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New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
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ALBANY, May 13.--The following cor
porations We're among those granted char
ters to-day by the Secretary Of State:
Merit Mills Inc $4,000; Manhattan
textiles; William J. Steinhardt, BENJAMIN
Nadelman, Samuel Weinrib. 1868 South
ern Boulevard, Bronx.
Victory Woolen Company. Inc. $50 900 :;
Manhattan; manufacturing woollens, IA b.
RIGS; Jacob Mnkowitz, NJ. w Goldberg
Jacob Liederbach, 263 East 10Th Street
Bronx.
Weinstein Dress Company. Inc. $1,000;
Manhattan; manufacturing ladies' dresses !;
Fabritus, Highbridge n. j.
Gulf Mercanti Corporation: $50 ono :.
Mnnhattan; deal in chemicals dyes wakes
oils, Fats; Samuel J. Posen. Benjamin Hal
perm, r.. \. Posner, 225o Grand Concourse,
L.. &. ]. Dress Company inc, $1,000;
Mania ttan; manufacturing ladies' dresses.
Albert Lubelsky. William Ieitner MAY
Goldstein, SAB East Ninth Street, New
r1onIF1sn Damsn Textile s,;t Mills. Inc. $4,000;
Woiken oGrs. NJ J. Mande1, 315 uopkinson
ooo g. II S Aluminium Ware Co. Inc. s1o.-
w.; w. New York County: manufa cturing
ee eogsehp'd H. l. agtsss and drugs
Ciasnon. 5s Liberty Street, New York a. H.
Sittenfield- HeimEerg Shoe Corporation.
sgo;ooS, d Manhsttsan shoe manufacturers
Sittenheld, Oscar Heimberg, AIS Raiph
Avenue Brooklyn.
Domestic Trading Corporation. $1,000:
Manhattan; manufacturing wearing an
parel for both sexes Samuel Levine Ralph
Levine, Louis Mann, 96l Fox Street, The
Bronx.
William P Goldman & Bros. Inc. $3.50
600; Manhattan; manufacturing mems and
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Metals
Steel Plates Quof1d So q
Ton Higher; Bids on
Rails Sought

The report yesterday that the Lukens
Iron and Steel Company had advanced
the price of steel plates So ton was
in line with the prediction that the
collapse of the industrial boards sta
bilization plan would be followed by
quoted by the Lukens company is
equivalent to $2.75 a hundred pounds,
Pittsburgh.
s. 1t is the general belief of the steel
trade that the advance made in steel
plates is only the forerunner of in
creases in other products. In some
quarters it was thought that rails
would not remain long at S45 a ton
for Bessemer and SAT a ton for open
hearth, the prices recommended by the
Industrial Board.
The invitation yesterday of the rail
road administration for bids on 400, 900
tons of steel rails took the trade by
surprise, as it was announced last
week that the immediate needs would
amount to only half that amount. If
the purchase of the larger tonnage is
consummated it is understood that
about 10000 tons will be allocated to
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
idClHS Dig government rail- Ordef
5 would mean larger contracts for spikes
tie plates and other track supplies. The
Baltimore & Ohio has recently bought
800 tons of spikes, and the Southern
Pacific is in the market for 1000 kegs
Other inquiries for from 1000 to 300C
kegs come from other lines, mainly in
the Central West.
- Developments in the oil fields oi
Texas, Louisiana and Wyoming con
= =
line pipe. One inquiry for an oil line
Is for 200 miles, 2. and 6 inch pipe
Gas line projects are said to cali fol
3 heavy tonnage Of 6 and 10 inch pipe
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Scarcity of Dressed Furs
Averted by Wage Agreement

Fur dyeing and dressing costs are
not expected to advance beyond pres
ent figures because of the shorter
working week and increased pay grant
ed yesterday to the workers in the
dressing and dyeing plants. The four
teen plants which entered into the
agreement with the unions thus are nut
on the same basis as independent
plants which are said to have been
paying the new wage scale for some
time.
One important effect Of the strike
settlement, according to fur manufact-
shortage of available dressed skins.
During the strike the manufacturers
were forced to send their furs to the
few independent plants in the city or
to out-of-town establishments. These
were not able to turn out the great
volume of work thus thrown upon them
with sufficient speed to keep up with
the dmeand and manufacturers were
drawing upon their reserve stocks of
dressed skins. In many cases these
reserves are almost exhausted
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Urge Congress Leaders
= TO Repeal Luxury Taxes

introduction Of resolution into the
house OF Representatives to repeal
.ne luxury taxes was urged upon
james Fordney, Republican leader Of
ync House, In telegram from Lew
hahn. secretary of the National Re-
taii Dryzoods Association, yesterday
~ the same time Mr.. Hahn sent 3oies
rcnrose, Republican leader Of the
senate, a telegram congratulating him
upon his stand in favor Of the repeai
. - sns iuxury taxes, and urged that a
Ispexi resolution be introduced into
the Senate as early as possible and
pressed 70 favorable action,
Z An HE telegram to Mr.. .Fordney, Mr..
= I'VE believe the public irritation .nd
tne inconvenience caused by these
fx:s are wholly out Of proportion to
meir importance az producers Of
revenue and we feel sure their i'm :
mediate repeal will win you the thxnxs
Of both the American public and
American business ""'
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Fur Dealers Optimistic

Predictions that the high prices for
furs obtained at their auction last
week in St. Louis would continue are
made by Funsten Brothers & Co. in
their official report of the sale. The
report says that nearly every article
in the sale advanced, while none
showed a decline compared with the
January prices.
Business in all lines of the trade is
in prosperous condition." adds the
report, with manufacturers, dressers
and dyers working to capacity, and re-
tailers reporting substantial business
for this time of year."
The fall auction of Funsten Broth
ers E. Co. will take place in st. Louis
en- September Is and the days follow
ing. Goods to be placed on sale at the
auction must be in the company's st.
Louis warehouses by August 80.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
BUSINESS NEWS BUREAU.
Tribune Building
l54 Nassau Street
Copper Demand
About Equal to
Current Output
Sales Made for June and
July Delivery at 16 Gents;
= Foreign Buying Is Still
Quite Small in Volume

80 - Copper metal, for delivery in June
and July, sold in substantial quantities
in the New York market yesterday at
IS. cents. This was an advance of Il
of cent pound. The market for
spot copper was quoted nominally at
15& cents, unchanged, although one of
the leading producing and refining
interests sold a small amount Of metal
late in the day for immediate delivery
at 16 cents.
The demand for copper has gradually
increased in the last fortnight until
the buying is Of sufficient volume it
is stated to absorb about all of the
copper currently produced. That would
make the daily consumption around g.
600, 900 pounds on the present basis of
mining operations.
+. A leading trade authority estimates
that sales of copper for domestic ac-
count since May 1 have averaged in
excess Of 100000 pounds day. Sta
tisticaly. the position Of the copper
market is still regarded unfavorable,
in view OF the enormous surplus Of
metal that has accumulated since the
armistice was signed. Until the present
were accumulating at rate of around
100000 pounds a day, despite the
drastic curtaiment policy inaugurated
by the leading producers.
So far the foreign demand for copper
has been insignificant, in view of the
large stocks on hand, although the
increasing inquiry from abroad is
causing more cheerful sentiment in
the trade.
The opinion was expressed yester-
day by representative of firm which
has large amounts of copper for sale
that no further important advance in
the price would be likely, it being the
feeling in the trade that nothing should
be done to check the new buying that
is developing around present levels.
The market for lead and spelter
continued dull yesterday. Larger pro-
duction of lead is looked for in view
of the stimulating effect upon mining
operations of the rise in silver prices,
ss lead is usually found in quantities
wEere silver is mined
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Wool Sale Lacks Interest
Buyers Claim Offerings Are of
Poor Quality
Business NetUs Bureau
Special CoryesDoudence

CpGCldt correspondence
BOSTON. Mass, May 13.-Forty-
eight of the first 200 lots of greasy
territory wool offered at the govern
ment auction here to-day were taken
by the American Woolen Company.
Except for the best lots in the sale,
prices hovered around the minimum
established by the government. The
highest figure of the day was 66 cents
pound for about $4,000 pounds of
half blood staple Montana wool. sub
jcct to shrinkage of 60 per cent in
cleaning and securing. On a clean
basis this wool would bring S165 a
pound. 1t was purchased by the Swift
Wool Comr-ny.
1t took fifty-fve minutes to sell the
first 200 lots. Ten Withdrawals were
made because of the failure Of bids
to reach the minimum set by the gov
ernment. Little interest was shown in
the sale, and bidders say that as the
auctions continue tke quality Of the
wool offered seems to become poorer.
Besides the American Woolen Com
pany, the most active buyers were Hal
lowell, Jones G. Donald and Crimmins
G. Pierce
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Jewelry
Deliveries of Je,pelry
Manufacturers Retarded
by Labor Shortage

Because of the pressure of business
and the shortage of skilled labor many
jewelry manufacturers are refusing to
accept orders for delivery before the
middle Of July or August. 1t is said
that the labor situation is daily grow
ing worse rather than improving. Dur
ing the last week several strikes oc-
CURED in individual plants, but they
were adjusted before they reached
serious proportions. Manufacturers
complain that the wage demands of
the workers have become decidedly
serious problem.
Retailers continue to make heavy
purchases. Many of them report that
with the ending of the Victory Loan
drive their business has shown some
improvement. AS heretofore, the de-
mand continues most active for the
better class Of goods, though other
kinds sell readily. Makers Of jewelry
carrying small diamonds are keenly
embarrassed by tho scarcity Of these
precious stones and several have been
compelled to withdraw their lines
from the market.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Germans to Experiment
In Flax Cultivation

According to the official organ of
the British Board Of Trade, German
trade paper, "Wclt- Handel" report
cd that the Association Of German
Linen Manufacturers recently met at
sorau, Prussia, and organized a de-
partment Of investigation The new
department, backed by large financial
support, Is to contain museum in
which samples Of fibre will be cx-
hibited. as we'll as a library. and q
model farm is to be started for axpari-
ments In tho cultivation OF Hax on
various soils With the aid Of difYersnt
kinds Of ssrtilixsra.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Trade Notes

Charles E. Sholes has resigned
from the Grasselli Chemical Company
to become ice-president and sales
manager Of the Edison Storage Battery
Company, at Orange, N. J.
Problems Of the coming fall season
in silks and some of their solutions
we're discussed last night by the ad-
vertising, sales promotion, designing
and research departments Of the j. A.
Nigel Company, Inc, at a get to-
gether" dinner at the D. X. E. Club,
56 West Forty-fourth Street.
J.. A. Nigel, head Of the concern, and
]. j. Floherty, vice-president of the
Tracy Parry Advertising Agency, Phil
adelphia. addressed the gathering.
The Cone Export and Commission
Company yesterday advanced prices
half cent yard on its lines Of
Ferry, Cliffside and Broad River ging-
hams, and similar increase was made
in the price Of Hillsboro cheviots
This concerns output of Haynes
glnghams having been sold to next
September, no further sales, it is said
Will be made for the present.
Jay d Co., resident buyers Of New
York, gave dinner last night to their
officers. department managers and buy.
srs. soveEs having bssn laId IN the GrllI
Room at the Hush Terminal Sales
Building 3o1 fk&ky SuastA
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14

hoys' n' clothing; William p Goldman.
5.n'a as @ nuel Goldman. Abraham P. Goldman
20 Lehox Avenue. New York
90 one ne Northern Fur Dyeing Company. Inc.
SI1.Vgo' Manhattan; fur business; Philip
1884 Gates Avenue. Brooklyn. e''''ei T.
\, Edenia Toilet Preparations, Inc, $1,000;
Manhattan; chemists, druggists: Mar
,Mingebach, l.; I: Cowan. Dorothy Schon-
haus. IS Broad Street, New York
Great Jones Headware COMPANY Inc
sS.ooo; Manhattan manufacturing hats
caps etc; Oscar Schwartz, David Erurn
New York ''' N'''
\, Meyer Hanson Company Inc. $4,000;
MANHATTAN; manufacturing cloaks suits
wearing wearing apparel; Meyer GuraInik. n. p.
uSanson n. G. Newman. COL West 1b1st
NATIONAL MILDLY and Novelty Company.
me, n1i,is " Si,2oo; Brooklyn: manufaoturing
cross Gross. Shepard Klein, 1s7 Havemeyer
E. NJ & E. Gross Company. Inc. $1,000.
Syracuse; manufacturing ladies' apparel
SGrnest GROSS, Mary Gross. Ethel B. Buli'
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Restrictions on
Shoemakers OFF June

All restrictions on shoe production
and sales agreed to last October b!
the tanners, shoe manufacturers and
wholesalers will be removed on Juns
/. These restrictions covered the nun
Der of lasts the manufacturers could
use, as we'll as limited the range o.
colored feathers. Under them ths
manufacturer could only make ont
type of patent leather shoe. After thil
month it will be permissible for tn
manufacturer to sell all types ant
styles of footwear to the retailers
which means that there will be much
wider range of styles available IN th'
fall lines.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Cotton Men Propose
Big Export Corporation
Plans for slOO,OOO,OOO Con.
Germ Will Be Presented to New
Orleans Convention To-day

NEW ORLEANS, May 13.-Plans for
s1oo,ooo,ooo cotton export corpora
tion will be acted on here at conven-
tion beginning tomorrow Of bankers,
cotton producers and dealers 1t is
proposed to purchase a chain of ware
houses and to keep control of large
quantities of cotton from the time it
leaves the plantation until it is sold
to consumers.
At a preliminary meeting last night
tentative draft of charter was com
pleted. A subcommittee appointed at
a recent meeting in Memphis and
headed by Governor Pleasant of Lou
isiana is handling details of the Or
ganization. The corporation will oper-
ate under the Webb Pomerene law
which permits combinations for the
promotion of foreign trade.
Leon Sternberger, of Memphis, a
member of the organizing committee
said to-day that the stock of the cor
poration would be of $10O par value
and would be distributed among farm
ers, merchants and others interested
in the cotton industry.
Cotton men in New York, when
asked yesterday for their views of the
project, said they believed it to be one
of several undertakings for controlling
large quantities Of cotton and prevent
ing alleged depressing of prices by
what are called "thosc New York gam
blers.''
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Japan Buys Narcotics

Further sales of morphine and CO.
caine for export to Japan and other
Far Eastern countries were reported
yesterday. Spain was said to be in the
market for 5000 to 5000 tons of am.
monia. Orders were placed by Switz-
erland for ground caustic soda. For
maldehyde was weaker.
The allotment Of camphor for the
United States made by the monopoly
bureau OF the Taiwan government TO,
the nrst three months Of 1919 is 2,70(
piculs for the celluloid manufact cturers
and 120 piculs for the camphor re-
finers. The total is 73O piculs les,
than the quantity apportioned for The
last three months Of 1918. The auan
tity allotted is minimum, to be in
creased IT greater production war.
rants it.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
a Lucky Scare

A buyer for leading Western dry
goods jobbing house who has his
nerve" with him placed large or
ders for cottons just as prices started
to turn upward about six weeks ago.
At that time there was considerable
talk about the wisdom of buying when
there was so much doubt about the
stability of prices. The other day the
employer of the buyer, while discuss
ing the upward movement of prices
remarked: "Well, John, you got scared
just in time, and we have profted."
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
New Zealand Hemp Industry
Hard Hit by Price Dro1

New zealand's hemp industry has
been adversely affected by the recent
drop in prices for hemp, which has
caused some of the mills to suspend
operations. A consular report states
that 10000 bales of hemp are being
held in store for export when space
on sailing vessels bound for America
becomes available. The production of
hemp IN New Zealand last year
amounted to 145, 15o bales, against i56.-
329 bales the previous year, and it
is thought that the production dur
ing the current year will show much
greater decrease than the per cent
just indicated.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
More Silks and Jewelry
Being Imported From France

Exports from the Paris consular dis
trict to the United States for the first
quarter of 1919 were s13,194,4 ,402,
against S9,9s6,269 in 1918, according
to advices from Consul General Thack-
ara. The principal increases were in
silk goods, perfumery, pearls, precious
stones, rabbit skins, feathers and fur
niture. The principal decrease was III
cigarette paper
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Seek Shoes for Soldiers

Retail shoe dealers with stores in
proximity to army demobilization
camps are combing the New York mar
ket in search Of broad-toed, light tan
shoes of the Blucher type, with rubber
heels. They declare that this style
Of shoe holds particular appeal to the
discharged soldier, who has become
educated to shoe comfort through the
wearing Of army footwear. The
shoes they want for civilian use must
have touch of what they call "style, u
but the extremely pointed models are
not wanted at all
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Jewellers to Hear Export Report

definite date Will be detcrmined
upon at a meeting OF the good and
welfare committee of the National
Jewellers Board of Trade to-morrow
for holding mass meeting of the
iewolry trade 10 hear the report of
9. w. RosenthAl, who recently returned
from an Investigation Of the South
American jawelxT and Ailyaxwaro mar
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Norwegian Paper Mills Hit
Bv British Import Emharos

CHRISTIANIA, Norway, May 13.-
Norwegian paper mills have stopped
operations, either wholly or in part,
because of the new restrictions on
paper imports into England. Few of
the mills have orders in hand. 1t is
reported that the British restrictions
will be withdrawn in six or eight
months, but it is believed the Nor
wegian paper industry will have closed
down long before that time.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Trade Hears Big Canadian
Textile Mill Is Leased

Bondholders of the Canadian Cot
tons, Limited, are reported to have
met in Montreal yesterday and rattle
the plan to sell the Montreal Spinning
Mill to the Dominion Textile Company
which has leased the mill for several
years. 1t is said the price Of $780,
900 is payable one-half in cash and
the other half in Dominion Textile G
per cent bonds. These are to be placed
in trust for the benefit Of the Cana
dian Cottons bondholders.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
To Build New Fertilizer Plan,

HOUSTON, May 13.--An addition to
the plant of the Texas Chemical Com
.pany here is to be constructed at a
cost of about $25O,OoO. The capacitv
1or manufacturing animal charcoal
greases and bone by-products will he
doubled, and new unit for the mann
tacture. of acid and super phosphate is
to be installed. 40
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Sale of Large Southern
Textile Mills Is Reported

1t is reported that the Loray Cotton
Mills, of Gastonia, N. c. said to be the
second largest textile plant in the
South, has been sold to the Jenkes
Spinning Corporation of Pawtucket, R.
l. 1t is stated that the deal involved
more than $2,5O0,O0O.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Satisfied judgments

SatISlleO Judgments
The first name is that OF the debtor;
the second that OF the creditor and date
when Judgment was fled
In New York County
General Baking Coz. Cart
wright; Dec. T. 1913. S2,so6.s 81
Durham, Ernest F.-A. B. Berk;
Aug. a.. 1912 ................ 393.b1
Co; June 22 1s16............. 2se.ls
Same-Same; Aug. 1S. 1916...... 2sa.71
McNair, Herbert L.--Citizens Ma
tional Bank Of Los Angeles;
April "a, 1916. 1,070.l3
N Y. Manufacturers Real Estate
Goa. w. Hillebrand Co.:
April 10. 1919. s................ 1882
Bank; Jan. is, 1918 s........ 1a7.s4
NJ. Fl. Hoffman, fnc.-Motion
Picture Trade Directory Co,
Inc. April I. 1919 eo6 10
Clifford. Oscar F.-W. Pincus.
Sept. 81, 1918 .............. 118es
johnson. Edmond--A ID. CAL
braith; June 16, 1913. S3A7p
Rosenberg, Sam-George Rector,
Inc.; Aug. 10. 1919. al84o
Greenwich Savings Bank,-E.
r vsr-Eoks; Feb. II. 1910 IVA
nss:ssssar.. SsssSs Ann. M;;;:: M.doidn.;,:,:. ao7sss
Arnoldt b Thielt April IL, 1914 ss%.ad
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
London Wool Auction

LONDON. May 13.-The wool auc-
tion sales were continued to-day with
offerings of S,10O bales. Choice comb
ing we're often 10 per cent dearer.
Melbourne secured crossbreds sold as
high as 5s sd.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Business Troubles

Judgments Filed
The following judgments were fled yes
terday. the first name being that OF the
debtor:
Tr Nory VorI, Co,uA,,
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Basic Comm odities
May 13, 1e19

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-27
THIS MEAD WORTH $4,000
London Doctors Eager to Examine
Brain of Man Known as
Human Encyclopedia.

CT course you have heard of Datas,
the human encyclopedia-the man
who can memorize and reel off dates
quicker than the fire of a machine
g1n; the man on whose head the doc
tors have placed price Of $4,000?
"But I am not anxious to sell it yet
for dissection" Datas told writer
for London Tit-Bits the other day.
SIT is worth more to me than $4,000"
Datas has lately been devouring
war facts and had just added couple
of thousand in two and half hours
to his repertoire when we met.
'For an outlay Of twopence," he
said, st bought little book on
bookstall, called Two Thousand Facts
About the War I bought 1t and read
the list through in two and half
hours and then knew it by heart"
There is no doubt about it. I test
ed Datas with the book in my hand,
and no matter what question I asked
him-dates of battles, air raids, names
Of ships sunk, famous generals ca
reers-he answered them without hesi-
tation, says the writer.
DataS has had many amusing and
curious experiences, but the most ex-
traordinary was the friendly dinner he
shared with John Lee, the Babbacombe
murderer, and the late James Barry,
the executloner who tried to Hang
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-27
RED ORGY OF MURDER

tins We're killed by being tapped on
the head with wooden mallet.
This seminary garden is one con-
tinuous grave of naked bodies and
skeletons. Identification of the vic
tins is impossible. A Russian countess
and her daughter were tied to posts
in this garden, stripped of their
clothes, then killed by a succession of
dagger pricks all over their bodies. A
dozen priests We're crucified head
downward; two others We're boiled in
oil.
Hundreds of the upper classes of
the city, men, women and children.
sentenced to death without trial, were
taken to the edge of swamp outside
the city and given their choice of flee
ing into the swamp or being shot
down where they stood. Many dashed
into the swamp. only to be engulfed
in the quicksands. The others were
shot down at the edge Of ditch. into
which their bodies fell. and left UNI
coEered during the entire winter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-27
Soldier Beats Train.

Junction City, Kan.-Trains were
too slow for certain Kansas soldier
who has been away from his home at
Salina for two years. When he re-
turned to Camp Funston the other day
he received pass to spend Sunday
at Salina. Instead of waiting several
hours for the next train to his home
town. he hit the highway and was for
tunate in catching an automobile ride
to Abilene. His good luck did not
foresake him there, for he again took
to the road and another motorcar
picked him up and landed him in Sa-
lima about the time the train wa
leaving Junction City.