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ST YERKES
Discovery Is Made by Argentine
Astronomer—Professors Try
ing to Fix Orbit.
Players Will Speak
On'BlueBird'andlts
Author, Maeterlinck
MISS ALICK Bl’TLER.
COTTON
STOCKS
GRAIN
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 Trading in the
cotton market wan «lull ai the opening
to-day In the ahnence «»f Uverpool <a-
blen and first prices were 1 to it points
lower than Wednesday's close There
was some selling by New Orleans, Mem
phis and Wall street. The ring seemed
inclined to take the short side, resulting
In prices declining some 3 to 7 points
from the initial range.
loafer the market developed strength,
due to active buying by leading spot
houses and a wave of scattered shprt
covering, which was a factor in the r*
covery during the forenoon This held
the list firm, with prices practically un
changed from the previous close
Estimated cotton receipts:
Tuesday. lid 2.
New Orleans .9.000 to ID,000 11,226
(la I vest on . . .6,600 to 6,000 18.532
M
MEW Y0HK COTTON.
S A X FR ANCISt'O, I >e< 26.—
There's a new comet In the offing. |
Whither it is headed no one knows J
Astronomers at the Yerkes Obser
vatory hope, if they arc able to get)
an observation, to determine the orbit |
of the new heavenly body.
For nights and nights at the oh- j
servatory telescopes have been set. i
Trained men put their eyes to thti
instruments and swept the heavens.!
hoping to < atoh a glimpse of the j
comet they knew was somewhere
above them Soon their labors were j
rewarded.
There it is' shouted Dr. E. B. j
Frost, director of the observatory, I
and sure enough, "there #it was.” j
Again another Meeting view of the
comet was obtained.
The new comet was discovered by
Delevan an Argentine astronomer
Then Professor Graft, of Hamburg,
verified the discovery, and now the
scientists at the Yerkes Observatory,
where there is the most powerful
telescope in the world have check
ed up. *
"The new comet is very dim as
yet. said Dr. Frost "It is barely
discernible through powerful lenses
far away to the south. But we have
seen it in fact, have had two very
good views of It.
The next thing is to determine the
orbit of the new cornel. The only
way that this can be done is to get
the sights on three successive nights.
Then, by noting the change of posi
tion on these nights we can get at
the orbit Within a few days we
shall know more about the mysterious
visitor, whence it comes and whither
it is bound.
"It Is possible that the new comet
may be coming this way and that
sooner or later we will get a better,
>ight of it. It is possible that it will
soon fade from sight. Comets are ‘
uncertain things.”
Slays Wife and Self
In Child's Presence I
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. L-6. —In the
presence of their 12-venr-oid daufch'- i
u r, James f. Carney, 42. a carpenter. ‘
>hot and killed ; Is wife yesterday j
«nd then committed unhide.
"Papa came home drunk last night," i
sobbed little Laura Carney, “and this
morning he accused mamma of ta.t- !
,ng a bottle of whisky from Ills pock- I
• I She said she did not. and he shot
her and then shot himself."
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By CHARLES W. STORM.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. After slight
recessions in the initial dealings in the
stock market to-day, vigorous buying In
all the important issues caused sharp
advances, carrying prices in many
stocks up to a new high level for the
movement.
Most interest was attached to the
trading in Reading and in the first few j
mitlutes the price rose to 170%, against i
170's a' the close Wednesday
Amalgamated Copper also advanced
more than a point, selling ai 75, and
I'nion Pacific advanced a point to 157.
The trading in United States Steel
common was on a large scale and that
stock advanced % to 60%. Lehigh Val
iev sold ex-dividend and made a gain
of 2 points.
At the end of the first fifteen min
utes the tone was ore of pronounced
strength and the volume of trading was
larger than it has been in many months.
The curb market was steady.
The London market was closed
Slock quotations lo noon
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Wheat opened
easier These were no cables from
abroad and traders were without earl.v
guidance Snows over the West and
evenness in corn caused bttle selling
Corn was easy an a result of the fore
cast of favorable weather over the belt
ami prospects for larger receipts to-day.
oats weer easy in sympathy with
other grains.
Provisions were firm.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
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Crain quotations to noon:
Miss Alice Butler, an Anglo-French
actress of ability, will address the
public conference on Maeterlinck and
‘‘The Blue Bird” at the Atlanta Thea
ter next Tuesday afternoon. On her
mother's side she is collaterally re
lated to the family of General ogie-
thorpe. who came to America early
in the eighteenth century and found
ed the colony of Georgia. In the pa
ternal line Miss Butler is one of the
Augeardes, an aristocratic Norman
flamlly, one of whose squires was
knighted for bravery on the battle
field by King Henry I of England.
Adrienne Augearde is her sister.
Miss Butler came from England
years and years ago to sing the Gil
bert & Sullivan operettas in one of
the IVOyley Carte companies. She
remained in this country to become a
dramatic character woman. and
played important roles in the com
panies of Richard Mansfield, Leslie
Carter and Nat Goodwin. For the
last three years she lias been playing
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
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Obenflllgh ILow Noon' Cioss
11«< I LO % 19 12. i 11 1 9 1 2 2':
I Jan 1*2.20 12.20l I 2.15 12. 1812.23-24
Feb. j 12.28-30
Mch. . . 12.48 12.48:12.42 12.45 12.49-50
April 112.50-52
May . .12 60112.60,12.56 12.59 12.61-62
June . . 1 i 12.6-62
July 12.64112.64jl2.69 12.62 12.65-66
Oct . . . j 12-56
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
< ’I IK 'AGO. Dec. 26. Hogs Receipts
17,000. Market 10c higher. Mixed and
butchers, $7.05(b8.00; good heavy, $7.8:Vu
7.95; rough heavy. $7.(0(jn>7.80: light. $7.65
(a 7.90; pigs, $5.90fij>7.40; bulk, $7.75(6,7.90.
Cattle Receipts 2,500. Market steady.
Beeves, $6.75*/ 9.50: cows and heifers.
$3.26(^8.10; Stockers and feeders, $5.60(g)
7.40; Texans, $6.40®7.50; calves. $8.50(fa
11.00.
Sheep Receipts 8,000. Market strong.
Native* and Western. $3.25®5.40; lambs,
$5.85*/ 8.00.
CHICAGO. Dec. 26. - Cattle—Receipts
1,800, Including 400 Southerns. Market
1.0® 15c higher Native beef steers. 7.50
<09*5; cows and heifers, 4.25(08.50;
stockers and feeders, 5.00(07.50, calves.
6 00*i 11.00. Texas steers, 5.76#7.00;
cows and heifers 4.00di6.00
Hogs Receipts 6,500. Market 10c high
er Mixed, 7.80(08.10; good, 8.00®8.15;
rough. 7.60(07.76; lights 7.75(08.05; pigs,
6.60*/ 7.50; bulk 7.76(08.05.
Sheep Receipts 1,000. Market strong.
Muttons. 3.75® 5.00; yearlings. 6.00(07.15t
iambs, 5 25® 8.25.
KILLED BY TWIN BROTHER.
CORNELIA. Dec. 26. One 7-year-old
son of VV. T. Robertson was accidentally
killed by his twin brother as they were
playing with a loaded gun. which was
discharged, tearmg away the child’s
head
the ugly Fairy Berylune in "The Blue
Bird."
Miss Butler has spoken before
manv dramatic organizations in va
rious j»artH of the country. Her sub
ject here will he “ ‘The Blue Bird’ From
the Actor’s Point of View.” Another
address at the same meeting will be
delivered bv Charles Hampden, the
stage director of the company, who
will speak on “My Visit to Maeter
linck.”
STOCKS— High
Amal. Copper. 76
American Can
Am. Smelting.
Anaconda ...
Atchison 1
B. Bud O. ....
B. K. T
Can. Pacific.
and O...
G«*csol. Gas.
D. and H.
Erie
do, pref.
Gen Electric
North, pfd. 127%
G. North. Ore. 35%
Interboro
do, pref..
xL» Valley-
Mo. Pacific .
N. Y. Central
N. and VV. . .
No. Pacific . .
Penna. . .
P. Gas Co . .
Reading . . .
R. 1. and Steel
So. Pacific . .
S. Rwv., pref.
St. Paul . . .
Tenn. Copper.
Union Pacific. 157
IT. S Rubber 56%
IT. 8. Steel . 60%
<1©. pref. . 106%
Utah Copper: 50%
W. Union . .
\V. Electric .
x Ex-dividend
31
66 % ^
35 % #
94%
931s
88%
311%
61%
130%
151%
29'%
46
141
15%
61%
152%
22%
92%
102%
109%
109%
121
171%
20%
90%
77%
101
31
f, 8
66 Vi
Low
73%
30%
64
35 %
93%
93 Vs
88%
210%
60%
130%
151%
28%
44%
141
127%
35
16%
60%
150%
22%
92%
101 Vi
109%
109%
121
169%
20%
89%
77%
100%
30%
155%
56%
59%
106%
49%
57%
66
Previous
Noon Close
74%
31
65%
35%
94 %
93%
88 Vi
210%
61
130%
151%
28%
44%
141
127%
35%
15%
61%
151%
22%
92%
102%
109%
109
121
171
20 Vi
77%
100%
II
156 %
56%
60%
106%
50 %
58
66%
73%
30%
63%
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93%
92 %
88%
211
60%
130
150
28 %
4 4 Vi
139
126%
34%
15
60%
153 %
92%
101%
109%
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120%
170
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90
100%
30%
155%
55%
59%
106
49%
57
65 %
per cent.
Boy Hunter Drowns
As Leaky Boat Sinks
FITZGERALD, Dec, 25—Woodson
Johnson, of this city, a youth about 15
years of age. was drowned in the
Ocmulgee rfiver near Bowens Mill,
where he had gone with companions to
hunt squirrels.
The information that has reached
here is that the boys attempted to
cross the river in a leaky boat and
when about midstream the boat sank.
Young Johnson was not able to swim
out. However, his companions escaped.
What Will Happen In 1914
Forecasts of events which \vc* may look tor during the next year made by the
best known prophets of Europe and America, including Raphael and Zadkiel, of Lon
don; Mine. DeThebes, of Paris, and Professor Sothnos Letiller, this newspaper's
own special forecaster, will appear in
Next Sunday's American
incidentally that newspaper will, in the coming year, double its already great
circulation and advertising power. And it dot's not take a prophet to forecast this.
There will he other great features in the coming issue. Look at these—
What Is a Broken Heart Worth?
The Baroness Lrsula demands $2,500,000 from St. Louis millionaire for hers,
hut the record price for a heart is .$250,000, which I )aisy Markham got, and the high
est price ever paid fora whole life is only $00,000.
What Probably Happened to Dorothy Arnold
M by the police believe that in the case of pretty little Susie Ferraro, who was
seized by four men and hurried off into shameful bondage, they have an exact du
plicate (d tin 1 mysterious disappearance of the New York heiress—except that Miss
Arnold, loss fortunate than the Ferraro girl, was probably killed by her captors to
avoid diseoverv.
Where Bunyan Got His- “Pilgrim's Progress
t >
A very curious literary discovery which shows that Rumiya culled the ideas for
what is, next to the Bible, the best selling hook in the world, from a curious old
French work.
Outcault s Page of Fun for Old and Young
Everybody who remembers the famous "Buster Brown” will welcome the new
comic pictures which are presented'in this newspaper by Buster Brown's creator
every Sunday.
There Are Dozens of Other Interesting Things In It
< >rder from your dealer, or by phone to Main 100.
High.
WHEAT—
Dec. 87%
May 9(f%
July. 87
CORN -
Dec
May
.inly. ..m
OATS -
Dec
May
July . . .
PORK
Jan
May.. . 20.85
LARI >
Jan
Mav.. 11.02 Vi
RIBS
Jan
May .. 11.12 V!
69 %
69 %
69%
38%
41 1 ,
40 %
Low
87%
90%
86%
69
68%
69%
*28%
4 t
40%
Previous
Noon. Close.
87%
’90 V*
86%
69
69
69%
38%
41%
40%
11.10
20.85
11.02% 11.02%
GRAIN NOTES.
Mantlet *-Frazier Company says
"\Wieai We look for a hull but
steady market during the next few days
“Corn—Cold weather should improve
the quality of the grain now moving
and so inspire more confidence on the
part of buyers.
“Oats The market moves with other
grains. Speculative interest is limited.
“Provisions—Liquidation in January
product is still noticeable, but the in
vestment buying ot, the deferred future.-,
continues.”
THE WEATHER.
Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The indica
tions are that the coast storm will move
northeastwardly and be attended by
rains and snows this afternoon and to- !
night in the Middle Atlantic States.
Elsewhere east of the Mississippi River
the weather will be generally fair to
night and Saturday.
General Forecast.
General forecast until 7 p. m. Satur
day:
Georgia—Fair to-night and Saturday
Virginia and North Carolina—Cloudy
to-night; probably snow in the moun
tains; Saturday fair.
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and
Mississippi—Fair to-night and Saturday
Tenressee—Generally fair to-night and
Saturday.
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Hayden, Stone Co.; “We see noth
ing in the marl'V at present."
1! # +
E. F. Hutton & Co.: "We believe
short commitments in anything, wheth
er commodities or securities, should now
be undertaken with extreme caution." 1
£1
ill
Away Above Everything’
TT is the “Soul of the Grain’’ the acme of distil-
lation; aged in oak and purified by time.
Lewis 66 Rye has taken first rank as the “Standard
JVhiskey of the South.
Case of Four Full Quarts $5,00. Express Prepaid.
For Sale by all leading mail order houses and cafes. Never
sold in bulk. Sold only in glass direct from distillery.
THE STRAUSS, PRITZ CO.
Diat Ultra
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AWAY ABOVE
EVERYTHING
World’* Champion
Wrestler
J^RANK GOTCH, of Humboldt,
Iowa, the acknowledged wrest
ling King, has conquered all rivals.
His victory over the Russian
Lion — George Hackenschmidt — at
Comiskey Park in Chicago on Labor
Day, 1911, was overwhelmingly
one-sided.
I N a statement, in which it substitutes fiction for fact, the Chicago T-ribune asserts that it lias a
* larger net paid city circulation than any other Chicago morning newspaper.
Lest anybody whom it may concern should he deceived into mistaking bluff for genuine circu-
lation, the Chicago Examiner makes the following proposal:
That all the Chicago morning newspapers open up their circulation books and
records to the Association of American Advertisers and to such other represent
ative bodies as may be selected.
* \
+
The Chicago Examiner herewith agrees to have this investigation made and it
herewith invites the Association of American Advertisers to take the first step
to bring this about.
The investigation, under these auspices, would be fair and square, comprehen
sive and comparative. It would remove all doubt in the minds of national ad
vertisers and Chicago merchants as to the circulation, particularly the city
circulation, of each of the four Chicago morning newspapers.
The period for this investigation shall be the six months beginning July 1,1913,
and ending December 31, 1913.
If any one of the other morning newspapers of Chicago refuses to open up its
books and records, then the Chicago Examiner agrees herewith to have a joint
investigation made with the remaining Chicago morning newspapers.
If all of the other morning newspapers refuse to open their hooks and
records, then the Chicago Examiner herewith agrees to submit to this
investigation alone because the Chicago Examiner insists on proving
its own circulation.
HpHE CHICAGO EXAMINER honestly believes that this investigation will prove that its
A city circulation is far'in excess of any other Chicago morning newspaper, both Daily and
Nunday.
The Chicago Examiner honestly believes that this investigation will further show that the net
paid Sunday circulation ot the ( hicago Examiner is almost double that of its nearest competitor.
Chicago Examiner
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This announcement was printed as a full pogi in The Chicago Examtwer on Saturday, December 20, 1912.