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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-19
Six of One
Tron, the New Orleans Stotes

From the New Orleans States.
 Senator Ollie James was talking in St. Louis about the North sea naval battle.
 Both sides claim the victory" he said. Its six of one and half a dozen of the other. It's like the seashore adventure.
 "A young man said to a young woman on the beach in the moonlight:
 ''Good-by, dearest; I'm off tomorrow. You've made my holiday more than pleas ant for me. But-ha, ha, ha!-but if you d known that I'm a married man you wouldn't have been so agreeable. would you?
 Yes, guess very likely I would said the young woman. You see, you haven't got anything on me at all. What if you are married? I'm an escaped luna. tic from Matteawan
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Tanks Still Win

New York, August 1S.-New York made clean sweep of the series with Cleve- land today, winning an exciting 13-1nning contest 4 to 3. The Yankees now have won five straight games.
 The game was a sensational pitchers battle between two youngsters, Shocker and Lambeth, and both did splenolo work Lambeth did not permit a mt from the seventh inning until the thlr- teenth, when he met defeat. score:
 R.H E. Cleveland .1O1 GOO 010 GOO 0-9 Il 1 New Work .O10 101 900 GOO IA 1 Batteries: Lambeth and O'Neill; Shock CT and Walters.
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Giants Split With Cubs

Chicago, August 1S.-The Giants and Cubs divided slugging matches today. Errors helped New York win the first to 1. but long hits by the Giants off Prendergast including a triple by Mer- kle, which cleaned the bases in the fourth, were big factors.
 In the second game the Cubs pounded Anderson for six hits in the fifth in- ming which, with two errors, netted six runs winning, to 6. Robertson hit the ball over the fence with two on bases in the fifth. Score-First game: R. H. E. New York ....... 204 200 00O-S 10 Chicago ........ 100 0O0 0OO-1 g
 Batteries: Perritt and Kocher, Kelliher Prendergast, Brown and Elliott. Clemens
 Second game: R. H. B New York ...... GOO O4O 002-6 g ; Chicago ............ 900 061 10*-8 F
 Batteries: Anderson, Schupp, Benton and Kocher; Carter, Hendrix and Elliott
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COLORED LEAGUE

Graymont proved to be the winner in the Jefferson County Colored Baseball association, which came to a close yes- terday.
 The contest was the first event of its kind in this section, and although greatly dently much disappointment in the show ing made by Edgewater. This can be ac- counted for in the fact that Edgewater won on the closing day. when for the first time they had their complete lineup.
 The teams finished as follows:
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White Sox Win Again

Boston. August 1S-Chicago won from Boston today, Il to 6, evening up 'ne se- ries at two games each. Dutch Leon- ard was batted from the box in the first inning Gregg forced run across with two passes.
 Wyckoff relieved Gregg and held the visitors well in hand until he gave way to a pinch hitter in the eighth Shore, who pitched the final inning, allowed three singles a double and a pass, which, with three stolen bases, netted Chicago four runs. Score: R. H. E. Chicago .............. o0o oOo lo4Ell Il Boston ..... 0O2 900 131- Il C
 Batteries: Williams, Faber and Schalk; Leonard Gregg, Wyckoff, Shore and Cady Thomas.
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Danny CIark's Swat With Bases Filled Scores Winning Tallies-Emil Meusel Continues to Hit Hard-Elmer Ponder Pitches Good Game. Barons Play We'll.
By HERBERT CALDWELL

Memphis, August 18-(Speeia)-A baseball game that earlier in the day belonged to each sdehe Chicks and the .Barons-and game in accordance with baseball that should have belonged to the Chicks in the regulation me wound the property of the Barons the time of day for basebang and work passing The margin of the Baron victory ? and the time required to bring the verdict innings. The victory put the Moleys in third place
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Score by innings:
 Nashville ................. 900 GOO oil Ol-3
 Summary Double play, Sheehan to EI lam to Kaufman Sacrifice flies, Street. Massey. Passed ball, Schmidt. Struck out, Wells 6, Ledbetter 10. Base on balls Wells ?, Ledbetter 9 Sacrifice hits. Lee Gondolfi. Stolen base, Baker. Time 2;10 Umpires Kerin and Breitenstein
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CATION SAVES GAME

Midgett Caton, who was mountain in front of the Chicks in Thursdays s game, snuffed out a Chick score and maybe two scores in the seventh. Cook, first up, walked and went to second on Ruel's sacrifice. Barger singled to left, sending Cook to third and Barger pulled up at second on Meusels throw to the hit one through the box. Caton sprinted plate, which held Cook back. Dobard back to second and Jagged the ball with his gloved hand. While still in his stride the midget Baron threw perfectly to first and beat Dobard
 In the tenth, with two out, Dobard sin
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LAP PANESE STAR ID MEET J0HNST0NFOR | CHALLENGE TROPHY National Champion Defeats ThrOckmOrtOn-Jap Wins
 Over Clarence
 Griffin

Newport, R. T., August 1s.-William M. Johnston, national champion. and I. Kumagae, the Japaneses player. won their matches in the semi finals of the Casino invitation lawn tennis tourna- ment today and will meet tomorrow in the final for the challenge cup.
 Johnston defeated Harold A. Throck- morton of Elizabeth, N J.. in a four-set match, although the youthful player made gallant fight.
 Kumagae for the fifth time this sea- san defeated Clarence J. Griffin of Cal ifornia, the greater endurance of the Japanese champion showing toward the end of the f1ve-set contest.
 The Johnston on-Throckmorton match was played on the court before the clubhouse and afforded plenty of bril- liant tennis to interest the crowd. Throckmorton with his smashing ser vice and drives at the net seemed to outplay Johnston in the first set and won GA, but Johnston fathomed his opponents play and soon had him run ming all over the court.
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The Barons hold third place by a margin of four points. It is the first time this season that the Moleys have risen out of the lowly second division with the exception of the first week of the season, when a few wins in few starts put the Barons in second place. Since that time Moley has been fight ing to keep his team in the running, but until yesterday was unable to put across the win that would elevate the Barons into the first division.
 The Barons have had several other chances to get a berth in the coveted class, but a defeat always overlook the Barons when opportunity presented it. self best The Barons rung up their fifth straight victory yesterday over the Memphis Chicks Danny Clark's terrific clout in the eleventh session putting the winning tally across Only one game separates the Barons from the 500 mark, another coveted place that Moley has been unable to steer his team since the earlier part of the season
 The Barons are in the midst of a thick fight for the positions in the league standing. Four teams in the league are punched so closely that a win or defeat in today's game would entirely change the standing. The Crackers, who have held third place in the league standing for the past month, were defeated again yesterday by the squirting Little Rock Travellers. The Lookouts, who have all ternated in third place with the Crack CTS for the past month but occupants of fourth place the greater majority of the time, played to a 2 to with the Pellcans.
 WIN WAS NEEDED
 The Barons victory came at @ very opportune moment The victory enabled the Moleys to jump from fifth place to third place with single win, Had the
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JACOBSON'S HOMER
 DEFEATS CRACKERS

Little Rock, August 1S.-Jacobs son S home-run, following singles by Wares and Covington, gave Little Rock three runs in the third inning today and the Trav- elers defeated Atlanta 3 to l. Brilliant fielding by his teammates. with Kirby and Covington starring, rescued Holm- quist from several precarious situations.
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TEXAS LEAGUE

At Beaumont: Beamont 1, Waco 0. At Houston: Houston ?, Fort Worth Qo innings, darkness.)
 At Galveston: Galveston-Dallas,' rain. At San Antonio: San Antonio-Shreve port rain.
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Summary: Two-base hits, Kirby, Gibson. Home-run, Jacobson. Stolen bases, Cov- ington ?, Barbare. Sacrifice hits, Perry 2. Double play, Covington to Barbare to Covington. Struck out, Perry ?, Holmqust 1. Bases on balls Perry 1. Hit by pitcher, Holmquist (Munch. Reilly); Perry QIolm- quist. Time, 1:40. Empires, Rudderham and Morgan.
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SUMMARY. Two-base Hit-Cruthers Three-b base Hit-Eschen me-runS-Meusel Dobard Sacrifice Hits-Derrick, Coombs, Chad bourne, Ruel. Double Plays-McDonald to Clark to Derrick Bases on Balls-Ponder g. Barger g. Struck Out-Ponder f. Barger B. Hit by Pitcher-Derrick Time-2:05. Umpires-Pfenninge and Hart
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American Association

At. St. Paul: St. Paul IA, Columbus 3-1. At Minneapolis: Minneapolis 3. Tol- edo '.
 At Milwaukee,: Milwaukee 3, louisville Il.
 At Kansas City, Kansas City '. h. dianapolis l.
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Braves Meet Defeat

St. Louis, August 1S.-A single by Sny- der, batting for Corhan, in the tenth scored Betzel from third base with ths run that won for St. Louis over Boston today, to B. Betzel walked and stole, and Snyder hit the second ball pitched, scoring the winning run. Score: R H E Boston ........... GOO 100 101 0-3 St. Louis . OO1 no 900 IA 8
 Batteries Rudolph, Hugh, Neheff' Burns and Blackburne, Tragesser, Doak and Gonzales.
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ed end of ninth, darkness,

Summary: Two-base hits, Knaupp, Hyatt. Stolen bases, Graff, Pitler Sac rifice flies, Johnson, Sylvester Double play, McMillan to Hyatt. Base on balls, Brenton 3, Walker ?, Johnson 3, Allen 1, Knowlson l. Hits apportoned, Brenton with runs in ' innings, Johnson ' with 1 run, none out in Sth; Allen 1, with 1 run in 1-3 inning. Struck out, Brenton B. by Walker 1, Knowlson 2. Time, 2:15. Empires, O'Toole and Williams.
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FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN PUTS BARONS
 IN FIRST DIVISION
Moleys Again Defeat Chicks and Move Into First Division For First Time Since Early Part of Season. Crackers, Travellers and Lookouts Tied For Fourth Place
By FRED BODEKER

The Birmingham Barons piloted by Carlton Moesworh and rated of cellar cabre all the circuit parc uary by local fans occupy the third place in the Southern league standing this morning the result of fifth straight victory yesterday afternoon while the Crackers met defeat and the Iookouts tied with the Pelicans.
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CAROLINA LEAGUE

At Asheville: Ashville 3, Greensboro 6. At Winston-Salem; Winston-Salem 5. Charlotte 4.
 At Raleigh: Raleigh Il, Durham 2-7.
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International League

At Newark: Newark O. Toronto '. At Providence: Providence ?, Buffalo ' At Richmond: Richmond 2, Montreal S. At Baltimore: Baltimore II, Rochester
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING

Games Today St. Louis at Washington. Detroit at Philadelphia. Chicago at New York. Cleveland at Boston.
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Corrected
From Puck

From Puck. pain, my little man?"
 Sad Little Boy-No, sir; the pains in me.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Games Today

Games Today New York at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Pittsburg.
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In the eleventh inning Cyrus Barger, pitcher for the Chicks, held consulta- ton with Cyrus. It ultimately proved that Cyrus had erred in judgment of the batting ability of two Barons in the consideration.
 With Eddie Mcdonald on third and Fred Derrick on second, Cyrus consulted himself and decided to pass Emil Meuseh filling the hassocks to get to Danny Clark. Danny placed curve ball against DOT ton of signboard an right field and Mcdonald and Derrick scored with pair of runs that brought the Barons total days work to four scores. ~
 While the consultation of Cyrus and himself proved disastrous, it was no fault of Barger's that placed him in the pre- dicament. Mcdonald opened the round with a. single. Derrick bunted to Paul. cite and Paulette heaved wild to second Mcdonald should have been forced on the play. Coombs followed with sacrifice, Then followed the consultation and then Clark's hit.
 PONDER IN GREAT FORM
 
 but equally as brilliant victory for El- mer Ponder, the Baron pitcher. A contrast in the duel. though, was the fact that Ponder throughout was brilliantly sup ported while Cy was not
 Barger held the opposition to seven hits, which were scattered into six innings. The eleventh was the only round in which Barger was hit safely more than once The Tribesmen garnered nine hits off Ponder, two coming in the fourth, when they scored once and two in the tenth, when the Chicks failed to grasp an ex- cellent opportunity to terminate the game
 A mental error by Knisely, followed by a physical error by Dobard, presented the Barons with their first run in the second inning. Eschen opened with line drive to right that should have been an easy out. Knisely, misjudging the ball, made futile enchanted stab, but missed and Eschen landed on third. Hauser sent a hot liner to Dobard. Dobard, in a hurry, threw wild to third to catch Eschen off.
 A Baron score instead of a double play as it should have been. s
 Dobard evened for this fault though in the third inning, when he placed Barger or an even basis by driving into the Zig land settlement for a home-run.
 MEUSEL GETS HOMER
 Meusel placed Ponder in front again in the following inning, when he drove over the right field wall for a homer. Again the Chicks placed Cy on an even footing in the fourth Paulette opened with a single After Knisely had popped to Derrick on an intended bunt, Paulette by some daring base running reached third safely on Walsh's out on a groun- der to Caton. Cook hit a grounder to deep short, which he outraced, while Paulette was scoring.
 The chicks had several opportunities to score before the nine-round limit was up, but it was either missing hit or tight fielding of the Barons that prevented.
 In the fifth inning Barger, first up, was safe, when Hauser let the third strike get through him. Chadbourn sac rificed, but Dobard and Cruthers were unable to render any assistance. Knisely singled in the sixth with one out, but Walsh hit into a double play. Mcdonald to Clark to Derrick.
 CATION SAVES GAME
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gled to left. Cruthers followed with a smash to left center for a double, but Dobard was only able to get third as the result of some slowness of foot of De- bard and some fast retrieving by Cecil Coombs and a perfect relay to Caton,
 Barger held the Barons hitless during the eighth, ninth and tenth, but the elev- enth was the undoing of the tie
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Dodgers Cop Again

Pittsburg, August 1S-Effective pitching by Cheney enabled Brooklyn to shut out
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Reds Shut Out

Cincinnati, August 1S.-Alexander pitched another shut-out game and Phil adelphia won from Cincinnati here today, to O. Grohs error in the fourth inning allowed two runs to cross the plate. Score: R.H. E. Philadelphia ...... GOO 210 0O0-3 8 ClnclIl1ldIl ...........s... UVu VVo VVV u
 Batteries Alexander and Killifer; Schneider, Schulz and Wingo
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Southern League Standing

Results Yesterday Birmingham 4, Memphis ?. Nashville 8, Mobile 2. New Orleans 2, Chattanooga 2. (Called on account of darkness). Little Rock 8. Atlanta l.
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Browns Win Over Athletics

Philadelphia, August 1S.-A wild pltch by Bush with two men out and Marsans on third base, gave St. Louis the winning run of an 11-inning game here today the score being to 8. St. Louis got only two hits off Majors, but these were punched with two bases on balls and sacrifice hy in the sixth inning and yielded .h,.oo vuns Score. R.H.E. St Louis ...... 0oO 0O3 900 01-4 3 Philadelphia .... .01O 001 O01 00-3 8 0
 Batteries: Groom, Weilman and SeV- ereid; Majors, Sheehan, Bush and Haly, Picinich.
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Tigers Lose to Senators

Washington, August 1S.-Brilliant pltcn- ing by Ayers enabled Washington to de- feat Detroit today, to 1. Ayers nit scored Washington's two runs. score:
 R. H. E. Detroit ................ UlV Vu VoV|I Washington .......... O2o ooo ooT-z Batteries: Dubuc, Mitchell ana spencer Baker; Ayers and Henry.
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Games Today

Games Today Birmingham at Memphis. Mobile at Nashville. Atlanta at Little Rock. New Orleans at Chattanooga.
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WIN WAS NEEDED

The Barons' victory came at a very opportune moment. The victory enabled the Moleys to jump from fifth place to third place with a single win. Had the
The sun., 1916-12-16

Whether the war continues. or whether
the present negotiations eventually re-
suit In peace. and meanw hilc In prac-
tically n truce, thousands of manufac-
turing concerns which went into the war
business would have had no more of that
business. For one thing. the purchasing
ability OF the Allies was hampercd hy the
action OF the Federal Reserve Board
against The British and French treasury
notes. For another. manufacturers of
rifles had demonstrated themselves UNI
able to make them according to the
specifications. Again. the majority OF
manufacturers OF shrapncl and high ex-
plCeivc shells had either failed on their
contracts or discovered that the cost Of
materials overbalanccd the percentage
OF profits. high though that percentage
seemed when tho contract was made.
Were II peace or were II war. scores Of
stocks were in n vulnerable position. In
many OF the contracts there was, OF
course. a saving clause providing for the
purchase o. manufactures Of peace IN
III" event OF the sudden ending Of the
war. These provisions. ~ course. in
vcstors and spectators must take into
consideration In the reckoning which Is
at hand.
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London Wool AucNo. saIes.

LONDON, Dec, iS--At the wool auction asica
10 day $500 baiea were offered, Victorian
s.,ourrd mcrincs realised n. "a. QaepnslAN As,
10. s,sd.. aud New Zealand crossDreds. q. Sst.
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INVESTMENT SALES
OF BONDS DECREASE
Railroad Securities Close High
or Generally, Though
Some Decline.
FOREIGNS RATHER FIRM
General Outlook for Market
Causes No Uncasincss
Among Dealers.

Apart from some weakness exhibited
by bonds which usually show sympathy
with the stock market there were no
changes Of note yesterday In the general
list Of mortgage issues. There was no
investment ceiling in bonds. as on the
day before, when operators were COM
PEELED to sell in order TO raise cash with
which TO fortify their speculative posi-
tons In the stock market. Investment
houses. as on the preceding day, exhib-
tied no uncas.ness with regard to the
general outlook for the market.
Among the Industrial issues Lacka-
wanna steel rs declined u, points.
Railroad securities as n rule closed
higher than on the preceding day. while
among those which showed minor losses
were Missouri Pacific general As, when
issued. which fell Off \ New York Cen
trial dcbenture 6s. y, and st. Louis and
San Francisco SIS. n.
Anglo-Frcnch 5s were the only foreign
issue which showed a falling or. they
declining l.. American Foreign Secu-
rity IS remained unchanged at 97a,. as
did United Kingdom 5s at ?S 3-16. City
OF Paris 6s advanced !. point to ?5H,.
Total sales amounted in par value to
s3,32S,000. as compared with s3.6s2. 900
on Thursday and s3.6sQ.O0O a week ago.
Quotations on governments and sales
OF other bonds follow
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Cheers on 'ChRngc.

When the stock market closed on the
big day OF the panic Of 1907 brokers
whose nerves had been racked ~ have
no brokers his week. for there were
bank failures IN 1907. burst out IN a
cheer for the New York stock Exchange.
Clearing House banks had failed. \
great many institutions outside both the
stock Exchange and Clearing House had
gone under. Everybody on the Stock
Exchange stood square on his feet. The
people who remembered that incident cN-
pectod something like it Yesterday after
a week In which the integrity If stock
Exchange membership has been thor
oughly tested. Nothing came of il at all.
Every member of the Stock Exchange
knew that every other member had gov
crned himself according Ia the rules. and
the knowledge that everybody was sol
vent was possessed by all.
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The paper stocks have gone down as
much as most of the others. In fact the
decline OF about 81 points IN Intcrna-
tional Paper common from It's high of n
month c is as significant as any other
market development of the week. II in
dicates that paper was a war stock In
the respect that the materials used in
and for II were In demand FOR war pur-
poses and that producers OF ape or
materials FOR its manufacture had been
charmed away from their regular husi-
ness by the glamour Of war contracts,
Paper stocks were supplied 10 spectators
in p~rofusion mt the same time that paper
stock was scarce and high. II may now
he that paper stock will follow the stocks
down.
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stocks for Christmas.

A year ago In this column II was noted
that Henry Ford had commissioner a
ship to get the boys out of the trenches
some phllanthropist should get the boys
ont Of stocks by Christmas, There was
a bull market last year., hut like all bull
Narkcts there was hesitation when every
body knew that everybody else was try
ing Ia make Christmas money, TIIE
SrN's appeal was Just az effective as Mr..
Ford's. TIL SIN tried 10 get the hoNs
out OF the stocks. hut could not. This
year other people have taken up the task
and up 10 the present have succeeded
mcasurably well. At the same time they
have given rare opportunities 10 disrrim-
mating persons who are looking for bar
gains and do their Christmas shopping
with judgmcnt.
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OLD METALS.
Cent? Q Poundl
LONDON PRICES.

'Priccs under large dealers are thoss
offered nv large dealers: prices under ito
are tho ordinary market quota
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CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

Urgent liquidation agaln marked carly ,cai-
luGs on tho Consolidated Stock Exchange
,csioriay, hut the selling of q panIcky sort
hN frightened holders lesScucd NJ the session
progressed and, IN The closing dealings, prcos
idllicd. with some rccoNCrtcs fairly sub
slaniial, The greatest sufferers were the hI.h
priced industrial specialtics. stop loss orders
were uncoN cred IN many directions, The
'"mn, ission house business MAS heavy and
Included a large turnover of odd lots. United
states Steel common, ot which about il5,Gs,
shares wcrc dealt IN. did not sell on the
Consolidated under Loaf. although Il, touched
I~is on the other toard The low price
Of Central Leather IN the Consolidated Was
Hl9, AGAINST nov on the other exchange; CRU
nhlc steel e., agalnst f3',: American Loco
motive ~, AGAINST Is; Marlrc common ~.
AGAINST s3'a, anl Marine preferred %, AGAINST
5,a,,
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Nothing 10 Cry AbOut.

"Aftcr all" remarked n spcculator who
had taken 500, 900 out Of the stock mar
kci and pcrforc" had returned almost
$50. 0O0 OF it this week, 81 am not crying,
have StO.oo0 to tho good. and that
money | propose to keep. ! was lucky
in stocks. but I was lnckicr still In this
one thing My wife knew nothing about
H.. We have lived along just rs va did
before, though I will admit that It WAS
hard for mo to keep my feet on the
ground. What the market has taken
away from me this week ! should not
worry about
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odd lots. t1ncudng Extra dividends.
Total sales to-day. 2AO9 SOC shares. Same dy 1915 5145O0. January Ia
date 21.7557O0 Same period 1915, 10000 500.