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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
TRADE MOVEMENT
 IS VERY SLOW
 s~ MI %V hs Dun and Bradstreet Make Weekly Report PIG IRON FALLING OFF
Early Outlook for Year for Increased Activity Has Not Yet Developed and Larger Trades Report
 
 Recessions

New York, April 14-R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow will say:
 The trade movement is disappontngly slow in industrial and agricultural con- ditions. The earlier outlook for the year for increased inactivity has not been confirmed and reports from the largest trades are of recessons rather than of progress Current demand shows a fall ing off of both in pig Iron and finished materials and unless new orders soon expand the rate of output must necessari- Iy be reduced. Moreover, the foreign inquiry has subsided, while there has been no important buying by the rail- contracts for 72,o0o tons and previous expectations regarding the prospective volume of business from this source are now being modified.
 Existing conditions in pig iron reflect distinct dulness and even at the low prices named consumers do not appear disposed to purchase for extended de- Mveries. Some sales of southern iron have been noted below $11 for early shipment and concessions have been granted on open hearth billets and sheet bars, while a contract for plates at the west was closed at recession of 12 per ton
 Primary textile markets rule quiet with more firmness shown in cotton goods and yarns, but buyers areNnot sat 1sfied as to the stability of the higher prices and have withdrawn from the market The curtailment of operations In cotton mill centers is increasing and only 1O5,000 pieces of print cloths were sold last week at Fall River, of which <0,0O0 were spots Agitation of the tariffs affecting cottons and woolens is natural 1y causing hesitation, and coupled with sub-normal counter-demand throughout the country the dulness is readily exag gerated. Credit conditions in woolen an worsteds are reported better than usual in the matter of collections and in ac- counts due.
 Export sales of cotton goods con- tinue in excess of a year ago. The de- velopment of a radical style trend to- ward rough fabrics in dress goods is attracting considerable attention. Trad ing In footwear has shown some inn provement. due to the more seasonabe weather during the past week, al though conditions as yet are far from active. The demand of domestic tan ners for hides continues active but the market Is we'll maintained particularly owing to limited receipts and supplies. Leather conditions are generally dull and unsatisfactory. = =s-==
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Lakeview Wins Close Game

The Lakeview school baseball team of the School league defeated thesVoca- tional school yesterday morning at Lakeview by the score of II to 10. It took II innings to decide the contest. The game was a very pretty one Bat teries: Lakeview Parker and Grant; Vocational, Greckel and Goldstein. The game was characterized by swift field ing and heavy batting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Live Stock

Steers. good to choice fat, $50 to 12oO lbs. 41a6l51Rc.
 Steers, medium to good, $50 to 12ooO lbs, 4A@5c.
 Steers, good to choice fat. $50 to $50 pounds, 4d4&c.
 Steers, medium to good, $50 to $50 pounds, 3iaT4c.
 Oxen, good to choice, 4d4lse. Oxen, medium to good. S1tG4c. Cows and heifers. good to choice, so6 to 1000 pounds 4G5c. 1000 lbs, 4n41ac.
 Cows and helfers, good to choice, 600 to 500 pounds. 4G41ac.
 Cows and heifers, medium to good, eco to 800 lbs, 32G4e.
 Yearlings. good to choice, 3@311c. Yeariings, medium to good 2h@3c Bulls good to choice, 500 to 12O0 pounds, 31sM4c.
 Bulls, medium to good, $50 to $50 lbs., 3qf31ac.
 Bulls, medium to good, 800 to 12Oo lbs, 3aS1ac.
 Gamers, 2d3c.
 Hogs, choice (corn fed, 1so to 25o pounds 6G6l4c.
 Pigs. 80 to 120 pound wts., 6c. Hogs, choice (corn fed), 40 to 1S0 pounds 6M6l4c.
 Pigs, 80 to 120 h. wts., Sc. Pigs, SO to so ID. wts, &c., Fat cattle, demand good. Oxen, demand slow.
 Medium cattle, demand good. Yearlings, demand good. Bulls, demand slow.
 Gamers, demand slow. Hogs, demand good
 Pigs, demand good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
TRADE
 VERY LIVELY Market Well Supplied With Fruits and Vegetables
 and Trade Brisk

The coming of Easter had Its effect on business of Morris avenue yesterday. The tnoroughfare was in stirring condition throughout the entire day.
 Fowl is still scarce. and what few ship ments are coming in are readily taken LID at 16c per pound. Fresh eggs are held at 16c and Tic per dozen. '
 The markets were pretty well supplied with fruits and vegetables Friday. Florida shippers are expressing stuff quite freely at present. Several lots of vegetables, in- cluding a carload of early potatoes, ar rived yesterday, which met with a steady demand.
 Merchants are predicting a brisk trade today.
 The following are current quotations:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
BUICK DRIVER
 INSTANTLY KILLED

Kansas City, April 14.-Ned Crane, driv- ing a Buick racing car in a practice test at Elm Ridge here this afternoon. prepar- atory to an attempt tomorrow to estab- fish new records, was instantly killed when his machine threw two tires and turned over. An employe of the Buick factory, riding with Crane was danger ously injured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Preds Win Game

Anniston, April 14.-(Special.) )-The Ala bama Presbyterian college defeate the Jacksonville State Normal college here this afternoon with comparative ease by a score of ' to B. The gamo was without feature. Another game will be played tomorrow. Batteries Stevenson and Brown; Dunston and Hodges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Flour and FoOdstuffs

Corrected by Tennessee Mill Co) Self-raising flour, $o.75. Nellie King flour, per barrel, s4.75. Bolted meal, per 96-pound sack, s1 .32. No. 2 corn, per bushel, Kiln dried, 7zc. Pure wheat shorts, $30. Pure wheat bran. s29. 100-lb. C. $. hulls, per ton, $l2. Prime C/S. meal, per ton, s2s C. S. feed meal, per ton, s25 No. l timothy hay, per ton, $23 Mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass. $1S. Corn chops, per 10O-lb. sack, H.30. Flour in wood, 15c higher. White oats, 4Sc.
 Choice pea-green alfalfa, s25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
THE MARKETS
Treasury Statement

Washington, April 4.-At the beginning of business today the condition of the United States treasury was:
 Working balance in treasury offices, s27,094,911. In banks and Philippine treas ury, $32, ,025, ,435 The total balance in gen. eral fund was sS5,S4O,727. Ordinary re- cepts yesterday were s2,1S2S4s, with or dinary disbursements of s2,744,33
 The deficit to date this fiscal year is S953, ,oS5, as against s16,S42,521 at this time last year. These figures exclude Pan anna canal and public debt transactions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
NORTHERN DEAL OFF

The deal for Outfielder Northern was called off yesterday. Before acting, Manager Moles- worth asked Dale Gear, who was in the Texas league with Now rey and Northern last season, { which of the two is the better < man. Gear replied: "Mowrey Is mar ried man: Northern is not" The local association thought that < Gear was endeavorng to tell something between the lines and < called the deal off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
JUST LIKE THOSE BROADWAY SUITS

For $12.75 you can get the seasons best in style, patterns and workmanship. A suit just like the best you can see on Broadway.
 SINGERS, 107 N. 20th St.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
UNIFORMED TICKET TAKERS

: The ticket sellers, the cushion | boys, the coca-cola boys-in fact, : everybody connected with the asso- . ciation-will wear uniforms this . season. . For the ticket takers regular uni : forms have been ordered. The ' boys will wear white suits. The Q only difference between their ap- : parel this and last syear will be
 . the suits this year Will be kept ' clean.
 | Not to appear in uniform or in q clean duck will be construed as
 ' violation of contract by Owner . . Woodward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Texas League Results

At Houston: Houston 1, Galveston 0. At Fort Worth: Waco 1, Fort Worth 5 (10 innngs).
 Al Austin: Austin 8, San Antonio G.
 At Dallas Dallas II, Oklahoma City 16.
 At Fort Worth Morning game, Fort Worth ,, Waco 4 (10 innings).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Meats

Corrected by Southern Beef and Pro-
 vision Company) Lard, 9ssc; compound, Sc. D. S. short ribs, 912c. D. S. fat backs. Sc. Smoked clear bellies. 171ac; fancy, 1sl4c Ham butts, He; Boston butts, 101hc. Bacon, fancy, 25c; medium, 2sc. Pork lons, 12c; spare ribs, 11hc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Dry Gnnds Market

New York, April 1.-The dry goods primary markets were. quiet owing to the observance of the holidays. Cotton goods and yarns are quiet without any material change in prices reported The carpet wool markets are fairly strong. Domes- tic wools are quiet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15

Thompson g. Hit by pitcher. Thompson 2. Bases on balls, Thompson B. Newell l. Two base hits, Lewallen 1, Bowden l. Empires, Woodruff of Georgia; Ragsdale and Davenport of Auburn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Superbers Win Slugfest

Boston, April 1.-The Brooklyn Na- tionals found the Boston pitchers for 1G long hits in their final game of the first series today, winning by the score of 15 to 2 Three of the locals string of pitchers were used. Score: R.H E. Boston .............. GOO 100 010-2 3 Brooklyn .............. 032 401 023-15 16 8
 Batteries: Parsons. Pfeiffer and Gra- ham; Schardt and Bergen. Time, 2:02. Empires, Klem and Doyle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Local Cotton Market
Pig Iron
Cotton Seed Products

Corrected daily by Buckeye Cotton Oil
 Company
 Oil prime, 40G471ac per gallon; meal, prime, 71ac per cent ammonia, s27 per net ton; hulls, sacked, s11; hulls, loose, s9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
HUBuARD BROS. & co.

CVIVVN mRWCnANISs !. Hanover Square. New York. QEMBERS-New York Cotton Ex- ena.. xe New York Coffee Exchange. New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Chicago osoard of Trade. Associate Arembers 4Avogpool Cotton ASsoeiRxi0c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Celebrate Mothers Day

Surlngfleld, IT,, April 14.-Governor Deneen today issued proclamation des- ignating Sunday, May IA, as 'Mothers' Day,' and asking that the day be prop erly observed in the churches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
MANY VALUABLE POLO PONIES AT LAKEWOOD

Lakewood, N. J., April 14-In prep aration for the international cup polo contest to be held in the Meadowbrook field on May 31 to June T, there are now more than 800 polo ponies stabled In this town. The collection is prob ably the most valuable aggregation of its kind ever brought together con- servative estimate placing the value of the animals at more than s350000 Of the lot about 270 are owned by Amer jeans.
 New York, April 14.--Capt. J. Hard ress Lloyd of the all-English polo team which Is to play the American team for the international polo cham pionship arrived from England this afternoon.
 "Our team this season is better in dividually than the one that lost the championship last year." said Captain Lloyd.
 The rest of the English players are expected here soon.
 All will go direct to Lakewood, N. J., where they will practice for the championship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15

Easter Eggs 15c dog. Fri. and Sat. Guaranteed fresh. H. E. Chapin 6 Co.,, 206 s. 20th. Phones 294.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Fruits and Produce


 Corrected by Douglas Bros.) Apples-Fancy red, $607. Apples-westerns, s2.75@3.25. oranges, California, $3; Florida. $2.75 03.
 Pineapples-S3.50. Lemons-Fancy, $4@4.50. Limes-Imported, per 100, 75c0$1. Irish Potatoes-New stock. per bush- el, soc O 0s1. Florida Cabbage-Crate. $2. Cranberries-Box, s3. Onions-Red Globe, 3Ac. Navy Beans-Choice Michigan, per bu.. $2.75.
 Peas-yirginia black-eye. per bu., s350
 Spanish Onions-Per crate, $175. Celery-Fancy. per crate. 8. Cocoanuts-S550@ per 100. Sweet Potatoes-Per barrel, s3@3.50. Grapes-Malaga, keg, $7. Canada Turnips-Per h., 1ac. Grape Fruit-Florida, per box, 1925 @3.5o.
 Tangerines-Per box. s. Strawberries, South Alabama, $4G s3.5O.
 Tomatoes-Crate. 6 baskets, $1.75@2. String Beans-s3.50. Texas onions, per crate, 2.o0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Browns Win Hard Fight

Chicago. April 14.-St. Louis defeated Chicago to 1 here today in hard-fought pitchers battle. Score: RE E. Chicago ............ 000 100 000-1 6 St. Louis ................ GOO 020 000-2 4
 Batteries: Pfeister and Archer: liar mon and Bresnahan. Time, 1 5o Empires, Finneran and Rigler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburg- Cincinnati game postponed, rain. rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-15
Poultry and Eggs

Corrected by Garrett & Hine)
 hens-Medium, 40@ BOG; live, per h.. 16c.
 Large Fryers, 35 a 40c; 200 per h., medium fryers, 25@ soc; 25c per h.; small, 200 per lb.
 Ducks, 40045c guineas. BOG; roosters, S0Q35c; geese, 40G50c live turkeys. per h.. 1S6 20c: dressed turkeys, 22Ac. Eggs-Fresh, 16 and Tic per dozen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23
Blast Furnace Team Wins

Tn a hotly contested game Saturday
 afternoon the blast furnace team defeated
 the open hearth team by the score Of to
 Sanford, for the Blast furnace struck out 1s men and his opponent, Blalock, for
 the Open hearth, famed nine. Brodie
 caught for the Blast furnace and Latin
 rope was behind the bat for the Open hearth. Sanford yielded five hits and Blalock five. The contest was of the hot kind and several near-fights were pulled off. These teams are strong rivals for the championship of the Ensley division. The Italian band was on hand and furnished the music and several hundred fans sur rounded the field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23

mum & Bailey's circus or Buffalo Bill 8 Wild West which elsewhere use tents. But to hundreds of thousands throughout the country the garden is associated with the annual horse show, which owes per- haps even greater interest to the chance it gives to observe in the boxes repre- sentative and labelled entries of Amer icas aristocratic four hundred with their latest Parisian trappings than 1t does to king horse on the tan bark
 But with all these manifold uses Mad ison Square Garden stands idle much of the time. For most purposes it's very size makes the risk of renting it too great. A political candidate must be sure of his audience else it's expanse of empty seats carefully noted by opposition paper throws cold water upon his ambitions. The basement with acres of space has scarcely been opened save during horse show week and In the spring when the circus has used it for it's menagerie.
 When the management this spring an- nounced that the building was to be sold and suggested a concession in the price
 If the city would buy, everybody felt that were the garden to be torn down New York would lose a cherished possession. The fact that the garden was liable to be destroyed had been intimated before and various organizations had urged that it be saved and used as a civic and recrea- ton center Mrs J. Borden Hartman called a meeting of all interested to con- slider the best use to which the building could be put and plans for raising the money necessary. Committees have been appointed and are TOW at work. The plan to make of Madison Square Garden an industrial. civic and recrea- tional center was preached by William R. Wilcox, chairman of the welfare depart ment of the National Civic Federation in December, 1908. For the past two years the federation has been urging this idea | and 1t has prepared an outline of the uses | to which the building could be put from which most of following suggestions are which most of the following suggestions | are drawn.
 | The workers in the department stores and in other great industries which em- ploy thousands, have associations which
 need an enormous hall such as the am- phitehatre in Madison Square Garden for l their annual entertainment. The thou-
 sands of employees of the street railway | lines give each year a rema rkable vaude-
 vile show with their wives and children
 enjoying the performance.
 | Madison Square Garden can readily be
 used as a recreation center for labor
 Recently labor ball in the arena was at
 tended by 13,50O people. Trade unions, associations of employees In private en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23

terprises and beneficial organizations of postmen, policemen and firemen abound to make use of the garden for vaudeville entertainments, dancing parties and balls. One of the most dramatic scenes the gar den has ever witnessed was when Dowie and his army of religious enthusiasts tried to win converts in New York by storm. Most saw merely an eccentric petulant and corpulent old man with a waning following baited each day by the mob. But others, who heard the choral singing by thousands of drilled voices wished that the garden might be used frequently by the German Saengerbund societies.
 About three years ago the unemployed tried to hold a meeting in Union Square. The police disbanded it ty force for ob- structing the traffic, but not until after bomb had been thrown and. one man killed. The arena in Madison Square Gar den offers a place where New York could hold its town meetings of dissatisfaction. Would not New York benefit by having a Hyde Park for free speech under cover.
 For similar gatherings, such as lodge meetings, women's clubs, theatricals, en- tertainments for children and lectures Madison Square Garden has a handsome
 
 room that could be made library smok- ing or game room. There is already a restaurant which could be made a model factory lunch room. The theatre in the building could be used for good moving picture shows. In the tower are eight floors of rooms for women's clubs and on the roof Is a splendid roof garden. A gymnasium could be arranged and a swimming pool built in the basement. An employees welfare exhibit has been sug- gested and the city could hold drills for firemen and policemen, budget exhibits and civil service examinations there dur ing the slack season. Prominent city officials are interested in having the municipality purchase the building either by itself or in conjunc- tion with private citizens, if they can bs assured that the project can be made to | pay. But can it be made self-supportine | as a peoples palace? Almost certainly | yes, though the plan is as worthy of sub | sidzed support as the opera or the New 1 theatre. Certain expenses could be saved | by using the garden for similar purposes | for a longer period instead of having a dance one evening, followed by athletic games as the next event with a ball few evenings after. The city by using it for purposes for which it now rents space could make the probelm easier.
 | Across the river from New York, ir Jersey City. there is Peoples Palace that cost S90O. 900. It has been self-sup- porting from the day 1t opened. It offers
 for Jersey City just what Madison Square Garden can furnish for New York. City ownership would enlist the in 1 terest of hundreds of organizations and | be advertising of very great value. Ii | New York avais itself of the chance of | fered, Father Knickerbocker will be able to show a more profitable use of strat- | egic location than can Philadelphia
 which allowed the old Pennsylvania Rail road station to become the home of 3 department. store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23
CAPTAIN KNIGHT
 IS ACQUITTED

Washington, April 22.-The court of seven rear admirals which tried Capt. Austin M Knight, U. S. N. on charges of "culpatle negligence and ineffi- ciency in the performance of duty in connection with the ordnance tests on the monitor Puritan, has reaffirmed its original verdict of complete and hon. orable acquittal, but Secretary of the Navy Meyer has disapproved the find ing. The officer has been restored to duty, however, and the action relieves him of arrest and formally terminates hls trial.
 The conclusion of the case with the secretarys disapproval of the verdict created a mild sensation among off, cers of the navy. The notable court, headed by Rear Admiral Robly D. Ev- ans, which tried the officer, held it's session at the Norfolk navy yard and rendered It's original verdict several weeks ago. After an exhaustive exam
 nation of the record by the legal and executive officials of the navy depart
 :, ent the secretary announced today that the department became satisfied that the evidence of the trial proved all the specifications cited against the officer The secretary thereupon re- ferred the case back to the court foI reconsidera tion. The review of the testimony failed to change the opinion Of the court and consequently the yer dict of acquittal stands.
 Captain Knight is the senior captain nf the navy By his acuuittal and res toration to duty he probably will be promoted to the rank of rear admira as soon as a vacancy occurs. His tria
 has delayed his rise to the higher rank | for, had he not been courtmartialed, ht would have been appointed a rear ad n:iral in January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23

Exclusive Service The Survey Press
 Bureau)
 Now, if this young heiress wanted to do any good" declares Harry in All Sorts and Conditions of Men, "she should build a palace of pleasure" Why should there not be for the people a palace of delight which should contain libraries, reading rooms, clubs, music rooms for concerts, schools for music and dancing, athletic facilities and room for sa.hing all the arts and handicraft' Arry In the story. This v'si5n l pe s palace nearly 30 yeas 0aa sred ,ne Imagination of Walgel Cssae esa Jan.es Rice.
 laaaslar ln tae novel, which was
 ed aa -is page "An Impossible
 Lost instantly aroused the city
 .e Peoples Palace for East Lon Jn became a reality. After a delay of over 40 years the fund left by J. T. Bar Der Beaumont in 1S11, for the 'intellec- tual improvement and rational recreation and amusement for the people living at the East End of London" together with money contributed for the purpose by Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wales, Lord Roseberry, the Duke of Westminster and others was put to the use for which It was set aside so long ago. The realization in the old world metropolis of Besant's s dream is an air castle that came true.
 New York city, the new world metropo- lis may become possessed of a palace of pleasure and delight through a chain of events equally strange. In New York there is just one block which is built over absolutely solid. It Is Madison Square Garden where formerly stood railroad station. For years the city was treated to the amusing spectacle of passenger trains dragged down Fourth avenue by horses because 1t was thought unsafe to use steam power in the heart of the city After the station was moved far ther north, Madison Square Garden be- came famous for its six-day walking con- tests.
 For the present building the best archi- tectural was engaged. Stanford White owed much of his reputation to the fact that he designed Madison Square Garden His name will always be linked with it because it was on it's roof garden that he was shot by Harry Thaw.
 The traditions of the old garden have i. been partly reproduced in the new by the famous six-day annual bicycle races and the indoor athletic meets and games held there. The garden Is famous, too, be- cause it is practically the only building ia America large enough to house Bar