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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917.
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REAL ESTATE Investment
18 PER CENT INVESTMENT.
.t ,.We!1 located, clear apartment, shoving
... per cent; J7.000 will handle. For par
. titulars ae SEWARD BROS., 67 Bran
' lls Bldj. Doug. SMO.
- ORNER utore ard two houses, good rent
ere. on Cuminr St.. east of 46th at, lor
..uo. F. D. Wead, 319 S. ISth et.
REAL ESTATETo Exchange
210 ACRES level land. 1 mile from station
In Monona county, Iowa; will exchange for
clear Omaha residence property. Oliver
iptegrove, Gnaws, la.
WESTERN LANDS. Nllsson, 422 Rose Bldg
REAL ESTATE Unimproved
North.
JUN'NE LUSA Nice lot on Titus Ave., near
th St., can bo bought at a bargain
this lot must be sold. Call owner eve
nines. Walnut 70.
Miscellaneous.
LARGE Garden Lots near car line, paved
street. J1Z5 tn J195. II down. Doug. 074
"EAL ESTATE SUBURBAN
Benson.
8 ACRES IMPROVED
ON PAVED ROAD
NEAR BENSON
If you want one of the best Irhproved
'fiiaces, close in, on paved road, you should
be sure and look over this piece. lias
-rpom house, i rooms on first floor and
2 rooms on second. Has furnace, cistern,
iater pipes to house, and also other out
buildings. Has large barn, stables, hog
nouse, large ctilcKcn house. All buildings
are nearly new and in elegant condition.
Owner' has jnade the price very low for
quicK sale.
HASTINGS & HEY DEN,
1814 Hartley St. Phone Tyler 60.
a' EARLY new, 5-room house; will sacrifice
tr sold this week. Phone Benson 754-J
S1X-RS1. house on easy terms; must sell
might consider auto. Ben. 897.
Acreage.'
ACREAGE SNAP
WHY PAY RENT
$500 DOWN AND
$25 PER MONTH
C-room house, modern except heat; 1H
acres of ground, near 36th and Curtis.
facing on boulevard; barn, chicken house
,nd other necessary buildings; close to
nooi, not far from car line. Priced at
,000, what the improvements are worth.
PAYNE INVESTMENT COMPANY, Realtors
B37 Omaha Nat. Bk. Bldg. D. 1781.
FIVE very fine garden lots, close to car line,
close to school, just outside the city limits,
where you do not have ta bay cltv taxes:
an Ideal place to raise pigs, poultry or
garden; tne owner has moved to Cali
fornia and says sell it once; 'price 92
each; terms, 60c a week on each lot. Call
Walnut 466 today or In the evening.
FINANCIAL
Real Estate, Loans and Mortgages.
THE investors of Omaha will always find
us with a stock of 6 per cent first mort
gages,' secured by Omaha residence prop
erty or Nebraska farms.
E. H. I.OIIGT5F; INC..
688 Keellne Bldg.
11,600 MTU., bearing 8 pet. semi-annually;
secured by mortgage valued at (5,600.
Talmage-Loomls Inv. Co., W. . O, W. Bldg.
3.000 M'TGE, bearing pet. semi-annually';
(secured by mortgage valued at $7. (too.
aiiiinuH7-j-uumin xnv, o., VY . KJ, w. mug.
DIVIDENDS OP 6 PER CENT OR HlORE.
One dollar starts an account.
OMAHA LOAN k BLDG. ASSOCIATION.
SHOPEN & CO., PRIVATE MONFY.
H. YT. BINDER.
Money on hand for mortgage loans.
City Natfonal Bank Bldg.
NO DfctAY IN CLOSING LOANS.
W. T. GRAHAM, 604 Bee Bids.
ft 07 ' CITY
GARVIN BROfc.
O LOANS. Om. Nat. Bk. Bldg.
K CI MONEY HARRISON & MORTON,
O O 91J Omaha Nat. Bk. Bldg-. , .
OMAHA HOMES EAST1 NEB. FARMS.
oKEEFE R. E. CO., 1018 Omaha Nat'l.
$100 to $10,000 MADE promptly. F. D.
Wead, Wead Bldg., 18th and Farnam Sts.
MONEY, to loan on improved farms and
ranches. Kloke Investment Co., Omaha.
LOW RATES C. O. CARLBERQ, 312 Bran-
dela Theater Bldg. D, 686.
" LOANS ON CITY PROPERTY.
W. H. THOMAS ft SON. Keellne Bldg.
FARM AND RANCH LANDS
Arkansas Lands.
160 ACRES of timber land, $3 per acre. AR
KANSAS INVESTMENT CO., Leslie, Ark.
Colorado Lands.
HOMES FOR 100 FAMILIES.
Under the Twin Lakes & Water Co. sys
tem. Crops raised include large yields
of wheat, oats, corn, alfalfa, sugar
beets, cucumbers, potatoes, squash, pump
kins, cantaloupes, melons, tomatoes, on
lone, apples and cherries. Cattle, sheep
and hog raising very profitable. Market
facilities admirable. Land one to four
miles from shipping stations. Beet sug
ar factory, alfalfa mills, pickling plants,
canning factory and creamery at Crow
Icy and Ordway, Colo. Electric light
power and pure Olney Springs water may
be obtained for farm use. Churches, all
denominations, good schools i and roads.
Wrlta us for special excursion rates,
prices and terms. Agents r---ted. H.
R. FOLLMER CO., 036 First National
Bank Bldg., Omaha. Phone Tyler 2862.
Free Missouri Pacific booklet.
LAND SEEKERS.
It will pay you to come at once and see
what t.have If you wish, to file on gov
ernment homesteads. M. STRAUSBERO,
1310 Stout St.. Denver, Colo, (formerly In
U. "S. Land Office service).
Minnesota Lands.
WELL improvec 440-acre farm In Otteftail
County, Minn.; good soil; close to town;
first-elass farm. WIJ1 sell to anyone fi
nancially responsible at $75,00 per acre
tnd take back mortgage, for entire pur
chase prlee for !ve years, per cent,
rihould sell at $160 in five years.
SCHWAB BROS.,
1038 Pi: mouth Bldg.,
-a Minneapolis, Minn,
Missouri Lands.
SMALL MISSOURI FARM.
$10 cash and $6 monthly, no interest or
taxes; highly productive land; close to
three big markets. Writ for photographs
and full Information MUNGER, A-119.
N Y' Life Bldg.. Kansas City. Mo-
4S0-ACRE Osark ranch; will sell at bar
gain; improvements $3,000. Full particu
lars, address Wm. F. Kehres, Birch Tree,
Shannon County, Mo. ,
VERNON County, Missouri farms for sale
and exchange. H. A. Lee, Box 213 Ne
vada, . Mo.
Nebraska Lands.
iilii bargain in Neb. ranch, 2.080 acres, in
Cherry . Co.; cut 300 tons of hay this
year; $7 per acre. Call, write or wire.
GANQESTAD,
Offices 248 Bee Bldg.. Omaha.
SMALL Nebraska farm on easy payments
S acres up. We 'arm the farm we sell
you. The Hungerford Potato Growers'
association. 16th and Howard 8ts.. Omaha
Douglas 9371.
60 ACRES, nearly level. Improved, between
Oakland and West Point, Neb., at only
$190. on eas- terma. G. rA. KuII, Oakland,
Neb.
LIST your lands for quick results with C.
J Canan. 31ft McCague Bldg . Omaha
Oregon Lands.
""NEW JORDAN VALLEY PROJECT.
HEART OF THE RANGE.
Get on the ground floor with 80 acres
Irrigated land in connection with open
range. You can grow stock successfully
and cheaply Excursion Dec 4. Send for
bulletin.
HARLEY J. HOOKER.
940 1st Nat. 'Bk. Bldg.. Omaha.
Texas Lands.
SEE us for Texaa land. We furnish cattle.
Yon pay from profits. Thomas Olson. 407
Karbacb Bldg.
GOOD corn land. East Texas. $28 an acre
J let my free book.
' 8. FRANK. 201 Neville Block. Omaha
Wyoming Lands.
WHEATLAND Wyoming farms. $30 per a..
Including paid-up water rights. Henry
Levi C. M. Rylanaer. Sit Oman Karl.
FARM LAND WANTED
WANT ACREAGE OR
LAND
I have an 8 -room all modern home; well
located, in fine condition; now vacant;
almost clear; also six i-room houses:
also modern store building, all in best of
condition and renting for $91 month;
owner will exchange this property and
will Include some gilt-edge first and sec
ond mortgages for a good farm or acreage
or ranch. Here ia a good home, all ready
to move Into, and a fine income for you.
S. S. MONTGOMERY,
213 CityNat'l. Bank Bldg.,
Omaha, Neb.
FARMS WANTED.
Don't list your farm with us tf you want
to keep It.
E. P. SNOWDEN 80N.
433 & 16th. Douglas S371.
Horses Live Stock Vehicles
THREE heavy draft horses for sale at Wll-
-low Springs Dlst. 4'h and Tierce. oug
las 13S5.
A team of horses cheap; city broke; in good
order, inq. Omaha Bot. Co., 11 & Jones St
MONEY TO LOAN
MONE"Y MONEY MONEY
IS SANTA CLAUS COMING
TO YOUR HOUSE?
Orown up folks know why he comes
or stays away. If you have a little
money he is more likely to come.
Are you going to run the risk of him
missing you? Take no chance and get
the money today. Let us give Santa
Claus your nunroer.
For 26 years we have been doing this.
Easy payments. Utmost privacy.
OMAHA LOAN COMPANY,
840 Paxton Block. , Tel. Doug. 2296.
Organized by the Business Men of Omnha,
FURNITURE, pianos and- notes as security-
$40, 6 mo., H. goods, total cost, (3.0V.
$40, 6 mo., Indorsed notes, total cost, $2.60
Smaller, large am'ts proportionate rate,
PROVIDENT LOAN SOCIETY.
432 Rose Bldg., lth and Farnam. Ty. 666,
LOANS ON DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY
AT 1 PER CENT. SMALLER LOANS 3
PER CENT. W. C. FLATAU, ESTAB
LISHED 1892. SIXTH FLOOR (ROSE)
SECURITIES BUILDING. TYLER 60.
DIAMOND AND JEWELRY LOANS
Lowest rates. Private loan booths. Harry
Malashock. 1614 Dodge. D. 66181. Est. 1891.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Veronica Paprockl and hut-band to Ag
nes Cwlk, Twenty-seventh street, u
feet south of J street, west side.
30x150 .'.. $ 1
Irenaeus Shuler et al to Charles J.
Vorndran, Wakeley street, 40 feet
west of Forty-fourth street, south
side. 40x138 47b
David Gard and wife to. John W. Mann
and wife. Emmet street, 300 feet
east of Thirty-sixth, street, north
side, 60x128 100
Sarah J. Cunningham to Clarence E.
Cunningham, Central boulevard, 85
feet West of Twenty-third street,
north side, 25x120 1
Bernlce J. Meredith and husband to
Clarenoe E. Cunningham, Central
boulevard, 110. feet west of Twenty-third
street, north side, 25x120.. 1,000
Conrad H.- Young to Nebraska and
Wyoming Investment company.
Twenty-eighth street, 84 feet south
of Harney street, west side, 28x
11814 - '."
Cornelius Farrell and wife to David
L. Howard, .Twenty-sixth street, 147
feet south of Jaynes street, west
side. 49x124 3.200
Nels Peter Nelson and wife to Mi
chael Kovacs et al, Sixteenth
street, 281 feet south of Fowler ave
nue, west side, 40x128 49.'
Michael L. Clark, sheriff, to Omaha .
Loan and Building association,
northwest corner Fiftieth and
Dodge streets, 100x128 '390
William H- Smalls to Edwin 1).
Smalls, northeast corner Tnirty
eiKhth and Mason streets, 65x102.. 1
Clara M. Wilson to Anna M. Christen-
sen, Thirtieth street, 67 feet south
of Burdette street., cast side, 33x
60 I
Warden and vestrymen of St. Barna
bas church to Margaret M. Burke,
Twenty-sixth street, 125 feet north
of St. "Mary's a venue, east side, 3Sx
112 ............. .V
St. Louis Live Stock Market.
it. Louis, Mo.; Dec. 6. Cattle Receipts.
8,800 head; market higher; native beef
steers, $8.OO15.O0; .yearling steers and
heifers', $7.00 14.50; . cows, $5.0011.00;
stockers and feeders, $6.6011.00; Texas
Quarantine steers. $6.7610.50; fair to prime
southern boef steers. $9.012.75; beef cows
and neirers, -i.ooiu.o; prime yeaning
steers and - heifers, $7.5010.00; native
Calves, $5.7614.00. i
Hogs Receipts, 9,500 head; market nign
; lights, $17.B017.60; ptsa, 1 4.25 16.60 ;
mixed and butchers, $17.4017.70; good
heavy. $17.5017.75: bulk, S1T.30 17.70.
Sheep Receipts, 2.6SO head; market weak;
lambs, $13.00(5)17.00; ewes, $10.00011.00;
wethers, $11.00312.50; canners, $6.009.00.
Kansas City Live Stock Market.
Kansas City. Mo., Dec. 6. Cattle Re
ceipts. 7.000 head: market steady: prime fed
steers, $14.50015.60; dressed beef steers,
$11.0014.00: western steers, I9.0012. 00;
cows, $5.7510.50; heifers, $6.60012.00;
stockers and feeders, 7.0010.50; bulls,
$6.608.25; calves, $6.BO12.50.
Hogs Receipts, 10,000 head; market high
er; bulk, $17.15ifilJ.40; heavy. S17.3017.46;
packers and butnherr, J17.S017.45; light,
$17.0017.35; pigs, $14.50 16.85.
Sheep Receipts, 4,000 head; market
strong; lambs, I15.75S16.75; yearlings,
$12.60014.00; wethers, $11,5013.00; ewes,
$10.5012.00. -
Chicago Live Stock Market,
Chicago, Dec. 6. Cattle Receipts, 13,000
head; steady; native Stfeers, $7. 35016. 25;
western steers, $6. 3013. 70; stockers and
feede-s, $6.1011.00; cows and heifers, $5.20
il.Ji; calves, $7.75 14.75. i
Hogs Receipts, 29.000 head; market,
weak; bulk - of sales, $16.95t17.40; light.
$16.56i)17.30; mixed, $16.75 17.40; heavy,
$16.80Ci)17.45; rough, $16.8016.95; pigs.
$13.00016.86.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 11,000 head;
market, steady; wethers, $8.80012.90; ewes,
$7.7511.60; lambs, $12.60017.00.
Sioux City Live Stock Market,
Sioux City, Dec. 6. Cattle Receipts, 1,
500 head: market steady; beef steers, $8.50
16.-00; fat cows and heifers, $7.0009.00;
canners, $5.5006.60; stockers and feeders.
$7.00011.50; calves, $8.00611.60; bulls, stags,
etc., $6.5003.50; feeding cows and heifers,
$6.609.00.
Hogs Receipts, 7,000 head; market 6c to
10c higher; light, $18.95017.20; mixed,
$17.20017.80; heavy, $17.26017.85; pigs,
$16.00017.00; hulk of sales, $17.15f17.S0.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 3,900 head;
market steady. .
St. Joseph Live Stock Market.
St. Joseph, Deo. 6. Cat'tle--Keceipts, 3,500
head; market steady; steers, $8.00015.00;
cows and heifers, Jo. 50 13.00; calves, $6.00
13.00.
Hogs Receipts, 6,000 head; market
higher; top, $17.40; bulk of sales, $17,100
17.35.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 3.600 head;
market steady; lambs, $12.00016.75; ewes,
$6.00011.75.
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago, Dec. . Butter Unchanged.
Eggs Receipts, .6,530 cases; market un
changed. Potatoes Market lower; receipts, 17 cars;
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan, hulk,
J1.60&1.S0; Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michi
gan, sacks, $J. 7501. 85.
Poultry Alive, market unchanged.
Metal Market.
New York, Dec. 8. Metals Tin nominal,
$86.00. Lead quiet; spot, $6.2606.50. Spel
ter quiet; East St. Louis delivery, spot,
$7.6248.00.
At London: Spot copper, 110; futures,
110; electrolytic, fl25; spot tin, 292; fu
tures, f290; lead, spot, 30 10s; futures, 29
10s; spelter, spot, 54; futures, 50.
Evaporated Apples and Dried Fruits.
New York, Dec 6. Evaporated Apples
Steady; California, 16018c
Dried Fruits Prunes firm; California, 8
13c; Oregons, 12ViS14c. Apricots, scarce;
choice, 1651017c; extra choice, 17c; fancy,
19H02Oc. Peaches, scarce; standard, 10e;
choice, llK011V4c; fancy, 1214013c. Rais
ins, firm; loose muscatels, 714011c; choice
to fancy, seeded, 1014011c; seedless, 10?ic.
Minneapolis Grain Market,
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 6. Flour Un
changed; fancy patents in carload lots.
$10.30 wood; first clears, $9.60 jute; sec
end clears, 16.00 jute.
Barley $1.16 01.42.
Rye $1.79 01. B0.
Bran $40.00041.00.
Corn No. t yellow, $2.0002.05.
Oats No. 1 3 white, 74i476Hc
Flaxseed J 3.25 H3.27.
OMAHA LIVE STOCK
Cattle Late in Arriving Find
Market Weak; Hogs Five
Cents Up; Sheep Some
Lower.
Omaha,
Receipts were:
Official Monday ....
Official Tuesday ....
Official Wednesday ,
Estimate Thursday .,
December 8, 1817.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
.17.676 11,847 17,814
.16.170 10.831 18.406
. 8.762 ,30 23.766
. 7.400 S,J0& 11,700
Four days this week.. 49.007
Same days last week.. 33.373
Same days 2 wks. ago. 66. 364
Same days 3 whs. ago.55.S49
Same da; 4 wks. ago.40.700
Same days last year.. 33,676
37,384
:i,m
37,107
24.093
18,444
ti.746
71,676
36,102
46.163
30,366
81.409
T3.003
Receipts and disposition of live stock at
the Union Stock yards, Omaha, Neb,, for
twenty-four hours ending at 3 o'clock p. m.,
Deo. 6, 1917:
RECK, PTS CARS.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. H'r's.
C, M. 4 St. P 10 , 7
Missouri Pacific ..6 3
Union Pacific 101 16 20 8
C. & N. W east... 7 16 ..
C. & N. W., west.. 36 34 6 1
C, St. P., M. & O 10 i
C B. A Q.. east,! 7 6 6 1
C, B. & Q.. west.. 88 10 6 3
C. R. I. P., east. 11 4
C, R. I P., west. S I .. ..
Illinois Central .,.-2 .. 1
Chicago GL West.. 3 1 $
Total receipts ...270 104 (7 13
DISPOSITION HEAD.
Cattle. Hogs.
Sheep.
1,499
2,077
1,318
2,351
Morris & Co 938
Swift & Company.. ..3,893
Cudahy Packing Co.. 1,052
Armour & Co U.1S2
J. W. Murphy
Lincoln Packing Co.. 50
S. Omaha Packing Co. S3
Wilton Packing Co... 69
Cudahy-Sioux City
W. B. Vansant Co.... 10
Bonton-Vansant ..... 188
F, B. Lewis 358
J. B. Root & Co 179
J. H. Bulla 4?
L. F. Hues 141
Rosenstock Bros 80
F. O. Kellogg 48
Wertheimer & Degen. 120
Sullivan Bros 97
Mo. A Kansas Calf Co. 345
Christie 82
Roth $
Meyers 41
Glassberg 8
Banner Bros 64
John Harvey 660
Dennis & Francis.... 17
Jensen & Lungren.... 368
Ellis & Co 8
Pat O'Day
Other Buyers 1.846
696
1.013
1,416
978
1,973
907
T.297
Totals 11,640 6.988 14,643
Cattle Most of the cattle were1 late get'
ting Into the yards this morning, and it was
late In- too forenoon before much trading
was done. Receipts were liberal for a
Thursday, around 7,400 head being reported
in. A few early sales of beef were about
steady, and as other markets were in good
firm shape, the indications Were that If
packers could use the cattle It would be a
good, steady trade all through. Corn feds
sold as high as $13.46. Packers were pretty
well loaded up with cows and heifers, and
were talking lower prices today. What few
sales were Made early looked weak to If
anything a little lower, .
In stockers and feeders It was (he usual
slow Irregular trade. A few early sales
were steady to If anything stronger, but
these looked scratchy as the trend was to
ward weaker levels. Except In a few cases
prices are 25040c lower than last Week, or
irom i.uu to mostly l. 7601.60 below the
high time. N
Quotations on cattle! Prima heavy
beeves, $14.00015.00; good tn choice beeves,
$12.60013.50; fair to good beeves, $10 500
12.50; com.JOn to fair beeves, $7.000 10.00:
good to choice. $14.00 0 15.00: fair to good
yearlings, $12.000014.00; common to fair
yeariinws, 0011.00;' prime heavy grass
beeve. $11 o013.00; good to choice beeves,
$10.00011.60; fair to good grass b.eves.
$9.00010.00: common to fair grass beeves.
$7.0008.50; good to choice heifers, $8,000
9.36; good to choice cows, $7.7609.2:; fair
to good cows, $6.7607.50: common to fair
cows, $F.25 06.00; prims feeding steers,
$11.60012.60; good to choloe feeders, $9 76
011.36; fnlr to good feeders, $8.0009.50;
common to fair feeders, $6.0007. 00 rood
to choice ' stockers, $6.00010.60; stock
heifers. $6.5008.60; stock cows, $6.0007.60)
stock calves, $6.00010.40; veal waives, $9.00
013 50: bulls, stags. $5.5008.00.
Representative sales:
COWS.
No. Av. Pr. No. 1 A v. Pr.
5 764 $5 60 2 885 $5 75
12 965 6 10
7.-. 991 6 60
6 978 7 00
15 98? 7 35
14 ...1102 8 10
2. .......1060 8 50
11.
649
25
30
3
12 4
8
2
. 899
.lf.45
. 821
.1068
.1286
6 75
7 15
7 60
25
00
Hogs Receipts of hogs today were the
lightest for the week to date. Trade was
fairly active. Shippers were again the early
buyers and were paying prices anyway 6c
higher. Packer trade on the early rounds
was about 6c higher, later strengthening,
and the close looked anyway 10c higher than
yesterday. The best price was $17.45, with
the bulk of the hogs moving at $17.20017.35.
Receipts of stock pigs were light, and the
market was lower.
Representative sales: '
No. Av. 8h. Pr. No. Av,
Sh. Pr.
... 117 10
410 17 25
... 17 35
68. .263 250 $17 00 42. .152
30.. 203
29. .264
75. .268
17 20
19. .312
26. .877
17 30
17 45
PIGS.
10 00 48., 40
73
12 00
Sheep Another liberal run of sheep and
lambs was here today. Trade In all classes
of stuff was uneven, and generally lower.
The bulk of the light weight fat lamb of
ferings suffered a decline of' 10016c-under
yesterday's best time, early top being $16.25.
while heavy lambs still continue to be a
drug On the market. Fat sheep were scarce
and nominally steady. Feeders were slow
to lower, a considerable supply being on
hand, with only a fair demand. Best handy
weight feeder lambs sold around $16,400
16.60, with lnbetweens from $15.00 to $16.36.
There -Were but a limited number of feeder
sheep, none -changing hands on the early
market, and prices were quotably nominally
steady.
Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs,
fair to choice, $15.76016.50; lambs, feed
ers, $15.600 16.75; almbs. shorn, $13,500
15.00; lambs, culls, $10.00016.00; yearlings,
fair to choice, $11.60013.26; yearlings, feed
ers, $12.000 14.25; wethers, fair to choice.
$11.00012.50; ewes, fair to choice, $9,260
11.60; ewes, breeders, all ages, $10,600
16.60; ewes, feeders, $7.60010.75; ewes,
culls and canners. $6.(007.16.
Representative sales:
No. Ave.
240 Wyomtng feeding ewes 90
42 fed lambs 66
140 Wyoming feeding lambs .... (7
472 Idhao lamb 88
209 fed lambs 7
464 8. D. lambs 7$
Pr.
$11 00
14 76
16 25
16 60
16 65
16 40
Coffee Market.
New York, Deo. 6. The further advance
reported In the rate ot Brazilian exchange
on London vas taken by some people In the
coffee trade here as Indicating that Bra ill's
recent negotiations with France concerning
the use of interned German tonnage and
the creation of a large Brazilian critltt In
France, had strengthened the position of
the Brailllan markets. The firmer tene
reported In the cost and freight market
served to strengthen this Idea, and after
opening at an advance of five points, the
futures market made further gains on cov
ering and scattered trade buying. March
sold up to 7.46c and July to 7.76c, with the
close showing a net advance t to 11 points.
Business was only moderately active and the
demand by no means general, but offerings
were light and last prices were the best of
the day. December, 7.16c; January, 7.25o;
March," 7.46c; May, 7.60c; July, 7.76c; Sep
tember, 7.9!c.
Spot coffee was reported In fair demand
with the tone firm at 7e for Rio 7 and
9o for Santos 4s. A further advance was
reported In the cost and freight market with
the offers received including 4s at .25o to
9.35c, London credits.
The official cables reported an advance
of 150 rels in the Rto market. Santos spots
were 60 reU lower, and futures unchanged
to 25 rels lower.
Turpentine and Bosla.
Savannah, Ga.. Dec. . Turpentine
Firm; 44444c: sales, 249 bbls.; receipts,
140 bbls.; shipments, 9 bbls.; stock, 24,782
bbls.
Kosin Firm; sales, 1,680 bbls.; receipts,
740 bbls.: shipments. f08 bbls.; stocks, 76,023
bbls. Quote: B, D, E, F, $6.00; O. $6,000
6.0714; H, $6.0006.10; I, $6.0506.16; K. $6.50
6.65; M. $6.7506.85; N,. $7.3007.35; WG.
$7.50; WW, $7.60.
?4ew York Dry Goods Market,
w York, Dec. 6. Cotton goods here for
special purposes were being bought freely.
General markets were firm but quieter.
Yarns ruled firm. Men's wear buyers are
eo-operatlng to purchase cloths certain to
be in limited supply and distribute them
equitably. Raw silk was quiet with prices
unchanged.
GRAIN ANDPRODDCE
Arrivals Again Light ; Trade in
All Cereals Slow; Oats
"ira, But Few Cars
Sell Off.
Omaha, December t, 1917.
Arrivals of grain continue to be rather
light, a total of Hi cars showing up this
morning, of which 17 cars were wheat, and
receipts of corn and oats wore 47 and 45
cars, respectively.
Trade in all cereals Was unusually slow
and consequently the volume of business
transacted was comparatively light, espe
elally during the morning session, when
scarcely any of the samples were disposed
of, buyers and sellers being uncertain as
to the value of this article. The demand
was almost limited to the No. 6 or bet
ter grades. The bulk of the samples re
celved today graded No. 4 and No. i and
ranged In moisture content from 19 to 21.3
per cent. Quotations were about unchanged
quality considered. No. 4 white sold" at
$1.66 and No. 4 yellow at $1.67. One car ot
new No. 3 mixed testing 14.8 per cent mois
ture brought ;i.80. No. 5 white sold at
$1.53, while sales of the same grade ot yel
low ranged from $1,45 to $1.63.
Oats held firm, a few cars, however, sell
tng off He The demand for this cereal
was rather alow, but the greater part of
these offerings were disposed of, only
few remaining on the tables. No. 2 white
sold today at 75c and standard oats
74 c, while the No. $ trade sold at 74 He
Sample grade oats went at 74c.
Receipts of rye and barley were unlm
portant and these light offerings were dls
posed ot quickly, the local demand consum
lng these readily. Rye was unchanged and
barley Iff c higher. No. 1 rye sold at
$1.75 and No. 3 and No. I rye at $1.74. No.
t malting barley sold at $1.33 and the No.
3 grade at $1.36,
Clearances were: Wheat snd flour equal
to 856,000 bushels; corn, none; oats, 168,000
bushels. . ,
Primary wheat receipts were 586.000
bushels and shipments 894,000 bushels,
against receipts of 1,483,000 bushels and
shipments of 1, 146,000 bushels last year.
Primary corn rseelpta were 699.000 bush
els and shipments S83.0OO bushels, against
receipts of 1,164,000 bushels and shipments
of 696.000 bushels last year.
Primary oats receipts were 798,000 bush
els and shipments 1,013.000 nusneia, against
receipts of 717, 000- bushels antl shipments
ot 1,024,000 bushels last year.
CARLOT RECEIPTS,
Wheat. Corn.
Chlcaco 1 167
Oats
106
Minneapolis 152
Dulutb. 115
Omsha , IT
Kansas City 29
St. Louis 28
47
(
66
Winnipeg .......662
These sales were reported today:
Wh..t-No. I hard: 1 ar. $2.15
No.
hard: t cars, $2.12. No 2 dark hard: 1
14 m No. 4 vallow hard: 1 car, $2.0 J
Sample hard: 1 car, $1.98. No. 5 hard:
1 car. $2.04; 1 car, $2.04. No. t mixed
horfl nrt Printer: 1 ear. $8.05. No. 3 soft
white: I car, $2.02. No. 4, red spring:
car. $2.Q3V Mixed grain: 1 cr, $1.97.
Ky, No. 1: 1 car, $1.75. No. 2: t-t
car. $1.74.
Barley No. 2, 1 car, $1.S8; No. 3, 1 car,
ii as
Corn No. 4 white, I cars (19 to 19.40 per
cent moisture). $1.66: No. 6 white, 3 cars
(19.60 to 39.40 per oent moisture), $1.6$;
No. white, 1 car (31 per cent moisture),
$1.45; 1 car (21 per cent moisture), $1.40;
No. 4' yellow, 4 cars (19 to H.40 por cent
moisture). $1.68; 1 car (19.80 per oent mois
ture), $1.67; Noi fi yellow, -4 cars (20.20 to
20.80 per cent moisture), $1,52; 8 2-3 cars
(19 to 21.20 per cent moisture), $1.80; 1
car (21.20 per cent moisture), $1.45; No. (
yellow, 1 car (21.60 per cent moisture),
$1.45; No. 2 mixed: 1 car (14.80 per cent
moisture), $1.80; No, 8 mixed, 1 car (20.40
per cent moisture), $1.4714; - ear 2(-20
per cent moisture), $1.45; 2 cars (19.80 per
oent moisture), $1.47.
Oats No. 1 white, 3 ears, 78c; standard,
6 cats, 74?ic; No. 3 white, 8 cars, 74V4c:
No. 4 white,. 1 car, 7$Hc; sample white, 4
cars, 74c. - , '
Omaha Cash Prices Corn: No. 4 white,
$1.66; No. 5 white, $1.63; No. 6 white,
$1.4001.45; No. 4 yellow, $1.571.68; No.
5 yellow, $1.4601.62; No. 6 yellow, $1.40
1.45; No. 2 mixed, $1.80; No. 4 mixed, $1.62:
No. 5 mixed, $1.4501.4714. Oats: No. 8
white, 76c; standard, 74c; NO. 3 white,
74Ui: No. 4 white. 74V4c: sample, 740.
Barley: No. 3, $1.85. Rye: No. 2, $1.74;
No. 3, $1.74.
Local rang of options:
I
Art. Ooen. High. Low. Close,
Yes.
May
1 20
74
1 29
74
120
74
1 1
74
120
74
Oats,
Deo.
May
7114
71
71
71 M
7114
Chicaa-o 12:30 Drlces. furnished The Bee
by Logan ft Bryan, stock and grain brokers.
819 South Sixteenth street, Omaha
Art. Open. H?eh- I Iow. Close. Yes.
Corn. I
Jan. I 21 1 31 lfl 1 21 12114
Dec. 1 24fi 125 12414 135 12414
May 1 1814 I 18 U. 1 UK "?
Oats.
Dec. 75 75 7414 , 75 75
May 7214 7214 711. 7214 7214
I irk.
Jan. 47 95 48 05 47 42 47 60 47 25
Lard.
Jan. 24 95 24 95 24 52 34 62 24 62
May 24 87 24 87 24 62 24 62 24 37
Ribs..
Jan. 35 $5 25 70 26 42 28 41 25 37
May 25 70 25 70 26 46 25 46 25 35
CniCAOO, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Pospeots of Stormy Weather and Zero Tem-
. pereturet strengthen corn.
Chicago. Dec. 8. Prospects of stormy
weather' and zero temperatures tended to
day to strengthen the corn market. Prices
closed firm at the same as yesterdays
finish to He higher, with January $1.21 S
and May $1.1901.19. the result in
oats was, unchanged to 1 cent higher and tn
provisions unonangea to iac nisnr.
Corn traders regarded tne weatner lore-
cast as unfavorable for expediting trie
movement of the new crop, and as likely
to increase the , feeding demand. Further
more receipts cdntlnued" meager and there
were advices that railway cars remained
scarce in many sections of the corn belt. To
a great extent, however, fluctuations were J
Influenced by the action of oats, a seyiacK
taking place when oats developed weakness
as a result of persistent - realizing eaies.
Nevertheless rallies followed, and Decem
ber corn closed at nearly the best level ot
the season.
New record-breaking of the season's tip
top prices took place tn the oats market.
Congestion at some of the Atlantlo ports
had a temporary bearish Influence, but was
more than offset finally by demand from
houses with seaboard connections.
Scattering purohase orders hoisted provi
sions to nearly the maximum limit the ex
change regulations allowed. Later, the mar
ket receded on account of selling attributed
to an outside packer.
Cash Prices Corn: No. 2 yellow nomi
nal; No. 3 yellow nominal; No. 4 yellow,
$1.7401.76. Oats: No. 3 .white, 7614 0
77c; standard. 761407714c". Rye: No. 2.
$1.8014. 'Barley: $1.2601.48. Seeds: Tim
othy, $5.0007.60; clover, $20.00026.00. Pro
visions: Pork nominal; lard, $35.80; libs,
$27.25.
New York General Market.
New York, Dec. 6. Flour Market steady;
spring patents, $10.65010.86; winter patents,
$10.50010.76; winter straights, $10.20010.50;
Kansas straights. $11.00011.65.
Cornmeal Market steady; fine white and
yellow, $4.6509.90; coarse, $4.7004.86; kiln
dried, $9.76.
Rye Market steady; No. 2 western, $1.89;
c. I. f.. New York. :
Barley Market steadJV ceding, $1.06
1.16; malting, $1.2501.40; California, $1,400
1.45; fc. 1. f.. New York.
Corn Spot, market strong; kiln dried, yel
low, $2.04, c. i. f.. Now York, five-day ship
ment; Argentine, $2,1002.16, f. o. b. cars,
New York, to arrive.
Oats Spot, market strong; standard, 6414
085c.
Hay Market easy; No. 1, $1.4001.60; No.
2. $1.3001.35; No. 3, $1.1501.35; shipping.
9Oc0$l.OO.
Hops Mark't easy; state medium to
choice, 1917, 65072c; 1916, nominal, Pacific
coast, 1917. 260300; 1916. 16020c.
Hides Market steady; Bogota, 41c; Cen
tral America, 40c.
Leather, market firm; hemlock sole over
weights. No. 1, 61c; No. 2, 49c.
Provisions Pork, market strong; mess,
$52.60063.00; family, $54.00066.00; short
clear, $52.00068.00. Lard, easy; middle
West. $26.00026.10.
Tallow Market steady; city specials,
loose, 18c.
Wool Market firm; domestic fleece, Ohio,
70c.
Butter Market unsettled; receipts, 8,01$
tubs; creamery higher than extras, 414 0
48r; creamery extras (92 score), 47c; firsts,
4346Hc; seconds, 3914 04214c
Eggs Market Irregular; receipts, 4,166
cases; fresh gathered extras, , 56067c; ex
tra firsts, 64056c; firsts, 63c; seconds, 470
62c; refrigerator special marks, 3414036c;
refrigerator firsts, 33034c.
Cheese Irregular; receipts, 818 boxes;
state fresh spectals, 3302314c; state, aver
age run, 2214 0 23c.
Poultry Dressed dull; chickens, 2114 0
3$c; fowls, 1802714c; turkeys, 28022c.
Live dull: chickens, 21e; fowls, 23024c;
turkeys, 20022c.
NEW YORK STOCKS
Reported Entente Reversals in
Italy and France Prompt Mod
erate Realizing for Profits
and Short Selling.
New Tork. Pec. 6. I'ntoward develop
ments, notably the reported entente re
versals In France and Italy, the Halifax
disaster and euKgestlons of additional fed
eral price revision of Important commodi
ties, prompted moderate residing for profits
and somt) short selling In today's stock
market.
The recommendations contained in the
majority report of the Interstate commerce
commission Imparted irregular strength' to
the list at the opening, but by midday vir
tually all Initial advances were replaced by
extreme recessions of 2 to 3 points In Im
portant Issues.
Retention of the regular dividends by the
principal metal producing companies, in
stead of expected reductions induced tenta
tive buying and short covering In the latter
part of the session., but the market closed
slUKglsh with a preponderance of net losses.
UnltiM Stales Steel finished at 87.' al
most Its lowest quotation of the day and a
two point setback. Other Industrials made
similar concessions with shippings, oils,
various equipments and affiliated special
ties. Early gains of 1 to 2 points In minor rails
were materially or entirely reduced. Utili
ties were under constant pressure, losing 1
to 2 points. Sales amounted to 465,000
shares.
Strength of Spanish exchange and heavi
ness In remittances on Rome were the con
trasting features of the foreign exchange
marketr Domestic monetary conditions were
unaltered.
Bonds, Including International Issues, were
heavy. Liberty 4a varied from 97.18c. to
97.43c, ami the 814s from 98.34c to 98.84c.
Total sales, par value, $4,466,000. United
States bonds, old Issues, were unchanged on
call.
Number of sales and quotations on lead
ing stocks: Sales. High. Low. Close,
Am. Beet Sugar
American Can ..11.400 34
Am. Car & F'ndry 1,000 67
Am. Locomotive .. 1,900 6214
Am. Smelt. A Ret.. 3,300 74 U
71
38
3S
5
62
6514
51
72
:
Am, Sugar Ref 94
Am. Tel. A Tel.. 6.800 106 103 103
American ia., L. &
13
56
Anaconda Copper 5,700 67
Atchison 3,800 86
65
83
82
94
A O ft W I S 8 L 400 9514
Bait A Ohio 6,300 49
94
48
16
48
16
B. 8. Copper
500 171
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather .
Ches. ft Ohio....,
C. M. & S. V
2,200 138 183 132
3,000 63 (2 62
3.400 48 47 47
6.600 40 87 37
200 92 92 ' 93
C. . N. VV
C. R. I. ft P,
Ctfs.. 6.900 20 19 19
Chlno Copper
900 42 41 42
Col. Fuel ft Iron 33
Corn Products Ref. 7,800 28 27 28
Crucible Steel 1,704) 63 62 62
Cuba Cane Sugar.. 2,700 27 26 27
Distiller'! Sec 700 34 33 31
Erie 109 16 15 15
General Electric ,
General Motors
3,300 13(1 139 129
1,800 6814 8614
Gt. Northern pfd.. 1.300 91 90 90
Gt. N. O. etf 600 26 26 25
Illinois Central 94
Insplratioa Copper 3.800 43 42 41
Int. M. M. pfd 11,600 92 91 l
Int. Nickel 300 26 36 26
Int. Paper 23
K. C. Southern .... r.600 18 17 17
Kennecntt Copper 4,708 82 31 81
Louisville A Nash i 115
Maxwell Motors .. 400 37 27 27
Max. Petroleum .. 2.000 7614 74 7S
Miami Copper $7
Missouri Pacific
7,000
26 "23
64 t
17 17
23
80
17
Montana Power .
Nevada Copper .
N. Y, Ceoftrat...,
N. Y., N. H. AH.
Norfolk A West.
Northern Paolflo .
Pacific Mall ....
3
1,600
$.200
71 89
69
28
, 3,100
SO 8614
200 101 103 100
2,300 $6, 84 84
Pennsylvania 6,060 46
44
82
69
74
18
$1
24
44
44
23
69
J4
1$
81
24
42
Pittsburgh Coal
Hay Con. Copper.. 1,100 sa
Reading 20,100 70
Rep. Iron Ste.l .. 4,500 '76
Shattuck Arls. Cop 600 18
Southern Paclflo .... 3,400 83
Southern Railway 6,800 26
Htudebaker Corp.. 3,600 43H
42
Tjkvaa C.n 2.400 138
136 186
Union Paclflo .... 6,400 114 111 ltl
TT. S. lnd. Alcohol 600 109 108 108
V. B. Steel 80.800 90 87 87
U. S. Steel pfd.... l.ouo
Utah Copper 17,600 17 76 77
Wabash pfd "B' . . $00 20 3014 30
Western Union 1,100 81 78 78
Weialhghouae EleC 1,500 87 44 17 t(7s
Total sales for the day 465,000 share.
New York; Money Market. '';;;
New York, Dec' 6. Mercantile Paperf
5 05 per ent. '
Sterling Exchange 60-day bills, 84.71 r
commercial 00-day bills on banks, $4.71;
commercial t0-MT bills. $4.70; demand.
$4.75 i cables, $4 76 7-16.
Silver Bar, 86c; Mexican dollars. 6o.
Time Loans Firm; 60 days, 6 05 per
cent; 80 days, 8 5 per cent; six
months, 5 06 per cent.
Call Money nteaay; nign, per com;
low, 3 per cent; ruling rate, 4 per oent;
closing bid, 3 per ceqt; offered at
per cent; last loan, 8 per cent.
IT. 8. 2s, reg.. 96 Gt. N. 1st 4s 95
V. B. tn, coupon 96I,' C. ref. 4s... 79
17. S. 38, reg.. 99 Int. M. M. 6s.. 92
U. 8. 3s. eouuon 99 K. C. 8. ref. 6s 76
U. S. Lib. 3s 98.48M K A T 1st 4s 58
IT. S, 4s, reg.. 104 M, 1. gen. AW..
U. 8. 4s, coup. 104 Mont. Power 6s 88
Am. For. Bed. 6s 9N. Y. C. deb. 6s 93
Am. T. A T. c 6s 83 N. Pa. 4s 83
Anglo-French 6s 89N. Pao. Ss... 63
Arm. A Co. 4s 84 0. 8. L. ref. 4s 83
Atchison gen. 4s 83 P. T. A T. 8a.. 91
n n nv. lUa 17UPsnn. co. 4Us 9714
Beth. Steel r 6s 89Penn. gen.. 4s 90
Cen. Leather 6a 95 , Reading gen. 4s 84
Cen. Pac. 1st.. 79S L A S F a 6s 69
C. A O. cv. 6s.. 76 8. Pao. cv. 6s 88
C, B. Q J. 4s 93S. Ry. 5s 93
CMASPcv, 4s 70tex. A PAc. 1st 90
C R I P r (I lUnloli Pac. 4s,. 87
C. A 8. ref. 4s 71 U. 8. Rubber 6s 78
D. of C. is '31 81 U. 8. Steel 6s .. 98
Erie gen. 4t...'. 49Wabash 1st .... 96
General Elec, 6s 95
Omaha Hay Market.
Recelnts are larier on both alfalfa and
prairie hay, and the demand Continues good
on prarle hay with prices some higher
Alfalfa Is some weaker.
Hay Choice upland prairie, 824.00 No. I,
$23.00022.00. No. 2. $18.00018.50. No. 8,
$16.00016.00. No. 1 midland prairie hay,
$22.00022.00. ' No. $V, 318. 000 18.60. No. 1
lowland prairie hay. 817.O018.OO, No. 3,
$14.00015.00. No. 3, $12.60013.50.
Alfalfa Choice. $31.00. No. 1, $28,000
30.00. Standard. $26.00028.00. No. 1, $24.00
025.00. No. 3, $21.00023.00.
Straw oat, .: wnesr. .wo.
'New York Cotto- Market.
N'w York. Deo. 6. Cotton Futures
opened itnady; December, 29.1flci January.
28.60c; March, 2845c; May, zs.auc; juiy,
27.84c.
New York. Dec. $. The cotton market
today closed, very steady at a net advance
of 6 to 26 points.
Liverpool Cotton Market
Liverpool, Dec 6. Cotton Spot slow;
prices easier; good middling, 22.68d; mid
dling, 22.16d: low middling, 21.63d; good
ordinary, 20.63d3; ordinary, 20. lid; sales,
2,000 ba.ea, including 1,100 American; re
ceipts, 6.000 bales.
Kansas City Produce Market.
Ksnsas City, Dec. 6. Butter, Eggs and
Poultry Market unchanged.
Gas Explosion Injures
Nine Shipbuilders
San Pedro, Cal., Dec. 6. Nine
workmen .were injured in an explosion
of gas in the double hold of a vessel
under construction at the Los An
geles Ship Building and Dry Dock
company's plant here today. The ex
plosion was caused by the attachment
of a gas supply iose to the airpipe
of a riveting machine. Gas, sent in
instead of air, was ignited by a hot
rivet.
Drastic Marriage Law
Published in Petrograd
London, Dec. 6. The draft of a
law has been published in Petrograd
respecting births, deaths and mar
riages, accordin to a dispatch from
the Russian capital to the Daily Mail.
The law abolishes church marriages.
recognizing only evil ceremonies; il
legitimate children are given .the same
rights "legitimate; divorce is made
easy and burial In consecrated
ground without a religious ceremony
is allowed.
You can secure a maid, stenogra
pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee
Want Ad.
Italy Welcomes
War Resolution
Rome, Dec. 6. President Wil
son's request to the American con
gress to declare war upon Austria
Hungary has been received with
the greatest enthusiasm and satis
faction throughout Italy, being com
mented upon as tangible proof that
the United States is supporting
Italy not only morally, but with all
the might ot its great power.
BUTTERMILK MAY
BE OSEDIN BREAD
Wattles Will Recommend This
Action in Order to Release
Skimmed Milk for Other
Purposes.
Use of buttermilk as well as skim
med milk in the baking of bread will
be recommended to the federal food
administration by State Food Ad
ministrator Wattles. This action is
the result of a conference with rep
resentatives of creameries and rep
resentatives of bakeries when it was
recommended that buttermilk and
buttermilk products be used In this
way to release more skimmed milk
for other purposes.
Those who made the appeal for
the use of buttermilk were E, T. Rec
tor and G. L. Rushton of the Fair
mont Creamery company, P. F. Peter
son of the Peterson-Pcgau Baking
company, R. S. Soulc of Syracuse,
N. Y., A. C. Beardslec and J. Wigge
of the Merrell-Sewali company of
Syracuse, N. Y,
The dairy committee of the state
food administration sat with Mr.
Wattles in hearing the arguments for
the use of buttermilk. It will be asked
of the federal food administration that
the optional use of buttermilk or
skimmed milk in the baking of bread
be permitted under the bakers' li
cense which goes into effect Decem
ber 10.
I All Omaha Boys at Camp
Taylor Pass Their Exams
Word comes from R. S. Jones, a
member of the Omaha aw.bulance
corps, now in ! Camp Taylor, near
Louisville, Ky., that of the 128 Oma
hans every man has passed the final
examination, ranking high and among
the tonnotchers of the 30,000 men mo
bilized in the camp.
The mental examination, in which a
large number of the men were flunked,
had no ctfect upon the Omaha boys
and they came out of it with colors
flying.
At Camp Taylor furloughs to per
mit of the boys going to their homes
for the holidays are being granted.
It is expected that a number of the
Omahans will be home within the
next week, .
Women Sew Stars on the
Service Flag of the U. p.
On the service flag that 13 tohang
in the court of the Union Pacific
headquarters building there will be
123 stars. There is to be' a star for
each young man who hai been em
ployed in the building by the com'
oany and has scone to war.
Mothers, sisters and other relatives
bf the Union Pacific headquarters
building who have gone to war, met
in the Pensioners rooms at noon
and there sewed the stars to the
service flags. W'.'cre no relatives were
present to represent the young men,
the stars were sewed by Red Cross
members.
' i .
Wattles Appoints Bakers'
Committee for Nebraska
Appointment of the bakers' com
mittee of the Nebraska food admin
istration has just been completed by
Food Administrator Wattres, with
P. F. Petersen of Omaha chairman.
The other members arae Thomas Mc
Kay of Lincoln, Robert Tebiotdale of
Grand Island, Thomas Lewis of Nor.
folk, and J. J. Markey of the South
Side, Omaha.
The duty of the committee will be
to get the co-operation of all the
bakers in the focd conservation move
ment and to see that the provisions
of the bakers' license are strictly en
forced. Stage Employes Donate
Services on Red Cross Day
Manager C. J. Sutphen of the Bran-
deis theater has received a letter
front the union stage employes saying
they will exert every effort to make
Red Cross theatrical day a success.
The stage employes at their meeting
Tuesday night voted to donate their
services on Red Cross theatrical day.
The letter to Mr. Sutphen was from
Ray Ryan, secretary Omaha local No.
42. The play at the Brandcis is "The
Bird of Paradise," which will give a
special matinee for the Red Cross
Friday afternoon.
Makes Plea for Baby
Buggy for Poor Child
The juvenile authorities want some
charitable person to furnish a baby
buggy for the use of a little baby re
cently ill from p'neumonia. "Thechild
is of a family unable to provide this
necessity for its convalescence," says
Miss Esth'r Johnson of the juvenile
department.
"It ought not to have to sleep on
the floor in this weather, particularly
as the house is not very well heated."
Anyone having a superfluour baby
buggy may call Miss Johnson at the
court house.
Printers Protest Against
Proposed Raise h Gas
The Omaha Allied Printing Trades
council at its regular meeting Wed
nesday evening passed a resolution
protesting against any increase in the
cost of gas to the consumer. The
position taken by the council is that
unless the increase is proven by com
petent and disinterested authority to
be absolutely necessai to the success
ful operation o5 the gas plant, some
means should be devised to forestall
the action of the gas company.
No Word Here Yet on
Control of Alien Enemies
United States Marshal Flynn has
not yet received instruction from
Washington regarding any new regu
lations for the control of alien
enemies. About 50 Germans have
been in the office in the last week
anxious to comply with any new regulations.
AUSTRIA ALIENS
MCITIZEHS
War Declaration Will Necessi.
tate Action by Congress to
Afford Protection to Thou
sands in Army.
(By Associated rress.)
Washington, Dec. 6. The statu
of several thousands of Poles, Hun
garians, Bohemians and others owing
allegiance to Austria-Hungary who
are serving in the American military
forces, furnished an embarrassing
complication to the preparations of
tke United States for a declaration
of war with the dual empire.
The problem is being discussed by
Secretaries Lansing and Baker and
congressional leaders with a view to
legislative action.
Upon passage of the war resolu
tion by congress the Austro-Hun-garian
subjects would technically be
come enemy aliens, ineligible for
service with the American colors. Al
so, under strict construction of inter
national law if they remained in
American uniforms and were cap
tured while bearing arms against the
nation to which they legally owe
allegiance hey might , be subject to
execution for treason.
To Protect Soldiers.
Legislation either to confer Amer
ican citizenship en block or by name,
or to except these men by special
statute from statutes dealing with
civilian enemy aliens is being consid-
ered. . . .
An obstacle to general action has,,
been found in the objection of army
coinnjanders to the presence in their
ranks of any men whose loyalty may
in the slightest degree be questionable,
but some means will be found to
guard against throwing out , of the
service thousands of good loyal sol
diers. The fact that Austrian subjects resi
dent in the United States become en
emy aliens under the declaration of
war will make no change in their
status as employes, in many of the
largo industries worktig on govern
ment orders. It is believed few will
be discharged. A declaration of war.
it is held, changes their status bui
little. . .
Papers Granted Here.
Although war has not yet been de
clared against Austria, President Wil
son's message has apparentl" put
stop to the, many Austrian subject
seeking first papers of the Dougtas
county Naturalization board. There
were no applications by Austrians for
the preliminary naturalization papers.
Tuesday or Wednesday, in spite of tht
facf that they may soon be branded as :
''alien enemies." .
In anticipation of a declaration of
War, during the last two weeks, it is
said that packing house employers
have been urging their reliable Aus
trian employes to take out first papers.
Miss Grove, in charge of the na
turalization office, says that the num
ber of Austrians seeking citizenship
during the two weeks preceding, thv: '
delivery of the president's message,
was greater than that of any other,
nationality. .
The packing houses are particular'
anxious to have trusted employes of.
Austrian birth naturalized before they
are declared alien enemies, as those
in the latter class are not permitted tn
work on government contracts,
State. Department Disavows
Action of Attaches In Russia
Washington, Dec; 5. -It was offi
cially declared today at the State de
partment that both Lieutenant Col
onel Judson, head of the American .,
military mission in . Russia, and Major
M. C. Kerth, temporary military at
tache at the embassy, acted without
instructions from this government hi
presenting communications to the
Bolsheviki government Ot) the attl-l
tude of the United States in the ef
fort, to effect separate peace and '
armistice with Germany., ''
Major Kerth'a communication was, I
a protest to the Russian commander-in-chief
against an armistice. Colo- 1
nel Judson's communicatiort -was
couched in more lenient terms.. The .;
discrepancies between the two mys--titled
the officials and it was not made'!'
clear until today that the action of the .
two officers, taken in view of eircum-,
stances, was not on instructions fronr
Washington.
Army Aviators Injured :'
By Fall of Airplane :
Dallas, Tex., be A 5. Lieutenant .:
McFarland. of the Royal flylnar corns.
stationed at Fort Worth, was seriously,
injured and a student aviator who has
not been identified, was probably,
fatally hurt shortly before noon today
when their airplane fell 200 feet neat";
Duncanville, 17 miles southwest ot
Dallas. McFarland has a chance to
recover, physicians say.
Burglars Select Chewing
Gum and 300 Cigars
Burglars with very discerning
tastes broke into the erocerv store"
of N. Newman, 2220 North Twenty
seventh street, Tuesday night, and
carried away 300 cigars and boxes of
chewing gum, to the total value of
$50. Police are determined to put a
curb on the wholesale burglaries and
thefts which have been perpetrated
recently, arid a special detail of de
tectives will pattol the city at nights.
Brazil Mission Arrives .
To Study U. $. Factories
New York, Dec. 6. A commission
sent by the government of Brazil
to make a study of American muni
tion factories during the next vear
or 18 months, with a view to enabling
the Latin republic to expand its am
munition making facilities to meet Its
war needs, arrived in this city today
Rehearing in Irrigation Case.
Washington. Dec. 6. (Special Tel-
egram.)-fSenator Hitchcock,' through
representations made to Secretary
Lane otNtne interior department, has
been successful in getting a rehearing
on tha proposition that the Tri-State,.
ditth in Scbttsbluff and other coun
ties in Nebraska be operated by the
government under terms satisfactory
to the Farmers' Irrigation company ,
and the bondholders.
The rehearing has been set for Sat
urday morning. Attorneys Raymond
and Edgerton for the irrigation com-
pany have notified Senator Hitchcock
that they will be present. -
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