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FEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1919. IS South Side BLAMES H. G. L, OF MEAT ON DROP If ITS PRODUCTION Kansas College Professor De dares Animal Husbandry Has Not Kept Up With Growth of Population. According to Dr. C. W. McCamp- beil, head the animal husbandry de partment of Kansas Agricultural col lege, who was a visitor at the South Side stock yards Thursday, meat production has not kept up with the growth of population of the United aiaies. "There were 6S0 head of cattle in the country to everv 1,000 popula tion in 1900,'- said Prof. McCamp bell, "ami this has now been reduced to o5() head. The figures on hogs and sheep show a similar reduction. In nine years hogs have drooped from 800 to 600 head for each 1,000 of population and sheep from 8a0 to 450 head. "For tie reason of this showing of a lack of production the consumer must not be surprised at high prices, Ths capacity of the range is de creasing and any increase, if any, must come from the farm, where the expense of production is much great er than the range." Negro Arrested by Police for Having A Raised $2 Bili Warren L. Cummings, 2917 R street, negro, an employe of Swift & Co.. wai arrested Thurs day afternoon at the Stock Yards National bank by police for investi gation. It was alleged by employes of the hank that Lummings came into the bank and requested E. G. Gehr- man, paying teller, to exchange 20 $20 bills for four $100 bills. While counting the money Gehrman said he discovered a $2 bill raised to $20 by pasting the figure 20 on each corner of the bill. Cummings claims he drew his 1 savings account from a downtown 'bank and after seeing how large a roll he had, wanted bills of larger denomination. Officials of the De partment of Justice were notified and after an investigation, ordered Cummings released. He said he had drawn his money out intending to take a trip to his old home in Texas, where the weather was warmer. Mixed Shipments of i Hogs and Cattle Begin To Hit Stock Yards Mixed shipments of hogs and cat lie are beginning to come in large numbers at the stock yards, accord ing to reports given out Thursday. More than 200 cars pf live stock re ceived consisted of mixed shipments, which was about one-third of the re ceipts for the day. This is said to be due to the fact that most of the country buyers have abandoned the market and a farmer not having enough of hogs or sheep to make a full load parti tions a car and fills it with two or more kinds of live stock.- New Books for Adults In Library On South Side ' The following books have been added to the adult collection at the South Side branch library: Fiction Andrews, Courage of the Commonplace; Andrews, Three Things: Dodge, Skinner's Dress Suit; Duncan, Harbor Tales Down North; Farnol, Definite Object; Ford, Torchy; Hurst, Gaslight So natas; Jacobs, Night Watches; Lutz, Phoebe Dean; Vance, Destroying Angel; Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Wallace, Cry in the Wilderness. Nonfiction Hyndman, Clemen ceau, the Man and His Time; Laughlin, Foch the Man; Tomlinson, Story of General Pershing; Gom pers, American Labor and the War; Spargo, Bolshevism; Spargo, Social Democracy Explained; Toulmin, City Manager; Scott, Scott's Stand ard Stamp Catalog; Fernald, Work ing Grammar of the English Lan guage; Roberts, Kings in Exile; , Laughter, Operator's Wireless Tele graph and Telephone Handbook; Davis, School and Home Garden ing; Fisk, Retail Selling; Maxwell, Salesmanship; Ely, Practical Flower Garden; Weick, Elementary Me chanical Drawing; Grieg, Piano Lyrics and Short Composition;. Phelphs, Twentieth Century Thea ter; Miller, Camping Out; Keller man, How to Swim; Jones, Patri otic Pieces of the Great War; Trow bridge, Mexico Today and Tomor row; Catlin, With the Help of God and a Few Marines; McFall, Ger many at Bay; Masefield, Old Front Line; Bryant, Six Red Months in Russia; Sack, Birth of the Russian Democracy; Gibbon, Mexico Under -Tarranza. Fire Damages Home. " partially destroyed the home of Albert Lane, 3112 Q street, pack-insr-house employe, causing $500 damage. The fire started from a BRINGING UP FATHER- See Jigga and Maggie ia Full Page of Colors it Iba Suaday Boo. Drawn for The Bee by McManus Copyright. 1918 International News Service. I JUVT WIP1N OFF THE KE LIKE THIS' SNOW-HOV OAAKHTCR it " I FTsT I I ( Or COURSE YOU DON'T I MM I II WHERE 1 DMJ4HTE 1 II I j jT I BEAUTIFUL? CALUTHT MOIC- WlA CO IN AND ?EE WHAT I Jfoo- t J L-LJ TT1 VK J rrvi 1 II n 'Elrsv F3 opera shcw t Yf -Q 1 IPOu j vji p Market and Industrial News of the Day LIVE STOCK Short Term Notes Omaha live Stock. Omaha, December 18, 1911. Receipts were Csttls Hon. Sheen Official Monday ....10,023 7.S52 16,197 Official Tuesday.... 8,292 13,691 11,160 Official Wednesday. 0,316 12,452 16,042 Estimate Thursday. 4.000 11,000 8,800 Four days this wlc 29,631 Same days last wk 10.695 Same two wks ago 46,361 Same three wks ago 49.0C1 Same days year ago 41,951 44,396 21,769 81,449 S5.241 77.667 51,11 48.666 58,366 40,453 39,463 Receipts and dlsDositlon of live stock at the Union Stock yards, Omaha, Neb., for 24 hours ending at 3 o'clock p. m December 18, 1919: RECEIPTS CARS. Cattle. Hogs. Shetp. . .. 1 i .11 9 17 . 6 t . 46 48 13 .18 12 6 . ( 12 .22 17 1 . 1 . .. 1 2 .8 t . .. 1 .148 "l44 62 Missouri Pacific ... Union Pacific C. A N. W., east... C. N. W., west... v.. hi. t-., m. a o. !.. B. A Q.. east... C, B. A Q., west... h. i. f., esst, O T C Tl . Illinois Central .... , O. Western Totals receipts .. 1 Mule. DISPOSITION HEAD. Cattle. Hri Morris A Co 83 1.416 Swift & Co 1.010 S.398 Cudahy Pack. Co. 1,151 1,851 rmour & uo.... 896 3.449 W. Mumhy 2.429 Lincoln Pack. Co. 86 So. Om. Pack. Co 36 Roth & Sons.. 16 Mayerowlch 4 V. 10 O'Dea 11 Wilson & Co m W. Hill A Co.. 28 P. Lewis 26 B. Root & Co. 144 O. Kelloaa .... 89 Ellis A Co 166 Sullivan Bros.... 36 M. K. C. A C. Co. 33 John Harvey ... S61 Dennis A Francis 8 Om. Pack. Co 8 Cudahy. So. City Morris, so. Falls 72 otner buyers. Sheep. 476 1.964 1,582 1,595 Quotation furnished by Peters Trust oompany. Bid. Asked. Am. Tel. A Tel. 6s. 1924 96 96 Am. lei si Tel. 6a, 1926 S1i 99 Am. Tobacco 7s, 1922 101 Vi 102H Am. Tobacco 7s, 1923 102 102 Anaconda (JoDDer 6s. 1929 9614 97 Anglo-French Evt. 6s, 1920.. 91 95 7-16 Armour Co. Con, Deb 6s, 1920 106V4 107H Armour Co. Con. Deb. 6s, 1921. 106 1074 Armour Co. Con. Deb. 6s, 1922. 106' 1074 Armour Co. Con. Deb. 6s. 1923.106 1074 Armour Co. Con. l)eb. 6s, 1924.106 4 107 4 Bothlehem Steel 7s, 1923 100 1004 Hethlencm Steel 7s, 1923 100 1004 British 54s, 1921 97 974 Canada 5s, 1921 97 974 C, B. A Q. 4s, 1921 944 Cudahy Packing Co. 7s. 1923.. 100 4 1014 Kansas City Term. 6s. 1923... 98 99 Lehigh Valley 6s. 1923 99 100 Llgget Myers 6s, 1921 99 4 Proctor A Gamble 7s, 1922.... 102 102 Proctor A Oamble 7s, 1923.... 1034 1034 Union Pacific 6s, 1928 101 4 102 Wilson Con. (s. 1928 96 96 l First Liberty 84s 99.10 Second Liberty 4s , 93.66 Second Liberty 4s 91.38 First Liberty 4Us 93.68 Second Liberty 4 Us 91.68 Third Liberty 4s 93.60 Fourth Liberty l Fifth Liberty (8.86 Fifth Liberty ls (8.86 (12 1,178 Totals ..: 6.089 10,613 .6.935 11,563 Cattle The estimate for the cattle re Ivts today was Dlaced at 4.000 head. hlch makes the receipts for the four days 29,600 head or about 1,000 less than lor the same period last wtek. The cor responding time In 1918 total arrivals reached 41,(00. There was very little native beef on hand this morning and what ther was. was on Inferior quality as compared with recent markets. Packing demand was good and prices were about 15Si25c above yesterday. Cows and heifers, after 'hree days' lower values sold at steady prices today. With light receipts there was not a great deal on hand, in fact nothing real good quality. Tht feeder market did not show in change from the last few days, values looking generally steady on the good kinds with thin light grades bard to dispose of. Supply of western beef was nrantlraiiv negligible and prices held about steady. BEEF STEERS ' No. Av. Pr. No. A v. Pr. 20 1114 110 21 19 788 810 70 ... 965 10 75 25 1149 11 00 ...1149 12 00 24 1204 13 00 BEEF COWS. ... 8(4 4 75 16 717 6 25 ... 913 7 25 43 814 8 26 ...1115 t 60 4 1167 1" 75 CALVES. ... 129 60 1 350 10 10 ,.t "90 11 00 2 160 13 60 ... 113 14 00 t 106 14 25 ... 170 14 25 1 190 14 25 WESTERN CATTLE. NEBRASKA. civs.. 376 7 00 13 cows. 900 S 60 strs.. 760 8 50 5 strs.. (10 10 00 cows. 1102 7 86 13 strs.. 84S ( 60 hfrs.. 674 7 00 lcalf.. 230 12 00 Quotations on cattle: Choice to prims beeves, tl4.5016.EO; good to choice beeves, t 13.0014.60; fair to good beeves, 810.60(12.00; common to lair beeves, is.vs 10.60; choice to prime yearlings, 814.75 16.26: good to choice yearlings, 812.60 14.60; fair to good yearlings, 811.0012.60; common to fair yearlings. 89.0011.00; choice to prime heifers, Sll.6fl13.25; good to choice heifers, $9.60(5' 11.50; choice to crime cows. 89.6011.00: good to choice cows, 87.759.00; fair to good cows. 6.25 7.75; common to fair cows. (4.506.25; choice to prime heavy feeders, 810.50 13.00; good to choice feeders, 89.2510.60; medium to good feeders, 87.759.25; com mon to fair feeders. (6.757.76; good to choice stockers, (9.0010.2S; fair to good stockers, 87.509.00; common to fair stockers, 86. 00O7.25; stock heifers, 86.00 7.25; stock cows, 85.256.50; stock calves, 86.2610.25; veal calves, (6.0014.25; bulls, stags, etc., 6.2510.50; choice to prime grass beeves, I12.6013.50; good to choice grass beeves, $10.60012.60; fair to good grass beeves, (8.7610.60; common to fair grass beeves, 87.258.76; Mexican beeves, 86.508.00. Hogs There was a fairly good sized run of hogs here again today, estimates call ing for 11,000 head. The market was moderately active at rather uneven prices. While quality was good, there were prob ably not as many of the prime hogs here as yesterday. The market did not have quite as much strength and supplies sold generally from steady to 10c lower, with bulk of (13.26913.50 and top of (13.65. HOOS. No. Av. Sh. Pr. No. At. 69. .248 49. .268 83. .214 66. .190 31. .230 72. .221 110 $13 10 70 18 25 80 13 85 40 13 40 ... 13 60 ... 11 60 46. .838 66. .293 80. .200 78. .221 71.. 231 65. .248 Sh. Pr. ... (13 09 40 13 30 70 13 40 70 13 45 150 13 65 ... 13 65 efective flue and the roof was badly burned before the arrival of the fire department. ve Stock Commission Man Dies of Pneumonia George D. Tones, 2323 Deer Park boulevard, for many years a com mission man at the Union Stock Yards, died Thursday at the Wise Memorial hospital of pneumonia. For several years Mr. Tones was identified with the firm of Lindburg & Tones. He is survived by his wife. The funeral will be held from the home, Saturday at 2 p. m., Rev. R. L. Wheeler officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. South Side Brevities PERSONAL. THE SALVATION Army Industrial boms solicit your old clothing, furniture, . magazines. We collect Wo distribute. Phone Doug. 4135 and our wagon will call. Call and Inspect our new home. 1110-1112-111 Dodge Street. FURNACES cleaned. 81 Central Tin Shop. MONEY TO LOAN. DIAMONDS AND JEWELRT LOANS, lowest rates. Private loan booths. Harry Malashock. 1614 Dodge. P. 6619. Ka.1894, FARMS and city loans. E. H. LOUOEB.- ma 128 Keellns Bids. LEGAL NOTICES STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. Notice Is hereby given tbst a special nee ting of the stockholders of the South Matt Land Company will be held at the iffleo of said land company. Room 791. First National Rank Building, In Lincoln. Nebraska on the (4th day of December, l(l(. at 11.90 o'clock a. m., for the pur pose of considering and acting upon the natter of extending or renewing articles f Incorporation of said company. By order of the Board of Directors. C B. MORRELU President W. W. TURNER, Secretary. For Sale Cow and three bugs. (718 8. Scores of healthy canaries. Tour choice, (10. Frank Byers. Phone South 3801. Tyist-A tan-colnred aide curtain for a Douglas roadster. Call South 763. Reward. Phil Kearney Woman's Relief oorps will meet Saturday at 3 p. m. at the home of Mrs. J. O. Eastman, Twenty-third and F streets. ; Phil Kearney post No. 8, O. A. R will meet Saturday at 2 p. m. at the home of Adjutant J. W. Cress, 4427 South Twenty-third street Officers for the coming year win do elected. Team strayed from barn Sunday night at 11 o'clock. One bay horse and one black bay. with a whit spot on neaa. Finder please call South 3712. John Qredy, 3623 B street. . Mrs. Flora Romlnger, assisted by Mes tmes M. M iiber v and Frank Clark, enter tained the Woman's Home Missionary so ciety of Grace M. E. church at for home, 2425 E street, Thursday at 2 p. m. Start ths year 1(20 right with a sav ings account In the South Omaha Savings bank. Twenty-fourth and N streets. It draws Interest (compound semi-annual) hlls you sleep. Get the habit A . Christmas gift valued by young and old alike Is money. Be prepared to pre sent this next Christmas by now Joining the Economy Savings club at the Live Stock National bank, corner Twenty-fourth and N streets. Mllie Zansky, 2505 Adama street, re ported to the police that his son, Mike, Jr.. had left home a year ago and no trace had been heard from him since. The father has Importuned the police to make a search for the missing man, who Is ssHd to be 18 years old, black balr and weighs 175 pounds. John J. Riley, charged with vagrancy by Officer Morton, told Police Judge Fitz gerald In police court Thursday morning that he bad no homo, could do any kind of work, but had done no kind of work. When arraigned and while evidence was being taken Riley sat down and busied hlmseU reading the morning paper, with out apparent Interest In the proceedings. He was sentenced to servo 10 days In JalL - The Bouth Side branch library will have a story hour every afternoon at 3 o'clock beginning Thursday, December 18. and continuing until school resumes. The sto ries will be those of the Christmas season and tboss the children love best Any child wishing to hear a favorite fairy tale may have It on request. Choice and pop ular children's books are on hand for dis tribution on tho "after-story-hour" table. Children are cheerfully Invited to go to the library and bring aU their little friends. Sheep and Lambs Something like 8,800 sheep and lambs arrived for today's trade and while one or two of the larger pack ers are buying sparingly owing to short age or refrigerator cars, prices held up In fairly good shape, the better kinds of killers ruled generally steady with me dium and lnbetween grades rather slow ar.d uneven. Choice (0-pound lambs top ped at (16.28, with good kinds selling around 815.83 16.00. Best ewes were o.uotsble up to 89.60 with bulk of the good kinds' at (9.009.25. Heavy yearlings sold up to (13.00. The feeder trade ruled higher, advance amounting to 1525c. Good fleshy feeders brought (14.80 with strong weights selling upwards to (14.00. FAT LAMBS. No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. 219 fed... 95 )16 26 207 fed... 73 (16 00 210 fed... 68 15 35 FEEDING LAMBS. 164 fed... SO 13 30 122 fed... 61 13 30 Quotations on sheep: Lambs, good to choice, 315.7S1S.25; lambs, fair to good, 315.2515.50; fleshy feeders, $14.25 14.80; good to choice feeders, $14.00 (14.0014.85; fair to good feeders, (13.50 014.00; cull lambs, (10.00l2.50; year lings, 313.7614.00; wethers. $10.60011.00; ewes, good to choice. (9.00(.50; ewes, fair to good, (8.60(.00; good feeding wes, $6.257.00; ewe culls and canners, (5.006.00. Chicago Live Stuck. Chicago, Dec. 18. Cattle Receipts, 13, 000 head; estimated tomorrow, 10,000 head, firm. Beef ateers, medium and heavy, choice and prime. $18.26 20.00; medium and good, $10.65 18.26; common, (ft.3510.65; lightweight, good and choice, (13.0019.26; common and medium, (7.50 12.76; butcher cattle, heifers, (6.26 14.25; cows, (6.0018.00; canners and cut ters, (5.006.00; veal calves, $15.75 16.25; feeder steers, $6.7512.00; stocker steers, 6.0010.26. - . Hogs Receipts, 68,000 head; estimated tomorrow, 35,000 hesd, active, mostly 10c to 16c lower; bulk of sales, 313.75014.00; top, (14.15; heavy, (13.7614.00; medium, (13.8614.00; light. (13.6013.96; light lightweight. (13.2613.75: heavy packing sows, smooth. (13.0013.60; packing sows, rough, (12.6013.00; pigs, (12.6013.60. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 20,000 head; estimated tomorrow, 15,000 head, lower; lambs, 314.7517.00; culls and common, (11.0014.60; ewes, medium and good, $7.6009.50; culls and common, (4.00 7.26. Kansas City Llvo Stack. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 18. Cattle Re ceipts, 6,(00 head; market steady to 25c lower; calves. 60ctl.00 lower; heavy beef steers, choice and prime, (16.26 18.75; medium and good, (12.40lf.26; common. (10.2612.40; lightweight, good and choice, (12.8617.65; common and me dium, (7.7613.26; butcher cattle, heifers, (6.1013.75; cows, (6.0011.7t; canners and cutters, (5.006.00; veal calves, (13.60 16.50; feeder steers, 37.(013.00; stocker steers, (t.2t10.2t. Hogs Receipts, 12,000 head; market generally steady; bulk of sales, (13.40 13.75; heavy, - (13.5013.85; mediums, (13.4013.8t; lights, (13.2t13.7t; light lights, (12.(013.1t; packing sows, (12.00 13.00; pigs, 811.00ei3.00. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 2,000 head; market steady to weak; lambs, 315,00 16.60; culls and common, (9.0014.76; yearling wethers, (11.7i13.50; ewes, (7.26 10.00; culls and common, 33.76 7.00; breeding ewes, (8.0011.60; feeder lambs, $11.60014.00. Stoux City Live Stock. Sioux City. Ia.. Deo. 18. Cattle Re ceipts, 1.500 head; steady; beef steers, choice fed, (15.00018.00; short fed (13.00 14.60; warmed up, (9.t012.t0; fairly good beef, (7.008.60; fed yearlings. (6.00 9.60; fat cows and heifers, (8.t013.00; canners, (5.006.76; veal calves, $6.00 16.00; stockers, fi.60(.60; feeders. $7.60 911.00; feeding cows and heifers. 35.00 7.76. Hogs Receipts, 7,500 head: market, It to 25 cents lower; light (12.7t18.tO; mixed. (13.25013.66; heavy, (13.2t13.60; bulk of sales, (1(.261(.(0. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 3,000 head; market, weak. r St Joseph lira Stock. St Joseph, Mo., Deo. 18. Cattle Re ceipts, 2,000 head; market strong; steers, 37.0017.00; cows and heifers, $5.00 14.00; calves. (6.0014.00. Hogs Receipts, 10,000 head: market strong; top, (13.(0; bulk of sales, (13.(0 13.90. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 4,000 head: market slow and lower; lambs, (11.00 16.25; ewes, (8.C09.(0. Evaporated Apples and Dried Fruits. New Tork, Dec 18. Evaporated Apples Dull Prone Firm. ' Apricots Firm, hot quiet Peaches Firm, but quiet. Raisins Scarce. GRAIN MARKET . Omaha Grain. Omaha, Neb., Dee. 13. Grain arrivals today were 23 ears of wheat, 64 cars of corn, 10 cars of oats, 1 car of rye and 2 cars of barley. Wheat market was firm for the limited number of samples offered. Corn was unchanged to 1 cent lower and generally easier. Oats were unchanged to ft cent higher. Rye was up 3 cents from yesterday's nominal quotations, while barley was unchanged. Wheat No. 2 hard: V, car, (2.62; 1 cars, (2.60. No. 3 hard: S cars, (2.(7; 1 car, (2.48 (yellow, smutty). No. 4 hard: 4-5 car, (2.45 (very smutty). No. i hard: 1 car, (2.42 (yellow); 1 car, (2.40 (yel low). Sample hard: Vt car, (2.35. Sample mixed: 1 car, (2.20. Corn No. 4 white: 1 car, (1.40. No. 4 yellow: 2 cars, (1.42 (shipper's weights); t cars, (1.41. No. i yellow: 3 cars, 81.89; 3 cars, (1.88 (new); 1 car, (1.37. No. 6 yellow: 3 cars, (1.(4. No. 3 mixed: 1 car, (1.58 (old). No. 4 mixed: 1 oar, (1.40 (new); ( cars, $1.89. No. t mixed: 1 car. (1.38; I cars, (1.37 (21.4 per cent mois ture). No. 6 mixed: 1 car, (1.35 (new); 1 car, 31.84. Oats No. 8 white'. 1 ear, (SHo; t cars, 82c. No. 4 white: 1 car, 82c; 1 ear, tlttc No. S mixed: 1 oar, (1.81. Rye No. 3: 1-t car, 3161. Barley No. 4: 1 car, (1.63. Rejected: 1 car, (1.40. OMAHA GRAIN MOVEMENT. Receipts Today. Wk. Ago. Tr. Ago. Wheat 28 24 80 Corn 64 34 68 Oats 10 4 36 Rye 1 3 4 Barley 2 1 2 Shipments- Wheat 69 137 130 Corn 36 55 (1 Oats 11 30 8 Rye 9 Z IS Barley 6 6 13 RECEIPTS IN OTHER MARKETS. Wheat. Corn. Oats. Chicago 14 144 45 Kansas City 18 41 St. Louis 32 41 35 Minneapolis 305 Duluth li Winnipeg 286 Omaha Grain Inspection. The' number of cars of grain of the sev eral grades Inspected "in" here during tho past 24 hours follows: Wheat No. 3 hard. 6; No. s nara, 4; No. 4 hard, 4; No. t hard, 4; No. 1 mixed. 1; No, 3 mixed, 2; No. 4 mixed, 1; sam ple mixed, 1; No. 2 spring, 8; Total, 25. corn no. 3 wnite. 4: no. 4 wnite. i: No. t white, 6; No. 1 yellow, 1; No. 1 yel low, 1; tiO. 3 yellow, 8; No. 4 yellow, 26; No. t yellow, 25; No. 6 yellow, 7; No. 3 mixed. 1; No. 4 mixed, 13; No. f mixed, 26; Total, 112. Oats No, 3 white. 7: No. 4 whits, t: No. 2 mixed. 2; Total, 12. Rye No. 3, 1; No. 3. 8; Total, 4. Barley, rejected, 2; Total, 2. PRIMARY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Receipts Today. Tear Ago. Wheat 827,000 1,817,000 Corn 604,000 (17,000 Oats 361,000 1,047.000 Shipments- Wheat (92,000 Corn , 4(9,000 Oats 489,000 FINANCIAL New steady; Spot Cotton. ' Tork, Dec. 18. Cotton Spot middling. 8 26s. , 1,(58,000 6(5.000 643,000 Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Dec. 18. Renewed weakness In British exchange and In hog values had depressing effect today on the corn market Closing prices of corn were heavy, lo net lower, with January 1.31.40H and May $1.36 1.3bft. Oats finished unchanged to Ho lower and provisions varying from 20c decline to 10c advance. Bears ruled the corn market through out the day except during a sudden transient bulge after noon. A majority of traders acted on ths Idea that the mar ket had been overbought and that a re action from recent advance was due. This position was especially emphasized by the fresh breaks in sterling, and by accom panying reports that owing to the uncer tain condition of exchange Canadian In terests were trying either to cancel or defer shipment of corn bought In the United States. The temporary late up turn In corn quotations was ascribed to foreign buying of 1,000,000 bushels of rye. Active realizing by holders of corn, how ever, soon became much more than an offset. Oats were governed chiefly by the ac tion of corn. Eastern demand was less In evidence. Provisions averaged lower. In sympathy with hogs, corn and exchange. Besides, doubt was current that the Edge bill would be of much help to exports. venal In British exchange and the atti tude assumed by organized labor In con nection with the return of the railroads, caused today's dull stock rrarket to yield some of the ground gained during the previous session. The decline In bills on London, which fell about 18 cents below yesterday's rally, was attributed In some quarters to the decision of the British court removing the ban on imports into England. This theory found few supporters among bank ers and exchange dealers, who regarded the recent recovery as a natural rebound from excessive pressure. Ralls, especially low grade issues, were depressed one to five points, but some of mis loss was recovered later on the sup port accorded Investment shares of the division. Call loans ruled at ( per cent, the low est rate of the week, but It was generally understood that the banks would not re lease time funds, except In moderate amounts, for the balance of ths year. The stock market became almost stag nant after the first hour, with alternate rallies and declines from the Irregular opening. Oils, motors and Steele provided the chief element of uncertainty. Metals and sugars were among the few sustaining features, the former harden ing as a result of better trade prospects, while sugars strengthened on opposition la the senate to the extension of govern ment control. Sales amounted to 700,000 shares. The feature of the bond markat the activity of convertible or speculative railway Issues, mostly at moderate con cessions, several- high grade Industrials also easing fractionally. Lib also shaded with several if the interna tional war issues, Total sales, nir value. aggregated (23,460,000. Old United States oonas uncnanged on call. Sales. High. Low. Close. 2,600 86 (( (6H 6,000 64 54 64 UU i S 6 -ft 131 137 400 116 lit 115 ' Am. Best Sugar Am. can Am. Car & F. . . . Am. H. 4 L., pfd. Am, Locomotive.. Am. 8. & Rfg. ... Am. Sugar Rfg. . . Am. Sum. Tob. .. Am. Tel. & Tel. .. Am. Z L. A S. Anaoonda Copper 700 94 94 94 7,200 69 66 67 3,300 139 136 1371, 1,800 86 96 96 7.100 100 .99 100 1,600 17 16 17 7.600 68 56 67fe Aicmson 4,300 83 Z 83 At G. & D. I. 8. S. ' 600 173 172 173 Baldwin Loco. ...18.400 109 107 -107 B. & 0 6,000 30 29 29 Beth. Steel "B" ..10,100 94 93 93 Butte A 8 up. Cop. 4,600 27 26 26 Cat Petroleum .. 200 25 26 26 Canadian Pac. ... 2,000 134 132 133 Cen. Leather 2,600 (4 93 93 C. A O. 6,500 63 63 63 C. M. & St. P.... 8,800 37 36 36 C. A N. W. ; 6,100 86 86 86 C R. L A P. .... 700 26 24 24 Chlno Copper .... 2,100 36 35 36 Colo. F. A Iron... 1.100 39 39 39 Corn Products ... 8,300 85 88 85 Crucible Steel .... 4,100 209 206 207 Cuba Cane Sugar. 10.700 62 60 61 Dla. Sec. Corp. .... 1,500 77 76 77 Erie 1,600 13 12 12 Gen. Electrlo .... 300 166 166 166 Gen. Mislors 4.300 328 323 324 Gt. Nor. pfd 1,300 77 76 77 Gt. Nor. Ore. ctfs 1,800 3737 87 Illinois Central .. 1,200 87v86 87 Insplr. Copper ... 8,800 61 50 61 Int. M. M.. pfd... 3.700 107 105 105 Inter. Nickel .... 5,900 21 20 21 Inter. Paper 3,800 7t 74 74 K. C. Southern .. 1,700 14 14 14 Kennecott Cop. ..12,400 28 27 28 Louis. A Nash 109 Max. Pet. ...17.800 209 106 208 Miami Copper .. 1,600 22 22 22 Miavaie meet ... 4,nuu Mo. Pacific 1,800 Mont, Power .... 400 Nev. Copper 700 49 26 67 15 (8 26 7 48 24 67 14 67 25 (6 36 Articles I Open I High I Low Close Tes'y Corn. Dec. 1.4T 1.49 1.46 1.47 1.47 May 1.88 1.88 1.36 1.36 1.37 July 1.35 1.36 1.34 1.84 1.35 Oats. Dec. .82 .83 .81 .82 .82 May .88 .85 .88 .83 .84 July .77 .78 .77 .77 .78 Pork. Jan. 37.00 37.00 37.00 37.00 37.10 May 36.81 36.85 36.41 36.(3 36.66 Lard. Jan. 22.(5 23.17 32.80 23.0S 23.10 May 23.70 24.00 33.60 23.(0 23.80 Ribs. Jan. 18.(0 18.80 18.30 18.45 18.(1 May 19.00 19.10 18.86 18.97 19.10 New Tork Coffee. New Tork, Dee. 18. The easier ruling of Brazil as lndcated by the early cables and renewed weakness of sterling exchange led to scattering liquidation and some trade selling In the market for coffee futures to day. The opening was 19 to 25 points lower under selling which came largely from commission house sources and after a very quiet middle session prices eased off further under offerings by spot house brokers who wore believed to have lower offers from Braill. although no definite quotations were mentioned. March de clined to 15.06c, and closed at 15.08o, with the general list showing a net loss of 33 to 31 points. December, 14.66e: January, 14.70c; March, 15.03c; May, 16.19c; July, 16.40c. Spot, coffee, dull and nominal; Rle 7s, ltc; Santos 4s. 26 c. Minneapolis Grain. Mlneapolls, Mian., Dec. 18. Flour Un changed. Barley (1.38 1. 60. Rye No. 3. (1.(7 4)1.70. Bran (43.00. City Grain. Kansas City, Mo., Dso. 18. Corn De cember, $1.49; aJnuary, (1.43; May, (1.86; July. (1.34. St Louis Grain. St Louis, Deo. 18. Corn December. $1.61; May, (1.41. Oats May, 86 c. ' Kansas City Produce. Kansas City, Mo., Dee. 18. Butter Creamery, lc lower; extras, 66c; seconds, 63c; packing, unchanged. Eggs lc lower: firsts, (to; seeonds, 44c. Poultry Unchanged. Chicago Potato si. Chicago, Dec. 13. Potatoes Weak; ar rivals, 24 cars; northern sacked rurals. Burbanka, (2.(03.00; frozen stock, low as (3.60; Jobbing sales ot western rus sets, (3.4098.60; New Tork Metals. New Tork, Dec 18. AU metals un changed. At London: Spot copper, 1103 16s; tin, 1318 2s (d; lead. 40 2s 6d; zinc. 52 10s. Cotton Futures. New Tork, Dee. 18. Cotton futures closed barely steady; December, 39.49c; January, 86.73c; March, 34.62c: May, 32.30c; July, 30.60c Bar Silver. New York, Dec. 18. Bar Silver 11.34. Mexican Dollars Unchanged, N. T. Central.... 4,200 N. T. N. H. A H. 4,000 Norf. at West.... 1,600 Nor. Paclflo Pac. Tel. & Tel.. 200 37 Pan-Am. Pet. ... (.600 106 105 Pennsylvania ....13,300 40 40 Pitts. A W. Va.. 6,700 25 25 Ray Con. Copper. 1,900 20 20 Reading 8,400 76 75 Rep. Iron A St!.. 81, 600 111 109 Shat Ariz. Cop.. 600 11 11 Sine. Oil A Ref. .24,000 44 431 souinern fac. , Southern Ry. . Studebaker Cor. Texas Co Tob. Products , Union Pac, . . United Clg. ..St. 12,400 48 24 67 It 67 25 97 79 37 105 40 25 20 75 109 11 44 12,400 102 101 102 3.800 21 20 21 16,000 104 103 103 Y,ZUU Z3I 222 228 7,900 91 90 90 3,900 123 122 122 91 90 90 U. 8. Ind. Alcohol 1,000 103 102 102 U. S. Steel 28,500 104 102 103 U. S. Steel pfd... 1.400 112 112 112 . 3,700 74 72 78 . 200 89 89 89 . 1,500 53 62 52 . 3,600 28 26 28 . 400 80 79 80 . 2.400 48 48 48 .10,800 (7 95 (6 Utah Cooper Western Union West. Electric . Willys-Overland National Lead . Ohio Cities .... Royal Dutch . Local Stocks and Bonds. Quotations furnlahed by Burns, Brlnker 4 Co., December 16, 1918. STOCKS. (8 102 ( 98 1 'i' Armour A Co. Pfd Beatrice Creamery Pfd .ine Oooch Fcod Prod. Com 70 Qooch M. A E. 7s Pfd. B.... (9 Harding Cream. 7s Pfd 100 Lincoln T. A T. Com. 7s (0 Om. A C. B. St Ry. Pfd do Com . M. C. Peters Mill 7s Pfd... M E. Smith Ts Pfd. 1932... A. O. Spald. A Bros. 1st Pfd.. Union Power A Light 7s Pfd. BONDS. Braden Cop. 6s 1931, listed. City of Fairmont 6s 1939 French Cities 6s 1934 Greeley, Neb., Water (s 1938 inayiag co. es 1927 Neb. Power Co. 6s 1949 (4 Om. A C. B. St. Ry. ts 1(2(.. to Omaha City of. Various Rocky Mt Fuel ts 1941 with bon... Un. Stock Yds. Om. 1st ts 1(31. (5 New Tork Bond List U. S. 3s, reg.,100 U. 8. 2s, coup. 100 T7. 8. cv. 3s. r. 88 U. 8. ev. 8s, c. 88 U. 8. 4s, coup. 105 A. T. AT. cv.6s. 98 An.-French 5s. 96 Armour Co. 4s 82 Atchison gen. 4a 76 B. A O. cv.4s. 65 B. Steel r. ts 88 Cen. Pac, 1st.. 25 C. A O. ov. ts. 76 CB.AQ.Jt4s... 94 C.M.St P.cv.4s 62 C.R.I.P.Ry.r.4s. (6 C. A O. ref. 4 72 ChlllCop. cv. 7sl07 City of Psrls 6s 92 t AR.O.ref.ts.. 47 I Do. Can. Is,1931 (1 Erie gen. 4s... 40 Gen. Else. ts. (4 Gt. Nor. 1st 41 (1 Bid. Asked. 107 107 102 80 100 102 61 60 100 100 100 4.(0 92 6.00 6.75 86 82 4.70 86 (7 III. Cen. ref. 4s 76 T. M. A M. 6s.. 93 K. C. S. ref. ts 72 L. A N. un. 4s (1 M.K.AT. 1st 4s 68 M. P. gen. 4s.. 6t Mont Pow. ts. 84 Nor. Pac 4s.... 76 N.CCen. deb. 6s (0 Nor. Pac. 3s... 63 O. S. L. ref. 4s. (1 Pac. T. A T. ts. 8t Penn. con. 4s 89 Penn. gen. ts.. 89 Reading gen. 4s 78 St.L.AS.F.ad.(. 86 S. Pac ev. ts. .103 S. Ry. ts 88 Tex. Co. cv. 6s. 108 Tex. A Pac 1st 82 U. P. 4s 62 U. 8. Rub. 5s.. 66 U. 8. Steel 5s.. 97 Wabash 1st.... (( New Tork Money. New York. Dec. 18. Mercantile paper Unchanged. Sterling Demand, ((.71; cables, (3.76. Francs Demand, 11.30; cables, ll.lt. Guilders Demand, (7; cables. 87. Lire Demand, 13.00; cables, 12.71. Marks Demand. 3.03; cables, 2.05. Time loans Strong; unchanged. Call money Easy; high, (; low, t; rul ing rate, 6; closing bid, 6; offered at (; last loan, t. Turpentine nasi xtosfB. Savannah, Oa., Dec. 18. Turpentine Steady: (1.(4: sales, 300 bbls.; receipts, 129 bbls.; shipments. 24 bbls.; stock, 13.248 bbls. Rosin Firm; sales, 843 casks; receipts, 830 casks; shipments, 463 casks; stock, 61.496 casks. Quote: B, T. E. F. (16.0516.lt: O, (16.1016.15; H. (1(.101(.20; I, $16.16 16.20; K. (1(.2516.35; M. (18.80; N. (19.80JO.00; WG. (20.(0; WW. (2L26. New Tork Cotton. Cotton closed barely steady at a decline of 1 point on December and 11 to. (7 points net lower oa later months. My HEART and My HUSBAND Adele Garrison's New Phase of Revelations of a Wife The Way Mr. Walters Responded to Madge's Invitation. When the door had closed behind Jim, Lillian looked at me with eyes in which lurked a twinkle. "'Fesi up now," she said, "that you're wondering why under the sun I didn't wait until tomorrow morn ing to tell Tim what I wanted him to do." "Such a thought hai crossed my alleged brain," I smilingly admitted. "I don't blame you," she replied, "and I wouldn't have told a man of another type than Jim. It will take him all night to turn the thing over in his mind and get it all settled to his own satisfaction. II he had been compelled to ro on such an errand knowing the importance of it, and the imoerative necessity tor secrecy with but a few minutes' notice he would have been completely rattled. As it is, Jim will be a regular sieutn tomorrow with nerves of steel." "Who but vou could have read Jim that way?" I exclaimed, and the words were no idle ones. What Lillian Suggested. "Wrao the noseeays in tinfoil until we get through with this business. I haven't time to make a bow now," Lillian said impatiently, but I knew that behind her mirth lay grim trutn, and I- straightened myself into an attitude of attention and waited for her further directions. "Didn't vou sav this Walters chap has a sister you know very well?" she asked, after a few minutes in thought. "Yes, Esther," I replied. "She was a favorite pupil of mine last year." "Know her well enough to call her up and ask her and her brother over this evening for a game of bridge?" "Of course." "Then do it, pronto." Lillian rose and stretched her arms wearily. "Make the invitation so cordial and insistent that when it is repeated to the brother he will suspect there is something up and break any other engagement he may have made. Significant Words. "What'll we do with the rest of the family?" I ventured at I turned toward the door. , "I'll drop a word in your father's ear that will keep him out of the way, while as for your mother-jn-law, you know that the merest hint to the effect that there is some mys terious planning going on will send her to her room in the seventh heaven of thrilling suspense." We both laughed merrily at the remembrance of several occasions when my mother-in-law's fondness for anything that savored of melo drama in real life had reduced her usual arbitrary hauteur to abject meekness and obedience to orders. "As for the Dicky-bird." Lillian went on, answering my unspoken questions, "it isn't likely he'll hop into the nest before the strange birds fly away. But if he does, leave him to me. I'll clip his wings." I permitted myself a bit of won dering speculation on my way down the stairs to the telephone as to the plan Lillian had for getting posses sion of the desk. That she had some definite course of action mapped out I was sure, but with my slower wits I could not guess what she meant to do. I could obey her orders, however, and in another minute I had called the Walters home and was listening to a deep, masculine voice, which I recognized at once as that of the young attorney. "Mr. Arthur Walters speaking," the voice said crisply. "How do you do, Mr. Walters," I said with my very best air for the benefit of any listening operator. "This is Mrs, Graham. Is Esther there?" "Not just now," His voice held a note of irrepressible astonishment. "She went out on an errand for mother. But she will be back with in 10 minutes." "Oh, that will be all right then!" I said. "Mrs. Underwood and I wondered if you and Esther could not run over tonight and take a hand at bridge. We are the only fiends in our family, and we haven't had a game in ages. It really is imper ative that you come and join us." I tried to throw a significance into my last words that I hoped he would recognize. And 1 could not repress a smile at my description of Lillian and myself as bridge fiends. Lil lian, if she chooses, plays a brilliant game, but the pastime bores her to death, while I am one of the persons who possess absolutely no card sense at all. Mr. Walters waited a minute that seemed an hour before answering: When he did speak his voice was casual. "We shall be very glad to come over." (Continued Tomorrow.) Omaha nay Market. . Receipts light on both prairie and al falfa and with the demand good the mar ket has advanced on all grades of prairie and alfalfa hay. Also on oat and wheat straw. Upland Prairie Hay No. 1. (26 26: No. 1. (2224; No. 3. (1630. Midland Prairie Hay No. 1. (24035: No. 2, $21 23. Lowland Prairie Hay No. 1. SIS If 20 No. 2. 31416: No. 3, 310013. Alfalfa Choice. (3636; No. 1, (32014; .standard, (3033; No. 2, (252(; No. 3, Straw Oat. IllOlii wheat tlieil New Tork Produce. New Tork, Dec. 18. Butter Steady, un changed. Eggs Steady: unchanged. Cheese Steady; unchanged. Poultry Live, firm; chickens. 25c; oth ers unchanged. Dressed, unchanged. Chicago Produce. Chicago, Dec. 18. Butter Lower; creamery, 57 66c. Eggs Unsettled; receipts, 748 cases; firsts, 76 77c; ordinary firsts, 60 70c; at mark, cases Included, 6076c. Live Poultry Steady; aprings, 24c; fowls, 1826c; turkeys, 40c. Bonds & Stocks in Bankruptcy Have your investments met with re verseshave dividends been suspended are your coupons in default and the com panies In bankruptcy T Consult Frsnk P. Ward, 80 Pine Street, N. Y. Cash offers made. Suggestions for converting into profitable investments. Franchise for Brazilian ' Women Is Heralded Rio Janeiro, Dec. 18. Women over 21 years of age, would be given the franchise by- the provi sion of a bill introduced in the Brazilian senate. Four rubber balls in a new electri cal machine massage persons' spines as effectively as the fingers of a strong masseur. New York General, New Tork, Pec 18. Wheat Spot, steady: No. 2 red. (2.(6H, elevator, esport. Corn Spot, firmer; new No. 3 yellow, 31.75, and new No. 1 mixed, (1.6( c I. f New Tork. Oats Spot, firm; No. 1 white, (7c. Lard Hately steady; mlddleweat, $20.40 21.40. Other articles unchanged. liberty Bond Prices. New Tork. Dec. 18. Prices of Liberty bonds at 11:30 a, m. today were: 3s. 99. 26; first 4s, (3.64; second 4s, 91.40; first 4V,s, 93.58; second 4V.. 91.62: third 4Wa. 93.64; fourth 4 'is. 91.64; Victory Sfcs, 98.94; Victory 4s. (8.88. Dry Goods. New Tork, Dec. 18. Cotton goods were firmer today with buying moderate. Bur laps ruled quiet, and raw silk easy. Other gools were steady with business of smaU volume. Men's wear was firm. New Tork Sugar. New Tork. Dec. 18. Sugar Unchanged. WE OFFER 6 First Mortgage Bonds $250.00 $500.00 $1,000.00 to $5,000.00 Secured by centrally located Omaha property. Interest 6 per annum and payable semi-annually. MATURITY 1924 to 1928 Owner will occupy the building. American Security Company 18th & Dodge Sts Omaha, Neb. 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