" f HE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1917.
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I
LIVE STOCK MARKET
Dattle Slow to Ten Lower and
Sheep Slow, but Steady to
Easier.
HOGS 7IVE CENTS LOWER
s Omshs, February 1. 1117.
Receipt! were: Csttlft. Hobs. Sheep.
Kstlmats Monday .... t.SO" MOO 12,700
Heme dr lt week . 7.242 12.S41 lo.m
Seme day J wke. so. .4J4 .0 14.JS7
game day 1 wks. .so. M20 10.J5S 1M1
Same day 4 wks. afo. 7.J33 10.J77 Mil
Danae day lut year ... .ZbS 12.(11 1M
Reeelpu and disposition of live stork at
the Union stock Yarcie, Omaha, for twenty
four hours ending at 3 o'clock yesterday:
RECEIPTS CARLOADS,
v Catll.Ho Sheep. Hr's.
,C. SL.4 St P 17 2 .. 1
"Wabaeh
Missouri Pacific S
Union Pacific....' 44 17 54 I
I C. A N. W., east 41 I 1 '
E. W. W west.... 4 41 S 7
. V., St. P.. M. at O.... 40 II I
C, B. & 3. east.... 1
C, B. Q.f west.... M 32 Si I
C, R. I. & P., east.. 21 11
C, R. I. P., weal.. I 1
Tllliols Centre! H I
Ehlcato Ot. Western.. 27 " 1 ..
Total receipts S7 117 ii 10
DISPOSITION HEAD.
Cattle. Hofis.
Sheep.
Morris Co
IMi
1.IC2
1.141
41.1
1,320
1,362
4.132
3,241
Swift and Comany..
1,2(1.
741
Armour Co
Schwarts A Co. ,
J. W. Murphy.
slorrcll
Lincoln Packlns Co...
So. Omaha Pack. Co..
Wilson Packing Co..
' Cudahy, Denver ....
K. B. Vsn.snl Co ...
HeatoB Vansant sc L.
Hill A Son
V. B. Lewis
J. B. Root A Co
J. H. Bulla
L. F. Hues
Kosenstock Bros . . .
V. O. Kellf(C
Werthelmer A boson.
KlUa A Co.... ,.
Hulllvan ' Bros. ,. ......
ttotschlld A Krebs...
Mo. A Kansas Calf Co.
ChHstle ..'
Hlaslns .............
rl uff man ,.....,.....
Roth
Baker '.
Banner Bros .........
John Harvey
Dennis A Francis,....
Kline . . ..
Jensen A Lungrent.. . .
ODar
:
24
1
11
"in
ii
371
ll
133
23
40
77
I7
224 .
203
0 .
U
it
27
. 10
::
107
218
118
67
111
i
731
Other, buyers
1,18(
M8I 12,313
Totals 7,131
Cattle Reoelpta of cattle were very liberal
this morning, 273 cars being reported In.
The maVket opened j-ather slow because of
the large receipts at all market points and
prices everywhere .showed more or leas de
cline. Beef steers at this point wera around
10o lower, the beat hers selling up to 111.10.
Cows and heifers wers steady to 10c lower
and good feeders about steady. Common
klnda of feeders were a little slow and dull
- Quotations on cattle: Good to . choice
beeves, 410.40tjll.2i: fair to good beeves,
8 71 0 10 40; common to fair beeves. 18. lie
71; good to choice heifers, 18.1303.23:
good to chose, cows. 7.SOl.tO; fair to
good cows, l(.S0O7.80; common to fair
cows, 3.1801.80; prims feeding steers, l II
O10.03; good to choice feeders, 8.7803.13:
fair Is good feeders, 17.(003. 78: common to
fair feeders, (.80O7.(0; good Id theirs
atocksra, 7,;8O8.80: stock heifers, 17.0(0
8.60: stock eows, 14.0007.73; slock itlttt
7.00O3.00; veal calves, H 00011.8(1 beef
hulls, stags, sic, 3J.604H.30; llogna bull.,
(.00O7.3.
. Representative sales:
BEEF STEERS.
.No..
Av. Pr. No. AV. Pf.
1(0 38
10...
I...
60 87 00
7(1 T 13
707 t 88
(33 7 80
(l(
17t
714
7 78
It.
I (0,
I 38
8 70.
11 836 IK
ft. 133 S 80
18 380 88
14 . 887 48
10 1171 88
It. 1101 10 10
18 ...lilt 10 88
II ;..1464 11 10
, 73(
, 701
I 00
I 80
.1140
31
10
.1141 10 00
.1121 10 10
li.
...1310 10 30
8TKRR8 ArJD HEIFERS.
.., Ms 15 14 77
COWS AND HKIFKRS.
nt I le
(
18...,
I....
1....
It....
II....
1....
II ... .
COWS.
i It 1...
. t3
. 300
. 348
.1083
.1110
.1110
.1483
.1140
. 031
.1024
.1110
. 837
.11(0
. Ill
I 00
78
7 It
7 30
t (
I 30
40
(80 I...
t oo II...
T 40 II.
T 7t 7.
7 IB 1.
I 18 10..
HI J, I It
CALVES.
1 121 I 78 I..
11.. 4S7 I 00 1..
1
441
110
1 to
I 00
1 1(0 0 10 1 Ill 10 00
1 140 11 10
Hoga Even tor a Monday the supply of
hoga was comparatively moderate, am
Vila court ting out 131 cr, or about 1,-00
bd. This la 1.000 ama.ll ittmn tther ft
wk ago or tha oorreipndlrlf Monday lut
year, but over twloa u two week
co.
On flrat rounda parkra talktHl bg 10r
d:ltn. and thla enabled ahlppara, whoso
order did not warn to be very umont, to
cot aoma hon that wreL as tmtrh aa
lc lower. Chlraco wired R10o lower
pricaa. the market there break. n( undar
the pressure of a 70,000-head run, but the
loral supply was not vffry lara and while
a few of the flmt hoira packers KU showed
fctAlOfl declines bulk of the offertnga did not
tart moving until bids had been ralaed
to a to lower level.
While trade naver was artlve and be
ram., if nvthtn. draasier aa the day ad'
veneed, everything but aeatterlng loada of
light and plain mixed stuff waa eventually
(leaned up without sellers having to make
any further concession Hblppers supported
the close on anything they could us. The
general market waa around a nickel lower,
juat about losing Baturday'e advance. The
usual unsvennesa was noted in values and
tales were marie all the way from steady
to u much as a dime lower. Bulk of the
offerings moved at a spread of tU tO0
li. H and a number of loads of the best
weighty stuff hers reached 113.10, which
Was tha day's top. Real prim heavy hogs
were lacking though for a Monday the gn
" aral quality 'was, if anything, better than
usual,
Representative esles:
No. Av. h. Pr. No. Av. 8h- Pr.
2..UI 100 111 IS s..m ... Ill H
M..1U ltO 11 10 M..t0i 1B0 II fi
ft.. 100 ... It 00 70..10T ... II Ok
17. 141 .,.'12 10 ..! ... IS li -t..53
... 1! SO
. Sheep A very fair sheep and lamb run
put In Its appearance thla morning, some
fty cars, or 11.700 bead, being reported In.
The supply was nearly S.000 larger than a
week ago, but waa 1.100 short of two weeks
aire and ahowsd a falling off of more than
S,000 head as com pared with a year ago.
The lamb market waa Terr similar to the
dull siumpy affairs on last week's close.
The demand seemed to be anything but
urgent, and park era took their own time
about starting out, finally making flrat of
fers on a big Sc lower basts. Sellers fought
the decline hard and It waa late In the
forenoon before much of any business wss
transacted. In the end packers raised bhelr
Stands and when movement finally started
tt was at prices that ranged from steady or
nearly so on a few Mexicans and good light
westerns t around 100 ltc lower on bulk
f the medium weight weaterna. Quite a
- good many of the latter sold around II Ml
G 14.00, with a four-car bunch of good Mexi
cans , equaling last Friday's 114.11 top.
The demand for aged sheep waa hardly
fcs keen as last week, but a moderate supply
was cleaned up at about steady prices. Two
car of good Colorado Mexican wa made
ft new record of I11.S0, while aoma pretty
' deeent stuff moved around 11.04. Despite
the fact that fat lambs hav been so dull
of tat the feeder outlet was good. One
four-car string ot It-pound Idaho feeding
- lambs, which made up the bulk of the offer
ings, sold at 114.31. which equal in
, son's top and looks quit a littl stronger
than tha prices la force on last week's
close.
Quotations on ahp and lambs: Lambs,
li.ht and handy. lll.IStt.14.la: lambs
heavy, I13.SS01S.7I; lambs, clipped, Ill.St
011.4; lamb, iseoers, s.i.v0i.j; year
lings, good to choice. HS.7l01S.SOi yar
Unas. fair, to good, IU S04J1S.7S: wethers,
, fair ts choice, I1O.SO011.7S; ewes, good to
rholc. flJO.7S011.3O: awes, fair to good,
.S0lf.?l; awes, plain to culls, 41.000
00.
' Raprwentatlvs sales:
No.
Av. Pr.
gei tea lame a,,,..,.,........ it
ST fed ewes ?10
77 14 SO
11 00
ISO fed ewes ....104 11 10
0t fed lambs St IS St
S4 clipped lambs SS II ti
NEW YORK STOCKS
Irregular Advances, Fairly Sub
stantial in Instances, Are
Registered.
TRADING GENERALLY DULL
New York, Feb. II. Irregular adanvea,
fairly substantial In many instances were
registered In today's professional market
Shippings were almost the only noteworthy
eiceptlons to the hlkher trend those Is
sues reflecting the further uncertalntlra af
fecting the status of American merchant
men. Trading was dull, save for the first hour,
which witnessed a moderately fair turn
over. Dealings took In a larger number
of Individual stocks than at any recent
sesnlon, these including numerous semi
active or dormant specialties, remotely re
lated to the war groups.
Leading rslls averaged gains of 1 to m,
although advices reported a halt In freight
traffic arising from prevailing congestion
was reported from leading centers. Short
age of cars showed an Increase over the
figures recently announced by the American
Railway association.
Production at some western industrial
centers Ja again threatened by the coal
shortage, but points nearer east are catch
ing up with production.
Today's advance, like that of Saturday,
resulted largely from short coverings. This
was especially true of United Ststes
Steel and allied shares, as well as Metals,
although the latter were In demand on the
strength of trade conditions.
Offers of as much as 37t4c for "spot"
Coppers were said u have been made by
domestic manufacurers with concurrent ad
vances In by-products. Equipment shares
were responsive to the piecing of srioi
tlonal orders and Oils made appreciable
gains, Texaa company rising 74 points on
a widespread Inquiry for crude and refined
products.
Suaars. Leathers Fertilisers and Indus-
trial Alcohol were i to (I points better, their
recovery also being attributed to pur
chases for the short account.
Utilities, notsbly Ohio Gas and Laclede
Gas moved with the general current. Total
sales of stocks amounted to 446,000 shares.
Transfers of 12.300.000 gold to the ra.
etflc coast, probably represented a further
drawing down of Japanese bank reserves
here.
Bonds were Irregular, United Kingdoms
losing a small fraction, while Anglo-French
3s were firm. Total sales, par value, were
18,320 000.
United States were unchanged on call.
Number of sales and range of prices of
ceding stocks.
Am. Beet Sugar. . .
American Can
Am. Car A Fdry.. ..
Am. Locomotive...
Am. Smelt, ft Rfg.
l.non
2,300
1,100
(.100
3,000
2,300
ttu. tvi 's
44 44 44 U
(3 CI4t
7144 71 71
37 t
Am. Sugar Rfg
I .IV 110 111
Am. Tel. A Tel
Am. A. L. A Steel
200 12t,i4 126 It 126ti
1,300 37ft 3(H 37
Anaconda Copper.
10.700
77 77
Aicmson
Roldw'n Loco
Baltimore A Ohio
Brooklyn R. T
Butte A Sup. Cop.
fa I. Petroleum....
Canadian Pacific.
Central Leather. . .
Chesapeake A Ohio
C, M. A St. P
Chicago A N. W...
- 800 108
102 10244
63Uj 6414
78 'A Tl
3,000 68
400
1.400
1,100
76
6(4
47
2(4
49 4714
3.100
24 26
1.600 164 163 164
8.800 67 8 ' 88
1,000 10) 61 63
700 II 31 81
800 11844 113 lis
c, n. I. A V . . . .
Chlno Copper...... 8.1110 6648
Colo. Fuel A Iron.. 3,800 47 Vb
Corn .Prod. Rfg 10.300 22te
28
54
45
22
6
(6
4(44
32
(6 44
Cruciate Steel tl,30O-. 47
I'lauusrs securities
Br
Oen. Electric
Or. North, pfd....
O. North Ore ctfs.
Illinois Conlral....
Jntsr. Con. Corp...
Insp, Copper
Int. Harv., N, J...
Int. at. M. pfd. ctfs
K, C. Southern. . . .
Kenneoott Copper..
Louis. A Nash....
Mes. Petroleum....
Miami Copper
M., K. A T.. pfd...
Mo. Pacific, new, .
Montana Power....
National Lead
Nevada Copper. . .
2h
00 21 2(1, 26
600 1(5 1(4 1K6
300 113 112 111
1,300 aai 32 33
01
13
1.100 13
8,100 57
200 117
11,100 73
500 12
13
68
117
117
71
12
71
23
44
12b
1.400
1.(00
83
13
-2"
'
(6
14
87t,
3744
7
38
14
ii' '
67
1,000
200
24
7
100
200
66
24
3
38
66
34
N. T. Central
4.490
85
N. T.. N. II. A H-8.300 8844
as
Norfolk A Weatsrn 700 10444 104
104
Pacific Mall 600 31 33
13
Pac. Tel. A Tel 2
Pennsylvania 1,600
6444
26
8!H
78
27
34
64
18
I
54
Ray Con. Copper..- 8,800
Reading 3.800
Republic I. A Steel 17,800
26
18
88
8
Shattuck Arts, Cop. too
Southern Pacific. 1.800
Southern Ry 3.800
28
!8
mudnbakor Co l.2o lflr. lo;i 104 vi
Teiaa Company
F..30H 221. U 221 U SSI
Union Paelflc
Union Pacific, pfd
V. B. tnd. Alcohol
U. 8. Meet
U. tL fUeel, pfd...,
Utah Copper
Vt'abSsh pfd. "B" . .
Weatern Union. . . .
Wentlnghouso ElOO.
2.400 131 H 137 K.;
......
T.lftO I36H 121114 12
7tUr.rt 1H7 '4 IMS 107
ano 117 tn 117
T.oi 110 in inj
l.OftO 2f 2&'4 2li
600 4 1 3
4,200 b0 bO'.i 60
Rid.
Totasales for the day 4U.O00 shares.
Coff Market.
New York, Feb. IS. There was heavy
llnuldatlon of March contracts on the mar
ket for coffee futures hern today, rhlefly
In the wav of switching ta later deliver
ies. Reports of lower ocean freight rates
and eaaler war riak insurance, miiowea ny
lower coat and freight offer, also neemed
to bring In aome trade aellfng, and arter
opening 1 to I points lower, prtrea broke
rather aharnlv. March waa relatively eaay,
Uii,K t.tt n I tsfliv nt S notnla nut lower
whtl December declined to S.48o. or ti
points net lower, and July showed a net toss
nt 20 points. Hales were report (ia or ihv.joo
bags, of which IDS.OOO bags represented
awltehe. February. 7.Hri Marrti. a.ooc
Anrll. 8.10c: May. S.IOc: June, S.Sac. July,
S.30c; Auguat S.SSc; September, 3.42c; Oc
tober, S,4ta; November, S.4Sc; December,
a.tS! January. R.btte.
i RnoL oulet: Rio 7s. 10c: Santos 4a, 10c.
Offers of Santoa 4s were report! In the
enat and freight market at 1.76c to s.TRn,
London credits. The official cables quoted
freights from Bra ill to the- United state
at $1.25 per hag with ft per cent primage
eomnared with a recent rate of SI. 70. San
tos reported, a clearance or se.uuu oaga ror
New York. The only cnange reported in
the primary markets waa an advance of
St rela for Santos futures.
Metal Market.
New Tork. Feb, 19. Metals Lead strong;
16011c. Spelter, quiet; spot. East St. Louis
delivery, 104c asked. Electrolytic cop
per showed consineranie nrmnesa Ton ay.
The spot and nearby market waa nonsftial
In the absence of offerings, whtl supplied
available for the second quarter were also
said te be pretty well cleaned up, with quo
tations morn or less nominal at $83.efi'0
36.00. Leading agencies reported a better
demand for third quarter at $31. 00033.00.
Ivon, steady; No. 1 northern. $32.00033.00;
No. J. $31.50082.60; No. 1 southern. $30,600
81 SO: No. 2, 10.00. Tin, steady; spot, $49.00
.060.00. At Iondon: onoi copper, tin; elec
trolytic, 149. Snot tin, 1196 10a: futures,
195 bo. Lead, iJV IVS. npeuer,
Omaha Ray Market
Omaha. Feb. IS. Recelpta light, market
firm and steady, demand good.
Patrle Hay cnoice upiana, .z.ofris.on;
No 1. IU.60012.00: No. 2. 310 00011.00;
No 8 $8.0009,00.1 No. 1 midland. $11,000
11.60: No. 3. $9.00OlS00. No. 1 lowland.
$t.60O0.; No. I, $7,500 $.00; No. I, IS.60
O7.00. .
Airaira ;noic. u.tviv", rv. i,
SIS.OOO 17.00; standard, iia.ooqna.oo; no.
8, Sll.00Ot2.0o; wo. a, aiv. vu w vv.
straw uau a"vw
1.69.
VlaUle Supply off tlraln.
m.w York. Feb. IS. The visible supply
of grain In the United States ahowa the fol
lowing changes: Wheat, decreased, 1. 040,000
bushels; in bono, increaava, jvvv du-otii.
Corn increased iSH.000 buahela. Oats, de
creased, 3.086000 bushels; in bond de
fMitd 10.000 bushels. Rye, decreased. 110,-
000 bushels. Barley decreased, 42S.OOO bush-
eia; 1 bond Increased 72000 bushels.
Evaporated Apple and Dried Fruits.
New York. Feb. IS. Kvaporated Apple
LCull; fancy, SHOSo; choice, S0Sc; prime.
7 atl Vs. Frunea eieaay, uaiuornia, a a
lfTc; Oregon, SViOSc Apricots, firm;
chatr. 17c: extra cholc. IT-ac; fancy, Ho.
Peaches, firms; choice, I He; extra cholc.
iue: fancy le. RaMns. steady; choice
to fancy seeded, 80c. seedles. lOOllc
London layers, II. SO.
- Dry Ooods Market.
Jfew Tork. Feb. IS. Dry Oooda Cotton
aooda In the print cloth and yarn con
struction were more active today. Tama
were steady. Novelty wash fabrics were lr
good call and dress goods firm with large
fllllniln order for spring goods. -There
was a slight advance In raw silk.
'-' Rank Clearing.
imaha. Feb. IS Rank clearings for
Omaha today were 15,447,168.01 and for the
corresponding day last year, ii,177,iqi.3.
GRAIN ANDPRODUCE
Excellent Cash Demand Boosts
Prices On Wheat, Corn and
Oats Market.
RECEIPTS ARE QUITE LIGHT
Omaha. February 13, 1917.
Today's receipts of grain were rather light
but an excellent cash demand and a strong
future market forced a general advance In
prlcee, the advance being particularly no
ticeable In the wheat and corn markets.
cash wheat market showed the biggest
gains, with prices quoted from 2c to 2c
higher and No. 2 hard wheat quoted around
(1820182. No 1 hard wheat brougnt
from 1.0I.S1: a car of light weight
spring wheat sold at 81.72 and No. 4 mixed
wheat ranged from 31. 7001.78.
The corn market was strong st an advance
of c to ,1c, but the premium on white
rn was rather narrow aa compared WHO
Saturday's market. No. 1 while bringing
8Bc, while No. 1 yellow sold from MO
38 lie. Mixed corn was in excellent demand
and the sales of this variety were quite
hesvy, with the No. 2 grade selling at ISttc
and the No. 3 at ltc.
The oats market was, firm, prleeg quoted
from c to 440 higher and the No. 1 white
grade, which waa very scarce, sold at a
rather wide premium over the other grades,
sales of No. 1 white being made at 67 f
88c, while No., 1 white sold at Hijssc
and the standard at 6(a.
The pve market waa rather slow on ac
count of light receipts but the barley run
was good and the demand for .IMS article
was very good at firm prices.
Clearances were: Wheat ana nour wiui
to 1,820,000 bo.; corn, 3(0,000 bu.; oats, 33,
000 bu. " .
rlmary wheat receipts wers 1,177. "ow no.
and shlphienta. (42.OO0 bu.. against receipis
of 2,343,000 bu. and ebtpments of 1,188,000
i. isst yoar.
Primary ran) rerelnta Wers 1,320,000 bu.
and shipments 568.000 bu., against recelpta
of 2,324.000 bu. and ehlpmenta of 1.10M00
bu. last year.
Primary oata recelpta were 7ZS,oiw ow. ana
shipments 736. 0C0 bu- against receipts of
1.386,000 bu. and shipments or. eoa.vvv .
last year.
. CAKLOT KKt:riltrIO. x
Wheat. Corn. Oats
..14 &2 Si
..423
.. I i -.
.. 71 J20, ' 2S
..1S1 297 M
,.146 178
...174
Chicago
Minneapolis ....
Duluth
Omaha .
Kansas City ...
St. Louis
Winnipeg
These sales were reported today:
Wheat No, 1 hard winter: 1 car, 11.82;
cars. 11.82. No. S hard winter-. 2 oars,
31.81; 3 rars. 11.80. No. 4 hand winter:
car, 31.78; 2 cars, 31-74 no. a. spring:
1 car, 3175; 1 car (light), 1.72. No. 3
durum mixed: 1 car, 11.76. No. 4 mixed:
1 car 1.7(; 1 car, 81.75; 1 car, i.ig. no.
4 durum: 1 car. 81.72.
Rye No. 4: 45 cars, 1.38.
Barley No. S; 1 car, 1.S1; 1 car, $1.30.
o. 4; 1 car, 11.10; 1 car, $1.0. No. 1
feed: 2 cars, $1.06; 1 car, $1.03. Rejected:
1 car, I Ac
Corn No. I white: I cars. S6Ac. No. S
white: 4 cars, 06 Vie.- No. 4 white: 1 car.
06c. No. 2 yellow: 1 car, St He; 1 car, ?flc.
sUqw: 6 cars, t0 l cars, sec. ro,
r: t cars. tba. No. S mlied: 2 cars.
6i. No. S mixed: 38 cars, OSc. No.
mixed: 1 car, lbc; I car, 6Vic; I cars,
6Vio. No. S mixed: 2 cars, SSVfcc; 2 cars,
96c.
Oats No. 3 white: l car, mc; i car.
f.7Hc Htandard: 1 car. 6Sc No. S White:
1 car, 6c; t - cars, osc. wo. wmu.
I oars, 66c. Sample white: S cars, 66 He.
No. 4 mined: 1 car, 66Hc
Omaha Cash Prices wneai: NO. 3 naro,
ll.Sl H jl S2 V ; No. S hard, $1.1001. SI: No.
4 hard, $1.76 1.73 ; No. 2 Aprlng. 11.77
(8)1.84; No. 8 spring. 1.71wi.bz; wo. t
durum, 11.7691.78; No. 3 durum. Sl.ia
I.7S. Corn; No. 2 white, H1ilw; no.
3 white, lc96Vac; No. 4 white, I6i6e;
No, S white, S6S'S6c; No. white. S&Vi
ttnc; No. 2 yellow, 9614 94 ; No. 2
yellow, tttyiWc; No. 4 yellow, S6V906c:
No. 5 yellow, !4Vc; rso. e j-onow, o
l6Uc: No. 2 mixed. ifMOitKc; no.
mixed; S6V4S6c; No. 4 mixed, S64S6ic;
No. S mlied, 4S6Vsc; No. 6 mixed, S4
0SSc. Oats: 67W68c; standard, S6V4066c;
No. I white. SStf-SSVtc; No. 4 white, 660
66o. Harley: Halting. $1.141.23; No. 1
feed, SSceil.OS. Ilye: No. 2, $1.2701.39;
NO. 3, S1.360I.I8. ,
Omaha Fvtnros Harket.
imnMttii n-t.n innnicA and better
freight condition served to give the bulls
a little morn ronndence tonay ana wnim
w.r nws and the nolltlcal situation have
a depressing effect on the market, , the sen
timent among many of the trad all Is that
prices on everything will work higher. The
export business was not very good today,
hut it ihMMl that foreigners Will take
our wheat at every opportunity and. as fast
as H ran be ahipped. x
The prices of oats is regarueg as cneap
rb compared with the other cereals and
during the last week lbs United State
government has piacea targe oroers io ne
shipped to different points along the Mexi
can border. The trade In the local pit was,
at times, very lively, especially in May
wheat, but on the whole the trade today
was only moderately active. Sharp ad
vances were made in everything and clos
ing prices on May wheat and May corn
and ats were close to the high point of
the Any,
Local range of optloni
ftpen.'l'ilgh. Low.) Cloaj). j Sat.
1 74i 1 74H 173V4 1 74
1 46 1 45 146 1 it. 145
1 33 1 33 138 1 S3 132
97 97H - S8 97
96 91 H . S7U S6U.
SS SS S6 64 66H
Art
wht.
May
July
Hep.
Corn.
May
July
Oats.
Ma
Chicago closing pricoS, furnished The Bee
by Logun Hryan. stock and grain brokers,
316 South Sixteenth Street, Omaha:
Art. Open. High. Low. Close, j Sat.
Wht. I f I v
May ' i H i f 174H 1 t KSH
July 1 60 1 50 HI 4 1 60 MS
Sept 1 3914 189 1 39 138
Corn.
May 101 102 10114 103 101
July 1 00 1 00 H 91 1 00 99
Oata.
May 67 67 67 . 67 60
July 56 66 66 66 64
Pork.
May 30 07 30 S3 30 07 30 IT 80 16
July 20 66 29 70 , 29 65 29 TO 2 60
Lard.
Mav IS 86 IT 00 1 86 IS S6 IS 12
July IS 97 17 12 IS 97 17 OS It 96
Ribs.
May IB 87 IS 00 IS 87 IS ST IS UK
July 16 87 IS 05 16 97 IS 06 IS 92
NEW YORK tiKNERAL MARKET.
Sag Futures are FjmIst oo Account of Im
proves iwiaiueas in ibd.
New fork, Feb. IS. Sugar Raw. nomi
nal ; centrifugal, 6.5206.4e; n)olmie,
4.6604.71c; refined, firm, 36 point higher;
rut loaf, 8.40c; crushed. 8.80c; mold "A,"
7,70c; cubes, 7.7 Sc; XXXX powdered, 7,40c;
nowdered. 7.26c: fine granulated. 7 36c: dia
mond "A." T.25c: confectioner' "A." 7.16c;
No. 1. 7.10c. Sugar futurea were easier on
scattered closing by commission - houses
prompted by reports or more ravoraoie
conditions In Cuba. At noon prices were
to S points net lower. ,
Butter Unsettled; receipts, I.SS1 tub
rrmerv hi her than extras, no
creamery extra. 46046c; firsts, 29044c;
seconds 38H03HC
Egge-Vnaettled; receipt. 8,311 cases;
fresh gathered extra firsts, 47c; firsts, 46
04Sc; refrigerator, nneat. , uguo;
Cheeee irm; recntpis.
held specials, SSc; atate held avrag fancy,
Poultry Dreseeil very quiet; chlekena, IS
029c; fowls.' 18034c; turkeys, 30 0 34c
CHICAUO ORA1N AND PROVISIONS.
Froenectlve Improvement la Movonos.1 of
Export Honda Wheat Vp.
Chicago, Feb. IS. Improved shipping con
ditions gave much firmness to the wheat
market today, and so too did a material in
crease of th number ot unfavorable crop
reports from the domestlo winter belt. Prices
closed strong o to 2c net higher, with
May at $1.72 to $1.7S and July at $1.60
to $1.60. Corn, gained c to lo, oats o
t lie. and provisions IMiC to 30c
Bulls in wheat took courage both from
th Improvement of railway traffic and from
the prospective ending of the tie-up of neu
tral veaaela on the Atlantic Word that
Mhoard clearance for th day actually
exoeeded the corresponding total of a year
ago had an especially stimulating Influence.
It waa also officially announced that nearly
000,000 buahela of grain had been ahipped
out or Chicago by rail during the laat forty
eight hours, Plscour aging crop advices
were based chiefly on the 111 effect of
absence ot snow protection during cold
weather In Ohio, Indians, and central
im not and on the results of lack
moisture In Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri,
As th fall-sown crop of wheat was
seeded late and went Into the winter short
f normal growth, the complaint coming
In were said today by leading authorities
her to be worthy of attention, even though
tha period of spring growth had not yet ,
been reached. In some quarter prediction
of a sensational crop scare witblu a few
weeks were current.
In the corn market, the strength of
wheat was the dominating factor. Th
fact that receipts continued to be light waa
a bar to any decided reaction from advances.
Oats rose In reuponee tc seaboard buying. It
was aald 1,000,000 bushels were taken for
the east to be shipped aa ooo as cars were
available.
Provision values hardened chiefly berauae
of the lightness of stocks of lard. At first,
though, some uncertainty wss brought about
by unexpectedly numerous arrivals of hoga
here.
Butter Steady; creamery, 32042c.
Eggs Lower; receipt. S.IS7 cases; firsts.
4004Oef ordinary ft rets. 3ft3c; at
mark, cases Included, 4l40r.
Potatoes Lower; geeetpts. 63 rars; Wis
consin and Michigan, whit. I2.&O02.65;
Idaho, Colorado, Oregon and Washington,
white. $2.6002,66.
Poultry Alive, steady; fowls, 20c;
springs, 20 c.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Cattle Reported Weak; 0log Strong; Sheep
Market Weak.
fhlcago, Feb. IS. Cattle Receipts, 26,
000; market weak; native beef cattle, 17.76
1 1.76; stockers and feeders, I6.it.03."-),
cows and heifers, IS.10010.16; calves, 19.26
013.26.
THogs Recefptsft Oft, 000 hf-ad; market
strong at a shade abov Suturday's aver-
hnllt nt ulpft. 11 2.20 1 12.46 1 IlKht. 111.66
012.35; mixed. SI2.O6frl2.60; heavy, 112-06
012.60; rough. 112.06012.16; ptgs, l.Zi0
10.46.
Sheep and Lamb Receipts. 1S.00O head;
market weak; wethers, S1O.860U.SO; ewea,
$8.60011.76; lambs, $12.26014.66,
Hi. Isouls Live Stock Market. '
St. Louis. Feb. I S: CattleBeMlPta, 6,600
head; market steady to lower; native beef
steers, $7.60011.76; yearling steers and heif
ers, $8.60011.60; cows, $6.60 09.60; stock
ers and feeders, $5.2008.60; suothern steers
$6.6009.60; prime southern beef steers. $8.00
Oil. 00; beef cows and heifers. $4.2509.00;
prime yearling steers and heifers, $7,600
10.00; native calves, $6.00014.60.
Hogs Receipts, 13,700 head; market,
steady; light, 1 2.3)0 1 4.S6 ; pigs, $9;26
12.66; bulk of sales, . $12.26012.45.
Sheep anl Lambs Receipts. 2,000 head;
market steady to lower; lambs, $12,760
14.76; ewes, t. 0011. 60; yearlings; $11.60
013.60. ; - ; -. .
Kan City Live Stock Market.
Kansas City, Ftb. IS. Cattle Recelpta,
ii ooo hnnd. inr lurfln 200 southerns, ateadp;
orime fed steers, $11.00011.76; dressed beef
steers, $9.00 011.00; western steers, $8,000
11.26; stockers an dfeedsrs $7.26010.86;
bulls, $6.6009.00; calves, $7.00013.25.
Hogs Receipts, 1 2,000 head ; market,
iMdv rlnaitd 6c higher: bulk of sales,
$12.00012.40; heavy. $12.30Ol2-. packers
and butchers, SIM6&12.40; light, $12,600
if. IK- hIitb 18 2f.4iill.2fi.
Sheep and-Lambs Receipts 18,000 head;
market lower; lambs. $13.00014.50; yar
UngM, $12.75012.50; wethers, llO.aO011.7fi
ewes, $10.60011.85.
- Sioux City Uve Stock Market.
Sioux City, -Feb. IS. Cattle Receipts,
3,300 head; market steady; stockers strong;
beef steers, $10.000 U. ?5; butchers, $8,000
10 00: fut cows and heifers, $6.6009.75
rnntrn. S4.26OS.00. stockers and feeders.
$6.6009.26; calve, $t. 5009-50; bulls, stag.
etc. $6.0408. 50; feeding cows and heifers,
ia no t a 8. 60.
Hogs Receipts, 9,700 head; market strong
to 6c higher; light. $ii.600li.o; nuxea,
$11.90012.16; heavy. $12,16012.26; pigs,
$9.60010.00; bulk of sales, $11.86012.16
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 1,000 head;
mtrkut itMilT! fed muttotiB. 816.00013.00;
wethers, $10.60 011-60; awes, $9.76010.86;
lambs. 111. 26Q14.26.
T.Im HtAek In Nlcht.
Receipts of live stock at the five principal
western market yesterday:
Cattle. Hogs, sneep.
Sioux city ...
Omaha
St. Louis ....
K anaa City .
Chicago
9.700
1,000
.. 7.200
.. 6.600
. .14,000
9,600
13,700
12.000
12,700
3.000
18,000
..26.000
68,000
19,000
Totals
.57,100 113,000 62,700
RL Joseph Live Stock Market.
St. Joseph, Feb. 19. Cattle Receipts, 2,-
900 head: market slow and lower; steers,
$7.60011.50; cows and heifers, $6.00010.00;
calve. 16.00tfl2.b0.
Hnn Rncoinis. 7.ooo neaa mantei
steady to 6c lower: top. $12.40: bulk of
lea, fl3.vD0 iz.36.
Sheen and Lam bs Receipts. 10.000 head
market steady; sheep, loo to SSc higher;
lambs, $13.50014.60; ewes, $11.00011.95.
Cotton Market.
New York, Feb. 1 9. Orttoo Futures
opened steady; March, 16.90c; May. 14.06c;
July, ll.lic; uctopcr, ik-jvc; ijocemner,
16.90c.
The cotton market closed steady at a
net gain of 31 to 34 poinLs.
lalvernoo . Feb. 19. Cotton Snot, firm:
good middling, ll.OOd; middling, lO.IOd; low
middling, 10.72a; sales, b.ooo oaies.
MlKOeapolL Grain Market,
Minneapolis. Feb. Flour Patents ad-
vanced 2ftc ouoted at 18.30: first clears ad
vnced 30c, quoted at $8.10; second clean
advanced 26c, quoted at 16.36 .
Parley 93COS1. 23. ,
Rye $1.4201.43.
Bran $38.00034.00.
London Stocks and Bonds.
London, Feb. 19. American securities re
lapsed Into dullness after adjustment al
parity on the stock exchange today.
Sliver Bar, as a per ounce.
Money 4 percent.
Discount Rates tphort bills, 6 per cent
three months, 6 per cent.
' Oil and Rosin.
Savanttnh, Ga., Feb. 19. Oils Turpentine.
firm, B'c; saies, ddis.; .receipis, ;
bhlK.; stocks, 14,489.
Rosin Firm: sales. 4I bbis.; Blocks, 81
634. Quotations: A, B, C. D, V, Q, H,
$4.44; I. K, M, IS.2S; K 16.40; WO, 16.50;
WW, $6.76. ,
Liverpool Floor Market. .
Liverpool. Feb. IS. Flour Winter pat
ents. 47s; hops, 1q London (Pacific coast)
14, lbs to 16, 15S.
Creighton Lad Would Make
The Torpedoes Harmless
Five inventors of naval appliances
have recently sought to interest
Lieutenant W. W. Waddell of the
local recruiting station in their plans
The latest to offer his idea to Uncle
Sam is I. I. Sullivan, a junior dental
student of Creiahton university, living
at the Chatham? His contrivance is a
safety belt for battleships, intended
to render torpedoes and shells harm
less to the vessel itself. Sullivan is
also said to have offered his idea to
the British government
Doctor and Druggist Help
To Ensnare S. Franklin
On the charge of selling morphine
without reffisterinff and Daving the
special tax required under the Har
' a. c c .... ...l.t.j u..
rison o. rruiiMMi wm aitvcaicu uj
Revenue Inspector William Jtiolst.
The man waived Drelimmarv examina
tion before United states Lorn mis
ftioner Charles F. McLaughlin and is
being held for the federal grand lurv.
An Omaha doctor and a druggist are
said to have helped in bringing the
case to light.
and
the
war
oil stocks
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effect present international con
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ROADS HAVE PLAN
TOHEIPJMBARGO
Superintendent Whitney Out
lines Scheme to Bring Grain
Back to Interior.
WILL BE MILLED tS WEST
"The indications are that within a
short time the freight congestion that
is pretty general the country over and
acute in the east, is going to be re
lieved to the extent that embargoes
will be raised and regular traffic re
sumed," is the assertion of W. A.
Whitney, superintendent of transpor.
tation of the Union facilic.
Mr. Whitney has returned from the
east and while there attended a meet
ing of car superintendents and freight
traffic officials of the leading rail
roads. This meeting followed upon
the heels of the meeting of thirty
railroad presidents, who, in conference
with members of the Interstate Com
merce commissien. started a move
ment looking to the ending of the
freight and freight car congestion.
Mr. Whitneyasserti that the plan
of the superintendents of transporta
tion contemplates sending back into
the interior all grain now held along
the Atlantic and gulf coasts and tor
which no ocean-eoing bottom's can
be provided in the immediate future.
t his grain is to be nrougnt nacK to
milling centers and there converted
into flour and other food products,
afterward going into storage, if neces
sary. Wilt Release Cars.
This move upon the part of the su-
oerintendents. acting in unison, will
release freight cars by tne tnousanas.
Then, with the cars unloaded, the plan
contemplates hurrying the equipment
back to the lines by which it is owned.
Heavy penalties are proposed in the
event such equipment is not returned
to owner lines within the shortest
possible time. The penalties will be
such that roads will nave no desire
to confiscate cars of .other lines and
take them into their own service, pay
ing the demurrage heretofore agreed
upon. -With
these cars released and back
upon owner lines, Mr. Whitney is ot
the opinion that afterward the roads
will have little difficulty in keeping
their tracks and terminals clear.
The milling of the millions of bush
els of grain now held along seaboard
awaiting export, Mr. Whitney thinks
is going to help out present conditions
in many ways. It will furnish em
ployment for a large number of extra
men in the mills of the country arrd
besides the finished oroduct will not
require anywhere near as much stoK
age space as the grain. It can be han
dled to better advantage and when
the time for export arrives it can be
hurried on shipboard with greater
speed than the loose, grain.
Omaha May Have First-Class
Excursion Boat This Year
A hieh-class excursion boat to be
operated on the Missouri river out of
Omaha this summer! is now one ot
the possibilities.
Jack Mcuattrey nas been oetore tne
Commercial club and in conference
with Industrial Secretary Gillan and
the Navigation league with regard to
this. McCaffrey has an option on a
lame pleasure steamer, which he
thinks could operate on the Missouri's
waters about Omaha very nicely. It
he is giVen sufficient assurance of the
practicability of such a move it is said
he will go ahead and purchase the
boat.
The boat is expected to be handled
and conducted on a high-class scale,
removing entirely the stigma that has
in the past attached to the small
tramp steamers that dotted in here pe
riodically and operated very loosely
up and down the river for the bene
fit of Saturday night rounders.
Jap Samaritan is Fined
For Helping Countrymen
G. Ishui.i. prominent in the Jap col
ony of the South Side, would be a
benefactor. He saw a brother coun
tryman, Harry Komatz, cook at the
Neal institute, in great distress from
the effects of a well-appeased craving
for something stronger than water,
and proceeded to lend a helping hand.
He helped Komatz off a street car at
Seventeenth and Webster streets and
in trying to administer first-aid treat
ment found it necessary to cuff his
charge on the cheek. Just then Offi
cer McGuire hove in view and arrest
ed both for fighting. In police court
Monday morning G. Ishuni was fined
$5 and costs and Komatz was set free.
presents fresh evidence that th
WORLD'S BEST
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great piapist to a realization of his ideal
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FORTUNE DEPENDS j
ON SCRAP OF PAPER!
Court's Interpretation of Old
Sutphen Will Involves Val
uable Joslyn Land.
MRS. JOSLYN FAVORS SUIT
District court litigation dating back
a quarter of a century, involving the
heirship and right to sell Omaha prop
erty with a valuation of $20,000 in
1892 and estimated to be worth $200,
000 now, has again been revived.
Sarah H. Joslyn, widow of the late
George A. Joslyn, mutti-inillionaire
Omahan, as executrix of the huge
estate, appeared in' court and agreed
to a revival of the case against her
late husband by Earl, C. Sutphen, son
and grandson of the two Sutphens,
who sold five acres to the Western
Newspaper Union head in the early
90s. '
In 1892 the late Dewitt C. Sutphen
and Charles D. Sutphen, grandfather
and father respectively of Earl C.
Sutphen, who became of age in 1913,
sold the property in question to Mr.
Joslyn. The five acres originally
were a part of the old Marston home
stead, Samuel L. Marston having ob
tained possession of the land in 1855
for practically a song.
A Life Interest.
the Sutphens, father and son, in
herited the property from their wife
and mother, Emily M. Sutphen,
whose will gave them a life interest
in it, with a provision that it should
go to, their heirs after their dcalhs.
They took the case to the courts
then to determine if they had the
right to sell the property, and fol
lowing a favorable decision disposed
of it to Mr. Tos vn for a consideration
of $20,000. The court at this time held
that tin- will, irave thein the riuht
to sell. x
When the Sutphen ,heir, Earl C,
attained his majority four years ago,
he went into district court and repu
diated the sale ntade by his father
and grandfather, asking that the case
be reopened and the transaction set
aside on the grounds that the origi
nal will of his grandfather gave heirs
only a life interest in it.
Omaha Dairies Handle
Class A Milk, Says Report
A resume of federal inspection of
local dairy conditions in 1915 has
been received by Dairy Inspector
Bossie from the Department of Ag
riculture at Washington.
Sixty-one dairies scored by the
government men returned an aver
age oi i.o, wiutu is iiium mull, sat
isfactory than any other city inves
tigated in, 1915," reads the report.
Samples of milk and cream tested
showed a low bacterial count, due to
satisfactory systems of cooling and
handling the products.'
Omaha was further complimented
by a statement which reads' that
analyses of the milk brought it within
the requirements of classl A of the
New York Milk commission, a rec
ognized authority on this subject
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G0DOWSKY
In Omaha
Tuesday Afternoon, February 20th,
is probably the most interesting
figure on the concert stage to
day a Pianist who reveals
the very soul of the great mas--4ers.
His selection of the
AMERICA DOES NOT
REALIZE DANGER
Granville Barker, English Play
wright, Talks Before the
Drama League.
SATS PEACE HAS HORRORS
America's failure to realize the grav
ity of the international situation is
what impresses Granville Barker, dis
tinguished English playwright and
producer, who spoke on "Ideas in
the Theater" at thc- Fontenelle
Monday before the Drama league and
Fine Arts societies.
"You are just like the man whose
train leaves at 3:15 and whd at- 3
o'clock still sits with his hands folded,
his baggage scattered about him, and
refuses to pack. 'I don't believe the
train will leave at 3:15 o'clock,' he
muses. But the train will leave at the
appointed time atjd he will not be
ready for it.
"Not until the Metropolitan building
topples to the ground by a bursting
shellvpr New York is blown to atoms
will you of the middle west realize
you arc facing a peril," is his opinion.
Overwhelmed by War.
"Americans seem .overwhelmed by
the horrors of war. True, the horrors
of war are not to be minimized, but
how about the horrors of peace? What
of the slums and the sweat shops and
the pain-wracked sufferers condemned
to a life of torture? When a house is
afire, is no time to agonize over the
horrors of fire. The fire must be
quenched."
"But England will not be beaten,"
he exclaimed ill tones of earnest con
viction. "This is a war of democracy
against autocracy. There can be no
question as to the result'
Barker's observations anent those
who acquire the "culture bug" were
derogatory to the devotees. "Culture
doesn't come from the top. You can't
set up such an ideal for culture and
say, 'That is the proper thing to enjoy.
Let us enjoy it.' You must begin at
the bottom. And. anyway, the person
who enjoys a Brahms sonata is some
times of no earthlj use to the world
otherwise.
Does Not Read Criticisms.
Barker refused to read adverse
critiques from eastern papers with re
gard to his latest play, "The Morris
Dance," which had its premier in New
York last week. "If a thing's a fail
ure, it is and that's all there is to it.
No talking about it is going to do any
good. And, anyway, I don't care for
their criticisms. They can't tell mc
anything I don't know, because I
know more about my plays than any
one else can," he said.
For William Dean Howells to col
laberate with Charlie Chaplin would
be a very interesting thing, Mr.
Barker thinks. "For a man to devote
himself entirely to imitating himself
is boresome. It would do' Mr. How
ells a lot of good to write a scenario
for Charlie Chaplin and it would do
the movie actor a lot of good, too, to
appear in a scenario Howells ha?
written for him."
mm
PIANO
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performance.
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