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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12

cieres and heavyweight operators who
train together are in a more hopeful
mood.
As evidence of this, the money market
situation is softening and preparations
are being rushed by those 'in the know
10 put through arrangements for the re-
adjustment of short term issues of seeuri-
ties for the raising of fresh capital They
do not anticipate much difficulty in put
ting through their plans for the acquire
ment of needed capital. but in order to
remove all elements of doubt they made
a mistake in doing short time financing
during the past four or five years, as in
terest rates have been steadily increasing
and prices for bonds as definitely decin-
Ing. The prodigious imitation of gold
which is endlessly going on is a force
which cannot be controlled and is operat-
Ing relentlessly for the further increase
in the cost of living and in the cost of
everything the people have to buy. The
reflex movement of this great force is as
memorable as the tide. 1t is shown In the
steady downward price of securities hav-
ing limited earning power
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
MARKET RAPIDLY
GETTING READY
TODO SOMETHING
Rank and File of Spectators
Confess Themselves to
Be at Sea
MONEY TRUST PROBE
VERY DISQUIETING
Committee Is Now Beginning to Un-
earth Some Things Which the
General Public Is Not Ex-
pected to Know
BY w. G. NICHOLAS

New York, January 11.-(Special. )-The
market is clearly getting ready to do
something. 1t has been hanging fire for
weeks varying the monotony by an oc-
casional furry lasting for a few days,
but really getting nowhere. Latterly. un-
derlying conditions appear to have been
improving, but at the same time the sur
face developments are disturbing and the
rank and file of traders and spectators
confess themselves to be at sea, almost
as much as they were so days ago. The
banking element, however, and the fnan-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
EXPENDITURES ON H0STILITIES
BETWEEN BALKAN STATES
AND TURKEY IS ESTIMATED
AT s152, 2,350,O00

London. January n-tSpecial.A ono
hundred and fifty-two million, three hum
dred and fifty thousand dollars Is the
cost of the Balkan war up to date. ae-
cording TO statistics compiled by the
Economist
These staggering figures the journal
states, represent the sum that has been
lost during the actual fighting and that
without reckoning In the wounded and
the dead. I'VE should fear adds the
ECONOMIST" that Bulgaria must have
lost in this way, at least $1,000 OF its
manhood and Turkey perhaps 100000. II
the cost of mobilization and the expenses
which runNon during the armistce were
added. the actual financial deficit caused
by the war of the five states might al
ready run up to $4,000. .00O'
These figures which, if anything, prob
ably are under the mark, are arrived
at as follows by the journal which fur
Hishes them:
sshegan hostilities on October :, while
Turkey declared war against Servia and
bulgaria on October H. Up to the time
when the armistice was signed, therefore,
on December 8. Montenegro has been at
war for Sc days and Bulgaria and Ser
via for AZ days. Greece has not signed
the armistice, and has now been at wal
for GA DAYS; while Turkey has been fight
ing with one or more of the combat
ants for "a days. For 26 days, however,
she was faced by only one opponent
and for purposes of comparison we must
therefore reduce the period OF full wal
expenditure, since her whole army was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12

,,ora CLEARLY defined and more merciless
The list of "undesirables" who have had
their lives crushed out is long one
There was no hope for them after they
had incurred the ill-will of the combina-
ton in control.
This is a cold, hard fact, which will
not be denied by anybody who is famil-
lar with the inside of the financial dis
trict of New York "Undesirables have
no show from the moment they get IN
wrong, either by accident or through self
will and obstinate refusal to wear the
yoke. After the late Mr.. Keene had lost
two or three fortunes, he abandoned the
field with the sad admission that he
| could not hope to combat on even terms
with the powers that had grown up
around a small group of banks and trust
| companies. He found 1t impossible to
keep his purposes and plans from being
widely known. Morse, the Ice man;
Thomas Heinze and dozens of others.
paid the penalty. John w Gates paid
| s20OOO,O00 for his lesson and was only al
! lowed TO escape on promise to be good.
| The Reid Moore group survived after a
| battle that lasted 10 years or more and
then only after establishing the fact that
they were men of extraordinary ability
and unsupported resources. Mr. Leeds,
one of the party, was frightened into de-
serting his associates in the midst of a
| hard campaign. He retired with $3o,OOO,-
| 600 and died a year or two afterwards.
The records are full of the graves of men
who failed to make headway against the
money trust.
Turn Down Lovett Plan
| The action of the supreme court in
| turning down the Lovett plan for dispos-
| ing of the Southern Pacific assets in the
treasury of Union Pacific has been a
very disturbing factor in the stock mar
ket and in the entire financial district.
The bare possibilities that, $500, 100000 to
| $500, 100000 in money and credit might be
tied up for an indefinite period on ac-
| count of this Union Southern Pacific
| trouble has done much to disturb and
distress the market. To go into stocks
while this big issue remains unsettled
| strikes many investors and spectators
| like buying into a law suit They prefer
| to hold off until this and other disturbing
matters are out of the way. The SUI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12

preme court is clearly not satisfied with
the results of the dismemberment of the
Standard Oil and Tobacco trusts. In
both of these cases the disntegrated
parts of the busted trusts are worth
double the money the parent companies
were worth before the decisions were
handed down. At the same time prices
of the products of the trusts have ad-
vanced 80 to 100 per cent This showing
has made the trust busting efforts of the
supreme court and the administration
look ridiculous to many and the criticism
to which the court and the attorney gem
eral have been subjected has unquestion-
! ably got under the skin of some very
distinguished people in Washington. In
| the disintegraton of the Hartman rail-
roads. the supreme court and the ad-
ministration will endeayor 10 avoid rep
etition of the Standard Oil and Tobacco
trust fiasco. The street awaits the out
come with undisguised interest, for upon
the outcome will depend the price course
| of many securities.
An incident ef sentimental interest was
the election of>~Mr. Robert Garrett of
Baltimore to the place made vacant in
the directory of the Baltimore and Ohit
railroad. The CARROTS have not been ac-
tive in the Baltimore and Ohio since II
entered upon the early stages of reor-
! ganization, although members of the
family have retained large interests In
the property Mr.. Robert Garrett. who Is
a grandson of the famous John w. Gar
rett, is believed to be the largest individ-
ual stockhoder in the road and his en-
trance into the official family is accepted
as evidence of willingness on his part
/ to assume responsibilities In connection
with the active management of the prop
erty in which he has been passive through
a long period. Mr.. Garrett is very
wealthy man and of a standing that will
add strength to the board of directors
| With the retirement of Mr.. Rea from the
Baltimore and Ohio directory the Penn
| sylvania will have representation OF
the board of two members instead oil
| three as heretofore.
| The copper stocks seem to be on stills
/, although specialists in that group of Sc.
curities Indignantly deny that the mar.
Set Is held up artifeially They insist
that active stocks will sell very much
! higher within the year and that con-
sumption will again overtake production
Just at present the tide is running the
other way, however. and the public Is
| fighting shy of securities of the mining
| companies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
BALKAN WARS COST is
MORE THAN $15O,OOO,OOO

not engaged against Greece or Monte
negro II will perhaps be fair to allow
Turkey "a days"
The number of combatants Is esti-
mated at: Bulgaria 100000 men, Servia
100000 Greece 10000, Montenegro 40O0e.
and Turkey 100000, and thus taking the
average cost of one man at $3.50 a day,
the total expenditure is worked out as
follows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Days of
1Mn-n
SIS. .356,NN

Total .....1 ,090, 900 Sl52 35i 600
But even the colossal figure arrived at
by adding to this sum the costs of nobi-
lzation and the interim expenses during
the armistice does not. according to .he
Economists" statistician give a compre-
hensive view of the whole financial cost
entailed by the war. Partial mobiliza-
tion in Austria Hungary" he declares. 'is
costing the country about $250,OO0 per day
above the normal expenses for the army
and navy and a vote from SO to 30 mil
lion dollars is to be asked for to NEE.
this. In addition, grievous suffering is
being caused to the wives and families
of the men who have been called up.
We suppose that a somewhat similar
financial loss is being incurred by Russia.
To complete the picture. We would have
to take into consideration the financial
cost of the credit troubles to which mer-
chants and business men have been sub
lected during the past two months. In
Austria and southeastern Europe a dis
astrous slump has occurred. and business
failures have become exceptionally nu-
merous.
''Ffnanciers and investors the writer
concludes, must expect in the coming
year public loans totalling in all perhaps
$500 100000 to repair the losses caused by
war and mobilization in the five states,
as well as in Russia, Austria and Italy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Compels Continuous Readjustmen

This tremendous imitation is one great
underlying factor of the widespread un-
easiness and unrest that is felt in all the
money centers of the civilized world. 1t
compels a continuous readjustment of
business and values to conditions that are
never settled. The foundations are in
cessantly changing. The wisest financers
and students of money and business can
not agree as to how and when the pre-
vailing unsettled status of big affairs will
reach final adjustment. Such being the
case, it is no wonder that the common
people are at sea and cannot reach a sat
isfactory judgment as to what is best to
do with available capital. The country
has made sufficient headway during the
last year to justify very much higher
prices for the general stock list. but with
matters so frightfully unsettled there is
no assurance that the market will rise
to permanently higher levels. Mere sur
face opinion as to the market tendency
his ceased to be of value. The most in
fiuential and experienced men in Wall
street have never been so hesitant as tc
the market future. although the common
expectation is that between now and mid
summer Quotations will be considerably
higher. AS to the sustaining power, thai
is different proposition. 1t constitutes
the gamble
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-12
Stirred By Money Investigation


Despite professions to the contrary, the
population of Wall street is terribly
stirred UP over the money trust investi2a-
ton, being conducted by the Pujo COM
mittee under direction of the crafty Mr..
Untermyer. The inquisitors are beginning
to uncover actual conditions and expose
the rottenness of Wall street methods.
The men who have been piling up coos-
sal fortunes by the flotation of securities
and the manipulation not only of the
stock market but of the capital in con-
trol of the banks are decidedly uncom-
forta BILE. They do not like the idea of
exposure of the schemes whereby they
took advantage of every chance for per-
sonal advantage with the money other
people had reposed to their keeping and
trusteeship.
According to the Wall street ethics 1t
has been considered entirely proper to use
trust money to personal ends, and that
has been going with unrestricted IL
cense for nearly half century, the vol
ume and force of the movement increas-
ing year by year. 1t looks now as though
the power of concentrated money might
be reduced, although the combination is
seemingly invincible.
No picture of the actual power and op-
erations of the money combination can
be overdrawn, and nothing which can be
revealed by Congress investigation can
reach the bottom or measure the extent
OF the stupendous manipulation of "otheF
peoples money for the personal advan-
tagc of those IN charge of the keys to a
dozen banks and trust companies. The
exposure which is now going on promises
cobfNsion, however, to the big interests
and may eventually effect reforms.
Known for Years
The existence of a money trust is being
proved to the understanding of the multi
tudes. 1t has been known and felt in
Wall street for many years. No individ-
ual or ordinary combination of men can
hope to do business without the known
approval of a small handful of insiders -
This combination is unrelenting in its OPP
position to 'undesirables." AS the power OF
the so-called money trust has grown
more tangible its methods for the en-
forcement of discipline have become
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
MCDOWELL CLUB FESTIVAL
A New Play, Music and a Page.
ant for the Programme.

The announcement of the Christmas
festival Of the MacDowell Club on Tues
day evening. December l6 has brought
that organization into considerable public
notice. A new one-act play by Alfred
Noyes and a new poem by Percy Mac
kaye will be heard for the first time;
tableaux representing famous pictures.
arranged by John w. Alexander. will rep
resent painting. and the Mendelssohn
Glee Club, under the direction Of its new
conductor. Louis Koemmenich. will repre-
sent music. These features, In connec-
ton with the historical pageant. serve to
emphasize fact which Is often mlsun-
derstood, that the MacDowell Club is not
by any means soHly a musical organiza-
ton The Mcdowell Club calls itself "a
club Of the allied arts" and It's purpose
as stated in Its certificate of incorpora-
tion, is TO discuss and demonstrate the
principles Of the various arts, TO extend
the public knowledge of the finer ex-
amples and to promote a sympathetic
understanding of the relation Of the arts
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
STOCK AND ONE-WEEK HOUSES.

Believe Me, Xantippe," the Frederick
Ballard farce that ran three months IN
the Thirty-ninth Street and Comedy thea
tres, is the attraction at the West End
Theatre this week. The production Is the
same, with John Barrymore and Mary
Young heading the cast. In the cast sup
porting John Barrymore and Mary Young
are Alonzo Price. Henry Hull, NJ. Teno
Webb, Herbert Russell, Teddy La DUO
Harry Bender, Alpha Byers and Katne
rine Harris Barrymore There VIII be az
extra matinee Thanksgiving Day, WIZ
the regular matinees Wednesday and SAL
urday.
Thomas f. Shea, the popular character
actor, will present at the Prospect IneA'
tire next week three plays from his repe'
tory-"The Whirlpool" The Bells anu
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" The tnree
plays will be divided. On Monday anu
Thursday nights and at the TuesaA'
Thursday and Saturday matinees in'
Whirlpool will be the bill, and on iue''
day night and Friday matinee and ns~
1.-THE Bells" will be presented, while w.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde will be seen w
Wednesday and Saturday nights only
For Thanksgiving week at the fo's
Theatre Ready Money" the jams.
Montgomery comedy that ran for eisn.
months In the Maxine Elliott Theatre 'A''
year, will be the attraction.
Dw,a - ~
served as a vehicle for Helen ware VIZ
originally produced, will be the attra0u
at the Harlem Opera House TINS
Lotta Linthicum and Ramsey vans
will appear In the principal roles
"Life's Shop Window" a dramatiSauO'
OF the book of the same title by uhe
thor, Victoria Cross, will be the attra9.S.
at the Academy OF Music Throughout -
week. beginning with matinee on "U ~.
day. Theodore Friebus and fri''
Knowles will have the leading roles
Richard Bennett will return 10 "a
York in Damaged Goods" at the
Opera House next week after tour ~.
the Middle West In addition 10
Wednesday and Saturday matinees s.s
will be an extra matinee on Thankssr
Day. Mr.. Bennett will be supporteu -.
the same company which was seen ,u,,
him during the New York run. .,o
Adrienne Morrison (Mrs. Richard ben' =.
continues In the role OF The Girl I'D
last act.
The Wadsworth Players will prov,
Madame Sherry the week OF NovoD<
"a. with an augmented cast OF pia's.,
This Is the first musical Offering Oh ua.
dramatic stock company. Florence ,,,f
tenhouse. the leading woman, WIZ
the prima donna rok
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
CURRENT ATTRACTIONS
Plays and Musical Comedies That Continue Achieving Record
Runs-One Newcomer the List-Changes
in the Stock Theatres

with Barney Bernard and Alexander
Carr.
TO-DAY" by George Broadhurst and
Abraham 5. Schooner, at the Fcrty-eighth
Street Theatre.
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEn," 3
moving picture drama, at the Bijou.
"AT BAY" a new melodrama Of thrills
by George Scarborough, at the Thirty
ninth Street Theatre, with Chrystal
Herne and Guy Standing.
THE PRINCESS THEATRE presents
four new one-act plays, The Bride, The
Black Mask" EN- Deshabille." and
Fear"
AMERICA" a huge spectacular sue.
cess, at the Hippodrome, with many elab-
crate features.
"PRUNELLA," a fantasy with music
by Laurence Housman and Granville
Barker. music by Joseph Moorat, at The
Little Theatre. with Marguerite Clark
and Ernest Glendinning.
THE PLEASURE SEEKERS .
musical production by Edgar Smith and
4. Ray Goetz, at the Winter Garden.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
A NEW PASSION PLAY
TX. R., ," a Russian Grand Duke,
Author of "The King of Judea.'

Grand Duke Constantine Constantine
witch. who has become known to the
Russian literary world as *. r." by his
translations OF Schiller and Shakespeare,
and whose lyrics rank among the most
popular in his country, has completed a
passion play which will have its first
performance before a select audience
next month at the imperial winter resi-
dence.
The fact that the Car and members OF
his household have attended the readings
and the rehearsals despite opposition on
the part Of the holy synod has caused
much speculation in political circles as TO
whether the play will ever be witnessed
by the public. Officers of the imperial
guard. I'm whom the royal author has
discovered dramatic talent, have been
cast for the male parts, except that Of
Joseph, which the author will play. The
female parts have been assigned TO mem
bers of the Court Theatre, and a board
of censors will be present at the initial
performance to determine whether the
play is sacriligious," according to the
Holy Synod. or highly moral. instruc-
tive and elevating," according to the ex-
pressed view Of the grand duke.
The play" says a writer to whom it's
features were revealed, lis plainly the
story of the Saviour. The text is kept
wonderfully in harmony with the Bible
and the scenes are devoid OF anything
foreign to the Holy Writ. There are five
acts and six scenes. In the last OF
these the tidings from the grave of Jesus
destroy the doubts of the non-believers.
and with shouts of Joy and songs OF
thanksgiving they proclaim the crucfied
one the Son of God.
''The music for the play. which has the
title The King of Judea,' was written
by Glazounow and forms an important
feature Of the work"
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
ELMENDoRF LECTURES ON JAVA.

Dwight Elmendorf will present Java"
as his fifth travel talk, descriptive OF a
visit to "the other side OF the world"
at Carnegie Hall tonight and to-mor-
row afternoon. Mr.. Elmendorf has
found Java an island of wonderful pict-
uresqueness, and his views include the
old town OF Batavia, with its crowded
bazaars and streets. and visit to Butt
enzorg. the Versailles of the island
Among the many motion pictures Will
be those showing the volcanoes OF Bro
mo and Smeroe in eruption; the strange
native dances, the market and streat
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
TRAFFIC IN SOULS FILM.

Traffic In Sours.'' the moving picture
based upon the Rockefeller white
slave" report and upon the grand jury
investigation undertaken by District At
torney Whitman, will be presented at
Weber's Theatre for a limited engage
ment beginning tomorrow. Two per-
formances will be given each afternoon
and one in the evening. 1t is announced
that the picture was produced by the
Universal Film Company, at cost OF
nearly 10000 and 500 actors are used
to depict the 700 scenes.
New-York tribune., 1913-11-23

to one another. thus carrying out the
life ideal of Edward Mcdowell
The work Of the club Is exemplihed not
only by the programme OF the Christmas
festival but by the use TO be made OF the
proceeds. There is I'm New Hampshire a
colony of artists, sculptors. writer's and
musicians working In Peterborough. To
this colony the MacDowell Club sends
every year a representative, who Is chosen
in recognition OF some distinguished
work. The recipient of this scholarship
is selected on the basis of his talent not
on the basis of his need. and stays
throughout the summer in Peterborough,
working in his chosen field.
The same committee maintains every
year fellow at Harvard 10 study play
wrighting. and has often given assist
ance TO young writer's painters or mu-
sicians in emergency. The Drama
League OF America had its beginning In
the MacDowell Club, when, several years
ago, the committee on drama started the
practice OF seeing the new plays and
supporting those of the better class by
informing its membership which ones
has now grown enormously, with the
resulting national institution.
1t is difficult to obtain much de-
tailed information as yet about the
coming festival, as those in authority
are not inclined TO talk. 1t may be
stated, however. that the Noyes play Is
under the management of Mary Shaw
and under the stage direction Of Rex
Stovel. The pageant will present Amer
lea In the Making" and America, tho
Melting Pot" and will be elaborately Co.'S
TUNED and arranged. The personnel will
include large number OF artists, among
whom will be Robert Henri, George Bel
lows, Louis Mora and Ben All Haggin.
The festival will be open to the public,
and tickets may be obtained from Benja-
min Prince at the MacDowell Club house.
No 10s West 55th street