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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-04
Bank of Germany Statement


 Berlin, June 3.-The weekly statement of the Imperial Bank of Germany shows the following changes:
 Cash in hand decreased 37, ,768, 600 marks; {; loans increased 9.3O, 900 marks; discounts increased 72,s9O.0o0 marks; treasury bills decreased 1,2S5.0o0 marks: notes in circula- ton increased 95.6S7, GOO marks: deposits decreased l.22o,oOo marks; gold In hand decTeased 44295,0c0 marks.
 Receipts 3253 against 6sS2 last week and 227e last year. Today's receipts at Gal weston 1927 against H last year; at New orleans 4o4 against 5s3 last year, and at Houston 4s5 against 1Ss last year.
 New orleans. June 3.-Spot closed steady; middling. 1sc up; sales, 445; to ar rive. 46; low ordinary, 3-i6c; ordinary, Sc; good ordinary, 10 7-16c; strict good or dinary, 10 13-16c; low middling. nbc; strict low middling. 111sc; middiing. nAc; strict middling. l2c; good middling. 12Ac; strict good middling, F 7-16c; middling fair. 124c midding fair to fair. 13sc; fair 131kc. Receipts. 4o4; stock, 47,oeo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-04
Metal Market

New York. June 3.-Standard copper strong, spot June, July. August and Sep tember s16.50G17. Electrolytic. 17G17Ac; lake, 171sG17Ac; casting, 16ss416Ac. Gus tom house returns show exports of cop per for the month of May of 32.5S4 tons
 London opened firm, but closed easier with spot quoted at e76 16s Sd; futures. f77 6s 3d Tin: Firm spot s46. 25d46.50; June. s4550Q4s; July, 4.3I11G44721a; Au- gust. s4350d44: Septemper, s43d43.5o; Oc- tober. $42. 75d43.25. Sales 50 tons. June at S45.92h 100 tons. September. s4350: 25 tons, September. s4345; p tons, September. s4s. .421z: 25 tons. September, s432o. London steady spot, e23O los. futures. f1s7 5s
 Lead firm, spot, s4.15G4.30 New York: S41od4. 20 East St. Louis. London, f1s-13s sd. Antimony quiet, Cooksons 800. Iron Cleveland warrants 53s 7lxd in London
 Locally iron was quiet. No. l foundry. northern. sl5.25dl5.75; No. ?. sl475d15.75; No 2, sl475a1575; No. 1. southern. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-04
Memnhis Spot Cotton
Cotton Seed Oil

Memphis, June 3.--Spot cotton steady unchanged for middling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-04
LOCAL SECURITIES

otal sales for the day, 265,5oO shares
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-04
TsIE CLOSING STOCK LIST

Sales High-Low- Close.
The evening world., 1912-01-30
EARNEST is A SYNONYM FOR
SPANKING.

] didn't know what Judge Olmstead
meant by earnest" at frst-whether
the mother WIS to give Q bond OF sign
The evening world., 1912-01-30
COMPTROLLER NOW
IN ARMS AGAINST
|NTERB0R0 OFFER
Company Might as
Well Screw Down Coffin
Lid" Says Prendergast.

THE now offer OF the PETERBOROUGH
Rapid Transit Company to operate the
city subways as extended under she
new plans came to light to-day only
TO be promptly thrown down by Comp
troller prcndcrgast. who was listed as
a supporter OF the company's tender.
The oner was turned over TO the
Comptrollcr by President McAncny.
The Comptroller refused to make II
public. but he promptly said Of IT.
N his IL the last ofcr from the In
terborough. that company might as we'll
screw down tho I'D to- its coffin
MIR. Smiths's incurslon Into this field
has not done a bit OF good"
lie referred to tho statement that Mr..
Shonts~ expected to get assurances from
the officials before making any ormai
offer
Mr.. McAneny arranged to visit the
Public service Commission at II ~ With
Comptroller Prendergast. h Commis.
sion had just closed It's regular meeting.
AZ which nothing VAS done respecting
subways. II faced an cngagcincnt "a
NEE, the Rapid Transit Committee ct
the hoard Of Estimate at ; o'clock when
the sudden engagement was made for
the two officials TO call on Chairman
WILCOX
Commissioners Cram sad:
81 have not attended any OF these
conferences aai ! do not Intend to at
tcnd any Of thc"i. because | believe
that they are unstatutory. besides. !
believe thai these are public matters
and the public has IA right to know
about them.
1T IL a travesty to have u corpora
ton come to public officials and ASK
them to pledge themselves IN secret Go
the support of u subway offer before
n ,s officially mad II they come tn
mo with such n proposition ! VIII tell
them to go to -
The Commissioners didn't name any
| uouulnr summer resort. Nor was u
Helena, ARK. although the name sound
ed something like H.
II am In favor Of going ahead and
building the seventh avenue subway
on the city's own II 1t viii be
Immensely profitable from the begin
ming. and the city can do the lob with
ont the AID OF the PETERBOROUGH"
In othciai circles 1t was freely pre-
dic,cd that the new orer would nevoi
Sc. IN. l!gnt OF day " II depended upoI
/ pledges made In van foi it, pas
sage.
A Joint meeting OF the Rapid Transl
Committee Of the Board OF Estimate
and tho Public. Service Commission
scheduled for 3 O'Clock this afternoon
A this session II Is more than probibl
that the ~lnterborough matter VIII %
discussed.
The evening world., 1912-01-30

Will or Bruno Leasing He rad no
money TO pay the fine. Ach. nein-and
some more "neins."
The boy can stay here Till he gets
the money said the Judge sterniy
Jacobs father capi,alated at this point
to the extent OF asking "how much the
fine would be II he had the money with
him"
Tell him." the Judge replied. TO be
In court Tomorrow prepared to pay "A
fine, and then | will impose It and he
Will know nov much II Is
So Jacob. leaoer OF the Tompkins
Square gang. aged nine. Is In hoe to
Justice until this morn!ng.
Leo kaufman was arraigned for par
~t!c!patins In an all-day battle between
the One Hundred and Twenty -thiru ana
the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth
street gang. Leo pleaded not guilty
and laid he was merely looking on at
the fight.
The evening world., 1912-01-30
COURT PERPETRATEs A LITTLE
JOKE ON The BENCH.

on. l see, a war correspondent"
exclaimed Judge Olmstead with "A
Wrinkle But the testimony convicted
Leo. who was sent home with his faith
er 10 receive an earnest otherwise IA
good hckinG.
The evening world., 1912-01-30
eCELLAR FIRE ROUTS TENANTS
. Explosion In blazing stOrerOom
y Blows Windows Out.

Henry Miller. janitor of the six-story
tenement at No. l6 West Ninetieth
street. opened the door OF a storeroom
IN the basement early to-day and a blast
of flame shot out into his face and took
OF his eyebrows and some OF the skin
and singed his hair.
He slammed the door, and running to
the kitchen turned OFF the gas in the
entire house and called to his wife. who
was ~sprinkling salt on the pavement in
front, to warn the tenants,
Suddenly there was an explosion In
the burning storerooal and all the air
shaft windows were blown out.
The flames went up the airsnaft to the
roof and also through the window of
DR.. Francis Crowley bedroom on the
ground floor. They were close to him
and his wife and their two children
when he awoke and RAJ to the street.
The evening world., 1912-01-30

a pledge or what. But when the boy
and his glum-visaged parent came back
nlteen minutes later ] was made wiser.
Foo this time the Judge beamed mil
ingly at the sni"elling delinquent and
his language was much less judicial.
"Did you get a good iiokin's" he
asked. "Ali right. 90 homo and be
tsttsr boy"
1t IL a big problem the Judges Of
modern Babylon face in the Ch!ldren's
Court-the problem OF the melting
pot" when It boIls over. Fol there
are Juvenile d~elinQuents" Of all races.
and 70 much does each boy embody the
racial traits of his forefathers that II
would be possible to pick olindfolded
the nationality Of the offender from the
nature OF his offense.
The Jewish boys all want to argue
with the Court. and their parents,
standing behind them, supply reinforce.
ment OF logic and pleading whenever
they can achieve a hearing In the babel
OF accusation and defense. There was
first the case of Jacob Goldman, aged
nine, pale. curly-haired and cherubic
In outline. but with a little devil Of
mischief lurking in round. melancholy
brown eyes.
A policeman. who might have held
Jacob almost In the palm of his bi,
nand. testified that Jacob Is the ring.
leader OF a gang OF boys who have
brick and bottle fights" in Tompklns
square. and that Monday at 3.lj pre-
ciscly he had caugnt Jacob r~ed-handed
with his embattled gang In the act OF
throwing a bottle into the retreatns
ranks Of the enemy.
These boys light all the time and
annoy the neighborhood.' volunteered
the big policeman.
Don't tell me anything about, the
neurosis Of that particular neighbor.
hood" Judge Olmstead exclaimed I'M
patiently. Il don't want to hear f..
The same state OF diseased ncrves pre-
walls all over this town. and there ar
boys everywhere to disturb the neu
ro~tic-nouros.s Is u universal disease in
New York. Its the outcome u general
conditions VI .ife here"
The n~ine-year-old Leader of thu
T~onipxins square gang pleaasd
guilty With angelic msexnezs. lie
vsntured to ditsr with his
| a. to the missile he had cmpl. ysd.
~ threw . potato, not a brick" +,
said.
Judge Olmstead was not to be sweryet
by an obvious technically. lie founc
Jacob guilty as charged and imposed d
fine.
Such a clamor as arose from jacob
father. a d!gn.fed, bearded and pros
] porous lookins patriarch. who Nigh
have stepped from the pages Of Fang
The evening world., 1912-01-30


Now. the word juvenile delinquency
covers a multitude OF boy!sh peccadinoeS
also some seriou crimes. Ike picking
pockets and burglary. II you want 10
meet the Artful Dodgers. the Oliver
Twists and Charley Batescs OF modern
Babylon. drop In to the Children's Court
at Third avenue and Eleventh street any
morning at 10 o'clock.
THEY ALWAYS BLAME SOME
BODY ELSE.
Oliver Twists are IN the majority. of
course. The little sons OF Adam es-
tablish their descent at once by blam-
ing somebody else for their plight.
One OF the divers / saw yesterday
was named Morris Cohen. Norris was
fifteen years old, M a young woman
testified that he had snatched her pocx-
| etbook containing $3.50,
Another hoy. a little fellow. took II
and gave II to me to hold" Morris eN-
planned gilbly. "a big boy that lives
under Brooklyn Bridge shove me how
to snatch a pocketbook and to pick
pockets, met him one day n ne
says to me; Why don't you make some
money by snatching po~cketbooks?' III
,o,r, van how for a month and III give
,o, "a mar cent OF all YOU make"
,Sorr.s .dmittsd that. Welding TO
mi, ,,,rr,pg offer. he had stolen
.hr.. r~ockotboor. within thirty
a.. roctet,ng so per cont. of the
contents.
"They all tell the same story" rc-
marked Alexander Lehman, whom the
court assigns as counsel :or all the juve-
The evening world., 1912-01-30

ROME. Jan. 0-Prince Marco An
tonic Colonna. Duke OF Pallano. head
of the historic Italian family and as
sistant to the pontihcal throne, died
yesterday. Tho Pope sent him his apos-
tolic bcnediction.
The evening world., 1912-01-30

exclaimed Judge Olmstead with "A
twinkle. But the testimony convicted
Leo. who vas sent home with his faith
er TO receive an earnest otherwise "a
good licking.
It was very hard to make the
mother OF Isador Frost understand
why, nince she closes her shop on
Saturday. the law should forbid
a from exposing merchandise
for sale on Sunday. Mrs. Frost had
O long argument In volubls Ytddish
with tho Court, n ! confess,
though I don't understand . word
Of Yiddish, that she had me oon-
WINGED 1t the start.
Equally nonplussed by the strange
laws Of her new country was the low
cr!ng. black-halred mother Of Charles
Pulllzzio. Charles. aged nine. black
haired. smouldering black eyes, gorgeous
in a scarlet sweater. was arraiSned FOR
stabbing a playmate with a knife.
Ask the mother OF this boy why she
hasn't brought him to know better thar
to use a knife?" the Court Instructed
the interpreter.
The little olive-skinned. prematurely
old woman stepped forward and began
to talk. Vesuvius opened, spouting a
burning lava OF strange words which
| the Interpreter collected n condensed,
as follows:
She says It was all right. that the
other boy hit him hrst."
| Then, of course. the Judge, through
| the Interpreter. lectured the mother. but
| don't think that little. fiery creature
understands yet why she had 10 take
| her boy. who stabbed only when he
was struck upstairs and 'l!ck' him.
Next came the day In court Of Patrick
and Cornelius kceley. Patrick. aged
twelve. Is a future capitalist. lie has
already "A precocious grasp of the law
0. supply and demand.
For, hearing hat MT. Fritz"
an icemsn, needed some ice tongs.
he and three other boys stole the
tongs Of another iceman n Of
fered them to Mr.. Fritz for sale.
DO you study your catechIsm.
Patrlck?' ran the inQuisitlon.
Yes. sir"
Did you get past the ten command
ments?"
Yes. SIR
''There isn't n commandment. Ii
there, Patrick. which says Thou shalt
not COMMIT; juvenile delinquency"
4 grin Of pure Joy overspFead
Patr!ck's Srimy little countenance.
NO. SIR" he said with an ap2recla'
tive glssle, his small blue eyes Twin
King into the Judges
BOY APPRECIATES THE JUDGES
lIUMOR.
"The catechism says Thou shalt no
s.--l.' doesn't II. Patrick? Think thai
over. For investigation TIL next THURS
day. the Judge added. and Patrick
stlll chuckllng at the Jud IS humor
was led away.
James McVithe. aged thirteen. helC
~ Q drunken man and tried 10 ~
The evening world., 1912-01-30

4 man representing himself a. .

A man representing himself a. .
csnvasssr for the sunday World 10
asfrsudmg people by Offering them
q forty -hvs-piecs dinner set for
which he collects 81 and tells the
peopis the china will be delivered
In . few days.
This man Is a fraud. II he at
tsmpts to canvass any reader Of The
world q policeman should be called
and he should be placed under ar
rest. Notify the Circulation Depart
n.ent OF tho World. telephone Deck
mar 1000.
The swindlsr II about forty-sye
years Of age, rather thin, weighing
about $50 pounds, fvs feet eight
inches In height. smooth shaver,
hair tinsed with gray At sides OF
heaf.
The evening world., 1912-01-30

The Mayor of Modern Babylon" spent his boyhood
on a little farm upstate. which was a very good thing
for the Mayor and. incidentally. for Babylon. too. On IA
farm a small boy may build a bonfire. and In acquiring
dry sticks and logs to keep 1t blazing. perform prodi
giles Of carrying and lifting and dragging. The Mayor
doubtless has built and fed many a bonfire. But II the
Mayor had lived In Babylon In his bonfire days he might
never have been Mayor.
He might have built his bonfire Just the same ant
become a Juvenile delinquent" In the Children's Court
For in modern Babylon one Of the first things a police
man learns Is that boys are born unto evil as thu
The evening world., 1912-01-30

sparks fly upward. And when h sees the sparks he arrests thu juvenile
delinquent and holds him for the Chidrens Court. Quite properly. too. for
modern Babylon doesn't want to 30 up In a general bonfire. Rome took the
novelty off that performance.
The bonfire has n O place in a big city. but. then, neither has the boy,
and because the boy is here, and the bonfire and other normal delights Of
boyhood are forbidden, we have the Childrens Court. with from sixty to
ninety cases Of Juvenile delinquency" every morning.
Rows and rows and rows OF boys. ranging In age from Ave to fifteen.
crouching, solemn little fellows with dirty faces. unkempt shocks of hair,
a cleared space IN each cheek indicating a recent light shower OF tears. but
in the above all the sparkling mischief OF bcyhood and al eager.
unmistakabe interest in the novelty Of being In court for juvenile den.
The evening world., 1912-01-30
Study of Character as 1t Is Developed in the Small
Boy, Who Delights in BOnfres, Fights Gang
Battles With Bottles, SLashes His As
saiIant and Steals or Runs AWay
and Shoots Craps.

Then There Is the Rich Boy Who Has So Many
Tutors and Gouernesses to Keep Him from FOL-
tOWing His Bent that He Doesn't Euen
Haze the Fun of Going to the
Children's Court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-25

and that then, he with others. would
be invited to submit bids. There was
regret that the proposition could not
be grasped at once. as there was
promise of a saving OF several hun
dred. and possibly more than $1,000
on II
Pursuant TO plans outlined in an IN
formal session some few weeks ago,
the commission will soon further plans
for the project. thereby taking a step
toward the further protection OF the
hill district OF the city against fire
damage.
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS.
On motion OF Commissioner VI. T.
Rudgren, the commission adopted a
resolution for a loan of $4,000 from
the six banking institutions OF the
city. The ordinance calls for a dis
tribution among the banks as follows:
Peoples National bank, $500; Rock
Island National bank, Rock Island
Savings bank. State bank, Central
Trust and Savings bank and German
Trust and Savings bank each $500.
Further financial transactions out Of
the ordinary weekly and semi-monthly
payrolls included an allowance OF
s2,303.5s as payment 10 the NatIoual
/ City bank Of Sioux City. Iowa, for notes
and interest on the East End park
tract, and $500 as interest on water
certificates, due the First National
bank Of Chicago.
A plat Of Walnut Grove addition,
submitted by the owners, Ralph W.
Lamont and Er. Brien, was adopted
on motion OF Commissioner r. r. Rey,
nolds. The addition is between FIT.
teenth and Sixteenth streets and fronts
on Twenty-eighth street.
WANTS TO MAKE SWAP.
F. W. Sauerman, through his attor
ney, H. f. Curtis, submitted a deed
for some property on Twenty-fourtt
street near Fourteenth avenue, which
he proposes TO trade to the city fol
a strip fronting on his property. Mr.
Sauerman wishes to build on a certain
lot nearby and in order 10 give a sym
metrical outline to the locality, desires
10 give a strip TO the city, 70 he USED
as a passageway, not an alley, and
10 receive in return a strip which
shall not cut his lots. A motion Il
lay the matter over was carried.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-25
LOCAL COMPANY
SHOWS PLAN FOR
ELEVATED TANK
M. H. Kanary, President Rock
Island Bridge & Iron Works
Addresses Commission.
DEFER ACTION ON MATTER
City Fathers Borrow Money, Pay Por
ton Of East End Park Debt and
Hear OF Propositions

In order 20 get in on the ground floor
for the erection OF an elevated stand
pipe in connection with the Rock Is
land reservoir system, ". II. Kanary,
president OF the Rock Island Bridge
and Iron works. a new local Industry
that shows great promise for future
expansion and worth, yesterday after
noon mapped out plans whereby he
proposed 10 erect the elevated struc-
ture at an approximate cost Of $500.
a sum far smaller than the commission
had hoped for However. Mr.. Kan.
ary's plans embodied propositions
which cannot be met because of vari.
Gus conditions, and he like others
must bide the time when the com
mission advertises for bids for the
stand pipe.
CAPACITY 100000 GALLONS.
The plans for the standpipe as pre-
pared BY Mr.. Kanary call for a struc
ture slightly higher than 100 feet, SUP
ported and strengthened with s.eel
The capacity of the proposed tank is
900 gallons. which would be ample
TO meet the needs OF the city. Mr.
Kanary's proposition was gone through
from beginning to end by the commits
sion and after that, the bridge com
pany president was Informed that tins
commission would soon be prepared
10 begin plans for the Improvement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-25

vert under the viaduct near Fortieth
street
Mayor Schriyer offered a resolution
that the ordinance Just read, the title
Of which is above set forth. be consid-
cred. Carried by unanimous vote.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-25

Mayor Schriyer offered a resolution
that the ordinance for the paving Of
Twentieth street from Fourth TO Sew
enth avenue, be adopted. Carried by
unanimous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren offered a res
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-25

limits. and from Tenth avenue to
Eighteenth avenue, also providing for
an outlet north On Forty-third s1reet>to
Sixth avenue, west on Sixth avenue to
Fortieth street and nortn on Forieth
street 10 Railroad avenue 10 the cul-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-25

olution that sleight & Goodmanson be
allowed $3.50 for auditing, as per their
contract Carried by unanimous vote.
Adjourned on motion Of Commission
e. Reynolds.
NJ. T. RUDGREN, City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-25
$766 O5

Commissioner Rudgren offered a res
olution that H. ] Schwecke be allowed
So; b. Schmidt. s2IO. and Hartz &
Bahnsen company, s413.57 Carried by
unanimous vote
Mayor SChriyer read a report. signed
by all the members OF the board of
local Improvements, recommending the
adoption Of an ordinance providing for
the construction Of certain sewers on
certain streets and avenues from
Thirtyeighth street east TO the city
limits, and from Tenth avenue TO Eigh-
teenth avenue; also providing for an
outlet north On Forty-third street to
Sixth avenue, west on Sixth avenue to
Forueth street and north on Fortieth
street 10 Railroad avenue and west on
Railroad avenue to the oulver1 under
the visduct near Fortierh street. To-
Sether with the city engineers esti-
mate OF the probable cost of said i'm
proyemeat in amount Of s24,s2O.
Mayor Schriver offered a resolution
that The city engineers estimate of
the cost OF the above described i'm
pTovenent is a fair and reasonable
one and that the same be approved
Carried b. unanimous vote.
Mayor SChriyer read an ordinance
entitled An ordinance providing for
-he construction Of certain sewers on
certain streets and avenues from
! 7 hiTiy- eighth street east to the city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-25

Commissioner Rudgren offered an
ordinance which was Immediately con-
sidered and adopted by unanimous
vote, allowing the weekly pay roll for
week ending June IS. 1912, in amount
of s766.05. as follows:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-25
CONFEDERATE BALL IN RICH
MOND

Que OF the most brilliant balls OF the
spring season in Richmond will be that
kiyen by the Richmond Chapter.
United Daughter OF the Confederacy.
at the Masonic Temple, on the night
OF May IA. 1t will be brilliant event
from every standpoint. Tue women
will be gownei in costumes OF the
period between 1850 and 1860, and
it is requested that all veterans, sons OF
veterans and members OF any military
organizations attending the ball will be
present in their uniforms. Mrs: Will
liam Robert Vawter is chairman OF the
ball. The hall will be decorated with
Confederate flags and red and white
flowers, ADD distinguished company
OF people have been asked to receive
the guests. Gallery space will be re-
served for those who wish to look on at
this spectacular affair, and the ball
will be opened With a Crane march, aud
only square dances will be danced.
A buffet supper will he served at eleven
o'clock.