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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-03-16
WOOL MARKET BAD
FOR BOSTON TRADE

Conditions amounting almost tc
stagnation are prevalent in the Bos-
ton wool market. Although there is
a little more freedom in transporta-
ton, the congestion is still very great
and seriously hampers business.
The anomaly existing in the wool
trade was again illustrated by tn,
sales at the last series of government
wool auctions in Ford Hall. At these
sales the government offered in all a
little over $4,000, 900 pounds of wool
Allowing four pounds to a suit o.
clothes and estimating fifty per cen
average ~shrinkage, enough wool was
placed on sale to make 1900, 900 suits
of clothes. yet with clothing selling al
toNnotch prices buyers took only
1900, 900 pounds in round numbers, OF
about twenty-one per cent. Through
out the sales little interest was dis
played. Bidding was desultory and
lots seldom sold higher than the gov
eminent upset price.
Dealers claim that the reason SC
little interest was shown, apart from
the inferior quality of the offerings
is that it is almost impossible &c
finance purchasers owing to the &C
ton of the federal reserve bank
They maintain that the government
is greatly restricting business. BY
its action through the reserve bank
credits are limited, and yet it places
minimum" prices on low-grade wool
above what the market can afford &c
pay. In the circumstances the trade
considers it is severely handicapped
The point Of interest to the general
public, however, is that there is little
evidence of lower prices for goods
The rejected wool at the last auction
would make very good wearing ma
terial, but not of the fine texture thai
has been demanded for so long. Here
the trade blames the consumer and
gives as another reason for not taking
the coarser grades that there is not
sufficient market to warrant the pur-
chase of any but the finer qualities.
Although the fundamental cause
may be traced to the consumer. with
ou doubt the demand has been aided
and abetted by manufacturers. The
consumer whose income has been
greatly increased by the imitation inci-
dent to the war, is reyiving in ex-
t~rayagance, and demands among
other things the finest grade oi
clothing. The manufacturer is glad
TO meet this demand, for with the cost
of producing cloth from the finer ano
coarser woods practically the same
the finer goods yield the greater mar
gin Of selling profit.
Until there is more resistance to
the present high prices of the finel
weaves, it seems unlikely that such
woods as the government offered a
this last series of auctions will find
a ready market. Meanwhile clothing
continues high. and good serviceable
wool is practically unstable.
The Silver State for a month-40c
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-03-16
MENTION Of PEOPLE
WHO COME AND CO

W.. f. Boyken OF Gold Circle is in
town for a few days.
Mrs. o. s. Troutwine came here
yesterday from McDermitt.
r. II. Cronin of Inlay was a visitor
here during the weekend.
Il. J. Boyd and ]. w. Clark Of Para
disc Valley are visitors here.
Frank Capilli, Pine Forest sheep
mn, is a business visitor here.
b. C. Digges of Andrews. Ore, is
visiting here for a few days.
T. w. Whitaker of Brighton, Cal,
is a guest at the Overland hotel.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-03-16

The Silver State for a month-4oc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Police Bring 10000
Tons of Coal Into City
Marine Division, Under Captain
Hallock, Man Tug TO
HauI SuDply

Policemen of the Marine Division,
under Captain James w. Hallock, for
two weeks have supplied coal to the
municipal ferryboats and to the De-
partments of Charities and Water
Supply, Gas and Electricity, having
brought to Manhattan Island 10000
tons of various grades since the
declaration of the harbor boatmen
strike, it was announced yesterday. The
policemen have been hauling coal for
use by the city since April 81.
When the strike was declared Grover
A. Whalen, Commissioner of Plant and
Structures, communicated with Captain
Hallock and told him of the threat TO
the municipal ferries and to several
city departments if the coal supply was
cut off. Captain Hallock replied that
if he were given tug he would fix
that up. He got his tug, which was
lent by the New York, New Haven g.
Hartford Railroad, upon which he de-
tailed two crews Of his marine squad.
They headed for South Amboy.
The averae time consumed on each
trip to South Amboy and return was
twenty-four hours. Although the pass
age was irksome and tedious. not q
word of complaint has been heard
from the men detailed to the work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Soldier Acquitted in 4
Hours i'm Murder Case
Barry, Freed in Fort Totten
Staying, to Face Robbery
Charge

Private George W. Barry of the
Coast Artillery, who has been on trial
in the Federal Court, Brooklyn, charged
with the murder Of Mess Sergeant
Frank H. King at Fort Totten on March
70, was acquitted last night. The jury
debated for four hours.
Barry heard the verdict stolidly. but
he registered lively indignation when
he was Informed that he would be
sent to Raymond Street Jail to ava t
the coming of deputy sheriff who will
take him back to Council Bluffs, Ia, to
answer a charge of burglary.
According to United States Attorney
lie Roy Ross, Barry broke out Of jail
where he was awaiting trial and Joined
the army. The man who was captured
with him charged with the same crime,
is now doing twenty years, the attorney
alleged.
Ross also charged Harry with a
lengthy criminal record, saving that
his real name was Walter Mcclure
and that he had served several terms
In reformatories and jails in the Md
die West
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
". II. L . G..
Printing Facts

House organs, or private maya
zines, are being used more and
more to create good will within
the organization. They are not
hard to start nor difficult to carry
on if you have in your organiza-
ton an enterprising and enthu-
siastic employee whom you can
appoint as editor-and if you
select the right kind of printer. !
We are printing house organs
for the New York Telephone
Company, the Western Electric
Company, the Vacuum Oil Com
pany, the international Motor
Company, the Columbia GRAPHIC
phone Company, and many others.
Printing Company
213 West 25th Street
Telephone Chelsea 7S4O
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
600, 900 Is Urged
For American Museum
New Buildings Also Recon-.
mended in Annual Report of
President Osborn

plea for new buildings and at least
S2,o00,OO0 for maintenance of the
American Museum of Natural History
was made yesterday by Henry Fair
Held Osborn, president, in his annual
report to the board of trustees. The
report said that work in the museum
has been at standstill since the
declaration of war by the United
States and that considerable expansion
is imperative to bring it up to date.
In the last fifteen years, says the re-
port, the exhibitions of the museum
have more than doubled, with the re-
suit that at present the museum is in
the condition of grown man wearing
a 'hoy's clothing. In five years $500
goo school children have benefited By
the museum in the form of lectures
and travel talks, the report continues.
DR.. Robert W. King. engineer of the
american Telephone and Telegraph
Company. gave an exhibition of wire
less telephony in the museum, formally
opening an exhibit of wireless tele
phone apparatus that will remain in
tho museum for a week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Ask for Whisky,
Get Near Beer; One
Shot, 2 Arrested
Fight Begins in Sd Avenue
Saloon, Chase i'm Street
Follows and an Innocent
Bystander Is Wounded

1t had been stupidity dull in John
yesterday morning up to the time two
strangers came in and asked for
whisky. After that the place took on
the atmosphere of Western movie
barroom. Things happened fast.
Prompted by craving for real
liquor, Louis Gregory, twenty mine
years old, of 1906 Second Avenue, and
James McManus. twenty-three years
old, of 1923 Second Avenue, plowed
into Tague's saloon and made know
their desire. Tague, it is said. exer-
seised his ingenuity by offerink near
. beer as substitute. He deposited two
dripping tumblers on the near mahog-
any counter.
But 1t was whisky that Gregory and
McManus wanted Irritated, it is said
at the clumsy substitution, one of them
flung a glass of the foaming LIQUID at
the saloonkeeper and the other pro-
ceeded to maui him,
The rumpus attracted the attention
of Thomas O'Bren, a laborer, who was
IN the back room. He rushed to the
saloGnkSeeper's assistance; McManus
decided that it was time to leave and
dashed out Of the saloon. AS he shot
through the swinging doors James
Ross. a special Waterman, of 1879 Ave
nue. A, employed in the neighborhood
saw him. and thought he was bur
g!ar making getaway, Ross gave
chase.
The Waterman fired FIVE shots into
the air and then decided to shoot at
the fleeing man. But the bullet in
tended for McManus struck Ambrose
Hayes, twenty-three years old, a con-
ductor and innocent bystander, in the
right leg. He was later picked up and
carried to Mount Sanai Hospital.
Patrolman Jesse Joseph of the East
Eighty-eighth Street station, happened
along. Here was a man with a smok-
ing revolver and there was another
lying on the ground-shot: The patrol
man arrived at the conclusion that
Ross had been out cunning for some
body and upon accosting the man with
the revolver said Throw down that
gun or III kill you
'hoss obeyed orders and then hastily
exp aimed the situation. In a moment
the patrolman and gang of spectators
were on the heels of McManus. They
caught him. Gripping his prisoner by
the arm, Patrolman Joseph marched
back to the saloon and found, it is
said, that the battle with Gregory was
still being waged with und diminished
fury.
McManus and Gregory were arrested
and charged with disordery conduct
Ross was cited for exceptional fore
thought, and Taoue, somewhat dishev.
eied, was allowed to return to the du
ties of his establishment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Slayer, Phoning to Ask
About Victim, Is Trapped
Armin Richtman, Concerned Over Fate of Man He
Stabbed During Fight Over Wife, Is Held on
Wire Until Police Arrive ON Scene in Auto

If Armn Rchtman had only been a
more unscrupulous slayer and had
kept on running after stabbing Jacob
Blumenthal yesterday instead of paus-
ing to call up the mans office to see
how he was getting along, he might
still be free.
He lay last night in the Wilson
Avenue police station, charged with
homicide, hooked, played and landed by
Morris Hirsch, his victims employer,
who used telephone wire for line
and his own quick wit for fisherman's
skill.
Richtman and his wife, about whom
yesterdays tragedy revolves, live at
772 Forest Avenue, the Bronx. He
is compositor and works, while Blu
menthal, who lives at 1888 Hoe Ave
nue., the Bronx, is free. Several times
lately the husband had journeyed to
the Lonsdale MILDLY Blouse Company's
factory, at 307 Woodbnc Street, Brook
Ign. where Blumenthal is employed as
a designer, and had warned him to
leave Mrs. Richtman alone. RIGHT
man even Appeared 10 f1lrSCn, ASKING
him to warn Blumenthal to keep away
Warnings Unheeded
These visits were .unavailing. At
noon yesterday Rchtman waited for
Blumenthal to leave the building for
lunch and settled his problem in his
own way. Other employees in the
building heard cough and fall. They
found Blumenthal stretched on the
sidewalk with blood pouring from a
deep cash in the left side of his neck.
An artery had been severed and he died
shortly after he had been carried into
the factory.
Captain Jacob Van Wagner and
Detectives Woodle and Stems of the
Wilson Avenue station were in the
factory taking statements from wit
nesses of the killing when Hirsch got
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Wounded Soldiers
AT Columbia Stage
A Comeback Revue
Crippled War Veterans, Aid.
ed by Barnard Students
and University Men, Give
a Creditable Performance

Wounded soldiers who are taking
courses at Columbia University unde,
the. direction of the Federal Board OF
Vocational Education gave "The Come,
back Club Revue" last night at the
Hotel Astor. The Comeback Club was
organized last fall by the 100 wounded
soldiers at Columbia.
They get $50 month from the gov
eminent and discovered early in theil
college career that the sum was in.
adequate to permit them to find lodg-
ings near the university. Morning and
night they had to fight their way into
subway cars and generally were com.
PEELED to stand all the way to and from
Columbia.
Members of the Comeback Club con-
suited together. They decided that
money must be raised Some of the
men had musical talent There was
other talent at the university and else
where, they felt sure, would be theirs
for the asking.
1t was. The brunt of the work of
preparing the Columbia University
soldier show for the stage fell on the
crippled soldiers, and last nights per
Torrance proved that whatever else
might be lacing the shoulders were
most capable, but there was assistance
in abundance.
Alfred B. Cornell, William Harring-
ton, r. H. Burnside and Hugo Reisen-
field all helped. So did Barnard stu
dnets and Columbia men who never got
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of the university, feeling that the com
position of lyrics, music and sketches
was in competent hands, agreed tc
make speech between the acts.
The audience was with him right
from the start. They approved of the
show most heartily. The book was
written by the soldiers, most of it by
John E. Tittensor, who suffered &
breakdown from overwork in conse-
quence. The music and lyrics are by
Paul Stewart, Ralph Grosvenor, Donalc
Mcbride, Charlotte Moore, D. J. Ed
show was directed by Alfred B. Cor
nell. There are thirty-fve in the cast
The principal masculine roles arc
played by wounded men and the femi-
nine roles are played by Barnard stu
dents. There is chorus of thirty
girls, all Barnard students.
Among the numbers which won the
most applause were "The Comeback
Melody" "The Barnyard Cabaret,
"Treat Me Rough "Movie Stars" anc
"The Little Girl Next Door" The show
is to be put on again tonight at the
Astor and on the nights of May IA anc
Is it will be given at the Waldorf
Astoria. Canned Willie" and beans
are served army style, and there is
dancing after the show.
Among the patronesses are Mrs. Vim
cent Aston, Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs
Henry P. Dawson, Elsie Janis, Mrs. E
H. Hartman, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller
jr., Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Mrs. William
Douglas Sloane and Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Woman and Son
Shot by Ex-Sailor
She Wed in 1919
Mrs. Seebas Reported Dying
in Hospital at Passaic;
Man Escapes Over Fence
as Policeman Conn s

Mrs. Mary Seebas, forty-six, Of Pas
sale, is dying in St. Mary's Hospital,
that city, with three bullet wounds.
Her son, Arthur, twenty-six years old,
is in a serious condition in the same
institution also, with three more
wounds, inflicted, according to tn. po-
lice, by Mrs. Seebas's husband, Alex
ander, twenty weight, who escaped. The
shooting is said to have been the cul-
mination of domestic quarrel.
Seebas served nearly two years ever
seas in the United States navy and
bore an excellent record. Since his
discharge, he has been employed as an
electrician with Passaic construction
company. He was married last July
to Mrs. Mary Hannun,. who brought
her twenty six-year- son to live with
them at the Madison Street address.
According to the police, unhappiness
quarrels followed.
On Sunday night, according to the
police, another quarrel occurred and
last night on his way home from work,
Seebas purchased box of candy which
he proffered to his wife on his ar
rival.
81 won't accept your candy" Mrs,
Seebas is said to have declared, where
upon Seebas, according to the police,
took a revolver from his pocket and
pointed it at his wife. She grappled
with him, but one bullet was dis
charged, becoming lodged in the cell
ing
Arthur Hannum, her son, was in an
u ;,i,, L,
Joined in the scuffie. The revolver
was discharged twice in quick sue
cession, both of the bullets entering
Hannum's arm. The next bullet cut
away part of his jaw.
Mrs. Seebas then ran from the house,
but as she was going through the
front door Seebas caught up with her
and shot her in the back, the bullet
entering her left lung. Two more bull
lets entered her left arm.
Patrolman Michael Wynne heard the
shots and rushed up to the house just
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Teiper Acquitted ON Second
Trial as SLAYER of Mother

BUFFALO, N. Y, May 3--John
Edward Teiper, acquitted to-day on
an indictment charging the murder
Of his mother, Mrs. AGNES NJ. Teiper,
four years ago, was released and
walked out of court free man ex-
cept as the District Attorney may
proceed against him with an entirely
now case before a Grand jury. T,eiper
was convicted at his first trial and
served part of an eighteen year sem
tence.
District Attorney Moore was deep
" disappointed by the jury's verdict
He said:
II know I have done my full duty.
In this era of social unrest and Boil
shevistic propaganda, if, on the evil
dence in this case, courts and jurors
allow the wealthy and powerful to
go free, no one can be surprised if
great impetus is given such propa-
ganda. If all the circumstances sur
rounding this case were known, there
might be some startling revelations'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Gov. Allen Willing to Debate
Compcrs Here Nav % or 90

TOPEKA, Kan, May BIN response
to telegram saying that May % and
70 are open for the proposed debate
on the Kansas industrial court law
between Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor
and Governor II. j. Allen, of Kansas,
In New York City, the latter today
wired he would accept either date.
ne also recommended that earlier
oates "a for debate with Gompers at
Washington be arranged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04

ing contest. The telephone rang.
Hirsch answered it; talked for a
few seconds and then began to do a
silent war dance with the phone cable
as tether. The policemen looked on
astounded until the man at the phone
scrubbed on piece Of paper.
1.-The man you want is talking to me
now"
Richtman had called up to find how
seriously Blumenthal had been injured.
Keep him talking" Captain Van
Wagner wrote in response, and he and
his detectives tiptoed from the room
to stampede for the nearest phone, over
which they begged the operator to
trace Hirsch's call. 1t came from 48
Boerum Place, more than mile away.
Whether or not the police captured
their quarry depended on the skill of
Hirsch.
In the room upstairs Hirsch heard
the roar of an automobile outside and
knew that the police were on their way
to capture the man who kept clamoring
over the phone: as he dead? Is he
dead ?"
well" drawlcd Hirsch, his eyes on
the clock, mot exactly what I'd call
dead, but he won't bother your wife
any more, Mr.. Richtman. | think"
YOU'RE keeping something from met"
shrleked the strained voice. as he
hurt bad?"
Nearly Gets Away
Hirsch continued to equivocate, his
eyes still on the apparently INN obile
minute hand. Once or twice the man
he was playing almost got away, but
an astute hint dropped by the fisher
man kept him firmly hooked He begged
TOR details, which were Given charity.
He sought and did not receive def
mite assurances that Blumentha was
not badly hurt
Then at last there came a click and
the nervous voice was cut off in mid
sentence. After a pause the cool tone
OF Captain Van Fagner replaced it,
, Its all right. Mr.. Hirsch,' he said;
1--WE got him Thank you"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Reports Alaskan Reds Quiet

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May s.
Captain Casey Williams, of the launch
Takur. which arrived Sunday from
Hydar, Alaska, where radical activi-
ties were reported last week. and to
which port the United States coast
guard cutter Algonquin was sent in
response to a call for assistance. de-
clared normal conditions prevailed in
Hydar on Friday, last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Grew of Blazing Ship Saved
Wife of Risoer's Steward Among
Those Landed at New Bedford

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, May s.
Captain Carl Danielsen and the crew
of the motor schooner Risoer, who
were taken off their blazing vessel $50
miles east of New York by the British
freighter City of Canton Yesterday,
were landed here to-day by the coast
guard cutter Acushnet. The Acushnet
had taken aboard the seventeen men of
the crew, and Mrs. I. Syversen, wife of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04

in time to see Mrs. Seebas fall down
the front steps. She was closely fol-
lowed by her son, who was grabbed by
the policeman.
I'm not the man you want" said
Hannum. my step-father did it, He's
in the house"
Search of the house proved, how
ever, that Seebas had escaped. 1t was
later learned he fled through the rear
door and over the back fence An alarm
has been sent out for him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
the steward, OFF Gay Head early a.;

Fire was discovered yesterday 1, -.
cargo Of coal, which the Ri,osr Nc. '
carrying from Newport News e.
Korsover, Denmark. The skinn., az, ~,
his men tried to drown It with van
out without success, and the fans,
were menacing a tank contsininr ss'
barrels of gasoline when the CIV ~ !,
Canton came upand took of the u,
soer's crew in boats. -'''
The Risoer was heading for New
York at the time the fire was found
a northeast gale on Saturday hayin,
broken her foremost. The City -
Canton resumed her voyage to Lonso,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-04
Death Threat
BY Arnstein
Cows Broker

CONTINUED from page ons)
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so good. why should he show us this
courtesy?
Plans Made for DISMISSAL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-01
LEGAL NOTICES REQUEST FOR BIDS

1. Sealed proposals will be received a, this office, 714 Brown Marx building, Bir- mingham. Ala. until Il a. m. November be publicly opened. for the construction oi coal bins of 1000 net tons capacity and river wharf. together with necessary ma, chinery and conveying belts to transfer coal from railroad cars to bins and from bins to barges; bins and wharf to be of creo- soted pile and frame construction Bidders are invited to be present.
 2. Proposals to be su bdivided into timber and pile construction separate from belts and machinery.
 3. The right Is reserved to reject any an1 all bids. to waive any informalities in pi posals. to make awards by items in the aggregate as may be most advantageous to the United States. Written notice will be given when an offer is accepted.
 4. Proposals must be submitted in dupii- cate and dated. If submitted by firm or corporation, they must bear the firm or corporate name with signature and title of person authorized to submit proposals. The envelope containing proposal must be sealed and marked, Proposal for construction ot coal bins and river wharf. Cordoya, Ala, to be opened November 10, 1920"
 B. Specifications and detailed plans will be furnished bidders upon application at my office 714 Brown Marx building Bir- mingharn, Ala, and after October 29. 1920. H. T. DEBARDELEBEN, Manager Warrior River Section. War De-
 psrment. Inland and Coastwise Water
 ways Service.