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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-02
Traders CancellinE Orders.

Dun's Rerteic will say:
THE process OF discounting early
peace, first begun In the highly sensitive
financial markets. Is extending through
leading Industrial and mercantile circles.
While still largely one Of sentiment, the
recent change In business is now more
clearly manifest In a shrinkage OF actual
operations that not alone results from
Governmental and other restrictions bun
also from the momentous events in the
war situation. Increasing hesitation
among buyers. who appear In the prin-
cipal centres In notably smaller numbers,
is illustrative of the turn which condi-
lions have taken.--d the more frequent
cancella ton orr uers Is not the least
significant OF the late developments.
while still pushing Government work
with the utmost vigor iron and steel in
terests have not been Indifferent to the
great significance of recent events In
Europe. Indeed. there is general recog-
milton that peace has been brought
measurabiy nearer and the question OF
the readjustments that must ineyitab bly,
follow the wars ending is one which
now enters largely into calculations"
The National City Banks monthly cir
cular will say: ....
IF terms OF peace are agreed upon at
an early day the Governments construc-
ton and manufacturing programme will
be considerably curtalned but expendi-
lures upon the army and navy viii nee
essarily remain very LARGE. II must be
remembered that the proceeds OF the
Fourth loan have been to a great extent
anticipated by the Treasury. ana al
ready expended, the seven offerings OF
Treasury certificates having brought In
S4,665,320, 600. 1t Is evident therefore
that a great deal of money will yet have
to be raised for the war, both on our
own account and for our allies
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-02

COAL & COKE COMPANY have this day
declared n dividend OF GO In cash. pay
abe December 5th to stockholders Of rec
ord on November 18th. at which date the
transfer hooks will be closed, reopening on
the 9Th OF December Checks will he mailed
for dividends to all stockholders whose adj
dresses nre known
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-02
BUSINESS TAGGING,
TRADERS CAUTIOUS
Buyers Inclined to Await
Peace Developments Be-
fore Placing Orders,
EXPECT DROP IN PRICES
Reviews Ascribe Part of Check
to Dealings to Epidemic
and Weather. a.
EXPECT DROP IN PRICES

A general tendency toward busi-
ness conservatism is noted in the lead
Ing trade reviews for last week. This
check In civilian buying Is ascribed as
much to influenza and the unprecedented
warm weather as It IS to n seeking for
readjustment in the peace which is now
generally considered to be be within
sight because OF the d!sintegration OF
the forces Of the Central Powers The
undated war work for the Government
despite the favorable peace outlook Is
taken into consideration, but attention
is called TO the fact that In the back
ground the country generally Is prepar-
ing to resume the purchases that are
concomitants OF peace.
Despite the evident signs Of q
aebacle among the Central European
Powers, says Brddstrects, "manufac-
turing on governmental account and war
preparations In general, except in some
shipyards. have not halted. nor Is there
any disposition to let up on essential
activities. Indeed, cargo shipbuilding is
to be pushed. But In purely domestic
hines the tendency Is to talk OF read
justments that will OF necessity be re-
Quired in the event OF the war sud
denly terminating, and while some pro-
TESS to believe that the present iull is
only temporary, II is conceded that the
pressure to get goods is by no means
20 strong as heretofore, and indeed,
some mariruvring In the direction of
cancelling orders already placed at high
prices has developed. Some reports in
dictate that II Is not 80 difficult TO obtain
supplies Of dry goods and apparently
the tone Of the market for cotton goods
Is easier and exporters show a desire
to resell In the domestic market In
terror retail merchants are pretty we'll
stocked with supplies, and as warm
weather. also the presence OF over
100000 young men In the army. has
initiated against sales of mems wear;
final purveyors are not placing orders
and at the same time belief in lower
prices causes them to be conservative
about operating anew for future ship
ment."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-02

BONDS.
PITTSBURG,

5000 Penna gen Ks, sla sin srs aiY
00o0 Phila Elec ist Sc % 3? % 2?
900 eading gen Is. sax @x SAY SAX
The sun., 1918-12-30
RECEIVERS E SI55
FROM LAUNDRY HEAP
Noseld by Mistake Sends
IL in Weeks Wash.

After the good old New England fash
Ion Of putting the clothes 10 soak Sun
day, the operating force Of the Sun Wet
Wash Laundry, 715 East Eleventh street.
was dumping basket loads OF clothing
into the laundry machine Yesterday when
Mrs. Jennie Nosella OF 4o7 East Twenty
ninth street dashed excitedly into the
place.
Mrs. Nosella, through an Interpreter
who was called In when her Italian and
the laundrymen's Y'ddish failed to meas
ure up to the situation. declared that
1855. which she had saved, had been
sent to the laundry with the weeks
wash. II had been placed. she said. IN
a pocket in a feminine garment, which
IT Is not for a masculine commentator 10
denominate more specifically, and for
gotten when the wagon called for the
washing,
Mrs. Nosella finally prevailed upon tia
l~sundrymen to pull all the laundry ont
of the machine, with the result that
the, 'er-the garment. with the sl5b in.
tact, was recovered. The owner, over
come by JOY, tainted on the great pIle
OF wet wash on the floor. She was taken
to her home
The sun., 1918-12-30
BREWERS IN DOUBT
OVER GRAIN STOCKS
Will Rot IL Retained, but
Would Have to Be Sold at
Big Loss.

Brewers IN this country have vast
quantities OF grlts. corn. hops. SC. on
their hands as the result OF the ban on
brewing which went into effect December
1. The value OF the stocks runs UP into
the millions.
The predicament OF the brewer Is
serious" George e. Rupert. vice-presi-
dent OF the Jacob Rupert Brewing Com
pany, said yesterday afternoon. IF he
sells these cereals he will be obliged 10
do so at a price far below what he was
at Is my opinion that most brewers
will not get rid Of their stocks OF corn.
&c, for a reasonable period Of time In
the hope that the ban will be lifted"
Mr.. Rupert sald his concern II still
holding its entire force Of employees. not
n man having been discharged. in the
hope that the bar may he l'fted.
II IL understood some brewers are
shipping malt out OF the country for
beer making purposes In other lands.
On december 2 a telegram was sent
~ the Food Administration heads at
Washington by a New Yorker explain
ing that millions Of dollars OF brewers
grains that could not be utilized would
rot unless something were done to make
use OF them.
Two weeks later a reply was received
from the chief OF the coarse grains sec
ton NJ the Food Administration saying
that the administration had been trying
to find a market for the left owe
products.
The sun., 1918-12-30
LAWYERS ELECT HENRY TAFT
New York Man President OF Bar
AssocIation-Other onncers.

The new officers Of the State Bar
Association were announced Yesterday
Henry w. Taft will be president fo- 1919.
The list OF vice-pres!deuts IL composed
of he Iancey Nicoll. New York Luke
u. Stapleton, Brooklyn Frank II. Os-
torn. Catskiii Charles q. Sisbet. Am
ster6an: David F. Costello. Syracuse ;
A II Sewell, Walton; John Desmond.
Rochester Joseph G. Dudley. Buffalo.
nrd Charles II. Young. New Rochelle.
Frederick r.. Wadhams Of Albany is
secretary and the treasurer Is Albert
Hesshe re, also Of Albany.
William n Guthrie heads the execu-
tive committee OF the New York city
district Charles A. Boston. the com-
nittee on law reform Joseph II. Choate,
Jr.. committee on admissions Henry w.
Tes.up. committee on grievances: Bron-
son Winthrop. committee on selection OF
candidates for judicial Office. and James
ne Witt Andrews. committee on legal
biography.
The nominating committee was headed
by Morgan J O'Brien.
The sun., 1918-12-30
FLAG SAVED FIRST
AT MARKET BLAZE
Fireman Climbs Pole While
the Fish Fry.

Tho we'll known and Justly celebrated
boy who stood on the burning deck had
nothing on Fireman Alfred Hovorka,
driver OF Engine Company 80. yester-
day. when flames attacked the Fulton
FISH market, famous as a landmark
n as the alma mater Of a virile Gov
ernor.
It was about noon when a Waterman
saw. smoke and called the 1remen and
the hreboat Mcclellan. BY the odor
OF nsh being cooked the flremen located
the fre blocks away. When they ar
rived Hovorka noted that the flames
were encircling a fa2pole on top of
the building from tho top Of which
tauntily fioated Old Glory.
The fireman saw the nag. Before
anybody knew what was In his mind
he scaled the building and was soon
seen climbing, hand over hand through
the smoks and fire. A big crowd of
spectators. chiefly longFhoremen. saw
the idea n began to cheer for all they
we're worth. At the top of the pole
Hovorka balanced himself while he care
fully removed and folded the flag and
placed II under his coat- Then he
climbed back through the fire and smoke
ring to see that everything was well
with his apparatus.
The offices on the third and fourth
floors Of the building were destroyed
and large quantities. of ffsh that had
been ordered for the use of local hotels
were ruined before the department ex-
tinguished the blaze.
The sun., 1918-12-30
CAPT. CHARLES YATES RESIGNS
Seeks TO Retire From shipping
Boards Agency February 1.

Capt. Charles Yates. managing agent
ut New York for the United States
Shipping Board. division Of operations,
has offered his RESIGNATION 10 acting
chairman John A. Donald TO become
effective not later than February /.
He was for many years IN the SER
vice OF the Coast and Geodetic Survey
and was the first oftic'al selected by
the late Bernard Baker to assist him
In organizing the Shipping Board. He
Is therefore the senior official in length
OF service.
Capt. Yates's ONCE embraces more
than 1000 persons. including depart
mental officers. ship officers and crews
and Office employees. with branches at
Halifax, Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Newport News.
A recent report on the activities Of
the Office shows that within a year the
new fleet became by far the largest ever
manned by one organization under the
flag OF The United States merchant ma
rine. It consisted of more than $50
oceangoing ships OF nearly 1000. ono
tonnage and manned by approximately
5000 civilian officers and men.
The sun., 1918-12-30
COP AND ANOTHER WOUNDED
Five Men Disappear After Odd
Shooting ARRAY.

Patrolman Leo Sexton OF the Alexan-
der avenue station and Harold Neal. who
says that he Is an electrician. Of 1897
Southern Boulevard. Tho Bronx. are pa
tents at the Lincoln Hospital with bull
let wounds received in an affair that re-
suited in charges Of attempted larceny
being made against Neal and Robert
Eadclln who say his home is at 5ts
East 136th street.
A touring car bearing the plate 1855
Conn" stopped before Young's restau-
rant ats124 Brook venue early yester-
day. Five young men left the car and
ordered food in the restaurant, Neal
and Radclif Jumped into the automobile
and started to cave with II. One Of the
Ave men In the restaurant ran out and
fred at the departing pair. wounding
Neal.
Policeman Sexton came along and pur-
Eued the man who fred the shot. who
turned In a doorway and shot Sexton In
the head. When Sexton fell all Ave of
the strangers whose automobile was be-
Ing stolen, escaped, There ie no intor.
nation in the hands of the police con-
corning the identity Of the five men.
The sun., 1918-12-30
KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
Newark Mar Unaware in Darkness
That Roads End IL Reached,

Harold G. Riddle, an expert ac-
countant OF Newark. died In ST. Mary's
Hospital, Passaic. yesterday Of injuries
he received when an automobile in
which he and three other men were
riding hit a telegraph pole at Wash
inGton avenue and Kingsland road and
plunged twenty-five feet into a ditch
at the edge Of the gol' links Of the
Yountakah Country Club at Della
wanna, ~. j.
Physicians there said the three men
who entered the hospitaI with Riddle
all were cut and bruised, but the only
namc they got WAS that OF L. o. Hart
OF Jersey City. who told them he was
vice-president OF the Driver-Ha-ris
Company. wire manufacturers, OF Har-
rison. n. j.. Riddle was employed hy
the same hrm. Riddle, who was driv-
Ing, did not know he was approaching
the end OF Washington avenue. In
stead OF turning into Kingsland road
the car kept on ahead and sideswiped
the telegraph pole The accident hap
pened Just before daylight.
The sun., 1918-12-30
PAY TRIBUTE TO BELGIANs.
Protestant Denominations Send
Message to King.

Major Pierre Blommaert. Protestant
chaplain OF the Belgian army. who has
been two months In America interpreting
the good will and gratitude OF King
Albert, and his people TO Protestant IN
gregatfons In the large cities OF this
country. will sail for home to-day. He
takes this greeting to Belgium's King
from thirty denominations the chaplain
has addressed
frontier OF freedom. Your unity and
has stood the severest test which ever
came to a nation. We pay tribute to
your soldiers, who for years were sub
jected to the keenest of suffering. we
pay tribute TO the plain, home loving
men and women who have been so true
to the best In them.
THAT the spirit OF Christ may guide
the great peace council 20 form such n
fellowship Of nations as will secure to
the smaller and weaker peoples the first
consideration In time OF need is Dur
earnest prayer. This will but fulfil the
Masters command that the strong bear
the burdens OF the weak.
I'VE were rejoiced 20 receive the stir
ring messages from you through Chap
lain B~lommaert. and we now commission
him TO carry to you this expression OF
our faith, our hope and our love. in
which We are sure our churches join as
ne. We could not enter fully into the
fellowship OF your sufferings. for we
have been spared the outrages perpe-
trated on your soil but we have es-
teemed II a privilege to enter into the
fellowship OF your determination and
your triumph and to join most heartily
and unitedly will all you people In
gratitude to our God and Father for the
ending OF the wal and the coming OF
peace. 1t Is now our great Joy 10 con-
graduate you upon the triumph OF your
years of struggle and the vindication OF
your deepest convictions"
The sun., 1918-12-30
HEARST OPPOSED
BY MANY CITIZENS
Officers of Civic Associations
Throughout State Object
to Him as Welcomer.

Opposition grows daily to the continu-
ance Of W. r. Hearst as chairman OF the
subcommittee on military affairs Of the
Mayors committee to welcome return
ing troops. r. c. Harrison has sent 10
Mayor Hylan a protest backed by hun
dreds OF signatures a protest which
sta ties that Mr.. Hearst is not a repre-
sentative citizen. His loyalty has been
very seriously questioned. Our return
Ing soldiers are entitled to be welcomed
by those who have supported them in
their work and suffering, n It has al
ready been shown that 1t Is not possible
TO give them such a welcome so long as
Mr.. Hearst is to have anything to do
with II.
W consider II an insult to our SOL
d'ers that a man who uses the American
flag TO sell his apers should continue to
act as a member OF this committee. We
sincerely hope you will see your way
clear to suggest to Mr.. Hearst that he
retire from these activities"
Attached to this protest are columns
Of signatures, Included among which are
those OF Sadie American. Mrs. Dom
Barber. c. F. Bishop, Mrs. A. NJ. Bo!sse-
vain, Mrs. Chauncey Rea Burr, Mrs
Winthrop Burr. Juliana Cutting. z. II.
DainEerfeld, NJ. de Bournonville-Ma-
cauley. Eugene De'ano. Cleveland Fl.
Dodge. Or. Howard Duffeld, Francis L.
Hine. Mrs. Franklin Chase Hovt, Mrs.
Garrett B. Kip. the Rev. William T.
Manning. Mrs Marcus NJ. Marks, the
Rev. DR.. John Howard Melish. william
Fe'lowes Morgan. E. H. OuterbridRe.
Mrs. Allan Pinkerton. Lawson Purdy,
Major George Haven Putnam, Mrs.
Joseph Hamblen Sears. Gertrude Robin
son Smith. Archibald Taylor. Charles
Thaddeus Terry. F. II. Van 1ngen, Will
lam G.. Wilcox, Mrs. Henry A. Wise
Wood. Mrs. Bekkman Winthrop.
Almtra G.. Stewart. pre7'dent OF the
Daughters Of the Union Elizabeth Wal
tom chairman OF the New York League
on Urban Conditions Among Negroes
Mrs. George NJ Clyde. president OF the
Women's Ohio Society Gertrude Robin
son Smith. president of the Vacation As
ISOLATION; J%eannett r Gordon. president
Of the woman's Municipal League; Wal
ter H. L'pe OF the BOARD If Trade of
CanaJoharie Edward {. Dovle, president
~ the Board Of Trade OF Cohoes' F. y
Palmer Of the Chamber Of Commerce Of
Geneva F.. V. Pierson, treasurer OF the
Board nj Trade of Newark. ". Y: S.
Allen Clark of tho Chamber Of Com
merce of Oneida Martin V. Wilson of
the Board ofCommprce Of PeekSkill: w.
Y. Johnson Of the Chamber OF Commerce
~ Rome: Miles Ayrault, PRECEDENT Of the
Chamber of Commerce Of Tonawanda
the directors OF the Utica Chamber OF
Commerce, and J. Crawford Stewart.
treasurer of the Westchester County
Chamber OF Commercs.
The sun., 1918-12-30
WINTER PLAYS ODD ANTICS.
Adirondack SweIters, While Snow
Covers Part OF Texas,

According to reports from the Adiron-
dack Mountains. street cleaners ape re-
moving mud from paved streets in the
villages, while In some parts Of Texas
railway train service Is DELAYED by an
unusually heavy fall OF snow. At
Saranac Lake, where mercury usually
hovers below zero az YuIetide, II was
20 degrees warmer this year. and back
IN the mountains the lumbermen became
concerned over the absence OF snow
needed in their operations.
BY contrast, Fort Worth, Tex, re-
ported at the same time heavy SHOWS
prevailing all along the line from Yer
o north to Texiine. the fall ranging
from six inches TO two feet. and inter-
ferinR with service on the Forth Worth
and Denver Railroad. The snow In Texas
was in the t~wenty-slxth parallel. The
Adirondack country. which would like
10 havS about two feet of snow. Is be-
tween the forty-;h 'r and forty-fourth.
The attitudes where snow fell in Texas
and where now did not fall in the
A~dirondacks are about the same.
The sun., 1918-12-30
STRIKE FIAT CLOUDS
NEW YEAR EVE FEAST
Walters and Cooks to Quit
"Joy Centres" Not Worried.

The spectre Of a general strike Of the
help" on the day Of all days when q
hotel or restaurant proprietor expects to
break a little better than even is APP
preaching hand and hand with New
Years eve.
Due warning to the public that the
cooks and walters had fixed upon De-
cember 81 as the date - their conclud-
ing 1918 demonstration OF the power OF
organized Broadway labor, was issued
last night by Otto Wagner. secretary OF
the International Federation of Hotel
and Restaurant Workers.
MOT said Mr.. Wagner, that we
wish to inconvenience the public on this
day of celebration, the most wonderful
New Years eve the world has ever seen.
but" b
\The gist OF the remaining two columns
of Mr.. Wagner's remarks Is that the
public is going 10 be Inconvenience just
the same II a general walkout Of all the
walters n cooks will do II. ,
The bonifaces may be, and doubtless
are. excessively annoyed at the prospect.
but they are not letting their annoyance
distract them from their preparations for
'the greatest New Years eve celebration
old New York ever knew." Strike or no
strike. they say. there will be wine and
meat and bread for all Corners and some-
body to serve II too.
Some OF the hotels and restaurants. in
GLIDING the McAlpin, Claridge, Waldorf
Astoria, Vanderbilt, Belmont, Astor,
Knickerbocker. st. Regis, Plaza, Mar
Unique and Primo George hotels, and
Churchill's. Sherry's. Luchow's. Days
and the Hofbrau restaurants are not
concerned with Mr.. Wagner's threat,
principally because the union walters In
those establishments already are out on
strike and nav been for ten weeks.
The sun., 1918-12-30
WOUNDED MEN AT FEAST,
City Athletic Club Gives Dinner
ana Entertainment.

Members OF the City Athletic Club en-
tertained yesterday IFS wounded sol
d.ers who have Just returned from
France, Among them were a number
OF negro soldiers. two Indians and men
from all parts OF the country. Each
OF the hospitals In New York sent rep
representatives TO attend the feast.
All OF the men wore service ard
wound chevrons. Some OF them had the
stripes sewn on empty sleeves and others
had no legs. The two large reception
roo.ns on the ground ioor OF the club
house we're converted into dining rooms
and rows OF tables were set in them.
Members OF the club. who include
some OF the best known business men in
the city. waited at the tables. Vocal
and instrumental music entertained the
diners. After dinner the Stage Women's
War Relief supplied n fine entertain
mtnt under the direction OF Miss Mlnette
Barrett, chairman. C~hauncey Olcott.
Louis Mann. Cyrus Edwards, Tom
Lewis. Miss d. Bisque, Miss May Nau-
dain. Minnette Barrett, Robert Stranger
and Jack Hazard. to say nothing of the
twelve girls from Gus Edwsrds's Re-
view, took part.
The sun., 1918-12-30
The Sun Calendar.
THE
For eastern New York fair tod

For eastern New York. fair to-day;
increasing cloudiness Tomorrow: mod
crate west winds becoming variable.
For New Jersey. fair TO-DAY: Increasing
cloudlness to-morrou no oecided change
In Temperature: moderate Vest Winds, be-
coming variable.
For northern New England. fair to-day;
Increasing cloudiness and 81 1htly warmer
on the coast to-morrowi moderate west
For southern New Enslaud, fair to-day;
increasing ~cloudincss tom lrrow; moderate
west winds, becoming variable.
For western New York. Loudly to-day:
snow tomorrow or to.morrow night.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2a-There has been
a general and decided fall IN pressure over
the south districts wcs' o. the Mississippi
Ts but as yet without precipitation:
pressure. a decided ian IN temperature.
snow and increasing north winds over the
extreme Northwest. WYOMING. Idaho and
Utah; There was no other preeipitatlon in
the West except some light rains in tho
north Pacific stats Easi VI the Miss's-
sippi River pressure Is somewhat higher,
With light local snoNs in the ohio Valley.
the lake region, New York and New Eng
land and with fair weather and higher
temperatures in the South. 1t ls also
warmer in the On Valley. Tennessee and
OF the western disturbance which is now
central over COLORADO there will be rs. n
Monday night or Tuesday in the South,
rain IN the Ohio valley turning to snow
Tuesday and snow IN tho upper a region.
reaching the lower lake region by Tuesday.
In the middle Atlantic states and New
England fair weather MONDAY will be fol-
lowed by increasing cloudlness Tuesday.
II will be warmer Monday and Tuesday
In the south Atlantic states and warmer
the east Gulf Sta'es. followed by falling
temperature TUESDAY. it will be cooler
Monday night in tho north upper lake
region and colder TUESDAY In the upper
lake region EenerHllv reaching the lower
lake region during Tuesday night