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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-27
.UMP|RES HAVE EASY
 TIME COMP AIRED ID
 OLD ROWDY DAYS
Veteran Pitcher Accounts Many Trying Experiences of the Dim Days of
 the Past

Believe me- said Pitcher Leon Ames of the Cincinnati Reds. these are soft days for the umpres. compared with what they what they used to get dozen years ago.
 "f distinctly remember tand 1 have heard t is almost the same way now) how games between Troy and Albany used to be scenes of war and carnage Car mage. especially for the. umplres One afternoon 1 recollect the Trojan mob pur- suing an umpire into the Hudson river, which ran right behind the ball psiK He swan out to the middle of tho river found a sandhar and sought refuge on it. but soon found himself within rock range from the shore. The bricks and bottles began to rain round him: every time missile would almost cop nim he'd disappear into the river and stay there till he thought they'd lost his location. when he'd pop up-and into the water would splash another proIectile. Finally. he must have given 1t up as bad Job. He vanished completely. and didn't come up again. As I never heard of his body being found. l figure he swam down stream under water till out of the firing zone and then swan safe ashore.
 Another time, at Albany. the mob took after an umpire named Popkay. My club had just climbed a trolley car to depart when this umpire rushed madly on board. announced by a storm of bricks. The next moment came tempest of rocks that sent us all to the floor of the car and didn't leave one solitary window whole. Naturally, we suggested that 1t might be advisable to start the car on it's way, but some rioter rushed the car long enough to throw the trolley off and there We stayed under fire. The car was like a photograph of Louvain when the com ductor, amid the storm of bricks. he-o- ically crawled out and reconnectcd the works, after which we went away from there with considerable rapdity.
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kansas CitY Grain

Kansas c1ty, May 26.-Wheat: No 2 hard, s1.47@1 AZ; No red, sl. 45dll. 451b. Corn; No. mixed. 73c; No. ? white, 75c; No. yellow, 741aGp75c Oats: No. ? white, 6olld6lc; No. mixed, 4s@4sc.
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Georgia State League

Thomasville 5, Dothan i uo innings). Gainesville 4-0 Brunswick 2-2. valdosta ?. Waycross 0
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, May 26.-wheat: No. red sl A; No. hard, s1 4SGt 49a4; July, s1.2lA. Corn; No. ?, 761ac No. white, 77Q77lac July, 75ssc. Oats: No. 2 nominal; No. 9 white. 54c; July. 471fc.
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ALBANY CROWDS
 ROUGH ON IJMPIRES

Into this same eventful league car1e one day an umpire named Hassett. A few days after his advent, at Utica. think 1t was, the players chaneed to note that he always brushed the dust off the plate with his hand, never thinking about using broom. Next game. the plate was quite thick with dust, and Umpire Hassett seemed actually peeved when. cn brushing it off with his hand according to his custom, he encountered five or six tobacco qulds. He arose. very majest- cally, and announced that tho next man concealng quid on the homs plate would be fined $25, and when the unbelev- Ing athletes wanted to know how he would pick the guilty ones he said he'd compare the tooth prints on the quid with the dental equipment of the players till he found the right party
 Day so later Hassett was bending low sweeping off the plate, when Eddie Fifleld, the oldtime pitcher. began to warm up and cooly whizzed a couple near Hassett's head The batter was standing at the plate. stick in hand, and waiting for the call of time. Fifield shot one over and didn't miss Hassetts head by two inches. Hassett calmly looked mp and around. jerked his left hand in air. and shouted, One ball. Fifleld laughing at the joke sent in another. Two balls. said Hassett Fifeld pitched again; it caught Hassett right above the ear as he was rising rom the plate ana iSnockeu him cold. And when he came to he gave the batsman q base for being hit by a pitched ball"
 "I'll never forget said Wade Killefer, when I first horned into the American league how I first saw and heard Tim Hurst umpiring. Herman Schaefer was at bat: Hurst called a fierce one on him. and without waiting for further action. lit out for first base, with Schaefer. like raging lion surging at his heels. Tim outran Herman to first, whrled as he passed the foul line and then. pointing one finger sternly at the pursuing Schae- fer, thundered: Not wan inch farther On your life, not wan inch farther! And Schaefer stopped stone still"
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Chicago Grain

Chicago. May 2s.-wheat: No. red. s1 .50ai .5S: No. ? hard, sl 50G1 5Si4. Corn: No. yellow. 76@76i4c. Rye: No. ?, s1.171s Barley, 73q79c. Timothy, $5G8.s5 Clover $ .5oa12 75 Pork, sl7.95. Lard. So. 65d9 67. Ribs, $9. .S70l1o ST.
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Creamery Products Creamery, Butter-32hc: process butter, 261kc; oleomargarine 14022c Full Cream cheese-17kc; imported Swiss, 35c; Pimento. dozen. $1.35.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yankees Humbled Again

Chicago. May 26.--A perfect throw to the plate by John Collins in the ninth inning enabled Chicago to win their eighth straight victory today, when they defeated New York, to 6. Mullen was on third, and Maisel on second with two out, when Pipp singled to right. Both attempted to score but Collins perfect throw to the plate caught MaiseI. retiring the side.
 Chicago played an uphill game, ana went ahead of New York by punching their hits when thee customers be- came unsteady. Faber, who had won seven straight games, retired, and scott pitchd Chicago to victory. The batting of Pipp and the fielding of J. Collins and Weaver were features. Score:
 R. H. D. New York .....010 021 011-6 II 3 Chicago 100 001 41'-7 10 8 Batteries: Heating and Sweeney; Fa- Der, Cicotte, Scott and Schalk
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Spot Cotton
The Iron Market
Poultry and Eggs

TftfIS-IfC. Turkey gobblers-15c; hens. 2oc. Broilers-30@40c ID. Ducks-15c lb. Guneas-30c. Young Roosters-S5c. Old Roosters-30c Geese-No sale. Fresh country eggs, 15c; graded carton eggs, 170D1Sc
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Tigers Win

Detroit May 28.-Seven of Detrofts eight hits. coupled with three of Wash ington's errors, enabled the Tigers to win today's game. 10 to 5. Detroit punched three hits in the third inning, and three more in the fourth. Ainsmith had a finger split by foul tip from Young's bat in the third inning. George Burns, the Detroit first baseman. who was stricken with appendicitis during the training trip, played his first game of the season, replacing Kavanaugh, who was injured yesterday Score:
 R. H. E. Washington ~ 900 100 400--5 10 8 Detroit 104 300 00s-10 Batteries Shaw, Hopper, Engle, Gal lie and Ainsmith. Williams; Dubuc and Stanage.
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Meats


 Meats Extra Ribs-12.571kc Bellies-12.771kc. Boston Butts--14c. Pork Lons--16c. Breakfast Bacon-23c Spare Ribs-1Oc. Regular Hams-17c. Skinned Hams-17c. Pure Lard-11Mc; compound. slsc
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Fish

Perch-S1ac. Salt Water Trout-1115c. Blue Catfish-7c. Red Snapper-911tkQ110c Cray Snapper-5c. Mullet-6c. Shrimp-10c. Spanish Mackerel-10111c.
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Naval Stores

Savannah, Ga. May 26.-Turpentine firm, 42h @4ac: sales. 433; receipts. ss4. shipments. IA; stock. 22.125. Rosin nrm;a sales, 1895; receipts. 1519; ship fnents. $50; stock, 5S.132. Quote: A, F. S3,75@2'S6; c. D. $s.00@s.05: E. $3.10@ St6: F. &S.15@3.2o; c, $3.17h @s.20; H. tS;20; $a20@325; K, $40: M, $4; N, H,so; WG. $5.40; wv. $5.50.
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Cotton Seed Oil

II New York. May 26.-Further liouida- ' itdn Induced by the prohibition of ex- ennnuR into Holland, weakened cotton neifdto to lowest prices of the season t6day. Bear pressure was also in eyi naqce and some selling by refiners. Last prices were to points net lower. Sales. a3s9o0 barrels. Spot, 6.15@6 4oc: May. 6.20@ 6.40c; June, 6.30@6.33c: July. E42@ 6.44c; August, 6.57@65sc; Septem- Der. 6.66 @6.67c; October. 6.66@6.esc;
 November. e57@ 6ssc; December. 6.67@ ft39c; total sales, 13,700.
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Metal Market

New York, May 26.-Lead, s4271k04. 3,ls. Spelter unquoted At London, lead e20 5s @t2l ss 3d. Spelter f73. Copper, SIS. 75o1 ls. I'm quiet; five-ton lots, ss763S. 1rul, quiet and unchanged. At London snot copper 976 15s; futures, a77 15s Spot tin. El62; futures. e162; futures, a1s1 los.
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Sugar Market

New York. May 2e.-Raw sugar
 steady. Centrifugal. 4s9c; molasses X A12rc refined steady. Sugar futures r 17 44rl lng the fo'.noon ruled about un- rIarl sd from ,5sterday. Futures closed SIoan ', pethts higher to points N1cs ssrs sales. 1850 tons; May. ss1c; July. Ca ,fc; Septfmber, 4.1sc; December, 8. .95c
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New Orleans Cotton Futures
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Half holidays on Friday afternoons for clerks have been granted by 0adsden merchants from June IS to August Y.
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MineOla jail.

SO far MS the criminal who killed
himself In the Nassau county jail last
Week was concerned, his elimination
from worldly affairs was u distinct
gain for society, in that II removed a
man Of capacity and dangerous dis
position who would stop at no violent
and lawless deed to achieve his am
billions. hut the time and manner Of
his death inflicted a serious injury
on the community. and exposed the
peace officers OF the county as inefi-
Client AMI incompetent. II not worse.
By rendering impossible u continu-
nee OF his examination By detectives,
this man was able 10 protect his o N
%federates. II he had any. make highly
difficult IL not impossible the tracing
Of his movements. obstruct the In.
Qulry into the source Of his money
supply. and generally to render hard
the clearing up OF the mystery that
surrounds his whole career. The AS
SuulIVIOu tudt lie WOIktu WItuout ut-
completes. while truly comforting. IL
not easy to accept; indeed. It will not
be credited until 1t j. supported by
evidence satisfactory to the reason. II
he had coworkers. the final closing Of
his life contributed materially to their
safety.
1t IL this. and no consideration Of
the miserable fate Of the man whose
names were almost as numerous as
his crimes. that makes the tragedy Of
Mineola Jail deeply regrettable. But
had he been a prisoner detained on n
minor charge. the success Of his at
tempt on his life would have shown
convinclngly that the guardianship Of
the cell block was inadequate and i'm.
proper: a condition that regardless
Of the nationwide interest In the Incl
dent that has brought it to recognition
would necessitate Intervention by the
local administrators and by the Gov.
ernOr of the State. who under the
Constitution Is answerable for the Of
fetal conduct Of the Sheriff.
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the telluric currents Of electricity and
TO project them like searchlights
against their foes at the peril Of lnnO-
cent %bystunders. In case warfare of
this character were possible AMI
deemed desirable for military sons.
DR.. voN JAGow could argue with equa,
force that international law or treaty
contract must be altered after the
event. to meet new conditions.
Such is the main fallacy Of the
German position; and ii Is so funda-
mental and pervasive that 1t seems
idle to discuss minor anomalies pro.
ceeding from 1t.
The immediate effect Of the Berlin
note IL not difficult to foresee. II
calls for no ultimatum In the ordinary
sense Of that term. Every note on
the subject sent from Washington has
been an ultimatum. for every note
has expressed the determined purpose
Of M Administration and our peo-
pie. The lntest communication from
Berlin. by making distinct proposals
Of a new kind and Offering new argu.
ments. however %fallaclons. invites
and requires a reply; and this can b.
nothing Or less than a friendly
but sufficiently emphatic reiteration.
Meanwhile the situation remains what
1t was, with the always grave peril of
a new incident.
But how immensely mistaken Is
the MOrgcn Post Of Berlin. for exam
pie, when II assures Its German read.
ers that feeling hiss changed in the
United States from what II was at the
time OF the Lusitania's sinking. and
that the Won Jagow note Is certain
to meet unrestrained approval at the
hands Of a large part Of Americans"
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Equality Only.

In Delegate A. T.. SMITH's pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
for the relief of this city from eNtor.
tionate taxation on property owned
by ii beyond its boundaries the prin-
ciple Of equality Is directly applied
to "A notorious abuse.
Real estate bought by New York
at ridiculously high prices which
made it cost the city $1O.OOO.OOO is
valued for local taxation in the towns
fortunate enough TO include 1t at
ST. 10000. The Smith amendment
would permit the city TO appeal to
the State Tax Commission to rectify
this injustice. and empower that
body to adjust the valuation Oh a fair
basis in comparison with the sur
rounding property locally owned.
That is, the Constitutional Conven.
ton Is asked not TO confer special
privileges On this city. not to exempt
it from any just burden. but to put
it on plane Of equality with other
corporation and individual property
owners. And against this Is arrayed
the whole power of those rural dis
,ric;s that see In this city only a rich
opportunity TO get something for
nothing.
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! are now and always Will be therefore
man was, Is and always will be. Quod
erat demonstrandum.
The proof Of the fact that ana is NOT
immortal is just as easy. He is not,
now prove the contrary. Authorities.
Mr.. Rene Bache and Pithecanthropus
erectus. U use your spelling.) The
force Of this argument would be denied
only by the orthodox hardened by log
ms and deluded by faith.
The vagaries Of human f%lippancy are
many and various. but to ask us in the
bloody swehter of the year 1915 to aban-
don the religious sanction for such a
universal fact as mans instinct for inn
mortality merits execration and con-
tempt.
Where else would we find "A present
refuge from the desolation of despair?
Shake off the moral sanctions of the
ages and the bestial lusts Of the hui
man animal. the cunning trickeiies OF
the knave, the rawlings OF the dema-
gogue (%scientiic, economic. political,
pseudo-religious) and the mad ambi-
lions OF the nations would quickly bring
civilization to a complete collapse.
! thank mn Coo for the faith my
mother gave me. She found 1t where
the white swirling surge OF the wild
Atlantic beats upon the rocks of Done
gal. THOMAS T.. McDgR
MORRIS PAR l.. J., July I.
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Thanks to God for u Mothers Faith,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE S~uN-Sir: What
an epochal letter to-day from the pen
OF Rene Bache! The startling quality
OF the argument is It's novelty, Boldly
state YOU conclusion and compel your
opponent to prove "A negative, ConviC-
ton is enforced, consent compelled.
How it recalls the reading Of our
! youth and the story of Nrucian deca-
dence. A very sophist redivlvus is he,
They summed themselves on the Acropu-
rs, they swarmed in the Roman Forum
and now the snowy marbles of our Capt.
tol shelter Rene Bache. ] have called
him a revival | %retract. he Is a SUI
vlval of the fittes of all the sophists.
The simian completeness OF his INIT
tations Is IA convincing proof of the laws
of evolution. No longer a mere hypoth-
esis, they stand a fact as automatic
as the stones OF the pyramids, The
proof OF mans Immortality is as simple
as a problem In geometry. one must
use The arguments OF pure reason, Of
common sense. We breathe, therefore
are we air, we eat. therefore are we
earth W. drink, therefore aic We
water: We blast and consume the gem
| erations Of sky and land (with Bache).
therefore are We fire.
Earth, air, fire and water always were.
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IN THE MONKEY HOUSE.
A Cruel and Unusual Punishment Ad
vOcated for Washers.

To THE EDITOR OF TIL SuN-Sir: AT
last the monkey house has been vindi-
Gated! Nevermore shall the jackals OF
the press hurl their vile insults at that
lnonfensive spot After all these long
weary years II has spent In shame, with
Its head bowed down. SO to speak. il
has found a champion In the person Of
w. I. Hornaday, who admits he Is a
director of the zoo
Much as | admire Mr.. Hornaday for
establishing an alibi for the much ma
ligned monkey house and for administer
ing such a well merited rebuke to the
tackals. | beg to disagree with him whea
he says that the living animals n
them meaning monkey housesl are
especially attractive to visitors" Unt.l
the monkey house developed an odor that
was too much for my sense OF smell
frequently visited the place and discov.
cred that the only thing they were a..
tractive to was about ifty-seven varie-
ties of insects.
Instead of a Jail sentence or a fine
for Washers ! would suggest compellins
them TO sleep in the monney house fol
one night. But perhaps that comes un.
der the category OF cruel and unusua
punishment.
However. now that the name OF the
monkey house is unlmpeachsble one.
more. let us all Join In the chorus with
Mr.. H~ornaday. viva la Monkey House i
THOMAS FINNERry.
,Iuly 10.
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To THE EDITOR OF The SIN-SUi
Though by the personal favor OF diNlhe
faith firmly believe IN mans MINOR
tally from the very nature OF the sH'
am unable to MAKE use oil IL IN aF1u-
mentation to convince another There
fore | appeal to common sense WIN
Rene Bache. Common sense Is nothing
else than the natural light of our com
non reason. The appeal to reason he
pends for it's authoritative cogeicy oil
the fact that II is the ominon attribute
of AN men. Now | appeal TO science
for information on his question OF mn
mortality. 1t cheeriully replies that IL
is hitherto unable to ascertain HOW mat
ter came TO be and that II cannot see
how existing matter can cease 10 exist
Now If mind or soul or spirit or
whatever we must call tine vital prlncl-
ple I'm a human being he not distinct
from matter IL is scientifically immortal.
II mind Is distinct from matter o can
IL dissolve INTO elements when II rs not
composite? If death has n meaning
at all IT means separation OF uhI'e"
psrts. dissolution. teasinS TO De rs
more difficult to understand that com
ing into being. Science has no hilo"i'
edge of annihilation. To science
energy and matter are equally eNerIas'-
ing The life principle IN man. by some
called SouI IL tht source "'
energy and hence is immortal on the
scientific theory. If Rene Bache, YOU
readers and yourself wish 1t ! am reau!
TO meet that gentieman's secondary op-
iec,ious to human immortality.
Meanwhile / remark that II TINS
problem Of immortality be not worth
while" and mo particle OF evidence
forthcoming it appears to me a pity
that Mr.. Bache should have enculil-
hered better than Il whole column on
the mos; valuable page of THE stNpAi
SirS with ancient observations infinitely
hs,,er ,xprcssed In the eloquent pd-e'
Of Emmanuel Kant. an adroit man OF
( genius endowed with that nervous men
tai energy so characteristic of the mus
trlous German nike j. y NJ
CHESTER, July 4.
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Against the low light of the western sky,
The Palisades In shadowy rank on rank,
Like serried troops forever passing by.
Stretch to the north along the rivers
bank.
Above their SUBMITS storm clouds roll
and run
As wind blown banners unfuri in the
night,
Sable and grim: through which the
sunken sun
Sends, Psrthisnlike, a nylng SHAFT Of
light,
And high in ambient air one cleaning
star.
Shot like an arrow from the slender
bow
OF crescent moon, speeds westward swift
and far.
Unto Amenti where the dead suns 20.
Forevermors the circling race must run.
ForevsrmOre be war Of day and night,
The victory Of the shadow DER the sun,
The victory In the morning Of the light,
BE strong, o heart; be comforted, q World
Ye that may hold no one fair Thing.
slas!.
In Gods great cycle even time is Nhirled.
And It, like al thinss, cometh but to
psssi
.s.i~, - ~ ouAIss'
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CITY LOSES NEWS STAND REM.
Refusing x23.ONO Over, Get,
Only S15,SOO.

In an effort TO got more than t'.O.
. year rent for tine news stand lrlN1.t-
AZ the Staten island ferry IN Nauha'i' I
Dock Commissioner Y. 4. e smith Loot
$500 a wear for the citN The An
pollate Division Of tine supreme Cour'
confirmed a judgment Yesterday tu 'ty-
of the Union News COMPANY, holding
that It need pay a rental of only Slg,iud
a year.
Prior to May l.. 1918. this comnsr
paid $4,000 Il year. and il Wa wiling
to renew at this figure. The Dock con
missioner demanded a 10 per cent u-
crease. Not getting il, he called for
bids, h Sarne company vas the t'E--
est bidder at Slh,500. The Dock Com
missioner maintained that the bid 80
accepted subject to rejection At his W'
The ooiupany's advance paSlnsut Was
returned, hut the company continued ~
do business after the expiration Of the
oil lease. The city then sued for .
Geo n year.
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cockroach has been elevated from
a second Internationally conditioned
creature to that Of one capable Of
perceivlng the third dimension, who
shall say that nan IL not through u
similar change Of estate to become
a fourth Internationally conditioned
creature. and that In his new condi.
tiOn he will not be able to perceive
as clearly as he now comprehends
length. breadth and thickness that
supposed property Of matter which
he terms Its fourth dimension?
As remarked near the beginning OF
these s%peculations. the winged cock.
roach. If he is an actually, holds out
TO man possibilities second In impor-
lance only to his creation.