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6 The Truth About Belgium BY BRAND WHITLOCK ~ (Continued from East Issue) Letter to Clergy of Germany And Cardinal Mercier and the five bishops of Belgium, on November 24. 1915, wrote a collective letter to the cardinals and bishops of Germany, Bavaria and Austria, in which this touching passage occurs: “You will say perhaps. 'it is past; let us forget it. Instead of flouring oil on the fire you had better strive to pardon and to collaborate with the power in occupation, whose sole de sire is to heal the wounds of the un fortunate Belgian people.’ Oh. your eminences and dear colleagues, do not add irony to injustice. Have we not suffered enough? Have we not been, are we not continuing to be. tortured with sufficient cruelty? “You say. ‘All is past; accept it with resignation; forget.’ “The past! But all the wounds are bleeding! There is not an honest heart that is not inflamed with indig nation. While we hear our govern ment say to the world. ’He is twice guilty who. after having violated the rights of others, still attempts with the most audacious cynicism to justi fy himself by attributing to his vic tim faults that the latter never com mitted.' our people can only keep back with violence words of maledic diction. Only yesterday a farmer of the neighborhood of Malines learns that his son has died on the battle field. A priest tries to console him. and the brave man replies: ’Oh. this one—l give him to my country. But my eldest son! They took him from me. the accursed ones! and like cow ards shot him .nd threw him into a ditch” " It Lad been said that after Louvain orders were given at Berlin that the policy of “schrecklichkeit“ be discon tinued. If such orders were given they were neither enforced nor obey * ed. All through the battles of Sep tember. about Antwerp, the same thing went on; the tragedies of Ter monde. of Lierre. were enacted there. And after Antwerp, when in October the Germans got down into West Flanders, where the Belgian army made its heroic stand along the Yser and blocked the way to Calais, the tragedies of Roulers. of Furnes. of Ypres. of Pervyse. of Boesinghe were the result. And right here we have the key to the mHtery- If one will take a fairly large map of Belgium and lay one’s right hand upon it. with the ’ wrist at Aix-la-Chhpelle. the base of the palm on Liege and the fingers outspread toward the Belgian coast, the thumb will touch Dinant. the in dex finger Nivelles. the middle finger Brussels, the second finger Louvain •and Malines, and the little finger Antwerp. The five fingers thus dis posed will repesent in a crude figure the progress of the German forces that, in August. 1914. invaded the little kingdom they had sworn to protect and* defend. The first of these, that went southward at about the lines marked by the thumb, was the r.rmy of the crowif prince, the next was the army of the Duke of Wurtemburg. the next of the army of Von Hansen, the next the army of Von Bulow, and the last the army of Von Kluck. And it was in the area covered by the hand that the atrocities for the most part, the Germans got into Flanders, were committed. Elegant iKi"i Guaranteed Watch QE ■ wX. swe^C .0.0.Parcel 5-Year r '°\ atoia prf'-sW electro r»« t'«*< ««• F U ■**?»«* w.h7 ins steelyww»d movroeT. rerajlej sad . f^: l? Skills* reiwble tteekev.-r for $ years Or a tewtemea ». Boy s ee • teOMa bwWluu. baantffjllr eeamed. “'",* r £t' 4 aat. wtft texa- cter. for iedwe. yr. ream or fab for m-TU Wt'U you Hearse it oar TOW poonraa 53.55 whisd it wyourv twjlev at <Nr«. Cm acceer t W a?<ane« in —.arif actor* r •rnr*t thw DU *nt spy—r »<*r if want a Man »- W, » • Edy*s ngtcti SaSafactk'n g jarantaad Give jf-.r J nil P i£Ai. Beataa CoJW. 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Checked before Namur, they sacked Andenne, Bouvignies and j Champignon. Compelled to give bat tle to the French army in the Belgian Ardennes, they ravage the beautiiul valley of the Samois, destroy the vil lage of Rossignol and exterminate its entire male population. Checked again by the French on the Meuse, the awful carnage of Dinant results; and on the Sambre by the same army, they burn Char leroi and enact the appalling trage dy of Tamines. At Mons the English balk them, and all over the Botinage | there is systematic destruction, pil lage and murder. The Belgian army drives them back from Malines, and Louvain is doomed. The Belgian army, falling back and fighting in re treat, takes refuge in the forts of Antwerp, and thfe burning and sack of Hougaerde, Wavre. Ottignies, Grimde, Neerlinter, Weert St. George, Shaffen and Aerschot follow. The Belgian troops inflict serious losses on the Germans in the south of the province of Limbourg. and the towns of Lummen. Bilsen and Lanaeken are partially destroyed. Antwerp held out for two months, and all about its outer lines of fortifications there was blood and fire, numerous villages were sacked and burned,' and the whole town of Termonde was de stroyed. During the battles of Sep tember the village of Boortmeerbeek, near Malines, occupied by the Ger mans, was retaken by the Belgians, and when the Germans entered it again they burned forty houses. Three times occupied by the Belgians and retaken by the Germans, Boort meerLeek was three times punished in the same way. That is to say, every where the German army met with a defeat it turned on the civil popula tion and punished it, wreaking a I cowardly vengeance on helpless and' unoffending civilians. This happened ; so many times and so precisely in the, same way that its significance cannot. be avoided. But there is a striking corrollary | to all this. In all those regions where the Germans could pass without re- I sistance from the Belgian or French or English troops there were no mas sacres and no incendiarism in the grand style. There were many iso lated cases of individual outrage and atrocity, of course but no systematic ally organized annihilation of cities, no massacre of populations, as at Louvain, Dinant, Termonde, Aeschot, Tamines, Vise. Between Brussels and Mons, in the northern part of the Ardennes: in the north of Lim bourg, in East Flanders, the German army passed in force, but there was no resistance there on the part of reg ular troops, no check to the ambi tious plan. And there was no “schrecklichkeit!” If, as the claim is, the whole civil population of Belgium was organized for a “volksrieg’’ they would have been found there as well. From all that one can gather the “franc tireurs" existed only in the over wrought imagination of the German soldiers, and one is led irresistibly to the conclusion that thus stung by little defeats and exasperated by the checks which their plans had sus tained, the officers either ordered or permitted these atrocities on the civil population. Lack Sense of Fair Play Almost as much has been said of German discipline as of German or ganization. There is, of course, much of both in Germany, but the discipline is mostly of the military kind. There seems to be little self discipline. There are no sports in Germany, and the sense of fair play is not developed. The idea of “play ing the game - ’ does not exist. It 13 said that German school boys sea nothing out of the way in snitching, in informing, and are encouraged to do so. And even the higher officers! so easily fly into a rage—like the gen eral in Brussels flinging his kepi and gloves on the floor when suddenly he became furious with the Bourgmetre. ! . . The German language, so wonderfully rich, has a word for it— Wutherich. They used to tell a story in Brus sels of a sentinel in the old ministry for foreign affairs, in the Rue de la Loi, who, halting some one, was in stantly inundated by a flood of such THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918. “Outwitting The Hun” ihe War’s Greatest Story . By Lieut. Pat O’Brien (Continued from X>ast Issue) THERE was nothing to do, there fore. but to make myself as comfortable as I could on the floor, but as I had grown accustomed by this time to sleeping under far less comfortable conditions, 1 swallowed my disappointment as cheerfully as I could and lay down for the night. in the morning Huyliger appeared and brought me some breakfast. and after I had eaten it he asked me what connections I had in France or England from whom 1 could obtain money. 1 told him that I banked at Cox & Co.. London, and that if he needed any money I would do anything I could to get it for him, although I did not know just how such things could be ar ranged. "Don’t worry about that. O’Brien," he replied. "We'll find away of getting it all right. What I want to know is bow far you are prepared to go to com pensate me for the risks J am taking and for the service I am rendering you ?” DtmxxJs Blackmail The change in the mans attitude stunned me. I could hardly believe my ears. h. “Os course, I shall pay you as well as I can for what you have done, Huy liger," 1 replied, trying to conceal as far as poisible the disappointment his demand had occasioned me, “but don't you think that this is hardly the proper time or occasion to talk of compensa tion? All I have on me, as you know, is a few francs, and that, of course, you are welcome to, and when I get back, if I ever do, I shall not easily forget the kindness you have shown me. I am sure you need have no concern about my showing my grat itude in a substantial way.” “That's all right. O'Brien,” he In sisted, looking at me in a knowing sot t of way; “you may take care of me aft erwards, and then, again, you may not. I'm not satisfied to wait. I want to be taken care of now!" “Well, what do you want me to do? How much do you expect in the way of compensation? How can I arrange to get it to you? lan willing to do anything that Is reasonable.” Staggering Sum “I want pounds,’’ he replied, and he named a figure that staggered me. If I had been Lord Kitchener in stead of just an ordinary lieutenant in the R. F. C- he would hardly have asked a larger sum. Perhaps he thought I was. “Why, my dear man," I said, smiling ly, thinking that perhaps he was jok ing. “you don't really mean that, do you?” “I certainly do, O’Brien, and what is more,” he threatened, "I intend to get every cent I have asked, and you are going to help me get it.” He pulled cut an order calling for the payment to him of the amount he had mentioned and demanded that I sign It. I waived it aside. “Huyliger,” I said, “yjHt have helped me out so far and perhaps you have the power to help me further. I ap preciate what you have done for me. although now. I think, I see what your motive was, but I certainly don't intend to be blackmailed and I tell you right now that I won’t stand for it.” Advised to “Think It Over" “Very well,” he said, “it is just as you say, but before you make up your mind so obstinately I would advise you to think it over. I’ll be back this eve ning." My first impulse, after the man had left, was to get out of that house just as soon as I could. I had the passport he had prepared for me, and I figured that even without further help I could now get to the border without very much difficulty, and when I got there I would have to use my own ingenuity to get through. * It was evident, however, that Huy liger still had an idea that I might change my mind with regard to the payment he had demanded, and I de cided that it would be foolish to do anything until he paid me a second vi/slt. At the beginning of my dealings with Huyliger I had turned over to him some pictures, papers and other things I had on me when I entered his house, in cluding my identification disk, and I was rather afraid that he might re fuse to return them to me. All day long I remained in the house without a particle of food other than the breakfast Huyliger had brought to me. From the windows I could see plenty to interest me and help pass the time away, but of my experiences while in that house I shall tell in detail later on. confining my attention now to a narration of my dealings with Huyliger. (Continued Next Issue) shocking German oaths that he hasti ly saluted and allowed the man to pass. “Why did you let him pass, dumb ! kopf?’’ demanded a sergeant, rushing to the post. “I thought he was an officer!’’ re plied the sentinel. They have a word, too, for the state ' of wild and beastly rage into which the Wutherich so easily flies—Jah i zorn. ... It may have been | “schrecklichkeit,” or it may have been j “jahnzorn;” perhaps it was both. There should be some word, how i ever, for the worst deed of all-—that which followed this. For all those ■ deliberately organized massacres of civilians, those wanton murders and outrages, the violation of women, the killing of children, the destruction, the burning, |he looting, the pillage, until whole towns were annihilated, as Carthage and Pompeii and Her culaneum weretinnihilated, and their people either massacred or sent forth to wander on*the face of the earth these were not the worst. It was not the worst even that, after hav ing repelled the dishonorable ad vances of Germany, Belgium should have been violated by force and that all these outrages should have been committed to punish her for her virtue. The worst is that, after this, the assailant should have tried to justify the deed by trying to sully the reputation of the victim. There is no word for that--in English, at any rate! (Continued Next Issue) ( Published by special arrangement with the McClure Newspaper Syndi cate. Copyright. 1918. by Brand Whitlock, under the title “Memories of Belgium Under the German Occu pation.’’ All rights reserved. Copy righted in Great Britain. Canada and Australia. All rights reserved for France. Belgium. Holland. Italy, Spain. Russia and the Scandinavian I countries.) COMPEIGNE MENACE RELIEVED BY FRENCH SUCCESSFUL ASSAULT (Continued From Page One) tween Bouresches and Belleau .wood, on the Marne front. The Americans broke up the attack and inflicted serious losses on the enemy, holding all the gains which they have made. After violent fightnig the enemy has obtained a foothold in Coeuvres and St. Pierre-Haigle. The statement reads: “During last night the Germans did not renew their attacks between Mont didier and th’ region of Antheuil. The French troops are consolidating their positions there. On the right wing of this battlefield the Foench, by a coun ter attack, hurled the enemy back to the north of the Matz river. “East of the OiSe the French have occupied their new positions on the heights of Croix Ricard and Melicocq. "Hundreds of prisoners and many guns remained in the hands of the French. “Violent combats continue between the Aisne river and Villers-Cotterets. The Germans have made progress as far as the ravine east of Laborsine. “After violent fighting the enemy has obtained a foothold in Coeuvres and St. Pierre-Alm-Halgle. “The Germans made a violent attack on the front between Bouresches and Belleau wood. American troops broke up the attack and inflicted serious losses upon the enemy, holding to all the gains which they had made." German Center Menaced By French Near Mery LONDON, June 13. —The Germans, at severe cost, continue to push down the Matz valley, where an abundance of small woods afford maximum protection for French machine guns and artillery’, says Reuter’s correspondent at French headquarters, telegraphing Wednesday. Farther west the French have pursued their progress on the Mery plateau and have pushed the enemy oft the eastern slope into the valley. “This position,” the correspondent adds, “on which the enemy believed himself firmly established forty-eight hours ago, was of great importance to his advance on the center as it over looks the Matz valley and commands the junctnon of the main roads between Montdidier and Beauvraignes, through 'which the enemy’s troops and supplier for the front in the river valley must pass. The French thus have an observa tion post overlooking the German center, which must already have become a source of grave embarrassment to the enemy." Day’s Operations Favorable On Whole to the French PARIS, June 13. —There was plenty of fighting yesterday, but it did not affect the general situation. As the Germans are fighting against time, this result is a distinct gain to the defense. The Germans, it is true, made slight progress on their left toward Com piegne from which, at Melicocq, they are now only five miles away, but so did the French on the other wing in the region of Mery. As the nature of the ground around Mery provides, the French with excellent gun positions be hind hills, from which they can pound at short range the road by whioh all supplies must pass to the German cen ter in the thrust toward Compeigne, the French can claim an advantage in the day’s operations, for they also stop ped the German effort’s south of the Aisne against the forest east of Villers- Cotterets. French and British Improve Flanders Lines LONDON, June 13.—British troops last night advanced their lines a short ’distance on the Flanders front in the district southwest of Merris, the war office announced today. The French on this front likewise improved their po sitions near the Ridge wood. Prisoners were taken in both operations. “A successful daylight raid was car ried out by us yesterday southeast of Arras," says the war office report. “Heavy casualties were inflicted upon the. enemy. One hostile trench mortar was brought.back to our lines and two others were destroyed. During the night local operations were undertaken by us successfully southwest of Merris and east of Dickebusch lake.” 1 “In the former sector our line has been advanced a short distance with little cost and a number of prisoners taken. In the latter area the French troops improved their positions in the neighborhood of the Ridge wood and captured thirty prisoners.” 13.000 Prisoners Are Claimed In Berlin Official Statement BERLIN, June 13. —(Via London.) — The French have evacuated Carlepont wood on the east bank or the Oise, ac cording to the announcement by general headquarters Wednesday and the Ger mans are making advances along this important line. The statement reads: "There have been artillery duels of varying intensity. The activity has been limited to reconnoitering en gagements. “Army of the German Crown Prince: Yesterday the hard fighting army of General von Hutier repulsed an ex pected counter attack for the recap ture of a group of hills southwest of Noyon. which was carried out in strength by several French divisions. The enemy was thrown back on the whole of the front of the attack from Leployron to Antheuil with the heavi est losses. His armored cars, which •were brought into action in great num bers, are lying shot |o pieces on the | battlefield. "Between Mery and Belloy, where the enemy’s assault was shattered by a counter attack, bitter fighting lasted until nightfall. The west bank of the Dise, north of the point where the Matz runs .nto it, has been cleared ot the enemy. “The number of prisoners brought in by the army has increased to more than 13,000. “The loss of the heights southwest of Noyon forced the enemy to evacuate his positions in Carlepont wood, on the east bank of the Oise. In close pursuit we followed the retreating enemy beyond Carlepont and Caisr.es and. fighting our way forward, reached a line running north of BaP.iy through Traey-le-Val to Nampci 1. "Obstinately and regardless of sacri fices, the enemy kept up his vain attack northeast of Chateau Thierry. Several rssaults here broke down with san guinary losses.” WASHINGTON. June 13.—A continu ation of General Pershing's communique of yesterday, received today, reports a raid on German trenches Sunday by an American patrol in which three Ger mans were killed. The Americans re i turned without casualties. ASTHMA AND HAY FEVER Cured Before You Pay. I want to cure every sufferer of this dreadful discus**. I have such confidence io my treat ment I will send a SI.OO bottle to any sufferer sending 10c to help pay postage and packing. When you are completely cured send me the dol lar. Otherwise your report cancels the charge. Address D. J LANE. 372 Lane Bldg.. St. Marya, Kat. Cotton NEW YORK. June 13—The eotton market opened steady at an advance of 2 points on July but generally 8 to 11 points lower under overnight selling orders and the continued fa vorable character of the weather news. Liver pool was a seller of new crop deliveries but bought July and there seemed to be .“. consid erable commission house demand in the Initial figures which caused rallies after the call. July sold up to 25.68 and October to 23.88. making net advances of about 4 to 7 points. Rain was reported at Vicksburg nnd showers at several points in Alabama and Mississippi but it was generally clear in the belt this morning with the eastern zone forecast for fair weather. Southern spot interests were buyers of Octo ber presumably against sales of new crop de livery to mills and the advance extended to 21.12 for that delivery while July sold up to 25.88 during the middle of the morning or 27 to 28 points net higher. Reactions of 8 to !) points followed, but the market held generally steady on the reports of an improved trade de mand for both spot and new crop cotton. Pri vate advices reported increased boll weevil ac tivity in Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi. The market was firm in the afternoon on re ports of increasing trade demand for both old and now crop deliveries. Closed firm, net 37 to 58 higher, with July 25.98 c. NEW YORK COTTON The following were the ruling quotations oi the exchange today: Tone, firm; middling. 20c. quiet. Last Prev. Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close. Jan 23.24 23.90 23.24 23.85 23.85 23.32 Feb23.SO 23.24 Mar 23.22 23.75 23.22 23.75 23.80 23.22 May 23.75 .... June 25.88 25.51 July 25.65 26.00 25.58 26.00 25.98 25.61 Aug 24.90 24.50 Sept 24.84 24.34 Oct 23.77 24.38 23.74 24.34 24.34 23.84 Nov 24.09 23.54 Dec 23.25 24.00 23.34 23.85 23.99 23.45 NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS. June 13.—After hesitating on the first call today and losing 2 to 4 points on the distant months, cotton steadied up on the rains overnight in the belt and went to an average of 13 to 18 points. Reports of high temperatures in Texas and a movement among spinners to buy raw material far ahead in order to obviate transportation troubles, increased the demat d. In the trading up to noon the advance was widened to 30 to 32 points. • A moderate volume of realizing came from the long side, causing a small recession. At 1 o’clock prices were 20 to 28 points over yester day’s finals. NEW ORLEANS COTTON The following were the ruling prices in the exchange today: Tone, steady; middling. 30.75 c. steady. Last Prev. Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close. Jan 22.60 22.85 22.60 22.85 22.82 22.34 Mar 22.42 22.60 22.42 22.60 22.72 22.24 June 27.95 27.60 July 26.67 26.99 26.60 26.96 26.95 26.60 Aug 25.95 25.85 Oct 23.05 23.47 22.96 23.43 23.43 23.00 Dec 22.54 23.033 22.54 22.98 22.98 22.56 NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON NEW ORLEANS. June 13.—Spot cotton steady, 25 points up; sales on the spot. 813: to arrive, none; low middling. 28.55; middling. 30.75; good midling. 32.00; receipts, 3.138: stock, 397,814. SPOT COTTON MARKET Atlanta, steady, 29.75 c. New York, quiet, 30c. New Orleans, steady, 30.75 c. Augusta, steady, 30.50 c. Memphis, steady, 30c. Charleston, steady, 30*. e Montgomery, steady. 29.50e. ’ Boston, steady, 29.95 c. Philadelphia, steady. 30.25 c. Norfolk, steady. 28.50 c. Galveston, steady, 30.50 c. Mobile, steady, 29.75 c. Little Rock, steady, 29c. Dallas, steady, 28.85 c. Savannah, steady, 29.?5c. St. Louis, steady, 30c. Houston, steady. 30.45 c. ATLANTA SPOT COTTON Atlanta spot cotton 29.75 c Sales 792 Receipts None Shipment* 759 Stocks 29.888 ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS MARKET MARCH— Crude oil. prime basisl7% Cottonseed meal, 7 per cent ammonia 47.50 Cottonseed meal. 7 per cent Georgia common point rate.. 47.50 Cottonseed hulls, loose 20.50 21.50 Cottonseed hulls, sacked 25.00 26.00 Linters, clean mill tun .04% .05 APRIL— Crude oil, prime basis 07% Cottonseed meal. 7 per cent Georgia common point rate... 47.50 Cottonseed hulls, loese 20.50 21.00 Cottonseed hiffls. sacked 25.00 26.00 Linters, e'ean mill run 04% .05 COTTONSEED QUOTATIONS Georgja common rate pointss7O.OO@7s.OO Cottonseed f. o. b. Atlantas7o.ooo7B.oo DAILY INTERIOR RECEIPTS Last Year. Today. Augusta 40 21 Memphis 2.660 595 St. Ixiuis • 405 805 Cincinnati 208 693 Houston 1,857 540 Lit tie Rock 465 290 COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS Last Y»ar. Today. Galveston 2,895 1,972 New Orleans 382 3,138 Mobile 148 319 Savannah 1,662 1,247 Charleston t 3 104 Wilmington 1 Norfolk 1.044 2 5 6 Boston 21 417 Total, all ports 6,155 7.484 LIVERPOOL COTTON Tone, quiet; sales. 2.000; good middling, 22.56 d. Open Prev. Range. Close. Close. June 22.39 22.50 July 21.76 21.79 21.80 August 20.60 20.69 20.61 September 19.60 19.72 19.61 October 19.10 19.18 19.11 OLD CONTRACTS Prev. Open. Close. Close. June 20.78 20.78 20.68 June-July 20.70 20.70 20.60 JNO. F. CLARK & CO.'S COTTON LETTER NEV ORLEANS. June 13. —Weather develop ments overnight show that wc are in the period of suuden changes and weather sur prises. Local tornadoes occurred in the c«Vtral nnd eastern states causing rather general pre ! cipitation. heavy in localities, ana the map piesents a sudden change in prospects to gen erally showery weather. Further rainfall in the terriotry east of the Mississippi river is not desired at present, and should it occur, would be rec.irde das bullish in the market. There was a rapid rise iu temperatures in Texas. 18 stations showing 100 to 104 degrees. Liverpool is featureless but steady. The indefinite character of general news caused suspense in the market this morning, which opened unchanged to 5 lower with but minor trad-ng. Against the absence of bullish initiative and tlie outlook for bearish con sumption statistics and mill takings tomorrow there were the bullish features of a wet weath er map east of the river and technical condi tions. excessive discount against strong spots and scarcity of tenderable cotton. The mar ket is in such shape that any favorable gen eral news could give the impulse for a cover ing movement ot strength nnd advance. Notwithstanding con parative dullness, near positions again showed strength in both mar kets. The difference between July and Octo ber here widened to 376 points, which exer cised an unward pull on new crops by the reversion of straddles. Spot interests are ap parently! holding firmly to their July longs, as they have the advantage of an untenable dis cmint. - „ , The spot situation is uncharged. Buyers find an unusual scarcity of offerings in medium ano better grades and no pressure to sell in the neglected grades. NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET NEW YORK. June 13.—Flour, dull and un changed. Pork, unsettled: mess, $47.50048.00. Lard, firm: middle west spot. $24.05024.15. Sugar, raw. steady; centrifugal, 96 test, 6.005; refined, steady; cut loaf. 8.95: crushed, 8.70; powdered. 7.60: granulated. 7.45. Coffee. Kir No. 7. on spot. B%c. Tallow, specials, 17c; city, 16'v - . Hay. quiet; No. 1. $1.4001.55; No. 3. SI.OO (ii 1.15; clover. $1.150 1.35. Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys. 25039 c; chickens, 330 37c; fowls. 26036 c: ducks. 35c. Live poultry, demand good; geese. 17c; ducks. 25*i40c; fowls. M4c; turkeys, 20c; roosters. 23c: chickens, broilers. 45*i53c. Cheese, steady; state milk, common to spe cials. 160 26c; skims, common to specials. 50 19c. Butter, firm: receipts. 22.606; creamery, ex tra. 44c: do. special market. 44%0'45c; imita , tion creamery, firsts. 360 44c; state dairy, tubs, 34%*i33%c. ' Eggs, firm; receipts. 22,465; near-by white i fancy. 44(0 46c; near-by mixed fancy, 30037%c; . Ircsli firsts, 3403'Jc. Government Review of Fruit and Vegetable Markets of the U. S* ■ New Potato Values Strengthen The feature of the week has been the rapid upward trend of prices at Lcmsi—« and Texas shipping points corresponding to the advance made the previous week at South Carolina shipping stations. Louisiana Bliss Triumphs 1 advanced nearly $1 during the week, closing I strong and active at $2,1002.25 per cwt., sack- j ed f.o.b. shipping points. Texas f.0.0b. prices ; also advanced sl, ranging at the close $2,300 2.40. South Carolina wiiite stock maintained ■ recent gains, ranging $4.0004.50 per bbl., f.o.b. | Meggetts. Sales to jobbers in northern mar- j kets easily held the advanced level recorded last week ranging $4.5006.00 I»er bbl., and the tone appeared stronger in most markets; but j many cities having advanced last week made ■ uo great response to the very strong tone of markets in the shipping sections. Texas and Louisiana sacked Bliss Triumphs sold gener ally $2.2503.00 per cwt., showing greater firm- . ness in leading markets. The new jKitato move ment is about one-fifth heavier than for the : corresponding time last year. At that time .North Caroline, and South Carolina white stock was selling at shipping points at $8.7509.75 . per obi., f.0.b., and jobbing .prices in northern markets ranged from, $9.50010.25, while_ Texas i red stock was selling to jobtiers at $3.4503.75 per bushel, and Louisiana red stock $3,4503.75 i per bushel. Shipping movement increased sharply to 2.639 cars, compared with 2.231 last ; week, and 2,227 for the corresponding week last year. South Carolina remained tne leading shipping section with 751 cars; Louisiana sec ond. 484, and Texas third, 411, but North Carolina increased abruptly to 3G6 cars, com pared with -46 last week. Old Potatoes Gain Also The range was much stronger for old stock at $1.3502.08 per cwt., closing at $1.5002.08, in bulk, in large distributing markets. Car lots. sacked, ruled stronger in Minneapolis at $1.1001.17 per cwt. Demand improved, be coming fair to good. Carlot movement again decreased, with 874 cars, compared with 1.077 cars last week. Leading shipping states were Michigan, Maine, Wisconsin. Idaho and Colo rado. Onion Movement Decreasing Supplies are somewhat lighter and the move ment from the southern shipping sections, chiefly Texas, is steadily decreasing. Volume of new onions for the week was 174 cars, com pared with 354 cars last week, and 200 cars for the corresponding week last year. The markets, especially those in the middle west and souhtwest, are somewhat more settled and ! general range shows considerable improvement at $1.0001.50 per crate, for No. 1 Texas yel low. and 75c051.25 for No. 2. California, No. 1 yellow ranged nearly steady at $1.2501.75 per crate. A stronger tone prevailed in the Texas shipping section. Crystal City quoting No. 1 yellow at 80c per crate. Tomatoes Active and Firm Shipping movement of tomatoes shows in crease to 897 cars, compared with 533 cars last week. The larger volume from Mississippi. | 529 cars, and Texas. 179 cars, far more than offsetting (he decrease from Florida. Prices to growers tended downward at Jacksonville, lex as fancy, wrapped 4’s ruling $1.50 f.0.b., and ranging about steady at 91.1501.25 f.o.b. Crys tal Springs. Miss. In the northern consum ing markets Mississippi fancy 4's ranged $1.75 02.25. Choice Florida 6's were nominally steady at $4.0006.00, but many markets evinced a weaker tone. Present jobbing prices on to matoes are nearly three times those prevailing durin? the corresponding week in 1917. Other Fruits and Vegetables The watermelon movement shows a small gain, with 326 cars, compared with 316 cars last week. Medium weight Florida watermelons followed a steady range in jobbing markets at $3500550 per car. During the corresponding week of l as * year sales to jobbers for medium sized Florida watermelons ranged S3OOO 400 per car. Movement old old apples continued light, "billy twenty-three cars, mostly from New iork state. A few carlots of new apples started from Tennessee. Shipments of green peas de clined still further to nineteen cars. String Beans were in somewhat lighter receipt, 134 rars, and prices reached much higher levels in some markets, best stock reaching $2.0003.>>0 1 per hamper in the larger centers. Florida ! moved ninety-two cars of peppers, compared with 151 cars last week. Asparagus shipments declined to eighty-six cars, chiefly from New Jersey and California. Total movement of cucumbers was 148 cars, largely from South Carolina.—W. Gary Thompson, Market Station Assistant. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET CHICAGO, June 13.—Butter —Creamery ex tras, 42042%c; creamery standards, 41%c; firsts, 38%041’ic; seconds, 350 37c. Eggs—Ordinaries, 23%030%c; firsts, 20%0 32 %c. Cheese-Twins, 21%c; Young Americas, 22% 023 c. Live Poultry—Fowls, 27%c; ducks, 26c; geese, 14c; turkeys, 24c. Potatoes —Cars, 65; Wisconsin and Minnesota, $1.7502.00; new, $1.5002.7X Bartlett Takes Charge Os Furloughs Bureau For State Council N. G. Bartlett, secretary cf the Dub lin chamber of commerce, took charge Wednesday oi the farm furlough bu reau recently created by Governor Dorsey for the handling of applications by men in the military service for leaves of absence to return home long enough to make a crop. Working under the direction of the Georgia State Council of National De fense, of which the governor is chair man. Mr. Bartlett will investigate the status of each applicant who asks for a furlough, and will make a report rec ommending that the same be granted or denied, according to the circum stances of the case. Classified Advertisements WANTED HELF—Main. Travel, make secret investigations, reports. Salaries, expenses. American Foreign Detec tive Agency. 322, St.n,ouis. FIREMEN, brakemen, bagggagemen. 8 hours. $l4O. Colored porters wanted everywhere. Experience unnecessary. 689 Railway Bureau. East St. Louis. Ills. WANNTED HELI I —Female. 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SALESMEN WAN’I ED— Owing in cm litlons brought about !•.> the war we have a few well worked territories open and will be pleared Io hear frmi interested persons. Applicant must be exempt from draft. McConaou » Ci— Dept. 72. Winona. Minn. PESSONAL. TOBACCO is foolish, injurious, expensive habit, yuit easily with nature’s pleasant antidote. I’ll gladly send necessary particulars. N. N. Stokes. Mohawk, Fla. SONGS—WANTED OKI'S i"UK A SONG—We write music and guarantee publishers acceptance, submit poems in war, love or any subject. Ches, ter Music Co- 538 So. Dearborn St., Suite 201, C b icaxo. PATENTS. vc'aSfihy'"should'" w riteio?"as* ( "Lists o* Needed Inventions," "Patent Buy ers" and “How to Get Your Patent and Your Money.” Advice free. Randolph & Co.. Patent Attorneys, Dept. 60, Washington. D. C. Ml ■ WatM«B.Cpl*«ian,Wa*i MAi fa inS 1 tngton.D.C. Boviksfree. High- B 14 I til I W eat zHarenc&a Beat results Qa I Patent your Invention—l’ll help market it. Send •*** for 4 Free Books with list of Patent Buyers, hun dreds of Ideas Wanted, ete. Patents Advertised Free. Advice Free. Trade marks registered. Richard B. Owan, Patant Lawyer, 66 Owen Bldg., Waeh., D. C HEAD by thousands Journal Wants. Grain CHICAGO. June 13.—Fine weather and pros pects iliat would continue during at least the next two days gave an advantage today to the bears in corn. Opening prices which ranged from %c to %c lower, with July $1.44% to $1.44% and August 81.46. were followed ny a material further setback. Prices closed he«w j to l*sc net lower velt*> July $1.43% to $1.43%. and August at $1.45%. Oats dropped with cctn. After openin; * *52 to %c off with July 70%c to 71%c, the mar ket underwent an additional sag. Provisions sympathized with the weakness in grain. Besides liberal, receipts of hogs counted as a depressing factor. CHICAGO QUOTATIONS The following were the ruling prices in the exchange today: Prev. Open. High. Low. Close. Close. CORN— June 142 142% 142 142 143 July. 144%@144% 146% 143% 143% 145 Aug 146 147% 145 145% 146% OATS— June 76% 77% 75 75 77 July .. 71%070% 71% 69% 69% 71% Aug 65 65% 64% 64% 65% PORK— July 40.85 41.40 40.70 40.70 41.30 Sept 41.65 41.70 41.30 41.60 41.72 LARD— July 24.17 24.32 24.10 24.27 24.20 Sept 24.40 24.55 24.40 24.52 24.40 KIBS July 22.25 22.50 22.22 22.42 22.32 Sept 22.67 22.90 22.62 22.85 22.72 CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS CHICAGO. June 13.—Corn. No. 2 yellow. $1.6801.71: No. 3 yellow, $1.6601.68; No. 4 yellow, $1.5001.55. Oats, N 0.3 white, 78%@79c; standard, 78% @79%c. Rye. No. 2, nominal. Barley. $1.0001.30. Timothy. $5.0008.00. Clover, nominal. Pork, nominal. Lard, $24.05. Ribs, $21.80@ 22.30. ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS No. 2 mixed corn, $1.63. / No. 3 mixed corn, $1.58. No. 4 mixed corn, $1.53. No. 2 yellow corn, $1.68. No. 3 yellow corn, $1.64. No. 2 white corn, SI.S2. OATS No. 3 white oats, 7Sc. No. 4 white oats, 78c. No. 2 mixed oats, 74%c. NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET Close. January 8.380 8.39 February 8.4408.45 March 8.5108.53 April 8.5508.56 Jure 7.9507.97 July 8.0008.01 Angus t 8.0608.07 September 8.1308.15 0c.0ber8.19@8.20 November 8.2508.26 December 8.3208.33 \ Atlanta Live Stock | (Corrected by W. H. White, Jr„ presldent’-of the White Provision Co. United States Food Administration License No. G-21371.) Good to choice heifers, 850 to 1,000 pounds, $10.50 to $12.50. Good steers, 750 to 850 pounds. $9.50 to $11.50. Medium to good steen. 630 to 750 pounds, $9.60 to SIO.OO. Medium to choice beef cows, 750 to 850 pounds, $8.50 to $9.50. Medium to good cows, 650 to 750 pounds. SS.CO to $9.00. Good to choice heifers. 550 to 650 pounds. $8.09 to $9.50. The above represents ruling prices for good quality fed cattle. Inferior grades, dairy typia and range cattle quoted below. Medium to good cattle, 650 to 750 pounds, $8.50 to $9.50. Medium to good cows, 600 to 700 pounds, $7.50 to $8.50. Mixed common, $6.50 to 7.50. Good fat oxen. $8.30 to $9.50. Medium to good oxen. SB.OO to $9.00. Good butcher bulls, $7.00 to SIO.OO. Choice veal calves, SB.OO to $9.00. Yearlings, $7.00 to SB.OO. ‘ Prime bogs, 165 to 225 pounds, $15.25 tn $16.00. Light hugs, 130 to 165 pounds, $14.50 te $15.00. $14.50. Light pigs, SO to 100 pounds, $12.50 to $13.00. Stags and roughs, $12.00 to $13.00. The above quotations apply to good quality mixed fed hogs. LIVE STOCK BY WIRE CHICAGO, June 13.—Hogs—Receipts, 34.000; sales 5 to 10 cents lower at $16.20016.50; butchers, $16.30016.50; packing, $15.80016.25; light, $16.45016.65; rough, $15.40015.75; pigs, $16,250 16.60. Cattle —Receipts, 13.000: beef cattle steady to strong; calves steady; beet cattle, $16,600 17.90; domrnon and medium, $12.75016.60; 1 butchers' stock, $8.25015.50; eanners and cut ters, $7.000 8.25; st>’ k<Ts and feeders, $11,500 13.50; inferior, $8.50011.50; veal calves, $15.25 (116.25. Sheep—Receipts, 9,000; firm and stronger; spring lambs, $20.50; shorn Jambs, prime, $17.600 18.00; medium, $16.000 17.30; culls, $12.00*113.50; spring lambs. s2o.oo*> 20.75; <Lwes, prime, $14,250:14.50; medium, $12.00014.00; culls, EAST ST. LOUIS. Hl- June 13.—Cattle—Re ceipts. 3.500, including 87 Texans; market ac tive; native beef steers, $11.50017.60; year ling steers and heifers, $9.50015.50; cows. $7.50013.75; stockers and feeders, $8,500 12.00; calves, $7,250 14. .00; cows and heifers, $6,000 13.50. Hogs—Receipts. 9.000. market 10c to 15c higher; mixed and butchers. $16.200 16.45; good anil heavy. $16.20016.35; rough, $15,000 15.50; light, $16.200 16.55; pigs. $15,850 16.40; bulk, $46.150 16.45. Sheep—Receipts. 2.000, market steady: clip ped ewes, $12,000'14.00; lambs. $14.00020.25; eanners and ehoppers, $7.00010.00. FOB SALE—MACHINERY 10.000 SANITARY cans and steam presser can ning outfits, ytl Pulliam street. Atlanta. WAIirEU—FARMS. 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