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COTTON
YORK, Dec. 24.—There was re
covering forcer the holidays st the
of the cotton market today. The
months were 18 to 15 points -ower
liquidation, but later deliveries si.. wed
of 5 to 10 points, and the general
steady to firm right after the call,
ber sold up from 14.30 cto 14.d0c, or
nts net higher, while -May advanced
90c, or 25 points above last night's
HEgV?-
by December shorts sent the
to 14.92 during the middle of the
or 47 points net higher, but the
was at 14.83. Later months were
MMjMBMMR by the strength of the near post-
MM3MlSM»rinir the forenoon, selling about 27
tn’s net higher with*.January tonch-
and March 14.80. This met some
realeizing by recent buyers for a
SgsSajSF: iday rally and the market was back
las* night's closing quotations
after midday with trading very
afternoon market was extremely
r. the attention of brokers being fully
by the usual exchange of holiday
|9hH.i> tings. January contracts held around
75c, or about 10 points net higher.
HfiO NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices In
exchange today:
Hagfijl Tone, steadv; middling, 15.25 c, quiet.
BBSS 5 Last Prev.
gfigg' Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
iK Jan. .. 14.50 14.92 14.50 14.77 14.75 14.65
gM Meh. . 14.50 14.80 14.47 14.58 14.58 14.50
■■ May .. 14.70 14.97 14.61 14.68 14.67 14.65
July-.. 14.50 15.00 14.69 14.79 14.75 14.69
P Oct. .. 14.95 15.12 14.95 14.95 14.90
I Dec. .. 14.30 14.92 14.30 14.83 14.45
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24.—Week-end cov
ering by shorts caused a higher range of
values In the cotton market today, the
active months rising 20 to 34 points in the
' first naif hour of trading. January went to
\ * 13.80 c and July to 14.51 c. While the ma ket
had much of a holiday feeling, it was very
steady.
At a level 26 to 29 points up the market
■■ commerced to feel scattered selling, some
of which evidently came from traders who
regarded the continued opposition of gov
®W.rnn:ent officials to the revival of the war
corporation as an unfavorable feature
iHSßßtetbm. At 11 o'clock prices were 1
■ t 0 9 P° in,s OTPr tll<? rl<,e ot
.* the second half of the session it
WWBMIIBHP- u- ■*>' l.r.li.lav market, with only
changes. Tf”l73o' W«
5 to 9 points higher than the final
B -rices of yesterday.
S NEW ORLEANS COTTON
g The following were the ruling prices in
■ '•» exchange today:
r Tone, steady; middling, 14c, steady.
Last Prev.
Open. High. Low. Sale- Close. Close.
' Jan.’ .. 13.22 13.88 13.61 13.69 13.62 13.60
Meh. . 14.02 14.23 13.94 14.00 13.95 13.94
L May .. 14.15 14.42 14.14 14.20 14.16 14.16
j July .. 14.27 14.51 14.20 14.20 14.20 14.23
P Oct. .. 14.4214.4214.2214.2214.2214.83
-J Dec, .. 13.35 13.35 13.35 13.35 13.32 13.50
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON
• NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24.—Spot potton.
quiet and unchanged. Sales on t ’ , “ 'T> ot .
» lo° bales: to arrive, none. Low middling,
‘—- 9.00 c; middling, 14.00 c; good, middling.
16.75 c; receipts. 8.348; stock, 458,415.
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady, 13.75 c.
K New York, Quiet, 15.25 c.
fel New Orleans, 'steady, He.
R Philadelphia, steady, 15.50 c.
’ Norfolk, steady, lie.
Savannar, steady, 15.75 c.
||| St. Louis, steady, 14.50 c.
Ifc.' Houston, steady, 13.25 c.
|f Memphis, steady, 14.50 c.
S Augusta, steady, 13.50 c.
Little Rock, steady, 14.50 c.
Dallas, steady, 13.35 c.
Mobile, steady, 13.75 c.
Charleston, steady, 15.75 c.
Wilmington, steady, 14c.
Boston, steady, 14.50 c.
Galveston, steady, 14c. ?
Montgomery, steady, 14c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON ,
Atlanta spot cotton 13.75c*
Receipts 024
Shipments 678
Stocks 32,157
AMERICAN COTTON
AND GRAIN EXCHANGE
COTTON QUOTATIONS
The following were the opening, highest,
lowest, close and previous close quotations
*□ the American Cotton and Grain Exchange
today 1 :
. Prev.
i-—Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
Jan. .... 14.50 14.92 14.50 14.75 14.63
March .. 14.55 14.80 14.47 14.59 14.50
May .... 14.75 14.97 14.61 14.68 14.65
< July .... 14.80 15.00 14.70 14.76 14.68
Dec 14.30 14.92 14.30 14.85 14.45
HOLIDAY IN LIVERPOOL
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 24.5-MsrigHsh exchanges
were closed today in obfiservance of the
Christmas holidays.
HESTER’S COTTON STATEMENT
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 24.—Hester’s
weekly cotton statement:
Overland week. 19,479 vs. 53,984 last
year. vs. 60.729 year before.
Overland since August I, 323,063 vs. 759,-
831 last vear. vs. 715.857 year before.
Into sight week. 338.654 vs. 466,852 last
year, ve. 447,736 year before.
Into sight since August 1, 5,607,793 vs.
7.015,484 last year, vs. 6,229,713 year be
fore.
Southern consumption, 100,000 vs. 166,000
last year. vs. 162,000 year before.
VISIBLE SUPPLY OF COTTON
American, increase 83,782.
Other kinds, increase 36,000.
Totol visible, increase, 119,782.
Mill takings, week, 256,000.
Season. 3.906,000.
American total, 4,456.367.
Other kinds, total 1,685.000. ’
Total all kinds. 6,141.367.
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Open. Close.
January 8.40@8.55 8.360-8.44
February .... . 8.40(3)8.55 8.4008.48
July 8.8909.00 8.8508.88
August 9.0009.10 8.8608.93
Mav 9.2509.26 9.1209.13
June 9.2309.35 9.1509.22
July 9.300 9.55 9.300 9.35
July 8.25 bid 8.1508.30
Tone, steady; sales. 7,300.
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
MARKETS
(Corrected by Atlanta Commercial Exchange)
Crude oil, basis prime.
tank $ 6.00 .. 6.15
Cottonseed cake. 7 per cent
car lots Nominal.
C. S. meal. 7 per cent am
monia. car lots 31.00 33.00
C. S. meal. Ga. common
rate point, car lots 31.00 33.00
Cottonseed hulls, sacked.
car lots ...,15.00 17.00
Cottonseed hulls, loose, car
lots 11.00 13.00
Linters, first cut, high-grade lots, 406 c.
Linters, clean, mill run. I@l%c.
Linters, No. 3. %@l%e.
NAVAL STORES
SAVANNAH, Dec. 24.—Turpentine, quiet,
-P2%c; no sales: receipts, 209; shipments,
■-> , 101: stock. 14.739.
Cf* \ Rosin, quiet; no sales: receipts, 1,465;
■> shipments, 985: stock, 81,048. Quote: B. D,
E. F,ip, H, I, K, M, N, window glaSs,
water*hite, $ll.OO.
Atlanta Live Stock
(Corrected by W. H. White, Jr,, President
of White Provision Co.)
Good to choice steers, 850 to 1,000 pounds,
$7.5008.50.
Good steers, 750 to 850 pounds, 6.50©
7.00.
Medium to good steers, 750 to 850 pounds,
$6.2506.75.
Good to choice beef cows, 750 to 850
pounds, $5.5006.50.
Medium to good cows, 650 to 750 pounds,
$5.00@5.50.
Good to choice heifers, 550 to 650 pounds,
$5.0005.500.
The above represents ruling prices on good
quality fed cattle. Inferior grades and dai
ry types quoted below:
Medium to good steers, 700 to 800 pounds,
$5.5006.50.
Medium to good cfs, 600 t 700 punds,
$4.0004.50.
Mixed emmon cattle, $2.7503.50.
Good butcher bulls. $3.5005.00.
Choice veal calves, $5.0006.00.
Yearlings, $3.0003.50,.
g Prime hogs, 165 to 250 pounds, sß.oo@
Light hogs, 130 to 165 pounds, $7,500
7.75.
Heavy pigs, 100 to 130 pounds. $7.00@
Light pigs, 80 to 100 pounds, $6.5008.75.
The above applies to good quality fed
hogs.
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE
•» Dec. 24. —Cattle: Receipts
3,000; beef steers strong early, closing
steady to weak; bulk of sales, $10.50013.00;
top, $13.50; all other classes steady, with
yesterday. Compared with week ago, beef
steers unevenly 75c to $2 higher, mostly $1
to $1.50 higher; fat she stock 50c to 75c
higher. Canners 50c higher, bulls steady
to 25c lower; calves, 50c to $1 higher; Stock
ers and feeders 50c higher.
Hogs—Receipts 15,000; lights 30c to 40c
higher: others mostly 15c to 25c higher than
yesterday’s average but closing weak; top,
$10.35; bulk of sales, $9.65010.20; pigs
25c to 35c higher: bulk desirable 90 to 130-
pound pigs, $9.65@10.25.
•Sheep—Receipts 2,000; not enough here to
establish quotable basis; fat classes look
steady, no feeder sales. Compared with a
week ago. fat lambs and yearlings 75c to
$1 higher; aged sheep strong to 25c higher;
yadrs closing early.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Dec. 24.—Cattle-Re
ceipts, 600; no steer or Stocker market;
sbe-stuff and canners steady; bulk of light
yearlings and heifers, $6.2508.75; bulk of
cows, $5.35@6.50; bulk of canners, $3.00©
3.25; a few odd ealves at $10.50.
Hogs—Receipts, 5,800; active, 25 to 50c
higher than yesterday's average; top, SIO.BO
on 170 to 180-pound average; medium weight
top $10.65; heavies up to $10.45; bulk of
sales, $10.50010.75: packer sows, steady to
25c higher; pigs and lights, 50c higher, up
quality good.
‘■t er> —Receipts, 200; no tradnng today.
deck of ewes received.
LOULSVILLE, Ky., Dec. 24. —Cattle: Re
ceipts 2QO, steady; heavy steers, $8,500
9.50: beef\steers, S6.OOO<BJSQ; heifers, $5.50
@8.00; cowV, $2.50@7.0G; feeders. $6.00©
8.25; stockeis. $3.5007.00.
Hogs—Receffts ?00, gOc higher; 90 pounds
up, $10.25; 90 pounds down, $9.00; throw
outs, $8.25 dowa.
Sheep—Receipts 50, steady; lambs, $9.00;
sheep, $3.00, down.
NEW YORK 'PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK,
steady.
Pork steady; mess. $29.00030.00.
Lard, firm; middle west spot, $13.75@
13.85.
Sugar, raw; centrifugal, 96 test, 5.39;
refined, quiet; granulated), 7.90@8.00.
Coffee, Rio No. 7, on spot, 64©66>4c; No.
4 Santos, 9>£@loc.
Tallow, dulls; specials, 6%c; 'x:ity, sl£c.
Hay, dull; No. 1, $1.85@1>90; No. 3,
$1.6001.70; clover, $1.25@1.80.\
Dressed poultry, irregular; turkeys, 30
064 c; chickens, 23045 c; fowls, 22036 c;
ducks, 30@40c.
Live poultry, irregular: geese, 25©32c;
ducks, 20@35c; fowls, 22@36%c; turkeys
50@55c; roosters, 19e; chickens, 27032 c ■
broilers, 32@40c.
Cheese, easy; state milk, common to spe
skilßS, common to specials,
10@20c.
Butter—Quiet; receipts, 2,581; creamery
extra, 56c; creamery, special market, s«y,@
•>7c; imitation creamery, firsts, 30044 c,
nominal; Argentine, 30@42c.
Kgga—Steady; receipts, 15,241; near-by
white fancy, 84@88c; near-by mixed fancy
68@S0c; fresh firsts, 71078 c; Pacific Coast
100850. ’
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Butter; Creamery ex
tras 54c; creamery standards, 45%c; firsts
38050 c; seconds. 33036 c.
Eggs—Ordinaries, 57061 c; firsts, 66c.
Cheese—Twins, 19>4c.
Live Poultry—Fowls, 18@25c; ducks, 26c;
geese. 26e; springs, 24c; turkeys, 40c; roost
ers, 17c.
Potatoes—Ten cars; Wisconsin and Minne
sota <per 100 lbs.), $1.35@1.55.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
NEW YORK, Bee. 24.—Spot coffee,
6 5-16 c.
T Open. Close.
J,®? 5.98@6.00
f, eb - 6.2106.21
Mon 6.50 6.-1606.48
April 6.65@6.67
May 6.83 6.85 @6.87
•June 7.0207.03
July 7.15 7.1807.19
A”F 7.3007.32
Sent 7.43 7.4307.44
P, ct 7.5307.54
£ ov - 7.6307.64
Dec 5.95@6.00
, METAL MARKET
-NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Copper nominal;
elcetrolytic, spot nearby, 13’4014; first
quarter, 13’4014. Iron nominally unchanged.
Tin easy; spot, 32.00; futures, 33.50033.75.
Antimony, 5.37@5.50; lead dull; spot, 4.50
@4.75; zinc easy; East St. Louis, spot.
5.60@5.87.
SHEPARD & GLUCK COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24.—A small mar
ket, along, strictly holiday lines, was seen
In cotton today. Shorts covered rather free
ly and furnished the ring with a demand
which more than absorbed offerings during
the greater part of the day. No news of
graet bearish consequence was heard and
the more cheerful tone in Wall street was
a distinct help to the market here. Prices
did better until they were at gains of 25
to 29 points, after which they fell off to
nearly the level of yesterday’s close. Late
in the day the trading months were at
gains of about 10 points. At the market’s
best January traded up to 13.88 and July
to 14.51.
Whatever new selling the day brought
forth appeared to be based on the dispatches
from Washington telling of the determined
opposition on the part of Secretary Hous
ton to the war finance corporation, but,
as was the case on the long side, bearish
traders were not inclined to carry new oper
ations very far in view of the double
holidays following the close.
The market Monday depends on the news
of over the holidays. We hardly look for
anything more than a trading market until
1921 is here. We wish every one a merry
Christmas and happy New Year.
NEW YORIFSUGAR MARKET
Open.. Close.
January 4.3404.37
February 4.4404.47
March 4.45 4.5304.54
April 4.6004.65
May 4.70 4.6804.70
June 4.7704.80
July 4.80 4.8704.90
December 4.2504.35
Liberty Bonds
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. —Liberty bonds
closed :
3’/.’s .....$ 89.90
First 4’s 84.52
Second 4’s 84.80
First 4%’s 85.50
Second 4’4’s 84.60
Third 4‘/ t ’s 87.20
Fourth 4’4’s ■ 85.10
Victory
Victory 4%’s W. 1)4.94
GRAIN
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Material setbacks In
the price of wheat accompanied news today
that Argentina was offering supplies to Eu
rope at 7 cents a bushel under quotations in
the United States. Opening prices, which
varied from unchanged figured to %c lower,
were followed by a decided general sag.
Wheat closed unsettled, net lower to
%c higher.
Corn tended downward with wheat. After
opening % off to %c advance, the market
hesitated a little, and then receded all
around.
Corn closed easy, %c to l%c net lower.
Oats paralleled the action of corn, start
ing at ’/ 8 decline to % gain, and then going
downgrade. t (
Higher prices on hogs gave provisions some
strength at first, but weakness of grain was
subsequently more than an offset.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
WHEAT—
Dec 1.70 1.71 1.69 1.71 1.70%
Mar 1.66 1.66% 1.61 1.65 1.66
May .... 1.62 1.62% 1.60% 1.61% 1.62%
CORN—
Dec 71 71 69% 69% 71%
May .... 75 75% 74 74% 74%
July .... 75% 75% 74% 74% 75
OATS—
Dec 47% 47% 46 46% 47%
May .... 49% 49% 49 49% 49%
July .... 49 49 48% 48% 48%
PORK—
Jan 23.00 23.40 23.00 23.40 23.20
LARD—
Jan 13.45 13.45 12.97 13.00 13.35
May .... 13.95 13.95 13.40 13.50 13.85
RIBS—
Jan 11.97 11.97 11.62 11.62 11.77
May .... 12.75 12.75 12.25 12.25 12.55
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today.
■Wheat 20 cars
Corn 172 cars
Oats 67 cars
Hogs ................15,000 head
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Wheat: No. 2 red,
$2.06; No. 1, hard, $1.77%@1.78%.
Corn, No. 2 mixed, 71%c; No. 3 yellow,
71%@73c.
.Oats, No. 2 white, 45%@48c; No. 3
white, 46%%47%c.
Rye, No. 2, $1.59%-.
Barley, 73@89c.
Timothy seed, not quoted.
Clover seed, not quoted.
Pork nominal.
Lard, $13.00.
Ribs,
ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS,
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 24.—Cash wheat: No. 2
red winter, $2.0002.61; No. 8, $1.95; De>
cemher, $1.79%; March, $1.60; May, $1.65.
Com—No. 2 white, 72c; December, 72%c;
May, 75%c.
Oats —No. 2 white, 48%c; No. 8, 48%e;
December, 48c; May, 50%c.
GRAIN MARKET OPINIONS
Lamson Bros.: Undertone good end war
rant buying on sharp recessions.
Bennett & Co.: If foreigners continue to
buy all the wheat we can offer them it will
continue strong, regardless of economic con
ditions.
Simons, Day & Co.: As long as wheat Is
not plentiful and foreigners buy our supplies,
prices nrc not apt to decline.
PARDONS WILL
BE OFFERED AS
XMAS PRESENTS
A Christmas gift in the form of
executive clemency to ten or twelve
felony convicts and about twenty-five
misdemeanor convicts was announced
Thursday by Governor Dorsey.
Some ten days ago the governor
laid aside other matters and gave his
attention exclusively to a large num
ber of applications for clemency
which had been recommended by the
prison commission, and which were
awaiting his action. ■*
His purpose was to grant clem
ency Jn what seemed to be deserv
ing cases as a Christmas gift, and
the good news was going out Thurs
day to the state farm and the vari
ous convict camps from the offices
of the iprison commission, to which
the papers go back from the gover
nor after they have been passed
upon. x
One o£ the notable cases in the
Christmas package was a pardon for
Walter B. Medlin, who is serving a
life term’, for killing W. E. Bal.er in
Macon in February. 1918. Medlin
was operating a shooting gallery in
Macon anxl Baker was a barber.
During Medlin’s absence from the
city, remarks were made about his
family affairs. He accused Baker
of starting'the talk. In ari alterca
tion in a hotel, Medlin shot and kill
ed him. A ! feature of the trial was
a letter fro.m the sheriff of Doug
las county ‘.expressing satisfaction
that Medlin '.had rid the community
of Baker, who previously had lived
in Douglasvil|le and served a chain
gang sentence from that county.
Other felony cases in which clem
ency was granted by the governor
were as
Ernest Davenport, ngero, serving
twelve years for robbery in Fulton
county, paroled after serving two
years.
Alex Smith, negro, serving a life
term for murdet in Madison county,
paroled after serving eight years.
Will Brown, negro, serving life
term for murder in Terrell county,
' paroled after serving sixteen years.
| Freeman Hughes, negro, serving
life term for murder in Montgomery
county, paroled after serving thir
teen years. ■,
Perry Homer, negro, serving life
term for murder in Lee county, pa
roled after serving eight years and
six months.
Lula Everett, negrAss, serving life
term for mayhem in .Carroll county,
paroled after serving 'fifteen years.
Charles Ross. negrQ, serving life
term for murder in Crisp county,
commuted to present'service of eight
years. j •
Louis Oslin, negro, serving life
term for murder in Fulton, county,
paroled after serV..>ir ten ybars.
Henry Young, negro, serving twen
ty years for criminal assault in Mor
gan county, paroled after serving
seven years. (He was fifteen years
old when the alleged crime, involv
ing a negro girlj, was committed.)
Ezekiel Moses, negro, serving life
term for accessory to murder in
tSewart ( county, to present
service of five years.
Floyd Harrison, negro, serving life
term for murder in Terrell county,
paroled after serving six years.
O. C. Hardwifck. negro, serving four
years for assault with intent to mur
der in Terreal county, paroled.
Lonnie Sim% negro, serving life
term for murder in Madison county,
paroled after serving nine years.
Oscar Willis .negro, serving ten
years for manslaughter in Butts
county, paroled after serving four
years.
EXCHANGE QUESTION
WILL FIX VOLUME
OF COTTON EXPORTS
/'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—The
question of exchange and ability to
get credits will determine largely,
the amount of American cotton which
will be taken by foreign countries,
particularly Germany, American con
sular agents said in a report which
was transmitted today to the senate
by President Wilson.
The reports were gathered last
summer in response to a senate res
olution asking for the amount of
Cotton which will be needed during
the year, the reports of the consuls
covering the period generally from
August 31, 1920, to August 31, 1921.
Between 600,000 and 700,000 bales
of cotton will be needed by Germany
for the year ending August 31, 1921,
the American consular agent at Ber
lin estimated.
Germany’s Needs
Germany is operating between one
third and one-half of her 10,000,000
spindles and the market is short of
the better grades of the cotton and
the short fibered, low-grade cotton
for which there has been considerable
demand and has been largely of East
Indian production.
Germany before the war consumed
about 1,800,000 bales of American cot
ton,- annually, he said.
“The question of the extension of
the sales of American cotton in
Germany is a matter of credit,” he
asserted. The Germans require six
months’ credit, the report added, and
while proposals have been put for
ward for those furnishing the raw
product to take the finished product
in payment this has not got anywhere
because a German law forbids a
creditor to hold a lien on material
furnished to a mill under such terms.
Belgian Situation
Belgium needs so rthe last year are
estimated between 50,000 and 150.000
bales. Her demands are confined to
high-grade staples of one-inch to one
and one-eighth inches in length, the
report added.
Greece's requirements were esti
mated at about 26,000 bales, and
that country produces a quantity
of cotton similar to American mid
dling of seven-eighths inches ’n
length. , ,
Spain’s requirements were placed
at 330,000 bales, with the statement
that the amount of Indian cotton im
ports probably would be reduced
owing to exchange conditions.
France Wants 695,000 Bales
The consul at Harve reported
France’s textile industry rapidly re
covering fro mthe war and her im
ports of American cotton placed at
695,000 bales as against about 1,-
000,000 prior to the war.
Holland was reported as largely
increasing her warehouse space and
manufacturing facilities with a
view of increasing the imports of
American cotton which she intended
to manufacturers and sell the manu
factured goods to Germany. A cot
ton market has been opened at Rot
terdam.
The forecast of what Japan will
want was declared to be “very un
certain” by the consul at Kobe and
he estimated the needs at between
525,000 and 800,000 bales.
Estimates for Norway were placed
at about 25,000 bales and for Den
mark the same number.
The consul at Liverpool reported no
definite information as to what Eng
land might need, while the report
from the consul at Portugal said that
it was possible'Brazil might be able
to compete with the American cotton.
Mexico City reported no imports
of cotton necessary as that country
raised enough to take care of the
domestic needs.
Cotton for Austria was reported
to be handled by agents of foreign
firms.
FILIBUSTER BEGUN
AGAINST NEW
. TARIFF MEASURE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Oppo
nents of the emergency tariff bill
today started tactics of delay against
it in the senate even before the pas
sage of the bill by the house had
been officially announced.
Senator Harrison, Mississippi,
started. th<» filibustering by demand
ing a roll call of the senate as soon
as it met. Senator Ashurst, Ari
zona, urged Mr. Harrison to with
draw his request, but Mr. Harrison
insisted.
Then Senator Thomas, Colorado,
talked at ’ength on dyestuffs, immi
gration, the Colombian treaty and
other subjects.
When the tariff bill was laid before
the senate, following Mr. Thomas’
speech, Mr. Harrison objected to
second reading. This prevented the
bill being referred to committee, and
as the senate plans to adjourn to
day until Monday, no action on the
bill will be possible until then.
The measure, designed to protect
more than a score of agricultural
products for a ten months’ period,
was passed by the house after eight
hours of heated debate, in which the
opposition was led by Representative
Henry T. Rainey, Democrat, of Illi
nois. While a few Republicans sup
ported his attack on the measure,
more than a score of his> own party
joined the majority.
Political lines were swept aside in
the final vote, 41 Democrats and one
Prohibitionist combining with 154
Republicans in supporting the meas
ure, while 14 Republicans lined up
with 72 Democrats against the bill.
It was evident long, before the
vote was taken that supporters of
the measure, designed to protect som„
twenty-odd products for a ten
months’ period, had the situation well
a ’ /
STATE OF WAR
IS PROCLAIMED
BY D’ANNUNZIO
LONDON, Dec. 24.—D’Annurtzlo
has proclaimed that a stat# of war
exists between his Flume govern
ment and Italy, and has forbidden
the population of Fiurne to leave the
city, says a Rome dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph, quoting official’*
advices.
The proclamation, says the Cen
tral News Rome correspondent, adds
that anyone speaking against d’An
nunzio is liable to be shot.
The evacuation of Fiurne by civil
ians has begun, according to a dis
patch from Milan to the London
Times. Already 100 refugees have
arrived at Candrida. The food situa
tion at Fiurne is considered almost
dlesperate.
Flume Is Surrounded
TRIEST, Dec. 24.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.) —Strong cordons of
carabineers and Alpini, brigaded in
probably a score of battalions, have
been thrown about Fiurne and have
completely isolated that city by land.
The Italian fleet, which has its head
quarters at Pola, is scouring the
Gulf of Quarnero day and night for
d'Annunzio raiders, and searchlights
played on the waters from twilight
till dawn.
General Caviglia gave Captain
d’Annunzio until 6 o’clock last night
to reach a decision to accept the
treaty of Rapallo, but the poet-sol
dier .permitted the time limit to ex
pire. when he replied that the pact
could not be accepted, and he would
resist its enforcement. Following
the issuance of orders to establish a
close blockade, General Caviglia di
rected that foreign citizens and civ
ilians in Flume be given forty-eight
hours to leave the city.
GRAND JURY TO. SEE
PROBE ON GAMING
THROUGH TO FINISH
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who is reported to have died at
vannah recently following an opera
tion. After the finding of this money
Judge John D. Humphries, of the
criminal division of the superior
court, issued an order restraining
the bank from disposing of the funds
and placed the money in the hands of
Receiver Clarence Bell, appointed to
take charge of all confiscated prop
erty.
An amendmen to the petition of
W. R. Manning, of Dallas, Tex., one
of the alleged victims of the gam
bling and swindling syndicate, has
been filed by Attorneys Robert P.
McLarty, Hooper Alexander and
Candler, adding the names of
O Brien and Abe Powers—the latter
recently convicted and sentenced to
five years on the chaingang for lar
ceny after trust—to the list of de
fendants. This action is taken fol
lowing reports that O’Brien did not
die as claimed, but purchased a
pauper s body and sent it to Toledo.
Ohio, O’Brien’s home town, and had
it buried as L. V. O’Brien.
Conspiracy Alleged
nx- ,s alleged in the amended pe
tition that O’Brien and Powers con
spired with Floyd Woodward, W
Clyde] Smith, Ed O. Ellis and others
to defraud Manning out of SB,IOO.
It is hoped by attorneys for Man
ning and N. L. Davis, of Lafayette,
Ind., another alleged victim of the
gamblers, to recover a considerable
amount on the property already
St 1 ?™ Davis is alleged to have lost
$5,600.
Besides the SB,OOO found in a local
bank, several property deeds, notes
and securities said to belong to
Woodward and Smith were found in
safe deposit vaults in other banks
of the city.
A visit to the home of Mrs. Eliza
beth Smith, wife of W. Clyde Smith,
at 803 West Peachtree street, Tues
day, disclosed, it is said, that the
home had the same triple-lock sys
tem that was found at the alleged
gambling den at 49 1-2 Central ave
nue and at 59 1-2 Cone street, for
merly occupied by the gamblers.
W. G. Whitley, a former revenue
man. who was believed to have driven
the automobile in which Smith and
J. C. Mcßride made their hurried exit
from the city following the expose of
the syndicate, was questioned by the
solicitor general after which he was
released from custody.
The grand jury adjourned Tuesday
night and will resume its investiga
tion of the alleged gambling, wire
tapping, fake horse racing and
swindling Monday. Several indict
ments were returned in a sealed en
velope Tuesday night and, while they
have not been made public, it is be
lieved that they involve a number
of prominent Atlantians.
Toy Train Bought
By Grown Man
Was for Himself
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—He was a mid
dle-aged Aan and had just bought
an electric train costing $35.
“And shall I send it out for the
little boy or will you take it with
you?” the clerk inquired.
“Little boy!” the man exclaimed.
“That train is- for myself. When I
was a boy I had no Christmas cheer
and none of the’ good things of life.
Now I am able to afford the things
I missed in childhood and am going
to have them.
“I’ll get as much fun as a child
would out of this toy and when the
neighbors’ children come in to see
my wi'fe and me, they will enjoy
it, too?’ 1
in hand. But Representative Rainey,
Democrat, of Illinois, leading the
opposition, opened a bitter attack
which increased in intensity as the
debate wore on.
Paragraph by paragraph, he as
saulted the measure, while the Re
publicans, with a loud roar of “Noes”
sent his proposed amendments down
to defeat. A few Republicans sup
ported him in his attack, but a score
of his oW/.i party turned from their
traditional sthnd against a high.tar
iff to pein jthe majority. I
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CRIME WAVE ORDER
OF “SHOOT7O KILL”
ISSUED BY BEAVERS
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suspected of being two of the three
negroes who killed Carl Rappold on
Tuesday night in his grocery store
at Sims and Mary streets in the Pitts
burg section.
Dewey Hunter is twenty-one years
of age and gave his address as 84
Jasper street. He was arrested by
Detectives Whitley and Powers. He
'carried a .38-caliber revolver and had
a pocket full of rifle cartridges. They
will be compared with the rifle bullet
that killed Rappold. Hunter is said
to have escaped from a moving train
while an officer W'as taking him from
one convict camp to another:
LADY BANDIT APPEARS;
WOMAN IN CAR ROBBED
PORT CHESTER. N. Y., Dec. 23.
A “lady” bandit made her appearance
here, and, while two men companions
looked on, robbed Mrs. Clarence W.
Mertz, wife of a local contractor, of
SBO in cash and SI,OOO in checks.
Mrs. Wertz was driving toward
White Plains In her automobile when
another car drew up in the road be
fore her, compelling her to stop. A
man and woman stepped out, the
man holding a revolver. Another
man remained in the car.
The couple climbed into Mrs.
Mertz’s car and ordered her to hand
over her valuables. After she had
complied, the woman searched her,
returned two monogrammed rings
and, handed her two $1 bills, saying:
“You may need this to buy gaso
line.”
They then drovb away in their car.
XMAS CRIME \ VE
GAINING THROUGH NATION
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. —The “Christ
mas crime wave,” which has affected
practically every large city in the
country, is growing as the holidays
approach, according to information
gathered today.
Despite police reinforcements tn
tire shopping districts, establishment
of a modified curfew, arming of em
ployes and other precautions, crooks
continued to ply their trade in New
York City. They were specializing
in hold-ups, safp-cracking and pock
et-picking, with-an occasional shoot
ing. Other cities and towns in the
Metropolitan district were experi
encing similar conditions, crimes in
those communities increasng as they
were Invaded by crooks driven from
here. In cities as distant as Buf
falo and Albany known criminals
were being met at trains and ordered
to continue their enforced pilgrim
age.
Chicago reported its "crime gen
erally on the increase.” Murders,
hold-ups and burglaries’ were grow
ing, although there was a decrease
in payroll robberies. Police blamed
unemployment. (
NEW CURRENCY IN
BANK TEMPTS THIEVES
SCRANTON. Pa.. Dec. 23.—New
currency displayed on two illuminat
ed Christmas trees in windows of
the First National bank at the most
prominent business corner of the
city, attracted thieves just before
daybreak today. They hurled stones
through the windows and gathered
up the bills indifferent to the burg
lar alarm loudly clanging over their
heads. Police hurried to the scene
and arrested the men with their
pockets bulging with the new bank
notes. One was Tommy Cawley, the
other refused to write his name.
Both are deaf mutes.
MASKED BANDITS ROB
MAN IN DECATUR
Two masked negro bandits held
Merck Tony, of Decatur, at the point
of a pistol Wednesday evening about
9 o’clock while they robbed him of
$lO in cash. The robbery occurred on
the corner of Howard and Hopkins
streets as Mr. Tony was going home.
The highwaymen escaped before help
could be summoned. Sheriff J. A.
McCurdy, of DeKalb county, and the
police Thursday were searching for
the bandits.
Coal Mine Operators
Reject Demands for
Increase in Wages
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.—Declin
ing to reopen the award of the Unit
ed States anthracite coal commission,
the mine operators here today re
jected the demands of the hard coal
mine workers for additional wage in
creases, a minimum $6 day labor
rate and the establishment of a uni
versal eight-hour day.
The operators, however, notified
the miners' representatives that they
stood ready to adjust any "individual
cases of inequality that may be due
to the application of the commis
sion’s award.
Mine workers’ representatives told
the operators that they could not ac
cept any compromise and stood by
their original demands.
They said that the entire matter
would be placed before the union’s
general scale committee at a special
meeting in Hazleton next Tuesday,
when a “definite policy for future ac
tion"' will be outlined. *
Ponzi Sends Message
Os Xmas Greetings
To Former Victims
BOSTON, Dec. 2^—Charles Ponzi,
"bushel basket millionaire,” now
serving a sentence in Plymouth jail,
today sent his several thousand cred
itors a message of Christmas “cheer.”
The message, neatly written on
good quality note paper, with Ponzi’s
name engraved at the top, was sent
to federal authorities with the re
quest that it be made public.
The message follows in part:
“I hope your financial losses may
not mar your Christmas spirit nor
cause you an hour of grief. Some
day, perhaps in the near future,
events may bring a happy change
through our mutual co-operation and
determined efforts.” *
P«*izi also asked that his creditors
send words of sympathy to his wife
and mother, “if there is any kind
feeling in youF hearts.” _
The art of refining sugar <i’as in
vented by a Venetian towards the !
end of the fifteenth century.
The first locomotive wit^^ steel I
springs was built in
ago.
FRIGHTFUL DEEDS
ARE CHARGEIFrO
JAPS ‘IN KOREA
WASHINGTON, Dec. state-
ment charging military au
thorities with deads mote
and barbarous” than anything §ver
alleged to have occurred Belgium
during the war, was Issued to
day by the Korean.,teAmmislsion,
based, the commissiop said, on au
thentic reports received by it from
Manchuria. .* y.
The Japanese punitive expeditjcs»
sent to the Hun Chun district-fol
lowing the clash last November be
tween Japanese troops and Kowßan
insurgents was alleged to have burn
ed thirty-two villages, “killed all’
the male inhabitants of the district”
and “massacred 145 peaceful inhabi
tants” in one town, where one housej
was* burned, it was added, “with
women and children inside.”
"Authentic reports received by the
Korean commission, in Washington,”
the statement said, “show a total of
386 non-combatants arrested and
executed, of whom eighty-six were
wives and twelve were mothers, who
answered ’Odoro Kaso’ (gone some-
I where, we do not know) to questions
as to the whereabouts of their hus
bands and sons.”
“The Japanese government’s reign
of terror in Korea,” the commission
asserted, had now been carried into
southern Manchuria, where "some
million Koreans reside under Chinese
rule, ‘driven out of their native land
by the Japanese.’
“Last November,” the statement
continued, “an unfortunate clash oc
curred in Hun Chun district between
Japanese soldiers and Korean insur
gents. Promptly taking advantage
of this pretext, the Japanese govern
ment sent 5,000 soldiers on a punitive
expedition. The insurgents fled after
giving a stubborn fight to the Jap
anese army.
“The Japanese soldiers set out de
liberately to wreak vengeance upon
the peaceful people who stayed at
their homes, trusting to the human
ity of Japanese officers and be’iev
ing that the punitive expendition'V as
sent to punish only those who took
part in the conflict. But the Jap
anese soldiers put to torch all
the villages in the district, burning
3,000 houses and all the grain supply
stored for the winter. They sys
tematically killed all he male inhabi
tants ot the district. In some vil
lages women and children were not
spared.
“Thus at Dorabawie. where the
Japanese sodiers massacred 145
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Qartoall of SyruH . . i
For Baptist
BOSTON, ba., *Dec.
Baptist association will thjK
send a car of syrup to
phanaige., J- J- Parramore,
man of the Orphan’s Home
tee. reported 82 barrels
from Mei'cer. some corn and
With Campbell, a s'iater
sending in 19 barrels, making a
of 101-baruCls in the car
with hope pf making it 110.
Mercer Was asked for
82:; Boston..church 140 per
winch sjje was asked fee-,
10, she gave 14; Tlio.ea*A
gave ninety per cenjl of’theWweM'
asked of her; Liberty and
each contributed 100 per bent of th(H
quota/ 4 -’ , ’
Arkansas River Wofk *.' I
Tq Little Rock Disapprove!
Dec. 23.—Pr0l
improverjent df the Arkansal
river
to inejire minihiurri depth of fouil
and ofre-half feetVwas disapproved
'in an army i
peaceful inhabitants a house waJ
burned with wom?n and children in-’
side. <■ ;'4 •
“Thirty-two villages 4 ' were *thus
wantonly destroyed and the destruc
tion still continues
th e ‘regrets ’ expressed by Cold®B l
Mizumachi, head es the Japanese
military mission at chientoat to CaSl
nadian missionaries who visited the!
devastated districts.” J
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