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Through the ship £ $000 bales of low grade cotton to Hamburg. on & contract [or 50,000 bales, a pian | has heen disclosed Here by which, In the belief of its promoters, American | sbippera can combine in groups to | solve for themselves the problem of exporting their excens stocks Cotton growers have set ont to help themselveq through their organ- ization, the Mississippi Delta Export }and Trading Company. They shipped |5,000 bales last Saturdey from Guit- | port on the Maidencreek, a Govern- | ment-owned crafi. Their agent is in Hamburg to receive it and has ai ranged to place it among milis in Central Europe. under toli contracts, | the mills to regeive a portion of raw cotton and to deliver finished goods (in payment. Contracts have bacon made with foretgn distributers for the cash pay- chase of the finished goods from the (Agent at moderate prices but suf- flotent to pay the planters well for their ootton and leave a margin for j company expenses. The next stop hereabouta wiil pe to | | assure ultimate delivery, from stocks now 19 hand, of the 50,000 bales which the American agent in Ham- | burg has engaged to distribute among | Kuropean mills. Already 25,000 bales | bave been pledged. The company is | forthe to ship 10,000 bales monthly for the next four months and then to | make a last stipment of 5,000, Arrangements have been made for all necessary financing through the | Federal Foreign Banking Corpora- |tion of New York and the Inter-/ |nalional Banking Corporation of | |New Orleans. | | There is no guarantee of the price | the planters will receive, bit aat'- | (mates are now made on a minoimuwn basis of 20 cents a pound, { > REGAINS MEMORY ___AS BRIDE ARRIVES Frederick Soter, N. Y, Exporter, RalliesgFrom Amnesia and Wants to Come Home, CINCINNATI, Feb. 10.—"Where am Was 1 hurt?” ‘These high-pitched quéries from Vrederick Soter, amnesia victim, sig- hailzed @ partial raising of the cur- jtain of forgetfulness that had ren- idered blank (he memory of the New York tobacco merchant who was picked up in this city Monday night, |totally oblivious of his identity or how he came to Cinoinnati, Soter's bride and his uncle, F. | Strader Soter, arrived here yester- (day. Until then it was ‘not known jhere that Soter was married, and | that he disappeared from the Hotel York in New Yonk, last Thursday, \leaving his bride there a few hours | after their return from Paris. ‘The bride, Mrs. Gertrude Soter, said that they were married secretly last July, and that her husband left for Paris in August, she joining him there in November, Soter left New | | return. “Do you know me?" cried the bride as she rushed to Soter's side. “Sure,” was the reply.’ “1 want (0 go hom oleo. | MORNSTEIN,—LOUIS A. CAM P BELL | PUNERAL GHURCH, Bway 66th m. Feb. 11, 3 P.M. | | KNIOKMANN—WILLAAM P. CAMPRIOL |. FUNERAL, CHUROH, Bway 6th ot ; re 11,8 P.M. [Le FEVRE—On Wednesday, Feb. 9 1023, at the rewidence of his friend, Mr. F..J. Wells, on Orionta Point, Mam aro k. NY. HEN LE PRVRE, OMAN PRR i | hie @Bth year Ohi KT & Pac ; — | Services at %. 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HERES PART OF YOUR NEw EASTER HAT GETTING THE AIR ——> 4 OF ALION UPON AMAR WHo HAs BEEO MARRIED For 10 YEARS 2 * 1 tell yas zebra 6 a black witin how: white ALL GIRAF FES » FEBRUA RY 10, 1921. SPLASH'! YS THE (KEEPER'S FIRST, BATH ( Two MONTHS “Gwaw! ts A white male with black stripes! " SUB-CELLARS YIELD 400 BARRELS OF Biggest Volstead Law Seizure | Here Said to Have Boot- leg Value of $150,000. The largest seizure of intoxteants \{n New York since the enactment of t Volstead law took place yester- day when enforcement agents raid- ed the warehouse of Gondolfi Am- berko, No, 402 Kast 106th Street, and jtook custody of 22,800 gallons of California claret, valued at between $60,000 and $80,000, There were 400 | barrels, and it will take two or three bocker Warehouse, used for Govern- ment storage. Acting Supervising Agent Samue! |Sewem said the seized wine was worth about $70,000. Its value to bootleggers would be about $150,000 | at prevailing prices, Five agents and a squad of patrol- men from the East 1th Street Sta- tion, with search warrants, made the seizure. ‘The claret was found in three cellars beneath the building at No. 403 Eas*, 106th Street. ‘The search- ers had great difficulty inj entering some of the sub-cellars where the NOT ORT SPOTS — SOME WEAR WARROO COLLARS AND SILK HOSIERY ———____-=—"> ied Chom i, Stee in, ngar m. 0 ey Toternat'al..., Lined Oil Locomotive. Somar pf... Sormatra Tub. el & Tot Tovacco. Totmew ctw. i Bafoty ftazor.. Smelt, & Ret Found.. Atchison Ry uf... An Got & WI AQ Gut @ Wor pt Baldwin Loco, Bake & Onio Bet Hie Sp € Beth steel Bo... Brookin Kt 'P. Brooklyn KUT etfe Brown Ghoo ... ‘Brune ‘Nem . Hone Brew Masxe Cou & Zim, Veato & Semmrior on «© « fadlo Cent salit Petroleum .. Cali Peuroiewn yt Canadian Paedie Cerro de Samco Cranflee Motom | Anvinelble oi ‘ ten Inver Inver Inter liter) leant 00 Te Obie Open. igh. Law. 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Company Vbiliaw Petroleum | Merce i) * Pond Crwk Coal [Pitman Comuany Prita Aloe Soper, {thre OF s Ray Copper, | Rowen Remding iat of. Reading Bi ofe.. Iie Tron & Steet. |Wovel Dutch NY. | owen Loach, UL & Sen Fran. & Soutien of Saxon Motam Sead Air Tine 1 Senr# Rook Sanena Conner Soe T&T. | Minghaie On [month Pac | Sonik Ry 5 and O of NT Stowart Warner Srembene * Stndebalor Siyonior Ob Ton Cou & Oh Deas Co ‘Tex & Pac Tex & Par Coal T¥ 000 Prod ‘Vranecon O4L | Vaited Prui | Uaited Pure Food Retail store 3 Ind Alcunol Ts Reaks & Imp 3 Rebber 8 Smaitem, 1 4 Bteet % Meat pe Copper 0 hemieal Virandion Wate oo .. Wabash A NO H's a ’ s = High. 19% 46% 20 vy 33 a. ay eo oh 73% 1384 18% 10% am Low 19; Aiba 19% “ AN 20% 1% 0 5% 73% 1% 18% 18 0% COMPLETE STOCK QUOTATIONS—2 P. M. i es TS WHALEN CAR PLAN OWILLIAMSBURG B. R. T. and Brooklyn City Company to Continue Fight to Stop Cross-Over. The B. R. T. of Grover Whalen, Commissioner o! Plant and Structures, to construct a cross-over at Driggs Avenue, Will jamsburg, as a preliminar; operation of local trolley the Williamsbung Bridge by the city H, Hobart Porter, general manager | Said to-day. Cémmissioncr Whalen plans to take to the CALLED WLEGAL and the Brooklyn City Railroad Company will fight the plans ears over stuff was hidden, Charles Donin, twenty-eight, of No. | 4826 New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn, and Edward Adams, thirty-seven, of No. 1801 39th Street, Brooklyn, were locked up in Police Headquarters by ‘Agents Wilson and Mealy, charged with having sold Wilson forged liquor | withdrawal permits. The agents said they uegotlated for permits calling for the delivery of fifty cases of bond- ed liquor, and yesterday in the home | of Wilson, No, 314 West S8th Street, the prisoners accopted $400 in marked | money, for which they gave a bogus | permit! They will be arraigned be- fore United States Commissioner Col- | Uns to-day, ~ Twenty-one saloonkeepers, bar- |tenders and waiters who pleaded guilty of various violations of the |Voisted act yesterday before Federal Judge English were sentenced to |serve fourteen days each in the \)'Tombs. In several other cases fines |of $250 were imposed | William D. Allen, jr hea (of the Prohibition enforcement aft in | Brooklyn, was notified yesterday of his transfer to Honolulu, where he will have charge of the Federal Nar- cotic Squad, His place will be filled March 15 by Harold Dobbs jr. an in- vestigator in the Internal Revenue Bureau for eight y | FAILING MEMORIES FAVOR M’GANNON able to Two State's Witnesses U Testify as at First Trial. CLEVELAND, Feb, 10>Taking of testimony in the second murder trial of Judge William H, McGannon, charged with second degree murder in_ the shooting to death of Harold C. Kasy, has begun. )| uring the first trial of the Munici- pal Court Chief Justice, Schuld testi- fied McGannon resembled the “third man” whom ne saw on the mfurder corner with John W. Joyce and Kagy only a moment before the shot was fire Considered one of the star witnesses | for the State, Joyce could not remem- ber conversations that at the first f| trial he testified had taken place in }@ saloon and at the scene of the Shooting previous to the killing of | at memory also proved faulty un- |der a sey cross-examination- by Attorney W. H. Boyd. Court was ad- .| fourned for the day With Joyce still jon the stand. | 10TH REPUBLICANS’ FETE. t ‘4 3 Mr. Biggs claimed to have got his over on Mareh 1 the local trolley ser- | io wep organiaation to Hold Carel-, hurt by a fall frum his horse, prid Nine Oe RiGee) AT ISRAUOER TY ABE | val St. Valentine's Night. |eading him to clothe the facts In pre-| junction to prevent th obtained . e nent and fecep- | Yatication. If uhe truth had ‘been yesterday from Supreme Court Jase |g ae ene cteriaioment and feceb- | inown Samson would have sutferec Lahti spb : tion of the Republican organization of | \uevy joas of popularity in New Si- uice Kelby in Brooklyn and served on| iyo 1th Assembly District of Man- | jun,” ; Mr. Whalen. Mr, Porter sald it was | hattan | wit be Be a at_P toy jaarden| A week after arrival Ana Rut- iMegal, “The proposed action by the | fie Monday: evening, & alentine’s! edge walked over to Jack Kelso's city,” he said, “is apparently only one | The 19th has the banner Repub nj} with hin 4 in aes ie ss me more example of (ie assumption of | on on in New York. Among its} Su Mr. Klipbalet Bless met the the present city authorities that they Nf weed R finch pretty daughter of sae” a Ae Pe e ve law.” i H vans. Floretia his Way back to the lave ole ba ri oa innauction be made per- | Guardia, Henry H. Curran, Ezra F./ Ann that he had fallen in love with manent, upon argument, it would pre- | Prentice, | Henry | W Bl the sweetest and prettiest girl in all sia ree dell "|the world— <eiso. That very eve- clude city operation, "unless some | Soman, clarence Ht. Fay and Clarencs | the world—Isim Kelso, That very aie other route could be found or an ty Assembiyntin is. Ber: | DUBE Aun went o y dsniag's cabin overhead cross-over devisedrbut Com- | ronson ‘and its Alderman: ig|to take the Tehama Nee hen father missioner Whalen expressed every Cardani | mother and to tell them that h te confidence to-day that the gourts Wier and other State officers | reckoned he belonged to a very rich would be convinced of the public good | pected, as well as many other] and a yery grand family, Naturally, 8 GLARE IN RAD |days to remove it to the Knicker-| a UINCOLN STORY YON | —— ! 1 A LINCOLN. STORY YOU. CANNOT AFFORD 10. MISS Wa | oI, TAY, by Levine Machoitee.» SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALMENTS. Sampon Traylor and his family left Vermont in 1891 and, with thelr belongings packed tn an ox ‘art. headed West. at Now Sales, Ul eathered i the store, Amon, isha; the Fermuaons, | Abe Lincole is known ‘coneidered. seriously. | svete Minter isvonir, ‘fdersround © their ‘next stop, at the home of @ man na and when he ‘becomes tusultit medical attention, Then he te CHAPTER IY, (Continued.) HAT touches the core of the trouble,” said he. “In the North most iien have begun to think of the ef- fect of slavery on the soul; im the South a vast majority are think- | ing of its effect on the pocket. One | stands for a moral and the other for al right.” “But one is righter than the other,” Samson insisted. That evening Samson set down the events of the day in his book and quoted the dialogue in Offut's store in which he had had a part. On the | first of February, 1840, he put these words under the entry: “1 wouldn't wonder if this was the first trip on the Underground Rall- road” | CHAPTER ¥. N a musty old ledger kept by dames Rutledge, the owner of Rutledge’s Tavern, in the year 1832, ie an entry under the date of Jan. 31 which reads as follows: | “Arrived this day Eliphatet Biggs] | of 26 Olive Street, St, Louis, with one | horse.” Young Mr. Biggs remained at Rut- ledge'’s Tavern for three weeks with | his arm in a sling under the eye of| | the good doctor, The Rutledges were | | Kentucky folk and there the young] |man had found a sympathetic hear- | jing and tender care, Dr. Allen had | forbidden him the use of ardent spir- | its whfle the bone was knitting and| |so these three weeks were a high | point in his life so to speak. | It had done him good to be hurled aguinst a barn door to fall | trembling and confused at the teet ,of his master. He had never met his master until he had reached Hopedale that morning. The event d been too long delayed. Encour- juged by idieness and conceit and | alcohol, evil passions had grown jrank in the soil of his spirit. Re- | straint had been a thing unknown to him, He had ruled the litt! | world in which he had lived by a sen: of divine right. He was # prince of Bgoland—that province of America which had only half yielded liroad"* to esa ry 66 and a itself to the principles of Democracy. | the n | Sobriety and barn door had | been a help to soul. More of |these heroie remedies might have jwaved him. He was like one exiled, |for a term, from bis native heath. er the ancient fashion of princes, had at first meditated the assa jsimation of the the man > had blocked his way. Deprived of the heat of alcohol, his purpose sickened and died. It must be said that he served | ‘term as a sober human being quite gracefully, being a weil born youth of some education A tew days he spent mostly in bed, while his friend, haat who come took of him. } walk about and to St. Louis. His fine manners and handsome | form and face captured the little vii- lage, most of whose inhabilunts had come from Kentucky. They ku ‘gentieman when they saw hin. elt @ touch of awe ing@his pre on from Hopedale Soon he began to hig friend returned ey felt a sense of elation, although where thelr jouney Jerk in Denton Offut's general store, and heard him expres strong aul f, Samson ix called to the door | B involved. the city’s vaudeville | § Keio, be 4 woman of shrewd- “ths work could be done én, tour ont NE | rs. Keiso, being » woman five hours some nizh said the Com- _ | Haacars 7 . t Jerful t i ink he's Just @ wonderfu missioner, “and Would not interterc ¥ Speci Dies. | ' claimed. "But I'm with BR. 1, operation ta the mean. rear SCUTY "N 1., eb, 10,—Dr. | forey i Pe aie ta bo. miuoh like figs Cine in any way, but it would mean) |) “i oisen, one of the best know Aad gees tat plum sure I'm going that service across the’ bridge could “apectalista of the country and the | ¥Bd Bigs On be given for even Jess than 2 cents tor of numerous imy oor th ught you were In love with @ trip—the present fare—and that Isloye uiassen, died at hls ho 20 ed Bim'’s mother said the whole trouble \South Carolina Avenue, lust night, aged) Harry Need d “At three tickets for 5 cents, with seventy-five, rs. He se ueyived by | to, Ber Sin Nenue PF eee a toll of 5 cents for each car, and| son. Dr. J. 1 ghier, Mrs, Eravat a t i cy F 4 At re Ml fat of Paris, and a daughter, Mr wit] | fave to dress him up every day ie ay ine Delane i. meet tel | Latace of Philadelphia. and pit a mustaebe on him and think ie Nea Oe Ais Pelanogs:, Fives 3 | yt ce things for him t, 17 up ever so many A vi profit’ of $100,000 a year out of the | | eA Siue. varulniy: soir service, It is this that 8 fighting niet Pal . \ The a as you. F think he for ur ci ure to be delivered | ateniid poy--so' does everi'= this week and 300 men are at work | sie Jcomploting the other constructio | LR Foyt lyin ios ae and in the end we will win, for we ve | Ser ehae iMernovar wit ima it are seeking only the public gogd, For QUESTIONS. DE Aaa male ag never ama | the remy Ot ls the B, $e TORK toy) A Mew comay Aa ples tipaetl there | whether he likes my looks or the devil.” be in the, Sixty-Sov i " nere’s time’ et _ 29 | "B How many Representatives? | oPratnmiy m chitder ead Her moth WOMAN ACCUSED OF BIGAMY. | ,,3, What is the salary of the Speaker) 30) yi" bid me tit he suid once + i e peau n a 4. What is the largest city in West | °°. ‘But | : hs aig said it twice Said to Admit Second Mariage | virginia? nan he ald wasits t eidatk bes Without Getting Divorce. §. Who was th tenth President de TS eee nalmnnke ae iOws, Aste ra 1 ven the United States 4 ‘ ike he was scared of it iith; Marian’ Hothtols ‘trang sthro 8. What, imaginary, flower is said eu kind o! like he was seared of it a o-day” in gAdane , 0 ant to Will ne 0" | by the poets to be unfading ONO and tdi Jove) di Street Court, Brooklyn, on a chavge ol ¥, What substance used in per- reall and itr ube dpvede ae. H bigamy, brought by Samuel Rothh fumery is emitted by the sperm Ste CatlelMe TK tt who alleges that on Dec. 17 Inut, Aiteen | 4mey Cet peal irl rhe onthe after she had ‘eft him and his!” 8, By what more common name, is| Nt’ ye probably only ty i Moraleis, f hartshorn generally known? | t™),, sl s 9 wa) yn. Mra pthhole, was ight in | What is a maker of barrels! “iim and stand ¢ enished room) at cust 126th | Oatley iain State is the large ey do yor t | h 2 s hat anise According to Detective Fred Brickley | Washington or Oregon? over woman, the young woman, who was married to athot ‘in the Rothhole when she why seventeen, ad Pry hd en mn) father ‘in th mitted she tad become the wite ot | dd 000; 4, Wheeling: |of Lear f Morwieis without undergoing the for-| 5 John Tyle amaranth; 7, am-| “Bur there are not many |nches in malty of, diver action because he| beraris; 8 atmonla; 9 cooper; 10,| you yet rome ee BYUd Liothea, Orewon. ; Traylor inet young Abe 1 colorrd couple, who of thelr master 8 aus the YOUNE Owner of oom tales bin back 10 bya the bi , sinking into her chulr with a sigh. Soon afte: the supper dishes fut been iaid away in the Kelsy cabin young Mr. Biggs vapped on its deor and Mr en and and pulled the fateh string tered and #at down with Mrs. Kelso at the fireside. “{ have coine to ask for your daugis- ter's hand,” he suid, a8 svon as they were seated. “I know it will seen sudden, but she happens to be th girl 1 want. ['ve had her picture jn my heart always, I love your daugh home ter. 1 can give her a handeom and everything she could Kelso answered promptly: glad to weleome you here, but we can not entertain such a proposal, flatter ing as it is. Our daughter Is too young to think of marriage, Then, sir, we know very litte about you and may 1 be pardoned if I add that it does not recommend you? The young man was surprised. He had not expected such talk from ladder climber, He looked at Kviso, groping for an anawer, Then— “Perhaps not said he. “T have been a {ittle wild, but that js all in the past, You can learn about m DS and my family from any ¢ Louis,” I am not ashamed of nny thing I have done.” “Nevertheless, I must baok away from this subject. not even discuss it with you." ask you to I can “May I not hope that’ you wil ange your mind?” Not at pres Let the future take care of itself. There was an awkward moment of silence, The young man said good- night and opened the door. As Eliphalet Biggs was going down the south road next morning he met Bim on her pony near the schoo!- house, returning from the field with her cow. ‘They stopped. “I'm coming back, little gir,” he said, “What for?” she asked, tell you a secret amd ask you a in, Nobody but you has t not, May I come “| suppose you can—if you to’ she answered, ‘IL come and’ write to you and send the letters to Ann,” right to say Le w nt Mentor Graham, who lived in the schoolhouse, had | come ,oyt_of its “Good-by!" said young Mr. Bigrs, as his heels touched the Manks of his horse, Then he went flying down the road CHAPTER VI. OR Samson and Sarah the most notable social event of the ter wus a chicken dinner at which they and Mr. and Mrs, James Rutledge and Ann and Abe Lincoln and Dr. Allen were the guests of the Kelsos. ‘The night Harry stayed at home with the chil- dren. Kelso was in his best mood. He poured whiskey from a jug at ‘his side for those who would take t “Let us drink to our friend Ane ‘and his new ambition,” he proposed. Samson asked for a seat “What ie it?” “[ am going to try in the Legislature,” said Abe, “I reckon ia rather bold. Old Samuel Lege was a good deal of a nuisance down He was always Lexington, Hardin County going n talking about but never went. “*You'll never get thar startin’, said his neighbor. “But I'm powerful skeered fer fear I'd never git back,’ said Samuel, "There's 4 big passel of folks that gits kMed in the city. “You always was a selfish cuss, You ought to think o° yer neighbors,’ said the other man to without “So [ve concluded that if I don't start I'l never get there, and if © die on the way it will be a go thing for my neighbors,” Abe added. ‘Phe toast was drunk, and by some in water, atter which Abe said “If you have the patience to n to it, T'd like to read my declaration to the voters of Sangamon County"* maon's diary briefly deserikes this appeal as (allows Je said that he wanted to win th confidence and esteem of + fellow pitize: This hoped + accomplish by doing something wile! would make him worthy of it He had been thinging of the county, A railroad would do more for it than anything else, but a railroad woul be too cost! The improvement o the Sangamon River was the next best thing. Its ehannel ent be straightened and ¢ dof drift 1 and made navigable for smal under thirty tons’ burden. He i a usuny law and said, in view of the tk he had just heard. he was ing or mprovemen building School. KO Mitt evens one could learn how to tle nd tearn for himself wh f Bible and other creat books. | & modest statement and we al! | 1" “Whatever happens to the © ‘ on, one statement in tha nN ca be improved.” said Kelse s that?” Abe asked It's the one thal sive vou wis to win the recard of vour fellows by serving them ho: wt serve A vid Ly Kk which referred to mer convermtion with Abe, fy ch Welso hud had a part There was much talk at the ¢ side dinner, all of whieh dout had an effect on the fortunes of the good people who wat avound it, an the historian mir ' ry with xome rt drawing near int he curve aan. nd Sarah had been telling of the dveniures on the long roud. 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