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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-06

After the opening spasm of pessimism over the receipt of the German note, which broke the near positions about ls points from yesterdays close, prices rose like a cork. and the closing gong founa them within a point or so of the hign for the day.
 Spots at all points stood firm at un- changed prices.
 The weekend figures showed spinners takings for the season to date to be H. eeIl 900, which shows that practically all or last years growth has gone into consump- tion and that from now on spinners Will be using the carry-over from the previous year. It is 15 weeks to new cotton, and see no reason why consumption should fall below 100000 weekly, which would mean that 100000 bales of the carry-over of 3,9S6,000 bales will be consumed.
 The weather at present is ideal, but IS not as much of factor as it would be if there was not the prospect of such close consumption of the available supply before movement of new cotton IS pos Sible
 The market was as strong as Gibraltar, showing again the strong fundamental factors behind it, which have withstood every conceivable unfavorable fact, and has advanced in face of them
 There is hut one thing to watch at pres ent, and that is the technical position. when it gets overbought and bought on the ridges it will be time to take profits and wait for a good break. There is no evidence of weak long interest now, therefore I continue to advise purchases on small reeessions. C. F. AVERY.
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Boston, May 5.-Playing an uphill game. New York defeated Boston in E :. ..,s-,z today, s to A. The Red Sox piled up an early lead by punching long drives with New Yorl's battery and fielding misplavs but the Yanees later drove Ruth from the box and hit Mays opportunely. Score: New York ........ 600 900 POP 900 4-S ii Boston ..,......-.... 300 100 0Oo 900 o-4 q
 Batteries: Fisher. Mogridge, Shawkey and Nunamaker; Ruth, Mays, Gregg. Jones and Thomas, Agnew
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Shot Cotton
Pig Iron
Rice Market

New Orleans, May 5.-Quotations and the tone were unchanged in rice today, clean Japan remaining steady and the other grades strong. Receipts: Clean, 693. sales, 693 pockets clean Honduras at 3 Ss @4%c; 4S7 pockets Japan at 5 4 013 13-16c.
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Hubbard Bros. & Ca.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square. N ". Members New York Cotton rcw. change, New Orleans Cotton Exchancs New York Produce Exchange. Associat.. Members Liverpool Cotton Associa fjon Orders solicited for the purchase s ys sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil fnr future delivery. Special attention anfa liberal terms given for consignmentS Se ence invited.
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N.w orleans Cotton Futures
New Orleans Cotton

New orleans, May 5.-Spot cotton was steady and unchanged. sales on the spot fe75: to arrive, 300; good ordinary, io.f0e strict ordinary, 11.25c; low middline' II .75c; strict low middling. 12c; middhng' 12 .a5c; strict middling, 12.5oc; good mia ding, P .75c; strict good middiing' ioc Receipts, 52S0; stock, 295,19s.
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BUSINESS ACTIVITY
 IS PARALLELEO
Bradstreet's States That De- spite Adverse Conditions
 Trade Is Sustained

New ork, May. 5.-BradStreet tomor- TOW will say:
 Immense business, extraordinary activ- ity in industry, more demand for money, remarkably good collections, heavy rail- way traffic and noteworthy strength in prices commingle with and incidentally, seemingly outweigh such factors as dis turbed international relations, evidences of friction in the field of labor an ir- regular crop situation and clear signs of high costs holding up some building projects without, however, reducing the total quantity of money expended for con- struction work. But after all bank clear ings, commercial mortality returns, ex- penditures for structures and even strikes merely point to sustained superabundant activity in trade and industry Weekly bank clearings s5137, ,175, 600.
 Seaboard Air Line adj. IS .... 65 Southern Bell Us .............. 100H Southern Railway 5s .. 101 X Southern Railway gen. 4s .... T01s U. s. Steel 5s ............ 105
 Mercantile Paper
 New York, May 5.-Mercantile paper, 3A per cent; sterling, 6O-day bills, S4725s; demand. s4.757s; cables, s47e1a. Francs: Demand, $59414; cables $5 93s4 Marks Demand, 761ac; cables. 77c. Kronen: De- mand, 131ac; cables, 13s4c. Builders: De- mand, 4c; cables, 411sc Lires: Demand, s6.2S; cables, $6.27. Rubles: Demand, 311sc; cables, S1ssc. Bar silver, 76sc. Mexican dollars, 5914c. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds easy. Time loans firm; 60 days, 2s4 per cent 90 days, 2A per cent; ruling rate, 21a per cent; last loan, 21h per cent; closing bid. 214 per cent; offered at 21s per cent.
 Live Stock
 Chicago, May 5.--Hogs: Receipts, IT, ooO;. weak. Bulk. $9.75@9.s5; light, s9. 40 @10.0o; mixed, $9.55@10.OO; heavy, $40 o 1000; rough, s9.40@s.60; pigs, s7.35 O 9.10.
 Cattle: Receipts, 1000; weak. Native beef cattle, $7.90@9.95; stockers and feeders, $5.75@s.50; cows and heifers, $4.25@9.50; calves, s6.25 @9.50.
 Sheep: Receipts, 5000; steady. Weth- CTS, s6.sO@9.So; ewes, s5.25@91O; lambs, $7.75@11.S5.
 1. Kansas City, May 5.--Hogs: Re ceipts, 47o0; steady. Bulk. s9.so@9N5; heavy, S9.75 @9.S71s; packers and butchers. s9.70@s.S21s; light, $9500 9.77h; pigs, $S.50@9.25
 Cattle: Receipts. 500; steady. Prime fed steers, $9.35@975; dressed beef steers, $s.O0@s.25; southern steers, S750@9.00; cows, $5.50@S.35; heifers, $725 @9.60; stockers and feeders, $70o @S.s5; bulls, $5.75@7.50; calves, ss5o@ 105O
 Sheep: Receipts. 27oo; strong. Lambs. $11. DO Co 90; yearliUgs, $9.75 @1O.75; wethers, $S.75@s.5o; ewes, ss.Oo@S.s5.
 St. Louis, May 5.--Hogs: Receipts. 940O; steady. Pigs and lights, $775m 9So; mixed and butchers, $970@9.95: good heavy, s9.s0@9.95
 Cattle: Receipts, $50; steady. Native beef steers, $750@9.s5; yearling steers and heifers $9.50@10.00; cows, $5.25@ S.25; stockers and feeders, $5.50@S.50: Texas and Oklahoma steers, $5.75@ S.7S; cows and heifers. s450@6.00; na- tive calves, $6.00@10.OO.
 Sheep: Receipts, S700; steady. Weth- CTS, $7.00@S.50; lambs, s1O.O0@11.s0. clipped ewes, s7:5o@s.25; clipped lambs, $9.oO@9.95.
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Sugar and Cereals

Granulated sugar. $7.7o cwt., f. O. b. Birmingham. Market firm at s75O New Orleans.
 Choice Rice-$5.50 per cwt. Fancy Rice-s6 per cwt.
 Extra Fancy-$6.50 per cwt.
 Grits-S2 per 96-lb. bag.
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Heavy Hitting Features

St. Louis, May 5.-St. Louis beat Gin cinnati here today g to in a game featured by heavy hitting. Twelve ex- tra base hits were made. including two home runs. three triples and sevoa doubles Score: R.H.ES Cincinnati ~ 200 S2O O00-7 10 :, St. Louis ...-.. 010 so4 10s---s Is O
 Batteries. Knetzer. McKenry, Mitch ell and Clark; Meadows, Sallee. Jasper and Gonzales, Snyder
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Fish

IlSn Wholesale Selling Price) Perch-Shc. Salt Waler Trout-121zc. Red Snapper-10c. in bbl, lots lie small lots. Gray Snapper-7c. Mullet-6Q62c. Spanish Mackerel-10c. Shrimp-121ac. Sheephead-8hc Virginia Croker-1c. Pompano-30c.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York May 5-(Special.)-As the trade read the German note they did not like it, and many selling orders caused the market to open 20 points lower; from thence the recovery was based on Wall street buying. These orders are based, first on what will happen when peace comes, and secondly, on the idea that no matter what Germany says or how she does, Washington will accept anything and everything so no break can occur. That does seem right, but that is current opinion formed on the experience since 1914.
 The local traders are not quite so bull- ish. but they believe the outsiders will hold their cotton for peace. In the last half hour the market was heavy and lower on the curb.
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Sugar Market

New York, May 5.--The local market for raw sugar was considerably less active today, the heavy purchases earlier in the week evidently having supplied the needs of buyers. There were sales of two small lots, one of $500 bags of Cubas in port at 5lsc, cost and freight, another 5000 bags for June shipment at 5ssc to operators The undertone continued firm with hold CTS asking 5ssc for May shipment and refiners generally believed to be willing to pay 512c for large quantities without port options. The productions in Cuba during April amounted to 563.O00 tons. bring the total to May 1 up to 2,36S, 800 tons, or 6S1,7l1 tons more than year ago. The market closed firm at 51hc for Cubas, cost and freight, equal to 6.52c for centrifugal and 5.75c for molasses.
 In refined sugar trading was very quiet, but the undertone continued strong with prices advanced to new high levels. Fine granulated listed at from 7.65c to 7.75c.
 The strength in both raw and refined influenced futures and prices made new high records on continued support from Cuban interests with prices at best show ing net advances of to 8 points for the active positions. The unsettled political situation, however caused scattered sell ing and values eased off several points. closing 1 to points net higher Sales 1S. $50 tons; July sold from 5.65c to 7.50c, closing 7.67c; September, 5.72c to 5.73c, clos ing 5.1c; December, 5.1sc to 5.19c, closing 5.16c; March 4.60c to 4.62c, closing 4.50c
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Future quotations were a follows
Chicago Grain

Chicago, May 5.--Wheat, No. 3 red, a l514d1 .177s; No. 8 red. a.1o7sG71 1873; No. 7 hard, s1.131s@1. .147s; No. hard, sl .097s@ l.l27s Corn, No. yellow, 7Sc; No. vel low, 731aQ75c. Oats, No. 3, 44GD45c; stand ard, 471a@475sc Rye, No 2, sSc; barley, 64@sOc Timothy, S4.5oa7.75; clover ss@14.
 Pork, s23.5o@24; lard. $1s.o5; ribs, $12.27@ 12T
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North Carolina League

At Durham: Durham ,. Greensboro 3. At Charlotte: Charlotte 20, Raleigh 6. At Winston-Salem: Winston-Salem G Asheyille 8.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Shreveport: Shreveport s. Galveston At Dallas: Dallas ?, Beaumont 1. At Waco: Waco ?, Houston B. At Fort Worth Fort Worth 2. San An- tonic 1.
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English Money

London May 5.-Bar silver, 37d per ounce Money. 4@41a per cent. Discount rates: Short bills and three months, 45s@4A per cent.
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Summary: Hits. off Davis in in- nings. Bases on balls, Davis l, Day l. Harris 3. Sacrifice hits. McMillan, Dodge Harris Struck out. Davis 1. Day g. Harris 5. Two-base hit. Whalen. Wild pitch, Harris. Passed ball, Schmidt. Hit by pitcher, Harris (Thrasher). Double plays McMillan to Mayer. Day tc Neider- korn to Mayer. Whalen to Holly to Swa- cina Left on bases. Atlanta Il, Mobile 6. Time. 1:55. Umpire9. Kerin and Hart.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, May 5-Wheat, Mo- red, H.21@123; No. ? hard nominal; May, s1.Os5s; July $1.1o1s Corn, No. ?, 75@751hc: No. white 75@75l4c; May, 731ac; July, 74ssc. Oats, No. ?, 431z944c; No. ? white nominal; May, 42s4c; July, 40%c.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, May 5.-Wheat No 2 Corn. No mixed. 70s4@1s4; No. 2 white nA@711s; No. 2 yellow, 72Ac. Oats No. 2 white 45@46c; No. mixed, NQAc.
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Metal Market

New York, May 5.--Copper firm electro- lytic, nearby. nominal; August and later 2S oo923 .50c. Iron firm and unchanged Metal exchange quotes tin quiet: spot, $50 @5 At London. Spot copper. G1s7; fu- tures' ElSo; electrolytic, e150 Spot tin, e01: futures. E199 15s. The Metal ex- change quotes lead s7501l1 60 Spelter easier; spot, East St. Louis delivery. 175kc asked. At London, lead, cs4 2s Cd. SpeI- ter, e9s.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Games Today

Cleveland at Chicago. St. Louis at Detroit. Washington at Philadelphia. New York at Boston.
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Triple Steal Wins

Detroit, May 5.-St. Louis defeated De- trolt again today, to 1, making it five straight defeats for the Tigers Three Detroit pitchers proved ineffective in the ninth and the Browns counted three runs. one of them by Johnson, who, with Aus tin and Sisler, executed triple steal The Tigers staged a batting rally in their half of the final session and came within run of tying the score. George Sisler former star pitcher of the University of Michigan, was presented with a gold watch by Ann Arbor admirers. Score:
 R. H. E. Detrolt ....,............. 600 O0l 003-4 2 1 Batteries: Plank and Hartley; Cum ningham, Roland, James, McTigue, Boeh- Ter and Stanage.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Games Today

Cincinnati at St. Louis. Chicago at Pittsburg. Boston at New York. Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
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New York Cotton Futures
Port Cotton Market

New Orleans: Middling, 12.25c; receipts 52SO: sales, 1875; stock, 295,19S.
 Galveston: Middling, 12.7oc; recelpts, 251S; sales 910; stock, 254,73l.
 Mobile: Middling, 12.25c; receipts, III; sales, $50; stock, 27,7oS.
 Savannah Middling, 12.25c; receipts, 1854; exports, 6l59; sales, 2ss6; stock, 1S4, 5l1
 Charleston: Middlng. 12c; receipts, Ss44; stock, 71,022.
 Wilmington: Middling, 11Nc; receipts S33;, stock, 70,747.
 Norfolk: Middling, 12.19c; receipts, 737i exports, 27O0; sales, 2347; stock. sS,7So.
 Baltimore Receipts. 379; stock, S169.
 Boston: Middling,l 12.65c; receipts, 2OSi exports, 4408; stock, S203
 Philadel phia: Middling, 12.S5c; stock 2S51.
 New York Middling. 12.60c; exports 14SS; sales, 800; stock 235, 7f.
 Minor ports: Receipts, 1014; stock, 7osO
 Total today: Receipts, I6,74S; exports, 14755; stock, 1,20o,S02.
 Total for week: Receipts, s7,6SS; ex- ports, 119,799.
 Total for season Receipts, 6,s11, 4S7; exports, 4,556, ,564.
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Naval Stores

savannah, May 5.--Turpentine firm, s7c. Sales, 431; receipts, AT shipments. S2s: stock 1Ol0. Rosin firm; sales, 1900: re- ceipts, sos; shipments, s2as: stock. 5s.f4l, Quote: A, B. s3.0o; C. D. $4: E. $lO6; F, s4. 1odA. 20; G. II, s4.15; I. Si.25; K, 4.35: M, sfso; N. $AS5; VIC, s515; wv. s5.2o.
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Indians Win Again

Chicago, May 5.-A batting rally in the sixth inning save Cleveland a victory from Chicago today. 3 to 2 Singles by Graney, Turner Speaker and Gandil net ted three runs. Score: R. H. E. CieVeiand ............... 0o0 o03 0o0--3 0 Cnlcaso -.......,......... 010 900 0o1-2
 Batteries: Coveleskie and O'Neill: Rms sell, Benz and Schalk
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Hides and Tallow

(DGdItTS buyIAE OII6f.J Green Salt Hides--18@l9c. M Green Salt Hides-Half cured, 17G19c, Green Hides--Fresh, 16@17c. Dry Flint Hides--31@32c. v Dry Salt Hides-29030c.
 Damaged Hides-Half price. Sheep Skins-25cG$1. .25. tG Horse Hides-$1@4.50 .3 Sherlings-15@25c.
 Goat Skins-25Q55c.
 Kid Skins-10c. N Tallow-5R@S1ac , Beeswax-27Q2Sc. M Washed Wool-3S@40c. A Clear Unwashed Wool-270S0c. Burry Wool-17Q20c.
 Ginseng, Wild-$5G6.50.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, May 5.-After following other markets down early, cotton seed oil rallied on fresh buying of new crop deliveries for long account and covering by early sellers. May closed 3 points lower and other positions lower to ] net higher. May tenders. J00 barre's. Sales, el00 barrels. Spot. 10.S5Q11c May. 1l.90Q l1.9Sc; June, 11QH.Q5c; July. 1113911 16c: August, 11.17@n1sc September n.17@ .2oc; October, 1017G1o. Poe; November, Q 33Q9.34c; December 9.l9a9.22c. Total sales, 9100
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Hester's Weekly Cotton Statement

Comparisons are 10 actuaI dates not to close of corresponding weeks.
 In sight for week, 105.000; same seven days last year, 14,000; same seven days year before, 17S,000; for the month, 76,000; same date last year, 79,000. same date year before, 44.000; for season, II ,20S,000; same date last year, 14,501, 900; same date year before. U.30s,O00 Port receipts for sason, cell ,000: same date last year, 10,213.00 same date year before last, 10,17S.000. Overland to mills and Canada for season, 1,071,- 900; same date last year, 1.067.O00; same date year before. 1.095,000. Southern mill takings for season, 3.204,000; same date last year, 2.625. 900; same date year before. 2,679,000. Interior stocks in ex- cess of August 1, 321,O00; last year, 597 900; year before. 25S000. Foreign exports for week. 120,000: same seven days last year. 205, 900; same seven days year before. 1o2.e0; for season, 4,556, 900; !; same date last year. 7,340,000, same date year before, S,2S4 .000. Northern spinners' takings and Canada for week, 5S,000. same seven days last year, 6S.- 900; for season. ?. 2.479,000; to same date last year, 2,S04,000.
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Creamery Produces
 Wholesale Selling ?rice) Creamery Butter-36c; A. & M. cream cry, 341sc; process butter, 33c; oleomar- garine, 15Q23c; country butter, 25c. Full Cream Cheese-l9c.
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Avery's Letter

ib'e in other countries this week, 299S,YoO' this date last year, 5,17S.c0O.
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COLLEGE GAMES
Tech Defeats Trinity
Vandy Downs Tennessee

N'''c May 5.--Ridlcy's masterly pitching and hard hitting by Prewitt and ..d anuetbiit to take the first game from Tennessee today to l. Score;
 R-H .E.
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Meats

Meats
 Hackers Selling Pricc) Extra Ribs-14Hc. Bellies-151ac. Pork Loins-17c. Neck Bones-4c Breakfast Bacon-20Q25c. Spare Ribs-12c. Regular Hams--19c. Skinned Hams-21c. Pure Lard-14c; compound, 12ssc.
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Al New York: csIumsia ,. Cornell !.
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Dry Goods Market

New York, May 5.--Cotton goods was firm today with buying of bag goods &C., tive at higher prices. Jobbers and distrib- uters of finished goods reported quiet trade. Ready-to-wear trade was active, but wholesale traders reported quiet business.
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Interior Movement

Houston: Middling, 12.70c; receipts, 262s; shipments. .26S3; sales. 4s0; stock, 93,169.
 Memphis Middling, 12.37c; receipts. 1883; shipments, PISS; sales. 2100; stock, 161.569.
 Augusta: Middling. 121Sc; receipts, 56s; shipments, 1255; sales. 2201; stock. 110,4S6.
 St. Louis: Middling. 12.SSc receipts, 3799; shipments, 3s01; stock, 1s,403.
 Cincinnati: Receipts, 511; shipments. 2S24: stock, 14,223
 Little Rock Middling, 12.50c; re- Iceipts, 66; shipments, sS2; sales, S32; stock, 2S,149.
 Dallas: Middlins, 12.35c.
 Montgomery: Midd1ing, 11.S7c.
 Total today: Receipts. 9245; ship ments, 14,12S; stock, 426,s90.
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Liverpool Cotton

LiverpOol, May 5.-SpOt cotton Hfm, good middling, S.3sd; niddling, s.2od; low middling, 7.96d. Sales, 1000; for speculation and export, ZOO. Receipts, 1900. Futures quiet and steady. May, 7.9S1sd; May June, 7.S71ad; June-July, 7.S41zd: July-Au- gust, 7S21kd; August September. 7.761sd; September October, 7.7014d; October-No- vember 7.G5d; November December, |. .591xd: December January, 7.5614d; Janu- ary- February. 7.55d; February March, {. .55d; March-April, 7.55d; April-Ma [. .55d: May-June, 1917, 755d.
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Statement or wOrlds Vlsible suppIy; 11
 Total visible this week, 495S, ,O00;, last week. 5,20S, 600: same date last year, 7.loS,- coo; same date year before, 3.423000. Of this the total American this week. S.4z3.- coo; last week. 3,55500o last year, 5.252oo0; year before, 3.152,000 All other kinds this week, 1885 900; last week, 1,64B 0o0: last year, 1,s5z0oO: year before 1,ses, ,oto Visible in the United States this week, 1 1,s6eooo; this date last year, Ls35.0oos Wis
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
DR. STEARN, ON TRIAL FOR ATTEMpT
TO MAKE SPEECH spEAI1c ANTx11o11y
b Sun. Law" Advocate, Arrested Last Night on Citv
Hall Plaza, Expresses His View of Things in Gen
eral in Court--Held in $500 Bail

mr. Moses stearn, advocate of liberal
D5a,, laws and free bathhouse, today got
SUI p.., nth the police who last night arrested
even ,on he started to make a speech on
MN I.,1,, Hall plaza without a permit.
~. made the speech today in Central
ias.v, before Magistrate Pennock, and in
n.a',e r. ,,,asence of large audience, for the
ING troor, was crowded with spectators at
eountad hv the knowledge that the doctor
u,,,d furnish a much higher grade of
wsntartainnent than is usual In the police
court.
:. sadneas. international peace, law and
psssy the police, the Kaiser and many other
oo'.t.iocts in the course of his plea. Magls-
SUI SUI pennock listened with careful atten-
.,en 70 the words that flowed from the
dootor's lips.
81 synpathize with your cause he said
-bsn he finished "but--'
lrhe advocate of lib. Sun. laws" leaned
.oruard in his chair and smiled at the
.Soupht that he had met a kindred soul
aTut" continued the magistrate, 81 shall
have to hold you in $500 bail to keep the
peace ,o
.hs defendant, who had been released last
sigbt on a copy of the charge, sent word
,hst he had a patient and would be late
tJe arrived at 1045, wearing the familiar
brown derby hat the Stearn smile and
carryinR in his hand a typewriter paper
containing extracts from various laws and
onlnlons on the subject of free speech.
Charles Mink the City Hall guard who
arrested him, testified that Doctor Stearn
ras a "disturber of the peace and said
he had lot of "hoodlums" about him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
POLICE CLOSE SACRED CONCERT
No Admission Charge Was Made but It Cost Quarter to
Check Hat and Hats We're Barred From Auditorium
Sunday Closing Law Dooms Performance

The monologue Of Herman Gottsfeld, the
terpsichorean stunts" OF Baby DAVIS
dancing contest open to all comers. ana
other vaudeville numbers did not come on
last night at the Parkway Building, Broad
and Cherry streets Therefore. fully 100
persons were disappointed. In anticipation
Of the big show a businesslike vender had
piled a pyramid of sandwiches, several
platoons OF sausages and reservoir OF
steaming coffee near the main entrance. lie
wore a white apron, a chefs cap (there s
nothing like chefs cap for dragging IN
hesItatlng nickels). and looked happy and
ambitious He went out OF business auto
matically with the show.
The police got the impression somehow
or other that the affair was to be sacred
concert. Acting Lieutenant O'Neill, OF the
nth and Winter streets station strolled In
to investigate. He was informed that there
were no tickets for sale, but IL would cost
a quarter to rest his hat, or In other words
that was a wardrobe charge. He didn't
like the looks OF the affair and detailed
Acting Detectives Leary and Callahan TO
attend the sacred concert They attended
in citizens clothes, checked their new straw
hats and went in with the idea OF hearing
some soul-stirring selections by an angelic
choir of cooratura artists.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
BOYS FIST KILLS YOUTH
Single Blow Fatal to Sufferer From
Heart Disease

A blow from the fist of William H.
Lewis, colored, Is years old, of 4754 Stiles
street, Frankford, killed John Myseski 22
years old, of 4639 Stiles street, yesterday
MysIesli turned around once. then fell to
the street At the Frankford Hospital the
physicians said the man had been a suf
ferer from heart disease.
Lewis was arrested at mis- home as he was
about to leave through a back window
Lieutenant Hustler and District Detectives
Tyson and Barrett were taken to the house
in the automobile of William Mckinley, a
political leader of that ward, who was at
the station house when the news of Mys-
leski's death reached there The police said
Lewis struck the man only when he was
threatened because he did not have match
when Mysleslxl asked for one. He was sent
to the House of Correction for a hearing on
Friday.