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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1917. 20 LIVE STOCK MARKET Advance on Beef Cattle Slows Un on Friday Lambs Are . i Sharply Higher. BOOS TWENTY-FIVE UP Omaha, April !. HIT. Cattle. Hori. gheep- . V" " . U 11.0911 . S.4H7 10.0U 1.774 , .7: i. in . l.los t.ooa 1.609 9 Receipts were: Official Monday,.... Official Tuesday. . . Official Wednesday. Official Thursday... Ksllmata Friday.,,. Five Sara this weeV.IMlt 5,1 lf.774 Rama daya laat ,eek..2.S 73.101 17,391 Sam daya 1 wke. aa;o.ll.93l 41,131 4MQ0 Mama daya I wks. aso.!,tl .3 (0,79 Sams daya wks. aw.21,36 49,621 47,397 Bams daya last rear.. 9,61.1 .1,111 27.021 Receipts and disposition of live stock at the union atock yard. Omaha, tor twenty four boure ending at t p. m. yesterday; RECEIPTS CARLOADS. Cattle.Hogs. Sheep. HYa. C . St. T.... 1 1 ... .. Illssourl Pacific ,. 7 Union Pacific .... 11 14 I C. N. IV., east.. S ,. C. at N. W., weal.., I 74 1 C. 81. P.. M. O. , . . t . . . C, B. Q., eaat.. ., C. & Q, went.. 19 1 li C R. I. P., saat 1 . ' .. C H. I. P.. west 1 tlllnola Central ..I Got. OU West.... I 2 .. Total receipts ....la 121 21 DISPOSITION H BAD. Cattle. Hoa-s. Morns at Co - Swift Co Oudahr Packing Co. Armour A- Co Schwarta Co.,... 1. W. Murphy , Llnooln Packlnff Co.. S. O. Packtnt Co.... Wllion Packing Co.. Bwttt. Denver , Huoalnser a Oliver.. W. B. Vansant Co.. Banton, Vanaant A L. r. B. Lewie J. B. Root A Co.... r. a. Keiioai Sullivan Broa. ...... 271 194 257 139 1 11 921 1,142 1.923 1.444 104 I M49 Sheop. i'.ioi 1,214 2,101 19 10 20 43 II JS i ; j l n it l I 10 ii 444 Chrlatle Hlreins Huffman Meyera ,.. Olaaehera; .... Banner Broa. John Harvey Other buyers ToUla ............1,146 4.09 7,079 Cattla Reeelpta ware llvht thli mornlnr, only alxtyelfht cars being reported In, but It waa not bad for a Prlday. Aa usual, this lata In the week, the demand for fat cattl waa not so brisk and the trade waa more or laaa nneven, some eattlo looking: full steady and noma a little lower. On the alher hand, cow and helfera were strong and aotlve sellers, everything being cleaned up early In the day. There were no prime fat eattla to make a high top, but there wera eattla good enough to bring 112.10, ' Stock eattlo and feedera were In light Supply and about steady. For the week killing cattle are 10 50c Signer than last week's close and feeders tolly ateady. Quetattone en eattlet Good to ehotoe peevea. 111.609)13.60 fair to good beeves, 10.60dll.l0; common to, fair beeves, 19.10 Sfle.tO; good to oholoe heifers, 61.110 10.21! good to. choice cowa, 11.1(09.71) fair to good cows, 67.1096.71; common to fair news. ll.10O7.10i prime feeding eteers, l9.10O10.31j good to oholce feeders, 16,710 S.19; fair to good feeders, 66.0009.76) com mon to fair feedera, 66.7106-00: good to choice stockers, 68.1109.11; stork heifers, 17.2109.21; stork cove, I6.00O9.00; stock ralvee. 66.00010.10; veal calves, 66.000 12 00; beef bulls, stegs, etc., 16.000 1 31; Bologna bulla, 66.1001.00 . Representative sales; ' , BEEF STEERS. A v. Pr. . .... V". 40 .V No. :o. 11 628 10 00 !3 ,. 910 10 10 82 1001 11 00 31 1004 11 it 3D IP! 11 10 12 1190 11 10 10. II. 11. 10. ii'.','.'. li'.'.'.'. 14.... It'.'.'.'. nil" 21. .1130 11 90 .1011 11 01 .1111 12 40 .1226 1! 10 STEERS AND HBIFERS. Av, Pry 032 81 (0 811 10 St. 1070 10 10 III 11 10 1114 11 40 1009 11 71 II 1211 11 81 14 1113 13 00 24 ...1TI0 11 10 II. ...... .1141 II 41 lamlto early In the week molted In elumn In shearing atock. which at th cloae of laat week looked ruinously hlcb compared to where fat atock was felling and present quotations look a quarter below the nign time. Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs. light and hnndy, 814.71011.26; lambs, heavy. 114.114V14.90; lambs, fresh shorn, lll.eoo lings, good to choice, 813.000 13.71; year Unas, fslr to good. 812.00012.00: wethers, fair to choirs, 111. 10013.71; ewes, good to nhn re. 611.40 A12.21: ewea. fair to good. 210.00OH-40! ewea, plain to culls, 17.00 O9.10. Representative galea) No. 200 fed sheering lamba ... 216 fed lambs 918 fed lambs 94 fed ewes ... 1040 Mexican lambs ...... 479 Tunis lambs , 126 fed lambs ..... merketa. Many new enterprises have started and the domestic and export demana taxes the cspaclty of most mills and factories, with the full employment of labor and the further wage advancea tending to offset the extreme costs of necessities. Weekly bank exchanges, imzi. Cora and Wheat Region Bulletin. At Omaha, for the twenty-four hours end. Ing at a. m 76lh meridian time, Friday, April 6, 1917: OMAHA DIMTKICT. Temp. Ram- District. High.' Low.f ran. Av. , 71 90 , 60 Pr. 114 00 14 10 14 31 11 80 II 31 11 00 II 90 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. Cattle, Steady) Hogs. Weak! Sheep Are Strong. Chicago. April I. Cattle Receipts. 1,000 head: market steady: native beef. 89.210. 13.11; stockers and feedera, 87. 1109. 90; cowa and heifers, 81.61011. 00; calves, 81. 21018.71. Hogs Receipts, 12.000 head: market weak at 20c to 3Io above yesterdays average; bulk of aalea. 816.00O1t.90; light, 814.900 11.90; mixed, 811.304! 16.00: heavy, IIS. ISO ll.oo: rough, lli.11011.lo; pigs, lll.ooo u.le. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 8.000 head; market strong; weiners, io.e"Wia.wv; ewes, 8.00t18.IO; lambs, 8U.7IOH.10. St. Louis Live Stack Market. St. Louis. Mo.. April I, Cattle Reeelpta, 600 head; market steady; native beefsteere, 87.10O12.S0; yearling steers and helfera. 31. 60O12.00; cowa, 26.10O10.2I; stockers and feeders, 86.00010.11; prime southern beef steers, 86.00011. 31; beef cows and helfera. 84.21 08.00: prime yearling steers and heif ers. 87.10010.00: native calves, 84.00O10.S0. Hogs Receipts, 6,600 head: market higher; llghta. 818.60011 86; pigs, 8I0.10O 14.31; mixed and butchers, 8II.416.00; good heavy, tH.IIOlB.01) bulk, Ili.iOO 11.91. Sheep and Lamba Receipts, 800 'bead; market higher; lamba, 813.00OH.4i; ewes, 8l.80O12.3i; yearlings, I10.764JH.26. City Live Stock Market. Kansas City. Mo.. April 8. Cattle Re ceipts, 600 head; market ateady; prima fed steers, 6l8.36vtz.is; dressed oeei steers, 8l.8001t.00: western steers, 86.IOOI2.iO; cows, 36.l0O10.i0; heifers, 89.00OH.76; stockers and feeders, 67.i0O10.60; bulla, I7.10O10.00) ralvee, t-00 0 13.00. Hogs Receipts, 3,000 head) market higher; bulk. 811.3101171; heavy, 616.460 11.80; packers and butchers, Hi. 60016,76; lights, 116.26916.60; pigs. lll.ioaH.S6. Sheep s..d Lambe Receipts, 2,600 head; market higher: lamba, t.ll-.OOGIi.lO: year lings, I18.00O13.8I: wethers, 611.10013. 76; ewes, tl0.10O12.10. Sleax City live Stock Market, Sloui City. April I. Cattle Receipts, too head; market steady: Deor eteers, lll.ono 12.7ft; butchers, ss.oooii.aoi fat cows and halfers. 67.i0OI0.i0; cannera. II.I0O7.I0: stockers and feeders, t7.10O10.2i; calves, 97.0009-76; bulls, stags, etc., 67. 1009.70) feeding cowa and helfera, 88-1009.00. Hogs Receipts, 6,100 bear: market loo 20o higher; light, tl6.30Oll.40; mixed, 81i.40Oli l0;' heavy, tli.60Oli.70; pigs. lll.MOlt.00; bulk of aalea, 811.40O1S.00. Sheep and Lamba Receipts, uio neaa; market ateady) yaarllnga, tt3.00O13.iO; wethers, 111. I0O13.M; ewea, 110,60 0 13.10; lamba. IU.I0OH.I0. , Aehland 19 untlrn, Neb.. 19 Broken Bow . 04 Columbus .... 41 ulbertson N. 71 Falrbury ..... 66 Fairmont .... 62 Grand Island.. 64 Harllngton Hastings ,, Holdrege ,. ,lncoln . , , b. Loup ., No. Plattet Oakdale .. maha ... Nelll ... Red Cloud Tekamall . Valentlnet . eHlghest yesterday. t Lowest during wenty.four hours ending at 8 a. m., 7ith meridian time. tTbe loweet temperature for twelve-hour period ending 8 a. m. Rainfall for last twenty-lour nours at lowa stations: None. Summary of the corn and wneat region: There were general ralna In Kentucky, Ohio, Mlchie-an. Ind ana. and greater portion OI Illinois, being heavy In Ohio, exceeding one Inch et a fow Stallone, moderately heavy In Michigan and eastern halves of Kentucky and Indiana, and llglit in western portion ,r vein erne. Also 1 ant to moderate rain fall occurred In Montana and western North Dakota. Temperature la below eeasona! normal from the Mississippi valley eaat. ward, being near freeslng In the Ohio val te with freer or freeslna In aoutbern Mis souri. Temperature le more moderate and rising In the plains elates. L, A. WJSLjem, ateieoruioeiei. St. Jeeepb.LIro stock Market. St, Joseph, April I. Cattle Receipts, too head: market steady: steers, 88.00012-26; cows and heifers, t6.00Oll.li) oalves, 16.00 013.31. Hogs Receipts, t.ooo head: market 10O 18c higher) top, 116.76; bulk of sales, 8U.40 Sheep and Lembe Receipts. 100 head: market ateady; lamba, 814.00014 86. 1.1 re Stock In sight. Receipts of live atock at the five principal western markets: . Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. St, Levis 109 t,800 600 Chicago , 1,000 12,000 g.ouo Kansas City 600 3,000 1,100 Omaha , 1.500 ; 6,000 1,100 Sioux City,..., .. 100 1,100 100 Totall......... ....4,100 16,100 14,100 410 1 10 18, 198 10 31 ' 1... 019 11 60 19... HEIFERS. 6 36 1... 8 10 - I... Ml t... cows. 890 696 898 III I li 161 11 00 7i7 II 00 . 100 I 00 too 9 to III It 10 . 110 .1110 . 990 . 720 . 0J0 . 168 . 119 .1006 .1380 I 90 9 16 t li 1 II 1 71 I it 8 80 I 40 I 10 t.. I. . ttt . 021 .1016 1. ...... .I860 1 1180 1 1008 1 1110 1(128 43 ...1170 I 11 t 10 ? 00 t so I 00 I 70 I 00 t 4i I 60 .11HI 10 11, 32... 1206 It 00 1., 1018 10 31 - - BULLS. 1 1190 I 10 1 1020 t 00 1 1730 10. 00 : ,01 It It CALVES, .13 ., 291 I 88 , 1.,.,.,,, 'M t 31 1 119 t 10 I 166 11 10 1. ....... 109 II to Hose Compared with the rung of hogs !hat were here the. early, part of the week today's reeelpta were fairly largo for a Friday, estimates calling for 124 cars, or I. 000 head. ' For the five deys supplies have sen very moderate, the total being 41,106 head, as compared with 71.608 laat week, II. 831 two weeks ago and 87.881 a year ago. Prices Improved sharply again today, the average being not fer from 2io higher than yesterday. The market lacked the apon- lanlety of yesterday'e as packers were trying te put on the brakes, and in spots it waa actually dreggy, but In the end everything waa aold at about the advance noted, Ship. pare did not buy be heavily e , the early trade as they did yesterday, but what hogs they did get were 11O2I0 up. Packers got li.le the yards early, but It waa after 9 O'clock when they began making what sellers really considered bide, - Chicago waa porting s big advance, and gelling Interests did not pay much attention to early often which were no more than loioc up. When packers finally got down to bust Seas and began filling their ordera, they paid ..icea that were 20O21O higher, and In most caeca the accent was on the quarter end f the quotation. Some aellera only quoted 210 200 advances, but It waa obvious that they were figuring from tb, high end of yeaterday'a trade, and had ' gotten about the hogs that sold on the early low epot. when there were still as many aa twenty- five care left packers began refusing bogs at their earlier bids, snippers got bck In the market about thla time to fill a few late orders, and thla soon brought killer buyere,-who had. visions of pinching oft a few nickels on the laat n s to time, late galea .being fully aa good aa at any time. Some of the plainer light hogs were neglected alt morning, but on the close th,y found an outlet at the generel edvance( buyers picking them up to fill out droves. Aa noted the average waa right cloae to tin higher. Bulk aold at lll.1601l.IO, and s top of 111.70 waa bung up. Representative saleai Ho. At. Sh. Pr. No. At. 107.119 1 00 II 10 li.,111 II. .174 101.161 71. .Ill 71.. 170 H. .161 46 16 0 111 II 11 40 II 46 130 II II 111 II II Sh. Pr. ... II 31 40 II II 1(0 II 40 IIS II 10 .... II 00 ... II Tl pretty 91. .107 TI..I06 71. .Ill 46. .114 44.. Ill Sheep While there waa I lamb run here for what la really the laat day of the week, the market came out of lis ammp tnia morning, unennga for the most part ef a desirable sort and packers who have not had a great deal of atulf to work on at any time thle week found that theye were tn urgent need of evertthlng thet was on aale. The result waa that movement atarted early and all the offerings were cleaned up by shortly after the middle of the forenoon. Prices were abarply higher, advancea of anyway SiOleo beleg noted on practically all the galea. Several care of good Mexican aold up to tli.2i, equaling the record, while moat ef the dealrable lambe, lifeludlng good anany weatema, aold at 111.00 and better. Nothing of extremely big wetghta waa bare, but aa heavy lambs have. In the absence of light atutr. been celling at fl- gwres that looked high. It can hardly be expected that they would have ahown the full atrengtb of the upturn. Nothing muck tn the line of aged, aheep eras here end shearing or feeding iambs were entirely lacking, nominally ateady prices being Quoted In theee two qlasses. The only mature stock that was offered. two leads ef wethers, aold steady at 113.00. Aa compared with a week age, moot of tlM lamba are ae ling at conatderably Ira. raved prtoea, while the eetlvlty on thle w-.-k'a close cannot make the outlook sny- t a; bat encouraging. Sheep have lust tkair ewa all week. Declines la killer OMAHA OENKRAL MARKET. Live Poultry Broilers, 114 te I lbs., lie: broilers, I to fit lbs,, lie) hens, under 4 lbs., 20c; bene, over 4 lbs.,- Ito; prlnga, 120) old roosters, and stage, Ho; stags, 16oi geese, 14o; ducKs. 14c: turkeys, 20c i capons, over t lbs., 34o; capons, 9 lbs. and under, 0c; guineas, each, any else, lie; squabs, Homers, 14 os. eaob, per doaen. 14.00: plgeona. per doien. too. Huter Choice oreamory, He. l. 4uo; Its 1, 880. i Eggs Fresh. Sh 1. eae. 17.801 no. s. trash, 87.10; crai, caae, 16.60. Cheese ouulellone b lirlau at uo. ! Cheese Fancy domestic 41c; block, lie; twins, IOVic; daisies, 27c; triplets, 27c; young Amerlcss, 28c) Blue Label brick, 24tcs llmburger, lie; Herkelraer (N. I.) white, 2Ro) roquefort, 6io. Wholesale prices of beef cuts: Beet Cuts Rlhal No. 1. 13o; No. t, !1H0; No. 1. UMio. Loins: No; 1, 27c; No. I, 2iC No: I. HHo. Chuckst No. 1, 16Vjc; No, 2. 1614c: No. I. 1114c. Rounds: No. 1, 8c; No. I, 17440) No. 1, 11c Plates! No. 14Ho: NO. 3. 14c; no. -g, lie. Onion Heta fellow, bit. 14.00. red, 14.11: while, II 10. Mammom eatery, per aosea, 960, Frosen Flah Ballnon Falla 1401 Salmon Silver, 18o: trout. 17o; saltish, lint Alaska eableftali. Hoi amelta. Ho; wbltlns. lio; orapples. tel pike, yellow, dressed. 17c: round, lie: pickerel, areasea, umc: munn. rVfcc; nernng. rounn. ieo; nerring. eo: whlteflsh. dreesed. medium, lio! Isrse. 80o: tumbo. lie: round. emalL Hot tlla ftsb for Flsn rresn neiinuc, per id., iso: xresn catfish, 19o: frosen salmon, stlvsrs, 17o: falla, 14c:, fresh froaen amelta, 901 herring. 7Ho; ptcheret, round, froaen, IVjo; pickerel, dressed, froaen, 10o; yellow pike, round, frosen, lIVjo; black baas, llol oropplea, 6c: yel ow percb. 8c; calnsh. loo; roe shad, soc black foeeo, o. s., sue; medium ana amau. 300) larse, 17ol smoked whiting, headleaa, loci kippered aalmon, 18oi black cod, Alaa ka sable Sab. llttc. Smoked. Halt and Bnlead F1BB Hrnoaeo white chuba, HO! kippered oalmon, 18c: fin nan heddle. 170! oodfleh. 130! Puritan cod. 13Vjc: pollock, V4o: KKKK herring. 10c: h netere. 60 to box. 11.71: 100 to box. 88. JO kippered cod. 10-lb. baaketa, toe: whlteflsh. KB. l. au ina sn.iD: lu ids., ei.iui Qerniiu eplecd. 40 Hie.. 61.85: 10 lbs., tic. Oysters "Kins Cole," large cans, stan dards. 40c: selects, '4iof counts. loo Prices furnished by Olllnsky Fruit oom- nanv. Fruits oranges, pox: Zbus. xins, sses. 31.16: 100s. 316a. 13.71: 100a to 171s, 11.00. Lemona, box: Fancy 100s, 160s. II. 00! choice 900a. 160a. 16.10. Grapefruit, box 16s. 14.00: 46s, 84.21. Apples, box: Jona than, extra fancy. 12.11: fancy. 11.00; W, Pearmalnea, 61.81; fancy, 62.00; Ark Blacks, 12.10: Ben Davis, orchard run, 11.10. llananaa. 60 lb. Vegetables Potatoes, Colorado, 63.19 nn.i R, B. ohloa, 13.31 bu. new No. 1, 14.10 hamper: aweet potatoee, 13.61 hemper; need sweet potatoes, 88.36 bbt.; celery, 81-00 dos. per orate, 94.10) turnips, carrote, parsnipa. rutabagoee, 40 lb.) oabbage, 10c lb.) lettuce, 64.00 per crap':; per aoa., fi.ie;. ceun flower, 83.10 per crate; per doe., 82.00 eukos. 62.06 doa: onions, red. lie lb.l Span ish, 13,11 per crate; large orates. 110.00 eacn. 81 rawebrrlee Probable price, 13,71, Cider Motta 14.11 bbl. Peanuts No. 1 raw, to lb. I Jumbo, lOo lb, Honey 14a, 1.11 per case. , " Stmi REVIEW OF TRADE. Baelaeaa Oees eel Without Mack Seaablases .... at Disturbance. - New Tork. April I. Tomorrow Dun's re view will eavl ! v : , With the formal recognition of a state of war generally discounted, business proceeds without semblance of disturbance, though with appreciation of the economic changei that muat Inevitably follow. . Additional etlmulua to Industrial activity la fore. shadowed by present and prospective gov ernment requirement, and for some time preparations have been under way to effect tne necessary reujusimonie m ooui pro ductions aad prospects. The nature of the federal financing 19 aa yet undetermined, but In banking clrclea the pending needs are awaited with composure, aa funda have been prudently kept tn a liquidated position and the nations monetary resouroee are unequaled and more skillfully organised, wits sucn solid facta In evidence, faith la the future remains eonspiououe feature and while theee are elementa of uncertainty In the oommerclal aituetlon. forward plana testify to sustained confidence In the etabtllty of the leading Americas Telephone tt Tslsgrapb. Co. A DWMeml of Two Dollars per share will be paid on Monday, April It, 1917. to stock holders of record at the clots st business on Saturday, March It, HIT. ' 4s. D. MONK, Trasattrer. 61 , 68 17 , 63 89 60 30 27 36 31 31 21 21 31 36 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .no .00 .00 .00 .00 Skv. Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Pt, cloudy Clear . Clear ' Clou'ly pt. cloudy Cloudy Clear Pt. cloudy Cloudy Omaha May Market. PeeiHa Usv Reeelpta light, market higher on better grades of hay and alfalfa; de mand oontlnuea good. Upland: Cboloe. 111.10 014.00; No. 1, I13.I0O13.00; No. 3, tlO.iOO 11.00: No. 1, I8.00O6.00. Midland: No. 1. 112.00912.10; No. . 3l.10O10.10. Lowland: No. 1, 98.80OI.00; No. I, t7.i0OI.00i No. I, 16,1007.011. Alfalfa Choice, llt.00O20.00; No. 1. Hl.oooi' OO; standard, IH.00O17.00; No. t, I13.0UO14.00; No, 8. 810.10018.10, Straw Oat. 0l. UVO'.OV) wnsai.-ee.vvar 10. ' Cbloage Produce Market. Chicago, April 4. Butter Higher) cream ery. at43t4c P.ggs Lower; receipts, lf,t&l rases: firsts. 81011140! ordinary firsts, 804)J01eo; at mark, cases Included, 29 0 31c Potatoee Higher; reeelpta. It carloads; Idaho, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, I2.70C1.80; Wisconsin; and Michigan, li.mo 61. Poultry Alive, unchanged. Hew York Money Market, s New Tork, April t, Mercantile Paper- sterling Exchange 60-day bills, 14. Tl; commercial 60-day bllla on banks. 84.71; commercial 60-day blue, 14.70ft; demand. 14.70: cables, 11.71. Silver Bar, 73c; Mexican aouars, oc Dry Goods Market. New Tork. April I. Cotton goods markets were etrong todsy with an advaaclng ten dency. Wool traders have agreed to con serve supplies until notion can be taken by the government concerning their requlre mcnta. Bilks were ateady and yarns ad vanced. , ' - - Among Prisoners the French Most Subject to Tuberculosis (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) Berlin. Feb. 20. Exact figures Tt- garding the number and percentage of tuberculosis prisoners of war in the German camps have Been col lected as reiult of the charges wide ly circulated abroad that prisoners are tentionauy rnieciea wiin inn uis- ease. 1 lie figures snow mat ine French sutler most of all from tuber culosis, but that the disease on the whole is on the wane. In the first year of the war there were discovered in German camps ,i.S42 tuberculosis Frenchmen, or I per cent of the number of prisoners; in the second year, 2,094,. or 075 per cent. In those two years there were tfaniferred to Switzerland 1,592 Bel gian!, 1,262 Englishmen, 11,316 Frenchmen. Suffering from tubercue losis among this number there were 120 Belgians, 4 ungiisnmen ana sou Irenchmen. There died later of the disease in Switzerland two Belgians, forty-one Frenchmen and no English men. - Conditions in the camos were snlH- ciently excellent so that the increase in tuberculosis from the beginning of the war until the end of July, 1916, remained behind that ot the civil population of Europe. HUNDRED MILLION FOR EMERGENCIES Senate' Committee Attaches Item to General Deficiency . ' Appropriation. ' MEASURE QUICKLY PASSED Washington, April 6. The emer gency war fund of $100,000,000 to be used by President Wilson in his dis cretion was quickly voted by the senate. It must also be approved by the house. The senate then ad journed until noon Monday. Appropriation of $100,000,000 for a war fund to be used at the president's discretion, similar to the $50,000,000 fund given President McKinley for prosecuting the Spanish war, was at tached today by the senate appropria tions committee to the general defici ency bill. The appropriations committee also increased the Department of Justice fund, for the prosecution of crime and also that of the secret service. , The $100,003,000 given th. president is "for national security and defense and for each and every purpose" and is to be expended "at the discretion of the president" is made available at once and to remain available until December 31, 1917. The bill now carries a total of $164, 853,000. Cuban Congress : Asked to Declare " ' War on Germany Havana, April 6. President Meno cal this afternoon sent a message to congress asking that body to declare that war exists between Cuba and Germany. -r . The president's message starts by reviewing the sending by Germany of its notice of unrestricted submarine warfare. Referring to Cuba's reply to the German note President Meno cal says: i "In replying to the terms of the alarming note, the Department of State clearly signified the imminence of a definite rrjpture if the imperial government persisted in its new plan of submarine war, emphasizing our nonconformity thereto in accordance with the sentiment of all civilized na tions." New York, April 6. With the for mat Herlaratinn hv Cuba of a state of war with Germany the Cuban gov ernment, following the course of the United States, intends to seize three German ships now in Havana har bor. This was announced today by the republic of Cuba news bureau here, a Cuban government agency. London is Prepared for Short Loan Borowing (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) London. March 15. The 1.000,- 000,000 loan of 1917, if regarded as a consolidated loan, wipes out the whole of the outstanding floating debt and gives the government a clean slate start for the issue of further short dated borrowing which is expected to appear soon. Commentators estimate that including the conversion of ex chequer bonds and of the i'A per cent war .loan, in addition to the new money obtained, the total capital of the new issue reaches around 2,150,- 000,000. , The Wreckers Are Coding Good-Bye, Parisian, we must quit. The building is to be torn down and all our Spring Coats, Suits and Dresses which we bought for Spring must be sold in a hurry, so come in and view this Grand New Spring Stock which is selling at a sacrifice. Adv. i New Observation " Balloon Is . in Use By French Army (Correspondence of Tne Associated Press.) Paris, March 25. Among the latest triumphs of the French aerial service is a new observation balloon, known as Le Caquot At the beginning of the war observers other than those in aeroplanes utilized kite balloons of the German Drachen type, called by the French soldiers, "sausages." There are still some of these in use at the front, but Le Caquot is much preferred. In shape it resembles a great tadpole. . - , Whereas the Drachen is inconven ienced by a wind of from fifty to fifty five feet a second, Le Caquot can re main in the air unlesa the wind ex ceeds sixty-five to seventy-five fiet a second. It takes fifty experienced men to manoeuvre it for as soon as il leaves the shed great attention must be paid to the wind currents, so as to save the envelope from being torn. Attached to the balloon is a wicker car, in which the observer is installed with his maps, charts, arms, baro meters, and telephone, the latter fixed over his ears so as to leave his hands free. He is also provided with glasses and a white silk parachute for an emergency. , When the balloon attains an alti tude of from 2,000 feet to 3,000 feet the windlass to which the cable is fixed is drawn by horses or motor car at a modeate pace to a point near the enemy lines, where a refuge excavated in the soil has been pre pared. This accomplished, the ob server transmits his instructions by telephone. Two anti-aircraft posts are established nearby, to keep off the German airplanes. If the balloon is menaced the crew brhgs it down from 5,000 feet in seven to ten -minutes. " Observers frequently pass from fifteen to eighteen hours in the re- ' stricted space of the balloon cars, communicating with the batteries by telephone, but even strong men are 11 unable to pass more than three days ; at a time at this exhausting occupa- -tion, constantly exposed to the. enemy's fire. London is Not in the Grip of Cocaine Habit - (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) London, March 20. London is not,, in the grip of the cocaine habit. So' says a report of the cocaine commit-, tee which has completed an investi-v gation into what alarmists said was ; a growing curse of the people. "n habit is practically confined to a small I section of the Dominion troops and to an almost negligible number 61 , broken down medical men," the re- ' port added. , Ponononononononononononononononononononononononononoc . . L . ; ' ; 1 P D o D o D o Important Notice! i it i- i ...u o.Imi.,, .;ii ueJ tn fimo fn Racfa nroor Wc have All garments uuugui, uauui uaj win uc imuj , wu v - increased our alteration staff and will work, if necessary, until midnight Saturday, so that none of our customers will be disappointed. ; DON'T be without a nice nevf outfit for Easter. Use your credit with me. Thou sands are doing it why not you? It's very simple you pay me in regular weekly, semi-monthly or monthly amounts. In that way you never miss the money. . ELMER BEDDEO. 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