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* . ©AMBLERS BREAK COTTON MARKET foe “this religious wish’’ by sentenc ing her to- appearTevery morning for 30 days at the headquarters of the commanding officer and repeating to those present the phrase: “I am glad that you are still here, gentlemen, and it is my 'wish that you continue to stay here for a long ■while.” TMs-4s^-aH~ news to* the Aniericair officers. If any worpan appears at headquarters every morning, the sen tries on duty have failed to notice it It is part of their job to prevent tres passing by Germans at the main en trance of the Third Army headquar ters. Price Sduinp ('barged o Bear Specula tors. Try to Effect Sales. St. Matthews, June J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president of the Ameri can Cotton Association, in a statement issued here this, afternopn declared that “the sam§ bgar speculators who sold an enormous amount of cotton for July and October delivery with the full expectation of depressing the price of cotton to a starvation point-^ that is, around 12 1-2 cents per pound basis middling—are the people who are today breaking the cotton mar- kef.” He declared that,, “their only hopes of saving themselves a tremen dous loss is to frighten the holders of spot cotton into selling their cot ton.” He declared that if they suc ceed it will prove truly a calamity. “I wish,” said Mr. Wannamaker in his statement, “that I could write all that I know concerning the inside manipulation. However I do not feel that this would be for the best. Some day some things will be brought to the attention of the. public concerning the handling of cotton that will prove not only a sensation but a scandal.' When the curtain is pulled aside and the public is permitted to get a clear j journalist, is of a s sentence view and a truthful history of cotton, 1 w m c ij h e declares was'imposed upon and how the price was depressed and a h 0 t e l owner,-whose nerves.could no manipulated since 1914, the result will j on g er stand the “wild music" pro be a complete shock. „ ! duced by the American bands and w r ho “Political economist:! are agreed connn ented upon it unfavorably. In TO PARE DOWN ARMY Bill Another fictitious tale nararted by the jLeipsic writer to arouse German dislike for Americans, deals with a case in which a woman, splashed by mud from an automobile, ejaculated, "Those dirty American automobiles For this the Leipsic Munchausen avers, a military court sentenced her to climb the fortress of Ehrenbriet- stein daily at 5 a. m. for 30 days, car rying a pail, scrubbing brush and scouring rag and to clean six Ameri can automobiles. Upon completion of this task, he asserted, she was re quired to walk back home similarly equipped. Another fantastic tale told by the that the price of commodities will rise or fall as the value of money is in creased or diminished. This economic punishment, the fiction writer claimed, the hotel man was sentenced to march daily for 30 days alongside the band law is unalterable and unchangeable. and a ft Pr its parade to tell its leader, On the basis of currency iinflation, the y 0ur music pleases me to per- price of cotton today would be as fol- faction." lowsr In ton fhe end oTthe fiscal year j American intelligence officers are showed under the old national bank- endeavoring t0 ascerta j n through ing system a gold reserve of about channels the Leipsic correspondent ob-. $600,000,000. The last ’•eport from the federal reserve system is about $1,800,- 000,000. This is an increase on a ratio of three to one. On the basis of cur rency inflation cotton would be bring ing today 39 cents, whUe-in 1914 it brought only around 13 cents. “On the basis of the world the in flation is about six -to oi\e. Enor mous prices of everything measured by the dollar are with us to remain for years to come. “American mills, according to the United States census bureau reports, held on April 30, 1919, a total of 1,378,- 000 bales against 1,808,000 bales the same time last year, or a deficiency of 430,000 bales, and to make up this de ficiency and supply their wants for the next three months, leading mill men admit that, it will be necessary for the American mills to buy in ex- cecs of 1,500,000 bales from the close of April to the close of July, this amount being absolute’y necessary to fill their wants. In order to supply the enormous demands upon them for the manufactured product. They will be forced to largely increase their pur chases over I.0O9.OOO bales from April to the close of July. * “At the outbreak of the European war foreign reports show mills held of American cotton 2,700,000 bales, of which today they hold only 1,200,000, making a Caficieacy of 1,500,000 bales. Thus it will be seen that America and Europe need to make up a deficiency of at least 3,000,000 bales from the present supply. It must also be re membered that the world is bare of cotton goods, and this deficiency must be made up by extra time of mills on both sides of the Atlantic, and that this' will require far more than 3,000,- 000 bales from the close of April to the close of July. If the mills do not con sume 3,000,000 bales within htis period it means there wil’ be great suffering on account of the ur.dersupply and the need for cotton goods. “F-pot cotton in lar:.e quantities is being shipped to Europe and just bow much may be shipped abroad during the next three months is only a ques tion of available tonnage and a speedy acceptance of peace -onditions, and ♦ the completion of the export corpora tion to furnish credits. If the neace conditions are accepted. *b.e tonnage supplied and credit furnisihed, Europe •will take alone an amount of cotton In excess of the amount in the Ameri can and European mills.” tained the alleged "information” while in Coblenz, particularly stories about the fines and sentences imposed upon women. Court records do not reveal any such cases. WANTED! Your Job Printing Business If We Can't Please You Han’t Come Again BILL TO END WIRE CONTROL BY THE GOVERNMENT, CHIEF MATTER OF INTEREST. Senate WiH Decide Question of Immu nity of Senators Lodge and Borah In Withholding Information. the Washington.—Congress enters !ourth week of the new session with broadening activities and increased speed urged by leaders. The so-called peace treaty “leak” investigation and the bill to end gov : ernment control of tkS wires consti tutes the senate’s work of principal interest, while the house plans to en gage in a clean-up of appropriation bills, starting with the paring down of the $800,000,000 army bill. Investiga tions of army and shipping affairs and also election of Victor Berger, social ist, of Wisconsin, also will be started by committees. Leaders on both sides are anxious for the investigation to start, however, and before the end of the week it may be well under way. One of the first diffffcuItTes To com plicate the inquiry doubtless will be the question of senatorial immunity as' It applies "to Senatort Lodge and Borah in connection with their state ments of the existence of treaty cop ies in New York. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, and other Democrats of the committee, will oppose this view, holding that no such immunity can be invoked to hold back facts of material importance to the inquiry. They declare the charges made by the two senators are too se rious to be dropped now. The names of many men prominent in national politics and in financial circles have been mentioned about the capitol. DETROIT IS FACING COURT ACTION IN ITB CAR STRIKE Health About Gone - Many thousand* ot women suffering from womanly trouble, have been benefited by the use of Cardui, the woman's tonic, according to letters we receive, similar to this one from Mrs. Z. V. 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Attorney General Groesbeck inti mated that unless the three factions reach an agreement he will ask a court order compelling operation of the lines until an adjustment can be effected. * '■ _ ~ Not a car wheel turned within the city and there were_no conferences of those interested. ! 1 That is, they are here if we- want them. Prosperity depends largely upon the right mental attitude. If we all sit back and wait for the return of conditions which prevail- \ , ' • . ’ ed before the World war we will wait many a long year—-if not forever—and meanwhile business will be rotten. We’ll never get back to 1914. This is 1919, and » conditions have changed. A new deal has be^n made. Pick up your cards and play the game the best you can. If you have * • courage, punch and common-sense—and j will pull together with others—we will have the greatest period of prosperity in our history. Thrift is, however, as necssary as ever—in fact it is more necssary. Waste not and put your savings in this bank where they will grow. Hie Fi National Bank CLINTON’S STRONGEST BANK” I s CONFEDERATE GRAVES IN ARLINGTON bECORATED Washington.—Southerners in the nation’s capital including many gov ernment officials paid tribute to the memory erf the Confederate soldier and sailor dead'Tniried in Arlington National cemetery with commemora tion services in the Confederate sec tion of the cemetery. Representative Clarence N. Stedman. of Greensboro, N. C„ made the memorial address. The tomb of the unknown dead, the grave of General Joe: Wheeler and those of Confederate soldiers and sailors which occupy the Virginia hills overlooking Washington were decorated with flow T - ers in profusion and a floral southern cross was unveiled. . FIRST CUBAN IS GRADUATED FROM Ur S. NAVAL ACADEMY Washington.—Ensign Carlos Aurelio Hevia, son of Colonel Aurelio Hevia. former secretary of the war and navy in the. Cuban cabinet, is the first Cuban to graduate from TJ. S. 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