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V THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918. I" A It vY J r .V t v OMAHA LIVE STOCK) HEW YORK STOCKS '48 tT Cattle Strong; - Uog Market , Drops 25 to 40 Cents; , Sheep 10 to 15 Cents Higher, i Omaha, -March St, lilt. - Recalpta Vera: Cattl." Hfcga. Fh.ep. Official Monday lO.Stt 18,8: 11,SJ Official Tuesday .47 18,1(1 14.974 urnclal Wedneaday .. I.tlt 15.HI 1,881 uuraata Thursday"-..' 1,109 16,001 1,000 r our daya thfa feek.. 81,380 6S.317 12,131 Same daya last vaeH,,81,ll 81.160 40.880 Earn daya I wk ao.:,S!l 61,317 10,110 ' Rama daya 1 wka. ao.Sl.7l 'il iii C1.8IT Uma daya 4 waa. afo. 31,360 77.M1 18,080 .Dame daya laat yar..I0.t7t 41.147 4t.73f Recelpta and dlapoaltlon of llva atock at Ha Vnlon Btock yarda, Omaha, far 34 houra i. ... KfcCKIPTS CARLOADS. . ' . Cattle., Hogs. Sheep. u, a bu j-, ji Wabash , j : , Missouri Pacific ....... .. . Union Pacific ' 8 8! 13 j C. N W., east....... 17 C. N. W., west....... 41 c. st. p., m. o is If.. B.' Q,aat,. 31 r . R. O vaat t C R. I. P.r .t. w i, as r., west...,. ., ' llllnola Centfil ........ 13 .Chicago Ct. West...... .. : - - . Total rlp fits ' DISPOSITION HEAD. . '' - Cattls, Hoea. Mnrrla Co......... - no ' Swift A Co .'....1,441 Cudahy Pacatnf . ,Co. ,l,t4f . I Armour Co. ,,,...,1,(41 , i Ichwarta A. Co,,..,, r. W, Murphy Lincoln PacklHv rji,, 17, Wlleon Co...., .7.. in . liunlncer ft Oliver.. . 7T ifohr ................ ji.. . 261 " (V. , B. Vanaani Co... 8"', .... ,vr. B. Lawli 19 .... 'I. B. Root ft Co.... l ' .... I. H. Bulla ........ tT ... U r. Huaa 47 , .... Rosenatoik Broi. ... 10 .... (P. O. Kellogc . 114 - .... Warthalmer ft beam 164 .... , SullWan Broa.-' 4 . Mo. ft Kan, Calf Co.. 21t .... Chrtatla I 1 i Huffman 16 .... 'Roth a.1 .... Marara la" .... Baker, Joota ft Smith 16 . .... ' John Hmr . ....... 321 ; .... ' Dennia ft Francla ... I .... enaen ft Lunfran..., 33 .... ' Pmt fi'Dn t . .... Ellis IT Co.. ......... 35 , .... f .... Othat buyars ....... (40. ;. ' ' 2.6 9 fl 13 2 3s 4 1,21 4,034 ' 3.143 3,71. BIT 3,756 IT Sheap lit 1.461 , 332 :::: a ToUla '.Mil 17,349 ' ' 4,033 rath of oattia, about 1,10ft head, waa reported In today, and tha four day a aupply baa bn much tha aame aa a week afo and a year a. Quality of tha offerings waa vary food aa a rula, and condltloha ware fsneraliy . In aellera, favor, both local and outalda da- ' wand belngt broad, and eastern beef and ' eattla reports being rather bullish. Open, lnc prlcea mora around lOOllo hither thin ' Wednesday for the. good teyeholca baevea, - and whlletha light and medium weight ' cattle did hot abow qulta ao much advanne tha general trade waa dacldedly stronger all ground; Cow and heifers also ' aold at stronger flgurea. Choice beevsj brought ' 116.6014.04 tha latter being tha high prloa of tha season, and tha general market is ; , quotably 364Ca higher than a week ago. '. beairabl flashy feeders continue In aetlva V demand 4tnd fully steady, but light and medium weight Steele cattle are moving '' aiowly at prices all of too lower than a week -agov -s. v- Quotations "on rattlat Good tn-ehnloa ' ' beevea. U.I0t14.0; fair to I good beeves, .,. 412.264JH.00; oomrfeon to falreves. 1 10.00 013.04); good to choloa yearllngr, I11.B0O ' ,13.50; fair to good yearlings, I10.00tjll.o0; . common to fair yearlings, $,0.60; good to choloa grasa baevea, IU.004il3.00; fair . to good grasa beeves, 3t..04Jll.00; common . to fair grass beeves, M gooa 10 rhotco heifers, K.tOOll.aO; good to choloa rflw(,,ft.7t10.i0; fair to good oows. 11.60 . yl.0; common to fair cowa, , IT.00tH.00j ' prima feeders, 111.00011.11; food to choloa , feeders. 110.00411.00; fair to gopd faedera, It t04i,60 common to fair feeders, f.IOf) 1 no- mod to choice atookers. lt.t0Ol1.00; stork haifars, l.00O10.00; atook cowa, T.OO .S0; stork calves. tt10t0; veal ' , caivei. fMO013.it: bulls, stags, ate, t7.76 i 010.31. ! ;-, Representatlvs salasi " 1 . BEEr flTEUftS. Increased Tensity in War Sit uation, Coupled With Coming Holiday, Restrains Stock . Market. Cew Tork, March 21. Increasing tension In) tha war situation, coupled with tomor row's holiday exIrcUted further restraints Upon tha stock market today, although tha tone In many essentials was ' steady to firm. Among the conspicuous exceptions were shippings and auch apeclaltles and motors. tobaccos, sugars and utilities, those laauea sustaining extreme recession of 1 to 2 points for mora or ieaa specific reasons. The satisfactory annual report of tha United Atatts Hteel corporation, the d ctsion of tha federal authorities to render timely assistance to the New Haven rail road and the Increased commodity rates granted by tha Interstate Commerce com mission tn connection with Its recent de cision were among the factors which furn ished a degree or confidence. - Early galna of 1 to 3 'A points In rails and equipments were cancelled In tha freerer selling of the last hour, leaving the list somewhat unsettled at ths active close. galea amounted to 360,000 shares. Dealings In bonds were more diversified, assuming International scops by reason of tha weakness of French munitions snd the strength of Tbklo's 6s, ths latter gaining 1 points on fairly large transactions. Liberty Uisu's were Irregular, tha only ape. clal changea In that group being an advance in tha 3 14 a to II, a new maximum for the current movement. Total sales ot bonds, par value, aggregated 67,260,000. United States bonds, old issues, were unchanged n call. 1, 1st of leading- stocks land, quotations yesterday: Closing , - galea. High. Low. Bid, Am. B'eerflugar .. 1,000 7414 76 74 American Can .... 3,400 41 4ft Am. Car ft Foundry 11. i 00 71 77 H Am. Locomotive .. 2.700 62 lVs Am. Kmelt. ft Refg. 2,700 77 Vt Am. Hugar Refining 1,700 101 100 Am. Tel. ft Tel... 4,700 100 II Am. Zinc. L. and 8 3.100 t! (2 400 14' :( 3,000 160 104 200 63 63 Anaconda Copper Atchison . ....... A. 0.AV7. 1. 8. 8. L. Bait, ft Ohio .... Butte A 8. Copper, Cel. Petorleum . . Canadian Pacific . Central Leather . . Chee. ft Ohio 1.400 67 6 C, If. ft St. P.... 1,400 40 31 40 76 1 70 ' II 13 62 S3 104 12 II 300 16 15 It 3,100 136 1.16S 137 3,600 64 63 3 66 SIX Chi. ft Northwest. 200 12 II 12 C, R. I. sV P r J Chlno Conner 200 40 40 . Col. run) ft Iron 37 Corn Producta Refg 7.300 34 36 35 Cruolblei Steel .... 6,200 63 3 3 Cuban Can Sugar 1.800 21 21 26 ayiHtlller's Securities 7,600 41 40 40 Erie too It 14 14m Gen. Electrlo 136 Gen. Motors : 4,000 117 114 117 Ot. North, pfd ... . 400. 61 a'0 61 (It. North. Ore Ctfs. 600 2 Illinois Central Inap. Copper .... 14A0 4t Int. M. Marina pfd. 38,100 13 l.ono - tn 00 21 2 Inter. Nickel Inter., Paper .... K. C. Southern .. Ken. Copper Lou. ft Nash. .1. Mag. Motors . ... Mex. Petroleum ., Miami Copper ..... Mo, Paclflo Mont Power .... New Copper . . . . . N. T. Catnral .... N. T. N. II. ft II.. Nor. ft Western .. North. Paclflo ,,, Paclflo Mall Pennsylvania . Pittsburgh Coal .. Ray Cons, Copper Reading ....... Ren. Iron ft Steel So. Paclflo ...... So. Railway 45 II 21 28 1,000 20 30 600 16 1,700 13 '"too 1.000 VJ0 4,800 80 26 It 46 87 21 It 30 112 t 20 21 21 60 .... 18 61 .61 21 21 2 11 tOO 104 104 104 700 It 31 84 tOO 44 .. 300 31 11,100 13 3,100 78 1,300 ' It 1,100, 23 44 27 44 (3 32. 22 71 80 71 71 83 81 21 32 88 40 No. Av. Pr. 4. 00 l to 21 tit 32... ...V til I 40 : 1,70 No. 11,,, av. Pr. tt M 00 1416 II 00 . 8....... tit 11 25 17,. !7t,li 78 39'....... 161 18 10 13. ...... 1104 13 48 22... .....161 13 10 . ., 1810 II It f tit I 60 471 10 00 Jl U ItM tIT 10 71 v4t. ...... tit II SO tit U o 8. ...... 1011 !.... .1041 . 1 v.1334 "Jl.t.....UII 1 00 " 14.. .....1441 14 00 Hoga Today's trade opened extremely slow and lower op recjilpte of 11,000 head, or 288 cars.. Bearish aaatern advlcea placed ihl. marlint nit an Immediate y lower oaaia. Jr..t lu.kar. wra Sho la 40b fiawtr, mna later on 'in na morning wers made on this baste. Shippers bought a Sail early loads from stsady to lOo lower. Ths high pries for ths day was paid tor choloa light shipping nogs, iit.ib. buik of today'a afferinga wwnt at lll.IO01t.ll, General market was 2te to 40o lower.. . Repraiantatlva salest . . :' No. Av. Sh. Pr. N. At.- Sh. 41.,2t , 40 31 (i 60 St.. 271 f..i 16 OS 41.. 174- 10 40 83. .220 ,V. 1 70 II., Ill ... II 10 30. .228 ..k 16 10 6I..183 17 00 .31. .114 ... 17 10 47. .231 ,., JT 25 I4..37t 144 80. .318 7t..360 .. 7I..34 ... 75..307V ,., 10. .360 3. .170 3 4.. 321 II. .167 r. It 6l II II It II 14 76 It II 17 00 , 17 00 , 17"0l 17 10 Sheep The market "was strong to lOe to Trio higher on the opening, with fat lambs . weighing It pounds sold st 111.11. snd a load of western shearing lambs brought - tll.tO. Soma fat ewes went to packers st 114.80, There war a few cars of shorn lambs en sal and soma sholcs Mexican lambs, whloh showed Indications or a con siderable higher market than yesterday. Quotations oik neap ana lamos: umra. Sioux City Uv Stock. ,;. fllnux Citv. la.. March 2t.Catt)a R celpta, 1.300 head; market lOo higher; beef Steers. 810.60O14.00i lot fowl ana neirera, ll.7tOll.t0; canners, I7.2t0t.26; stockers and feeders, tl.t0O12.00: calves, 68.00 it it. knit (. ate. t7.7t01O.tO: feed. good to enoioa, sia.vvxyia.io; lamos, law io ijn- cowg nj heifers, t7.tooi.75 ste fiaii ia t.mt. tiMvv wwlrht. r 7 , . . . i , . . . . ood. I17.7IO1I.40: lamba, heavy weight, Jia.U91T.?t: lamba. Isadora, H4.60tjn.4O; famba, shorn, til. 60O11. 00; lambs, culls; lll.MOl4.00; yearlings, fair to choice, , 116,00 14. 60; wertiera, fair to choice. 111.11 014.76t owes, fair to' choice, HI 11014.10; . awea. breeders, all, agss, lM0O18.7t; ewes, ' tall and caoaera, t.l0O10.00. '. ' . 8t taglg ilvo Stock Market, ' ". w 8t Iula, March H.Cata Racalpta. 1,100 head; market, steady; native beef '.etaars, tt.OOOll.tO; yearling steers and heifers. 17.6013.6O; cowa. l 00011.60; - , stoekars and feeders, 17.10911.16; fair to prime, southern beef steers, t 60 Oil. 60; '. beef cows and heifers, Il.t0910.0t; south em , yearling ateers . snd - heifers, I7.50O 1100; native calrea, 17.71011.60. Hogs Receipts, ' 11.100 head; market, .tower; llghtv U7.IO0 17.10; pigs, 114.80O 17.36; tnixH and butchers,' 117.88017.80; good heavy, tl7.00O17.ll; bulk ot salea. 1T M017.7I. Rheep and Lamba Recelpta. 100 head ; market, higher; lamba, $14.f0Olt.00; awea, lll.00Oll.00.; wethers, 111.00014.00 can 'aers and choppers, tt.60OI.60. , ' RasMs'Tltr lTSslock Masks. Kansas City March 28. Cattle Receipts, 1,000 head; market higher; prims fed ; steers, ll.M014.3t; dreaaed beef ateers, ' ll.a9l.i; western steers, lt.00O14.00; . 'oows,' IT.ltOll.60; heifers, t7.76Oll.60; stockera and feeders, tl. 00011.76; bulls, . 7.i0O10.15-K calves, I7.t0013.6t, Hogs Receipts, 7,000 head; market, low- or; bulk ot sales, 814.400 17.30; heavy, 114.11 Oil. 10: packers aad butchers, tit 76017.16; ' light, 117.00 0 17.30; pigs. 114.00O17.3I. . . Sheep and Lamba Receipts, 1,004 head; . market, HOtto higher; lamba, 111.40 0 18.10; : yearlings, ' 614.10014.31; wethers, IU.00O i 11.10; ewes, llJ.00O14.3t. t WP-iii i is f 11 . . J Cliloagw tie Stock Market. . Chicago. March 3l.-CattIe Receipts, 11,. - 101 head; -tomorrow, 0,000 head; market, unsettled; natlv. steers, tl.tOG14.ti; atock- ' era and feeders, I7.70O11.I0; cowa and half, era. I4.40O11.IV calves, !M091t.00. '. .Hogs Receipts, 18,004) head; tomorrow, 35,000 head; market, weak; 60a under yea 'terday'a overage; bulk., of sales, 114.710 17 38; light,. Ill.tt017.l0r mixed. t Ht.460 17.40; heavy ltt.80O17.10t rough, Ht.lt 0 It 1; pigs, H2.6oeit.2l. , Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 11,000 head; ' tomorrow,' Jl.gOO head; market, atrong; ' -sheep, lU.4.0e; lambs, llt.OO01t.la. , , St Jsseph U Stork. -- r- St.- Jisepb,' March . 31 Cattle Receipts, , l.oag bead; market lower; ateers, 110.000 ; 14.00; cows and heifers, 17.10013.10; calvea. ; ft.00 011.00. - ' ....-. Hoga Receipts 7,000 head; market , lower; top,-H7.16, bulk of sales, Ht.100 J7.0JI. . -, ; - ; ' t Sheep and Lambs Receipts,1 1,100 head; market higher; lambs, 11100013.00; owes, ;.ooi4.t - , . . . ai.M Cnrnnrallnn.. 24.100 4041 Taxa'a Co. 3,000 145 143 142 Union Pacific .... .7o i U. S. I. Alcohol .. 1.800 123 111 133 TJ B, Steel 13.200 10 It It V. S. Steel pfd .... 300 lot 101 101 Utah Cppper .... "1,400 71 ' 71 77 Wabash pfd "B"..-. .J Western Union .. West Kleotrlo . ., -' 100 40 40 -40 Total sales for ths day., 150,000 shares. '. :-: few lork. Money, ' . K. Tork. March 31. Prima Mercantile Pater Four and sis months, t par cent. ... . , : Bl.tir.4. hilt.. nieriing . t4.78 commercial sixty-day bills on banks. t4.71; commercial slxty-dajr bills. 14.71: demand. 14.76! cablea, 14.71 7-1!. Silver Bar, 13 o; Mexican dollars, 74c. ' Bonds Oovsrnment and railroad, lrrsgu- Time Loans Flrn; Sixty, ninety and ijx month. I per cent )ld. ' ' Call Mosey Firm; highest, pr cent) I . t .nt rniinv rate. I per cent! closing bid. I iter cent; offered at I pr ; loan. I oer cent. U. 8. 3s, reg... 07Ot. No. 1st 41. 8JJ IT. S. 2a, coupon I7I. C. ref. 4a.... 71 IT. 8. 3s, reg..?l6Int. M. M. Is... 10 IT. 8. 8s, coupon 11 K. C, St ref. . is.. 71 lT.S.l,lberty ls,ll.8IU ft N. un. 4s.. 88 V. . S. 4a, reg, .104M.K. T. lat 4a 60 U.S. 4s, coupon, 104 MO. rao. gen. ea i Am. Vor. Sea. 6a. 18 Mont. Power la. II Am. T.&T.clt.ts I0N.T.C. dab. ts. 12 Anglo-French 6a 80 , No. Pao. 4s...., 80 ; Armour ft Co.4s 63 No. Pae. 3 67 AtcWltm, gen. 4s 800. 8. L. rer. 4s.. ss h a o nv 4U 76 V Pac. T. ft T. Is tl .Bath. Steel r. ts tl Penn. con. 4s.. It Cen. Leather 6s. t4Pann. gen. 48." 81 Can. -Pao. l'st.S Reading gen. 4s. 81 C. ft O. cv. 6a.. 7t8.L.48.r.vadJ.ts 14 C.B. AQ. J. 4s.. 11 So. Pao. evxts.. si ruiHP.cv.4Ui T4aSo. By. Is 01 C. R.I.AP. ref. 4a 13 'Tex. A Pac. 1st 15 CAS, ref. 4a tljiMJnlon PaclfloNa It D. ftR.a ref. Is. 4IU. S. Rubber ts 77 O.ofC. ts (lltl) 00 IT. S. Steel 6s.. 17 ICrls gen. 4s.... llWabeeh 1st.... 18 Gn. Eleo. is., 18 French Qvt. 11 It Bid. 'Asked. 1 SLOAN ORIGINATOR OF NEW BOND FEATURE McAdoo Adopts Idea ot Ne braska Solon Who Advocated Nonconvertibility of Issues , From Beginning. y Sheep Receipts, 600 hesd; market 100 to )la higher. . . . Landoa Money. - f ' T nM vr. fc as ltvarDap iltil Tl.p unce. , .t I jiiunoy i yvr v,iii. Discount Rates Short ' bills and three months, 3 1-10 per cent. , ' Mew Tork Cotton. New Tork, ' March ' 18. Cotton futures opened4 steady; May, 12.07c: July, ll.04o; October, 10.13c;. December, IO.ISo. FAMOUS ARTIST , ATTEACTS LARGE CROWDS IN SOUTH Advance s1e$ for the benefit con cert to be given t the Boyd theater April 4 by Alice Nielsen, grand opera prima donna, are exceeding tlit fond est hopes of the Associated Charities, which will benefit by the perform ance. , . Reports from the southwest, where Miss Nielsen is at present singing, state that capacity houses are greet ing the star and that her singing of the national anthems of the allied countries is particularly pleasing. Henry W. Yates School Will , 7 Not Open Until September The new Henry. V. Yates nullic school; Thirty-foifrth and Davenport streets, will not be opened until the beginning "of the. school year in Sep tember. ' bchool omcials decided it would be unwise to disturb the or ganizations of four other schools at this time. . ' i Police Officer Resigns;. , . . Figured in Guff Battle Police Officer. Ezra Timm, who is alleged to have held a- large crowd at bay with a gun in a free-for-all fight Wednesday night and later threw his badge at Captain Brieirs. handed in his resignation to the chief of police Thursday morning. Washington Bureau of The Omaha Bee, 1311 G Street. Washington, March 28. (Special Telegram.) The ways and means conmittee today, in preparing the bill authorizing the third Liberty bond is sue, has completely reversed itself on the question of bond convertibility, and gracefully acknowledged that Congressman Sloan, whose persistent opposition to this feature in former bills was well founded by adopting his views against permitting bonds to be converted from a low rate into a higher fate. As far back as the Sixty-fourth con gress, Mr. Sloan showed that bond- nianipulators, at or about the time a new issue was contemplated, would cause the bonds issued to be quoted on the market way below par, so as to iorce the secretary of the treasury - .1 ?Y- , . f 1- - I to auuionze a later issue at a nigner rate Xf interest. Scoffed Proposition. This proposition was scoffed at by the" majority members of the coinrnit- tee and consequently was never writ ten into law but, nevertheless, Mr. Sloan saw what was apparent to every observing economist, that the legisla tion enacted was fundamentally un sound. When the present issue was submitted, however, Secretary Mc Adoo seemingly had a change of heart, as well as the majority of the ways and means comrnittee, who to day authorized an issue of $3,500,000, 000 at 4 per cent interest, without the obnoxious convertible feature that characterized former issues. What is convertibility as applied to the bond proposition? It means that a purchaser of bonds at a low rate of interest 'has an option o exchange them or other bonds issued in the fu ture at a higher rate. 1 ' England's Plan Adopted. When the convertibility plan was first adopted by congress it was urged by leaden in both house and senate that it was the plan adopted by Great Britain and should therefore be given seriou$ consideration by the American congress. Representative Jsloan showed both in committee and on the floor that while Great Britain tried the convertible feature in their bond is sues once, they dropped it like a hot foker after the first authorization, his SecretaryMcAdoo admitted be fore the committee today; and acqui esced in Mr. Sloan's contention, that convertibility invited undue specula tion with a corresponding depreciation of government "values. Introduces New , Bill. , Congressman Sloan, following sutr- trestions of constituents, today intro duced a bill amending section 13 of the federal reserve act, authorizing the reserve banks to 'discount mem ber, banks' paper, taken from farm ers, based on agricultural and live stock, values for any period up to one year. This bill will be of interest to cattle breeders, tractor buyers ana others where large denomination paper fs used and where it takes a year to realize on the investment of the funds Borrowed. The president today nominated Harold" Hjeinfeldt 4o be postmaster at Holdrege, Neb. ' Authorize Tractor Shipment. Edward Chambers, director of traf fic of the railroad administrator, ad vised Congressman Lobeck today that shipments of tractors by a motor company of New York City consigned to the Murphy-O'Brien company, for farm use in that vicinity, held up by priority orders, would be author ized at once, and that necessary ar rangements would be made to protect t ie shipment. Charlesr Larson, Greeley, Neb., is in Washington on matters before the Interior department. Charles Keefer of Omaha has in terested the War department through Senator Hitchcock, in a new. type of aeroplane that is claimed to rjave a speed of 300 miles an hour. The War department , today sent Mr. Keefe"r with an expert to Boston, where elab orate models will be constructed and tried out with the assistance of sev eral experts at the Massachusetts School of Technology. . Demand From Gardeners for Vacant Lots Greatest Ever "Never was. there such a iemand for vacant lots for gardening pur poses as there is this spring, said Byron Hastings or the hrm of Hast inpM & Heyden.He added: "People are not only urged by patriotism to do their' bit by raising a war garden, but also by the saving they may make in their living expenses by raising vegetables." , The crusade for gardens last year had a large effect on the cost of liv ing last winter, which is apparent now. Last year at this time potatoes were selling at $4 a bushel and were hard to get at that price. .Now good potatoes may be had for from 85 cents to $1 a bushel. U. P. Ticket Office at Bluffs Ordered Closed April. 1 Ticket office of the Union Pacific. at Council Bluffs, will close April 1. The freight and passenger offices at fueblo, Colo- will close on the same date. These offices have been main tained for years, but as a war saving measure the officials have ordered them closed. ( PERSONAL MENTION .. Lew Bk-k, live stock commission man from the South Side, who has been laid up In hta rooms at the Merehanta' hotel efor aome tlma with stomach troubles, Is again able to bo out. POLITICAL Working Man's League Captains) Most to Consider ths Labor Slats. SHRAPNEL Last call for candidates for the pri mary and for voters to register for the primary. Friday at 9 p. m. will be the closing time in the election commissioner's office. The Douglas Colored Republican league promises to start its primary campaign in Peterson hall Friday night. "Good speakers are on the program and the public is invited," reads an announcement, which other wise does not disclose who is be hind it The promoters of the Smith may oralty campaign are still trying to marshal a combination which will be acceptable to the various elements. S. A. Corneer has been approached and has not yet said he will not yield to the draft, but may yet. I he so- called anti-administration leaders ad mit the difficulty to get a lineup which will satisfy their own following and at the same time present a formidable front for an offensive on the city nail, Government Asks for V Photos of Battle Areas The War department has requested the American Protective league to procure for immediate use for .intelli gence purposes photographs, draw iligs and descriptions of bridges, buildings, towns and localities now occupied by the German forces in France, Belgium and Luxemburg, and likewise that portion of Germany lying west of a line running north and south through Hnburg. ihe entire organization of the league throughout the country will be employed in the work in order that a large result may be obtained. Anything of value along this line may be delivered to Harry B. Fleharty, chief of the Omaha di vision of the American Protective league. Mother Appeals to Police 1 For Aid In Finding Son Mrs. Nettie V. Munsil, 2605 Dewey avenue, has envoked the aid of the po lice in a search for her son, George Munsil, 2923 Burdette street, wJio dis appeared Wednesday morning. She says' he received a blow on the head while he was loading a wagon and she fears that he has 'ostitis memory. He has had two previous lapses9f memory, ine tirst when he was thrown from a horse when a bov. The second followed a beating by holdup men at Twenty-fourth and Burdette streets last winter. He was found in Lincoln following the second attack. He ii married and has five children. The oldest ias6 years old. Deposit of $600,000 Made At Omaha Postoffice A deposit of $600,000 waa made hv Omaha postoffice Wednesday. It was Nebraska receipts for thrift stamps and war savings stamps, remitted in a single day to Omaha by the various omces throughout the state. Last Monday the Omaha office made a deposit of more than $500,000 for these stamps. Nebraska's record is now far ahead of that of any other state, v- i Whisky Market Lower, Says Man in Police Court Whisky is now selling in Omaha at reduced prices, according to the testi mony of Sam Ingalas, 2015 , Pierce street, arrested for illegal possession of liquor. Ingalas alleged he -purchased a case of whisky for $1 per pint. He was fined $100 and costs. German Living Expenses Big. Washington, March 28. Cost of living in Germany has increased from 200 to 300 per cent, while wages of the working people have only , in creased 50 per cent. The Birth of a Lamp It is probable that the most popular and therefore the greatest inven tion born of the mammoth mind or Thomas A., Edison, is the incandescent electric lamp. While the wonderful works of this genius are to be seen everywhere, -the electric lamp is by far the leader in universal use. There is not a per son in the civilized world, it is safe to say, who has .not seen or used an electric lamp. - Qur purpose in this and succeeding articles is to tell yon something of "-the birth and growth of this lamp, and to offer certain suggestions in its use. So great an invention, and so essential a factor in our every-day life, is worthy ofv moment's thought and study. Edison completed the first successful incandescent electric lamp on Oc tober 21, 1879, in his little wooden, workshop at Menlo Park, N. J. The first public exhibition of the light was held in that town in Decembeis of the same year. Overhead wires were run from Edison's laboratory to sev- eral houses and tij street lamps on poles, about sixty lights being operated on this memorable evening. The spectators were wild with enthusiasm and within a few days the whole world had the name of Edison upon its lips! v The Wizard's first lamp was little like the Mazda of today, except in principle. The. bulb was blown "from a one-inch tube, 'and the filament which you now recognize in the finely drawn tungsten wire inside the bulb --was of carbonized paper. To extinguish any one lamp, a wire had to be disconnected at its base a clumsy procedure compared with that of today! These new lighting creations were made, by hand in the Edison1 laboratory. ' In November, 1880, Edison discovered that bamboo filaments were su perior to carbonized paper, and so installed them in all lamps tqitil 1893, when a cellulose filament was discovered. The carbon filament came in 1905 and was succeeded by the famous Tungsten filament in 1907. The latter made possible the wonderful Mazda of today; " Tungsten metal is so brittle that it cannot beV drawn into a wire-tor could not at that time so it was necessary to reduce : it to a powder, and, with other substances, form of it a paste, which was; squirted trough a tiny hole drilled in a diamond. The paste was removed by passing cur rent through the thread, which welded the particles of tungsten together a splendid filament! . . ' From this invention, ' or progressive series of inventions, came -the ' world-renowned Mazda lamp ; ' ' . ft More Mazda history will be -given in another- story. 7 NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY, , -Your Electric Service Company' i " '' . ' . i 1 . .. , :' PHOTOPLAYS. PHOTOPLAYS. THIS ISSUE OF GUARANTEED PREFERRED SHARES 7 JO IS based upon - Improved Real .Estate of sound value; upon mortgages . . on real estate ; upon government bonds and other gilt-edge securities and upon cash in bank ; offered to investors by, the ' , J . ' American Security Company Omaha. Nebraska Highly Attractive as Perma nent Investments; redeem able after three years at holder's option ; par value $100 each; fully paid and non-assessable and free from personal tax m Nebraska.' This Company was incor porated in 1900 ; authorized capital, $250,000. THE AMERICAN SECURITY CO. C A. 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