents was struck is untrue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
UNDERWOOD GUEST
 OF ROTARY CLUE
Will Make Brief Talk At
 Luncheon Today

Senator Oscar W. Underwood will be the guest of honor at the regular week. ly meeting of the Rotary club in the Tutwiler ballroom Wednesday after noon and will make an informal talk to the Rotarians, according to announce ment by Walter H. Blaney, program chairman for the day. q shall not make ra set speech and will not designate a subject" said Senator Underwood, who is an honorary member of the local Ro- tary club. T shall speak very informally and to my friends and fellow Rotarians as such."
 It is stated that the program will be given over to Senator Underwood except for a brief talk by Captain Lewis Bailes, U. S. Reserve corps, who will speak on the National Reserve Test to be made Sept. 12. Hill Ferguson, vice president of the club, will preside and an unusually large attendance is ex- pected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
SINCLAIR GLOOMS
 OYER OIL OUTLOOK
Says Demagogues Control Coun'
 try And Control Business

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Harry Sin clair, chairman of the. Sinclair Con- solidated Oil corporation in state ment to stockholders today, asserted that an income statement of all petro- leum operations in America undoubt- edly would show the industry operat- ing at loss.
 "Damogogues are attempting to hold the industry to that level or force it even lower," he asserted, land so long as the public gives them sympathetic or even passive encouragement they will continue more vigorously to attack not only the petroleum industry but all other forms of business. Their course leads to widespread unemployment gen. eral weakening of the country's credit structure, lessened production of the necessities of life, poorer values and ultimate disaster to all American in- dustries."
 Recent omission of the Sinclair com mon dividened, Mir. Sinclair explained, was due to the desirability of conserv- ing cash during the present unsettled condition of the industry as a whole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
CONVICT CAMPS
 WILL BE PROBED
Reported Irregularities In Jefferson Will Be Inves-
 tigated At Once

Probe into alleged irregularities in the seven convict camps in Jefferson county will be started immediately by B. NJ. Wheeler, county road superin- tendent, under whose direction the camps operate.
 Charges that certain convicts are be- ing worked illegally and that rumors of immortality at some camps are pre- valent were made Tuesday before the board of revenue, and resulted in an order for a searching investigation by the road superintendent.
 D. c. Ball, chairman of the board, moved for the investigation, and told his colleagues word had reached him that convicts were being worked for private enterprises on Saturday after moons, when they are supposed to be off duty. This is being done, he said, without the knowledge and consent of the board.
 When ordered to conduct the inves- tigation, Wheeler told board members he had been probing for some time charges against R. NJ. Warren, warden at camp 5. These charges, he told the board, dealt with allegations that Warren has been using convicts to work for him on Saturday afternoons. He also mentioned charges that the warden has been keeping personal livestock at the camp.
 Both Chairman Ball and Wheeler admitted that rumors of immoral condi- tions at some camps had reached them. Wheeler declared the charges are en- tirely without foundation. He secuted the truth of the report, but told the board members he would offer ample opportunity to the man who made the charges to prove them.
 Reports of his complete investigation will be ready in about two weeks, Wheeler said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06
MORALITY VISIT
 ENDS N SHAVING
Prominent Planter Killed, An- other Wounded By Renegade

LANCASTER, S. O., Aug. 5.-R. F. Sims, a leading planter of this county, was shot and killed, and Richmond P. Jenkins, prominent resident of the Primus commiunity, probably was fa- tally injured early today when mem bers of party who went to, protest against his alleged immoral life were fired upon from the home of Tom Sims in the eastern section of Lancaster county.
 Sims fled following the shooting, but later was arrested by a sheriff's posse and placed in jail without bail.
 The dead man and Jenkins were said by officers to have been met with shot gun and pistol fire when they attempted to enter the house. k. F. Sims was shot through the breast and died in- stantly. Jenkins spinal cord is believed to have been severed by pistol bullet and physicians at the hospital in Rock Hill, to which he was taken, hold little hope for his recovery.
 R. F. Sims and Jenkins were leaders in social and fraternal circles of their respective communities. The former was 40 years of age and is survived by q wife and several children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-06


 attracticn and Fred Stark and his con cert orchestra will play "Favorites From The Bohemian Girl"
 "Unseeing Eyes," Arthur Stringer's drama of the great snowy north, staged in the northern most frontier of the untracked Canadian wilderness, featuring Lionel Barrymore and Sena Owen, has been made into a gripping narrative, and one of the greatest snow picture over filmed. The Cosmopolitan corporation has brought to the screen the thrill of the terrify- ing blizzard, not a studio blizzard, but a rip-snorting, spine chilling, bowling snow storm filmed in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Every foot of film breathes sense of ruggedness, the struggle between strong men and the clements.